Darkoo’s “That Girl” Makes Her Long-Running Subject Explicit

Darkoo has built a career around variations on one word: girl. From “Favourite Girl” to “Focus On Me (All the Sexy Girls in the Club)”, last year’s $exy Girl $ummer project, and her clothing line Fav Girl, the motif is not branding but autobiography. Born in Lagos and raised in South London, she is openly gay and has said her sexuality surfaces in her songs before it reaches interviews. The girls are the subject, not a demographic.

Her new single “That Girl”, featuring Asake, arrives wrapped in the language of confidence and self-belief, but that framing feels like a translation for outside ears. Lyrically, it’s a courtship record. Darkoo’s hook is plain wanting, and by the outro she’s making her case: she might be the one to change this woman’s life, asking if she can have her. That’s not empowerment—it’s someone trying their luck