Fakemink Sets May 22 for New Album Terrified

Fakemink’s next album has a date. Terrified, the follow-up to his 2023 debut London’s Saviour, will land May 22 through EtnaVeraVela. The cover art appeared online today. A tracklist is still missing.

The announcement lands during Fakemink’s European tour, which runs through July and finishes at Clout Festival in Warsaw. He has been performing new material, though details about the album’s shape remain sparse. The five-track EP The Boy Who Cried Terrified, released in January, already tilted the conversation toward a heavier, more introspective sound. Its title was an early signal of where he might be headed.

Fakemink arrived as a raw, sometimes erratic voice in London’s underground rap scene. His debut balanced street-level storytelling with a jagged, hyperlocal production style. Attention has built slowly, piece by piece, since then. A Pitchfork column earlier this year made a case for his rising importance, noting how his music resists easy genre labels.

With the album cover out and the date now set, the wait comes down to the tracklist and whatever else Fakemink decides to share before May.