At least most of the time, it probably feels pretty good to be fakemink right now. Over the past year or so, the young UK rapper's dizzying, delightfully lo-fi tracks have lifted him out of the underground, to the point where he's hanging out with his rage forebears like Playboi Carti, playing Camp Flog Gnaw, and getting co-signs from those not personally involved in the hip-hop world. He's starting off 2026 strong with a new mixtape called The Boy Who Cried Terrified, which is out tomorrow. He's teasing it today with the single "fml ."
Fakemink is certainly grateful for all the buzz, but he'd also like us to consider that it's lonely at the top. At least that's the message he's sending in "fml .," a brief dose of distorted beats galore. "I'm just a guy, no God," fakemink raps, wise to the fact that there's already a self-proclaimed God of cloud rap. "But when it come to the music ting, I'm a boss." Check out "fml ." below.
The Boy Who Cried Terrified is out 1/29 via EtnaVeraVela
