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Watch Tanika Hit the Streets of Brixton in Her New Video For "Fuckboy"

"Everybody loves a fuckboy, but fuck them and fuck you I don't want it no more."

South London star Tanika kicked off 2015 with the fierce rap sounds of "Out Ere", featuring Stormzy, and then kinda vanished. Submerged until she was ready to unleash the next chapter. Now she's back, and looking to up the tempo with "Fuckboy", the first song to drop from her forthcoming I Am Tanika EP.

The video, which we're premiering below, is an equal parts raw and warm portrayal of her hometown Brixton, from the skateparks to the fishmarket. And if you've ever hung around Brixton, then portraying the place as both raw and warm is pretty spot on really. Of the song, Tanika says:

"I spent the last year in legal drama unable to put my music out and dealing with a real fuckboy so I wrote this song about it. My friends heard it and were like 'Yeah it’s cool but you’re being too pretty about it, you can be raw about it, just say it how you’d say it to us', they knew I was feeling it deeper shit than I was letting off so I re-wrote it. Fuck it; let me express how I’m really feeling. 'Everybody loves a fuckboy, but fuck them and fuck you I don't want it no more' is me saying I don't wanna entertain the bullshit anymore."

Watch the premiere of "Fuckboy" below, and download the track for free on her Soundcloud here.