{"id":1949958,"date":"2026-05-21T15:52:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T12:52:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1949958"},"modified":"2026-05-21T15:52:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T12:52:07","slug":"everything-we-can-discern-from-fakeminks-elusive-terrified-rollout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1949958","title":{"rendered":"Everything We Can Discern From fakemink&#8217;s Elusive &#8216;Terrified&#8217; Rollout"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/image-cdn.hypb.st\/https%3A%2F%2Fhypebeast.com%2Fimage%2F2026%2F05%2F20%2Ffakeminktw-1.jpg?w=1080&amp;cbr=1&amp;q=90&amp;fit=max&#8221;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"col-post-body col\">\n<div class=\"row post-body\">\n<aside class=\"post-body-sidebar\">\n<div class=\"post-body-sidebar-upper\">\n<div class=\"post-body-sidebar-category d-none d-lg-block\">\n<p>    Music\n                                                                                                    <\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-sidebar-published d-none d-lg-block\"><time>May 21, 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<ul class=\"post-body-sidebar-hype-comments-container list-unstyled d-none d-lg-block\">\n<li><span class=\"hype-count grey\"><br \/>\n             329<br \/>\n    <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"floating-tooltip\" role=\"tooltip\"><span>Views<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"disqus-comment-count\"><span>0<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"d-none d-sm-inline text\">Comments<\/span><\/span>\n<div class=\"floating-tooltip\" role=\"tooltip\"><span>Comments<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"text\">Save<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"post-body-sidebar-author d-none d-lg-block\">\n<hr class=\"sidebar-divider share-divider\">\n<h6>Text By<\/h6>\n<p><span class=\"author-name\">Elaina Bernstein<\/span><\/div>\n<hr class=\"sidebar-divider d-none d-lg-block\">\n<div class=\"post-body-sidebar-share d-none d-lg-block\">\n<h6>Share this article<\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<article class=\"post-body-article\">\n<div id=\"post-body-top-bar\" class=\"post-body-top-bar d-block d-lg-none\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"post-body-top-bar-share-meta-container\">\n<div class=\"post-body-top-bar-meta\"><span class=\"post-body-top-bar-category\"><\/p>\n<p>    Music<br \/>\n                                                    <\/span><span class=\"post-body-top-bar-published\"><time>May 21, 2026<\/time><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-top-bar-hype-comments-container \"><span class=\"hype-count grey\"><br \/>\n             329<br \/>\n    <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"floating-tooltip\" role=\"tooltip\"><span>Views<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"disqus-comment-count\"><span>0<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"d-none d-none text\">Comments<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"floating-tooltip\" role=\"tooltip\"><span>Comments<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"text\">Save<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-content\">\n<p>Last week, Drake dominated the music zeitgeist with one of the most anticipated mainstream hip hop projects \u2013 that would materialize as a trifecta of individual albums \u2013 of the year. Just seven days later, all eyes turn to the hip hop underground for the first post-<em>ICEMAN<\/em> (<em>Habibti<\/em> and <em>Maid of Honour<\/em>) New Music Friday, when fakemink will drop his latest studio album, <em>Terrified<\/em>. Marking the UK rapper\/producer\u2019s first longform release since his stateside skyrocket \u2013 and since he\u2019s changed his artistic moniker to fakemink \u2013 the album holds the power to not only put mink\u2019s name on the map, but also propel the underground into the general cultural consciousness<\/p>\n<p>With a high potential for impact running parallel to the mainstream rap circuit, fakemink\u2019s imminent opus boasts as high stakes as <em>ICEMAN<\/em>. But where Drake went big, mink went home to his beloved Essex, conducting possibly the most nonchalant album rollout yet by way of lo-fi, Lynchian visuals and intimate hometown shows that he values far more than the Coachella stage. It\u2019s only right <em>Terrified<\/em> take to the antithesis of the <em>ICEMAN<\/em> rollout, staying true to his ever-so-elusive public persona.<\/p>\n<p>We sifted through all the <em>Terrified<\/em> information out there to extrapolate any information we can about the forthcoming fakemink record, which drops everywhere tonight.\n<\/p>\n<h3>The Tracklist \u2013 Revealed and then Removed<\/h3>\n<div class=\"shortcode-slider before-booted full-screen-enabled light\" data-width=\"100%\" data-animate=\"slide\" data-slideshow data-loop data-slideshowspeed=\"7000\" data-group-cells=\"1\">\n<div class=\"flickity-carousel\">\n<div class=\"flickity-carousel-cell\" data-gallery-index=\"1\"><span class=\"gallery-image-index\"><span class=\"image-index\">1 of 2<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n                                    <source srcset=\"https:\/\/image-cdn.hypb.st\/https%3A%2F%2Fhypebeast.com%2Fimage%2F2026%2F05%2F21%2Ftl1.jpg?q=90&amp;w=2180&amp;format=jpeg&amp;cbr=1&amp;fit=max\" media=\"<br \/>\n                                        (min-width: 1200px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2),<br \/>\n                                        (min-width: 1200px) and (min-resolution: 192dpi)<br \/>\n                                    \" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text credit-wrapper\"><span class=\"credit\">Reddit<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"flickity-carousel-cell\" data-gallery-index=\"2\"><span class=\"gallery-image-index\"><span class=\"image-index\">2 of 2<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n                                    <source srcset=\"https:\/\/image-cdn.hypb.st\/https%3A%2F%2Fhypebeast.com%2Fimage%2F2026%2F05%2F21%2Ftl2.jpg?q=90&amp;w=2180&amp;format=jpeg&amp;cbr=1&amp;fit=max\" media=\"<br \/>\n                                        (min-width: 1200px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2),<br \/>\n                                        (min-width: 1200px) and (min-resolution: 192dpi)<br \/>\n                                    \" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text credit-wrapper\"><span class=\"credit\">Reddit<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>This morning, fakemink sat down with Apple Music\u2019s Zane Lowe to chat more about the project. Shortly after the interview went live, Apple Music\u2019s pre-save link updated to include the entire album tracklist \u2013 with titles and song lengths. And then it disappeared. But not before Reddit users got their eyes on it and uploaded screenshots of the short-lived lineup. Clocking in at 19 songs, the project includes songs like \u201cPlaylist .\u201d, \u201cFire &amp; Ice . \u201d and \u201cForget Me Knot.\u201d We still don\u2019t know if that\u2019s the final form.\n<\/p>\n<h3>A Very David Lynchian Aesthetic<\/h3>\n<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/B41VJ_6uRKE?si=ahiZSsBv7eLhgH1d\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Mink has begun slowly fleshing out a cohesive, Californian-inspired visual world for <em>Terrified<\/em>, which draws direct influence from the rapper\u2019s favorite director: David Lynch. The only officially confirmed cut on the album, which also doubles as the lead single, is entitled \u201cNight, Blooming Jasmine.\u201d \u2013 the epitaph engraved on Lynch\u2019s gravestone, lifted from an interview quote of his \u2013 and the video continues to pay homage to Lynch\u2019s visual identity. This past week, mink also dropped off an album trailer, which continues to lean into the California-coded creative world built for <em>Terrified<\/em>. It\u2019s very <em>Mulholland Drive<\/em>-esque, which would make sense, as that\u2019s mink\u2019s routinely referenced favorite movie of all time. \u201cI don\u2019t look up to that many people,\u201d mink said to Zane Lowe. \u201cBut I look up to David Lynch. I wish I could\u2019ve spoken to him.\u201d He elaborated to say that <em>Terrified<\/em> draws heavy references from a myriad of horror movies, ones that are even \u201cweirder\u201d than his favorite Lynch films.\n<\/p>\n<h3>Only Two Songs Have Samples<\/h3>\n<p>Coming off <em>London Saviour<\/em>, a very sample-heavy project, mink pivots on the new self-produced project. A majority of the album comes sans samples, the rapper revealed to Lowe. Only two tracks on the entire project have a sample embedded.\n<\/p>\n<h3>The Entire Project Was Written by fakemink and His Close Friend<\/h3>\n<p>Not only is all of <em>Terrified<\/em> self-produced, but it\u2019s also fully written by the Essex artist \u2013 alongside one of his closest hometown friends from childhood, Rosh. That being said, the lyrical component of the project is likely to lean introspective and personal.\n<\/p>\n<h3>It\u2019s Inspired by <em>Dante\u2019s Inferno<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>Last year, fakemink and his friends moved to Los Angeles for a few months. Admittedly, he says it f*cked him up, but ultimately, it informed the sonic structure of the project in its entirety. \u201cI wanted it to start in Hell,\u201d mink equates to his LA journey. \u201cLow frequencies, ritual-esque drums, and the subject matter being lustful and prideful. The first one to eight tracks are me indulging in all of the seven deadly sins, and as the album progresses, the low frequencies leave. In the final song, \u2018Etna\u2019, there\u2019s no drums. The lows are cut out. It\u2019s high frequencies. It\u2019s just guitar. It\u2019s supposed to be an ambient track that\u2019s calming.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<h3>A Terrified Book and Movie Are Both On the Way<\/h3>\n<p>Continuing to draw from his time spent living out West in LA, fakemink told Lowe that <em>Terrified<\/em> will also come complemented by a book and movie \u2013 both of which extrapolate his personal experiences and anecdotes from LA. Written by mink, from his POV. \u201cThis book is a first-person account of my times in LA and New York \u2013 the off-camera version. It\u2019s a very personal look at the time me and Rosh spent in LA. In the book, there\u2019s another speaker as well. I\u2019m not acknowledging the speaker, but the speaker is commenting on what I\u2019m saying. I\u2019m treating this entire album like an exploitation track, that\u2019s why the first track is supposed to be uncomfortable to listen to.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<h3>Potential Features<\/h3>\n<p>Fans have mixed thoughts on the feature slate. Early on in the rollout \u2013 before the formal announcement, even \u2013 mink said on livestream that there would be no features on the album. That has since changed, as he did confirm in a recent interview that the album even boasts a \u201csecret\u201d feature that not even his management knows about. Many are thinking Drake. Other names that have been thrown around for additional features include Nettspend, EsDeeKid, zukovstheworld, Ghostinnafurcoat, and Rosh.<\/p>\n<div class=\"show-article\">\n<p>                                                            Read Full Article<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<footer>\n<div class=\"related-stories-main-wrapper\">\n<h3>Related Stories<\/h3>\n<div class=\"stories-container\" data-layer-list-name=\"related_stories\" data-layer-list-offset=\"0\" data-layer-list-child-selector=\".story-item\">\n<div class=\"story-item\" data-layer-item-id=\"6724924\" data-layer-item-blog-id=\"1\" data-layer-item-type=\"post\"><span>&gt;<\/span>The New Music Friday Drops We&#8217;re Bumping First\n                                                                        <\/div>\n<div class=\"story-item\" data-layer-item-id=\"6724856\" data-layer-item-blog-id=\"1\" data-layer-item-type=\"post\"><span>&gt;<\/span>6LACK Is Back and We Hung Out with PlaqueBoyMax: Everything We Loved in Music This Week\n                                                                        <\/div>\n<div class=\"story-item\" data-layer-item-id=\"6724398\" data-layer-item-blog-id=\"1\" data-layer-item-type=\"post\"><span>&gt;<\/span>Vybz Kartel Announces Highly Anticipated &#8216;God &amp; Time&#8217; Album\n                                                                        <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-email-signup-wrapper impression-tracker\">\n<h3>We got you covered. 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Just seven days later, all eyes turn to the hip hop underground for the first post-<em>ICEMAN<\/em> (<em>Habibti<\/em> and <em>Maid of Honour<\/em>) New Music Friday, when fakemink will drop his latest studio album, <em>Terrified<\/em>. Marking the UK rapper\/producer\u2019s first longform release since his stateside skyrocket \u2013 and since he\u2019s changed his artistic moniker to fakemink \u2013 the album holds the power to not only put mink\u2019s name on the map, but also propel the underground into the general cultural consciousness<\/p>\n<p>With a high potential for impact running parallel to the mainstream rap circuit, fakemink\u2019s imminent opus boasts as high stakes as <em>ICEMAN<\/em>. But where Drake went big, mink went home to his beloved Essex, conducting possibly the most nonchalant album rollout yet by way of lo-fi, Lynchian visuals and intimate hometown shows that he values far more than the Coachella stage. It\u2019s only right <em>Terrified<\/em> take to the antithesis of the <em>ICEMAN<\/em> rollout, staying true to his ever-so-elusive public persona.<\/p>\n<p>We sifted through all the <em>Terrified<\/em> information out there to extrapolate any information we can about the forthcoming fakemink record, which drops everywhere tonight.\n<\/p>\n<h3>The Tracklist \u2013 Revealed and then Removed<\/h3>\n<div class=\"shortcode-slider before-booted full-screen-enabled light\" data-width=\"100%\" data-animate=\"slide\" data-slideshow data-loop data-slideshowspeed=\"7000\" data-group-cells=\"1\">\n<div class=\"flickity-carousel\">\n<div class=\"flickity-carousel-cell\" data-gallery-index=\"1\"><span class=\"gallery-image-index\"><span class=\"image-index\">1 of 2<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n                                    <source srcset=\"https:\/\/image-cdn.hypb.st\/https%3A%2F%2Fhypebeast.com%2Fimage%2F2026%2F05%2F21%2Ftl1.jpg?q=90&amp;w=2180&amp;format=jpeg&amp;cbr=1&amp;fit=max\" media=\"<br \/>\n                                        (min-width: 1200px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2),<br \/>\n                                        (min-width: 1200px) and (min-resolution: 192dpi)<br \/>\n                                    \" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text credit-wrapper\"><span class=\"credit\">Reddit<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"flickity-carousel-cell\" data-gallery-index=\"2\"><span class=\"gallery-image-index\"><span class=\"image-index\">2 of 2<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n                                    <source srcset=\"https:\/\/image-cdn.hypb.st\/https%3A%2F%2Fhypebeast.com%2Fimage%2F2026%2F05%2F21%2Ftl2.jpg?q=90&amp;w=2180&amp;format=jpeg&amp;cbr=1&amp;fit=max\" media=\"<br \/>\n                                        (min-width: 1200px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2),<br \/>\n                                        (min-width: 1200px) and (min-resolution: 192dpi)<br \/>\n                                    \" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text credit-wrapper\"><span class=\"credit\">Reddit<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>This morning, fakemink sat down with Apple Music\u2019s Zane Lowe to chat more about the project. Shortly after the interview went live, Apple Music\u2019s pre-save link updated to include the entire album tracklist \u2013 with titles and song lengths. And then it disappeared. But not before Reddit users got their eyes on it and uploaded screenshots of the short-lived lineup. Clocking in at 19 songs, the project includes songs like \u201cPlaylist .\u201d, \u201cFire &amp; Ice . \u201d and \u201cForget Me Knot.\u201d We still don\u2019t know if that\u2019s the final form.\n<\/p>\n<h3>A Very David Lynchian Aesthetic<\/h3>\n<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/B41VJ_6uRKE?si=ahiZSsBv7eLhgH1d\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Mink has begun slowly fleshing out a cohesive, Californian-inspired visual world for <em>Terrified<\/em>, which draws direct influence from the rapper\u2019s favorite director: David Lynch. The only officially confirmed cut on the album, which also doubles as the lead single, is entitled \u201cNight, Blooming Jasmine.\u201d \u2013 the epitaph engraved on Lynch\u2019s gravestone, lifted from an interview quote of his \u2013 and the video continues to pay homage to Lynch\u2019s visual identity. This past week, mink also dropped off an album trailer, which continues to lean into the California-coded creative world built for <em>Terrified<\/em>. It\u2019s very <em>Mulholland Drive<\/em>-esque, which would make sense, as that\u2019s mink\u2019s routinely referenced favorite movie of all time. \u201cI don\u2019t look up to that many people,\u201d mink said to Zane Lowe. \u201cBut I look up to David Lynch. I wish I could\u2019ve spoken to him.\u201d He elaborated to say that <em>Terrified<\/em> draws heavy references from a myriad of horror movies, ones that are even \u201cweirder\u201d than his favorite Lynch films.\n<\/p>\n<h3>Only Two Songs Have Samples<\/h3>\n<p>Coming off <em>London Saviour<\/em>, a very sample-heavy project, mink pivots on the new self-produced project. A majority of the album comes sans samples, the rapper revealed to Lowe. Only two tracks on the entire project have a sample embedded.\n<\/p>\n<h3>The Entire Project Was Written by fakemink and His Close Friend<\/h3>\n<p>Not only is all of <em>Terrified<\/em> self-produced, but it\u2019s also fully written by the Essex artist \u2013 alongside one of his closest hometown friends from childhood, Rosh. That being said, the lyrical component of the project is likely to lean introspective and personal.\n<\/p>\n<h3>It\u2019s Inspired by <em>Dante\u2019s Inferno<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>Last year, fakemink and his friends moved to Los Angeles for a few months. Admittedly, he says it f*cked him up, but ultimately, it informed the sonic structure of the project in its entirety. \u201cI wanted it to start in Hell,\u201d mink equates to his LA journey. \u201cLow frequencies, ritual-esque drums, and the subject matter being lustful and prideful. The first one to eight tracks are me indulging in all of the seven deadly sins, and as the album progresses, the low frequencies leave. In the final song, \u2018Etna\u2019, there\u2019s no drums. The lows are cut out. It\u2019s high frequencies. It\u2019s just guitar. It\u2019s supposed to be an ambient track that\u2019s calming.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<h3>A Terrified Book and Movie Are Both On the Way<\/h3>\n<p>Continuing to draw from his time spent living out West in LA, fakemink told Lowe that <em>Terrified<\/em> will also come complemented by a book and movie \u2013 both of which extrapolate his personal experiences and anecdotes from LA. Written by mink, from his POV. \u201cThis book is a first-person account of my times in LA and New York \u2013 the off-camera version. It\u2019s a very personal look at the time me and Rosh spent in LA. In the book, there\u2019s another speaker as well. I\u2019m not acknowledging the speaker, but the speaker is commenting on what I\u2019m saying. I\u2019m treating this entire album like an exploitation track, that\u2019s why the first track is supposed to be uncomfortable to listen to.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<h3>Potential Features<\/h3>\n<p>Fans have mixed thoughts on the feature slate. Early on in the rollout \u2013 before the formal announcement, even \u2013 mink said on livestream that there would be no features on the album. That has since changed, as he did confirm in a recent interview that the album even boasts a \u201csecret\u201d feature that not even his management knows about. Many are thinking Drake. Other names that have been thrown around for additional features include Nettspend, EsDeeKid, zukovstheworld, Ghostinnafurcoat, and Rosh.<\/p>\n<div class=\"show-article\">\n<p>                                                            Read Full Article<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<footer>\n<div class=\"related-stories-main-wrapper\">\n<h3>Related Stories<\/h3>\n<div class=\"stories-container\" data-layer-list-name=\"related_stories\" data-layer-list-offset=\"0\" data-layer-list-child-selector=\".story-item\">\n<div class=\"story-item\" data-layer-item-id=\"6724924\" data-layer-item-blog-id=\"1\" data-layer-item-type=\"post\"><span>&gt;<\/span>The New Music Friday Drops We&#8217;re Bumping First\n                                                                        <\/div>\n<div class=\"story-item\" data-layer-item-id=\"6724856\" data-layer-item-blog-id=\"1\" data-layer-item-type=\"post\"><span>&gt;<\/span>6LACK Is Back and We Hung Out with PlaqueBoyMax: Everything We Loved in Music This Week\n                                                                        <\/div>\n<div class=\"story-item\" data-layer-item-id=\"6724398\" data-layer-item-blog-id=\"1\" data-layer-item-type=\"post\"><span>&gt;<\/span>Vybz Kartel Announces Highly Anticipated &#8216;God &amp; Time&#8217; Album\n                                                                        <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-email-signup-wrapper impression-tracker\">\n<h3>We got you covered. Don\u2019t miss out on the latest news by signing up for our newsletters.<\/h3>\n<div class=\"terms\">By subscribing, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-author d-block d-lg-none\">\n<hr class=\"sidebar-divider share-divider\">\n<h6>Text By<\/h6>\n<p><span class=\"author-name\">Elaina Bernstein<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-share d-block d-lg-none\">\n<hr class=\"sidebar-divider\">\n<h6>Share this article<\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-content-tags\">\n<div class=\"body collapsed\">\n<p>    fakemink\n                                                            <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-sidebar-upper\">\n<div class=\"post-body-sidebar-category d-none d-lg-block\">\n<p>    Music\n                                                                                                    <\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-sidebar-published d-none d-lg-block\"><time>May 21, 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<ul class=\"post-body-sidebar-hype-comments-container list-unstyled d-none d-lg-block\">\n<li><span class=\"hype-count grey\"><br \/>\n             329<br \/>\n    <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"floating-tooltip\" role=\"tooltip\"><span>Views<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"disqus-comment-count\"><span>0<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"d-none d-sm-inline text\">Comments<\/span><\/span>\n<div class=\"floating-tooltip\" role=\"tooltip\"><span>Comments<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"text\">Save<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"post-body-sidebar-author d-none d-lg-block\">\n<hr class=\"sidebar-divider share-divider\">\n<h6>Text By<\/h6>\n<p><span class=\"author-name\">Elaina Bernstein<\/span><\/div>\n<hr class=\"sidebar-divider d-none d-lg-block\">\n<div class=\"post-body-sidebar-share d-none d-lg-block\">\n<h6>Share this article<\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-sidebar-category d-none d-lg-block\">\n<p>    Music\n                                                                                                    <\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-sidebar-published d-none d-lg-block\"><time>May 21, 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-sidebar-author d-none d-lg-block\">\n<hr class=\"sidebar-divider share-divider\">\n<h6>Text By<\/h6>\n<p><span class=\"author-name\">Elaina Bernstein<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-sidebar-share d-none d-lg-block\">\n<h6>Share this article<\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<article class=\"post-body-article\">\n<div id=\"post-body-top-bar\" class=\"post-body-top-bar d-block d-lg-none\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"post-body-top-bar-share-meta-container\">\n<div class=\"post-body-top-bar-meta\"><span class=\"post-body-top-bar-category\"><\/p>\n<p>    Music<br \/>\n                                                    <\/span><span class=\"post-body-top-bar-published\"><time>May 21, 2026<\/time><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-top-bar-hype-comments-container \"><span class=\"hype-count grey\"><br \/>\n             329<br \/>\n    <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"floating-tooltip\" role=\"tooltip\"><span>Views<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"disqus-comment-count\"><span>0<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"d-none d-none text\">Comments<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"floating-tooltip\" role=\"tooltip\"><span>Comments<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"text\">Save<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-content\">\n<p>Last week, Drake dominated the music zeitgeist with one of the most anticipated mainstream hip hop projects \u2013 that would materialize as a trifecta of individual albums \u2013 of the year. Just seven days later, all eyes turn to the hip hop underground for the first post-<em>ICEMAN<\/em> (<em>Habibti<\/em> and <em>Maid of Honour<\/em>) New Music Friday, when fakemink will drop his latest studio album, <em>Terrified<\/em>. Marking the UK rapper\/producer\u2019s first longform release since his stateside skyrocket \u2013 and since he\u2019s changed his artistic moniker to fakemink \u2013 the album holds the power to not only put mink\u2019s name on the map, but also propel the underground into the general cultural consciousness<\/p>\n<p>With a high potential for impact running parallel to the mainstream rap circuit, fakemink\u2019s imminent opus boasts as high stakes as <em>ICEMAN<\/em>. But where Drake went big, mink went home to his beloved Essex, conducting possibly the most nonchalant album rollout yet by way of lo-fi, Lynchian visuals and intimate hometown shows that he values far more than the Coachella stage. It\u2019s only right <em>Terrified<\/em> take to the antithesis of the <em>ICEMAN<\/em> rollout, staying true to his ever-so-elusive public persona.<\/p>\n<p>We sifted through all the <em>Terrified<\/em> information out there to extrapolate any information we can about the forthcoming fakemink record, which drops everywhere tonight.\n<\/p>\n<h3>The Tracklist \u2013 Revealed and then Removed<\/h3>\n<div class=\"shortcode-slider before-booted full-screen-enabled light\" data-width=\"100%\" data-animate=\"slide\" data-slideshow data-loop data-slideshowspeed=\"7000\" data-group-cells=\"1\">\n<div class=\"flickity-carousel\">\n<div class=\"flickity-carousel-cell\" data-gallery-index=\"1\"><span class=\"gallery-image-index\"><span class=\"image-index\">1 of 2<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n                                    <source srcset=\"https:\/\/image-cdn.hypb.st\/https%3A%2F%2Fhypebeast.com%2Fimage%2F2026%2F05%2F21%2Ftl1.jpg?q=90&amp;w=2180&amp;format=jpeg&amp;cbr=1&amp;fit=max\" media=\"<br \/>\n                                        (min-width: 1200px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2),<br \/>\n                                        (min-width: 1200px) and (min-resolution: 192dpi)<br \/>\n                                    \" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text credit-wrapper\"><span class=\"credit\">Reddit<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"flickity-carousel-cell\" data-gallery-index=\"2\"><span class=\"gallery-image-index\"><span class=\"image-index\">2 of 2<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n                                    <source srcset=\"https:\/\/image-cdn.hypb.st\/https%3A%2F%2Fhypebeast.com%2Fimage%2F2026%2F05%2F21%2Ftl2.jpg?q=90&amp;w=2180&amp;format=jpeg&amp;cbr=1&amp;fit=max\" media=\"<br \/>\n                                        (min-width: 1200px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2),<br \/>\n                                        (min-width: 1200px) and (min-resolution: 192dpi)<br \/>\n                                    \" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text credit-wrapper\"><span class=\"credit\">Reddit<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>This morning, fakemink sat down with Apple Music\u2019s Zane Lowe to chat more about the project. Shortly after the interview went live, Apple Music\u2019s pre-save link updated to include the entire album tracklist \u2013 with titles and song lengths. And then it disappeared. But not before Reddit users got their eyes on it and uploaded screenshots of the short-lived lineup. Clocking in at 19 songs, the project includes songs like \u201cPlaylist .\u201d, \u201cFire &amp; Ice . \u201d and \u201cForget Me Knot.\u201d We still don\u2019t know if that\u2019s the final form.\n<\/p>\n<h3>A Very David Lynchian Aesthetic<\/h3>\n<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/B41VJ_6uRKE?si=ahiZSsBv7eLhgH1d\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Mink has begun slowly fleshing out a cohesive, Californian-inspired visual world for <em>Terrified<\/em>, which draws direct influence from the rapper\u2019s favorite director: David Lynch. The only officially confirmed cut on the album, which also doubles as the lead single, is entitled \u201cNight, Blooming Jasmine.\u201d \u2013 the epitaph engraved on Lynch\u2019s gravestone, lifted from an interview quote of his \u2013 and the video continues to pay homage to Lynch\u2019s visual identity. This past week, mink also dropped off an album trailer, which continues to lean into the California-coded creative world built for <em>Terrified<\/em>. It\u2019s very <em>Mulholland Drive<\/em>-esque, which would make sense, as that\u2019s mink\u2019s routinely referenced favorite movie of all time. \u201cI don\u2019t look up to that many people,\u201d mink said to Zane Lowe. \u201cBut I look up to David Lynch. I wish I could\u2019ve spoken to him.\u201d He elaborated to say that <em>Terrified<\/em> draws heavy references from a myriad of horror movies, ones that are even \u201cweirder\u201d than his favorite Lynch films.\n<\/p>\n<h3>Only Two Songs Have Samples<\/h3>\n<p>Coming off <em>London Saviour<\/em>, a very sample-heavy project, mink pivots on the new self-produced project. A majority of the album comes sans samples, the rapper revealed to Lowe. Only two tracks on the entire project have a sample embedded.\n<\/p>\n<h3>The Entire Project Was Written by fakemink and His Close Friend<\/h3>\n<p>Not only is all of <em>Terrified<\/em> self-produced, but it\u2019s also fully written by the Essex artist \u2013 alongside one of his closest hometown friends from childhood, Rosh. That being said, the lyrical component of the project is likely to lean introspective and personal.\n<\/p>\n<h3>It\u2019s Inspired by <em>Dante\u2019s Inferno<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>Last year, fakemink and his friends moved to Los Angeles for a few months. Admittedly, he says it f*cked him up, but ultimately, it informed the sonic structure of the project in its entirety. \u201cI wanted it to start in Hell,\u201d mink equates to his LA journey. \u201cLow frequencies, ritual-esque drums, and the subject matter being lustful and prideful. The first one to eight tracks are me indulging in all of the seven deadly sins, and as the album progresses, the low frequencies leave. In the final song, \u2018Etna\u2019, there\u2019s no drums. The lows are cut out. It\u2019s high frequencies. It\u2019s just guitar. It\u2019s supposed to be an ambient track that\u2019s calming.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<h3>A Terrified Book and Movie Are Both On the Way<\/h3>\n<p>Continuing to draw from his time spent living out West in LA, fakemink told Lowe that <em>Terrified<\/em> will also come complemented by a book and movie \u2013 both of which extrapolate his personal experiences and anecdotes from LA. Written by mink, from his POV. \u201cThis book is a first-person account of my times in LA and New York \u2013 the off-camera version. It\u2019s a very personal look at the time me and Rosh spent in LA. In the book, there\u2019s another speaker as well. I\u2019m not acknowledging the speaker, but the speaker is commenting on what I\u2019m saying. I\u2019m treating this entire album like an exploitation track, that\u2019s why the first track is supposed to be uncomfortable to listen to.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<h3>Potential Features<\/h3>\n<p>Fans have mixed thoughts on the feature slate. Early on in the rollout \u2013 before the formal announcement, even \u2013 mink said on livestream that there would be no features on the album. That has since changed, as he did confirm in a recent interview that the album even boasts a \u201csecret\u201d feature that not even his management knows about. Many are thinking Drake. Other names that have been thrown around for additional features include Nettspend, EsDeeKid, zukovstheworld, Ghostinnafurcoat, and Rosh.<\/p>\n<div class=\"show-article\">\n<p>                                                            Read Full Article<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<footer>\n<div class=\"related-stories-main-wrapper\">\n<h3>Related Stories<\/h3>\n<div class=\"stories-container\" data-layer-list-name=\"related_stories\" data-layer-list-offset=\"0\" data-layer-list-child-selector=\".story-item\">\n<div class=\"story-item\" data-layer-item-id=\"6724924\" data-layer-item-blog-id=\"1\" data-layer-item-type=\"post\"><span>&gt;<\/span>The New Music Friday Drops We&#8217;re Bumping First\n                                                                        <\/div>\n<div class=\"story-item\" data-layer-item-id=\"6724856\" data-layer-item-blog-id=\"1\" data-layer-item-type=\"post\"><span>&gt;<\/span>6LACK Is Back and We Hung Out with PlaqueBoyMax: Everything We Loved in Music This Week\n                                                                        <\/div>\n<div class=\"story-item\" data-layer-item-id=\"6724398\" data-layer-item-blog-id=\"1\" data-layer-item-type=\"post\"><span>&gt;<\/span>Vybz Kartel Announces Highly Anticipated &#8216;God &amp; Time&#8217; Album\n                                                                        <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-email-signup-wrapper impression-tracker\">\n<h3>We got you covered. Don\u2019t miss out on the latest news by signing up for our newsletters.<\/h3>\n<div class=\"terms\">By subscribing, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-author d-block d-lg-none\">\n<hr class=\"sidebar-divider share-divider\">\n<h6>Text By<\/h6>\n<p><span class=\"author-name\">Elaina Bernstein<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-share d-block d-lg-none\">\n<hr class=\"sidebar-divider\">\n<h6>Share this article<\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-content-tags\">\n<div class=\"body collapsed\">\n<p>    fakemink\n                                                            <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<\/article>\n<div id=\"post-body-top-bar\" class=\"post-body-top-bar d-block d-lg-none\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"post-body-top-bar-share-meta-container\">\n<div class=\"post-body-top-bar-meta\"><span class=\"post-body-top-bar-category\"><\/p>\n<p>    Music<br \/>\n                                                    <\/span><span class=\"post-body-top-bar-published\"><time>May 21, 2026<\/time><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-top-bar-hype-comments-container \"><span class=\"hype-count grey\"><br \/>\n             329<br \/>\n    <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"floating-tooltip\" role=\"tooltip\"><span>Views<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"disqus-comment-count\"><span>0<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"d-none d-none text\">Comments<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"floating-tooltip\" role=\"tooltip\"><span>Comments<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"text\">Save<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-top-bar-share-meta-container\">\n<div class=\"post-body-top-bar-meta\"><span class=\"post-body-top-bar-category\"><\/p>\n<p>    Music<br \/>\n                                                    <\/span><span class=\"post-body-top-bar-published\"><time>May 21, 2026<\/time><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-top-bar-meta\"><span class=\"post-body-top-bar-category\"><\/p>\n<p>    Music<br \/>\n                                                    <\/span><span class=\"post-body-top-bar-published\"><time>May 21, 2026<\/time><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-top-bar-hype-comments-container \"><span class=\"hype-count grey\"><br \/>\n             329<br \/>\n    <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"floating-tooltip\" role=\"tooltip\"><span>Views<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"disqus-comment-count\"><span>0<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"d-none d-none text\">Comments<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"floating-tooltip\" role=\"tooltip\"><span>Comments<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"text\">Save<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-content\">\n<p>Last week, Drake dominated the music zeitgeist with one of the most anticipated mainstream hip hop projects \u2013 that would materialize as a trifecta of individual albums \u2013 of the year. Just seven days later, all eyes turn to the hip hop underground for the first post-<em>ICEMAN<\/em> (<em>Habibti<\/em> and <em>Maid of Honour<\/em>) New Music Friday, when fakemink will drop his latest studio album, <em>Terrified<\/em>. Marking the UK rapper\/producer\u2019s first longform release since his stateside skyrocket \u2013 and since he\u2019s changed his artistic moniker to fakemink \u2013 the album holds the power to not only put mink\u2019s name on the map, but also propel the underground into the general cultural consciousness<\/p>\n<p>With a high potential for impact running parallel to the mainstream rap circuit, fakemink\u2019s imminent opus boasts as high stakes as <em>ICEMAN<\/em>. But where Drake went big, mink went home to his beloved Essex, conducting possibly the most nonchalant album rollout yet by way of lo-fi, Lynchian visuals and intimate hometown shows that he values far more than the Coachella stage. It\u2019s only right <em>Terrified<\/em> take to the antithesis of the <em>ICEMAN<\/em> rollout, staying true to his ever-so-elusive public persona.<\/p>\n<p>We sifted through all the <em>Terrified<\/em> information out there to extrapolate any information we can about the forthcoming fakemink record, which drops everywhere tonight.\n<\/p>\n<h3>The Tracklist \u2013 Revealed and then Removed<\/h3>\n<div class=\"shortcode-slider before-booted full-screen-enabled light\" data-width=\"100%\" data-animate=\"slide\" data-slideshow data-loop data-slideshowspeed=\"7000\" data-group-cells=\"1\">\n<div class=\"flickity-carousel\">\n<div class=\"flickity-carousel-cell\" data-gallery-index=\"1\"><span class=\"gallery-image-index\"><span class=\"image-index\">1 of 2<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n                                    <source srcset=\"https:\/\/image-cdn.hypb.st\/https%3A%2F%2Fhypebeast.com%2Fimage%2F2026%2F05%2F21%2Ftl1.jpg?q=90&amp;w=2180&amp;format=jpeg&amp;cbr=1&amp;fit=max\" media=\"<br \/>\n                                        (min-width: 1200px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2),<br \/>\n                                        (min-width: 1200px) and (min-resolution: 192dpi)<br \/>\n                                    \" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text credit-wrapper\"><span class=\"credit\">Reddit<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"flickity-carousel-cell\" data-gallery-index=\"2\"><span class=\"gallery-image-index\"><span class=\"image-index\">2 of 2<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n                                    <source srcset=\"https:\/\/image-cdn.hypb.st\/https%3A%2F%2Fhypebeast.com%2Fimage%2F2026%2F05%2F21%2Ftl2.jpg?q=90&amp;w=2180&amp;format=jpeg&amp;cbr=1&amp;fit=max\" media=\"<br \/>\n                                        (min-width: 1200px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2),<br \/>\n                                        (min-width: 1200px) and (min-resolution: 192dpi)<br \/>\n                                    \" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text credit-wrapper\"><span class=\"credit\">Reddit<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>This morning, fakemink sat down with Apple Music\u2019s Zane Lowe to chat more about the project. Shortly after the interview went live, Apple Music\u2019s pre-save link updated to include the entire album tracklist \u2013 with titles and song lengths. And then it disappeared. But not before Reddit users got their eyes on it and uploaded screenshots of the short-lived lineup. Clocking in at 19 songs, the project includes songs like \u201cPlaylist .\u201d, \u201cFire &amp; Ice . \u201d and \u201cForget Me Knot.\u201d We still don\u2019t know if that\u2019s the final form.\n<\/p>\n<h3>A Very David Lynchian Aesthetic<\/h3>\n<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/B41VJ_6uRKE?si=ahiZSsBv7eLhgH1d\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Mink has begun slowly fleshing out a cohesive, Californian-inspired visual world for <em>Terrified<\/em>, which draws direct influence from the rapper\u2019s favorite director: David Lynch. The only officially confirmed cut on the album, which also doubles as the lead single, is entitled \u201cNight, Blooming Jasmine.\u201d \u2013 the epitaph engraved on Lynch\u2019s gravestone, lifted from an interview quote of his \u2013 and the video continues to pay homage to Lynch\u2019s visual identity. This past week, mink also dropped off an album trailer, which continues to lean into the California-coded creative world built for <em>Terrified<\/em>. It\u2019s very <em>Mulholland Drive<\/em>-esque, which would make sense, as that\u2019s mink\u2019s routinely referenced favorite movie of all time. \u201cI don\u2019t look up to that many people,\u201d mink said to Zane Lowe. \u201cBut I look up to David Lynch. I wish I could\u2019ve spoken to him.\u201d He elaborated to say that <em>Terrified<\/em> draws heavy references from a myriad of horror movies, ones that are even \u201cweirder\u201d than his favorite Lynch films.\n<\/p>\n<h3>Only Two Songs Have Samples<\/h3>\n<p>Coming off <em>London Saviour<\/em>, a very sample-heavy project, mink pivots on the new self-produced project. A majority of the album comes sans samples, the rapper revealed to Lowe. Only two tracks on the entire project have a sample embedded.\n<\/p>\n<h3>The Entire Project Was Written by fakemink and His Close Friend<\/h3>\n<p>Not only is all of <em>Terrified<\/em> self-produced, but it\u2019s also fully written by the Essex artist \u2013 alongside one of his closest hometown friends from childhood, Rosh. That being said, the lyrical component of the project is likely to lean introspective and personal.\n<\/p>\n<h3>It\u2019s Inspired by <em>Dante\u2019s Inferno<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>Last year, fakemink and his friends moved to Los Angeles for a few months. Admittedly, he says it f*cked him up, but ultimately, it informed the sonic structure of the project in its entirety. \u201cI wanted it to start in Hell,\u201d mink equates to his LA journey. \u201cLow frequencies, ritual-esque drums, and the subject matter being lustful and prideful. The first one to eight tracks are me indulging in all of the seven deadly sins, and as the album progresses, the low frequencies leave. In the final song, \u2018Etna\u2019, there\u2019s no drums. The lows are cut out. It\u2019s high frequencies. It\u2019s just guitar. It\u2019s supposed to be an ambient track that\u2019s calming.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<h3>A Terrified Book and Movie Are Both On the Way<\/h3>\n<p>Continuing to draw from his time spent living out West in LA, fakemink told Lowe that <em>Terrified<\/em> will also come complemented by a book and movie \u2013 both of which extrapolate his personal experiences and anecdotes from LA. Written by mink, from his POV. \u201cThis book is a first-person account of my times in LA and New York \u2013 the off-camera version. It\u2019s a very personal look at the time me and Rosh spent in LA. In the book, there\u2019s another speaker as well. I\u2019m not acknowledging the speaker, but the speaker is commenting on what I\u2019m saying. I\u2019m treating this entire album like an exploitation track, that\u2019s why the first track is supposed to be uncomfortable to listen to.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<h3>Potential Features<\/h3>\n<p>Fans have mixed thoughts on the feature slate. Early on in the rollout \u2013 before the formal announcement, even \u2013 mink said on livestream that there would be no features on the album. That has since changed, as he did confirm in a recent interview that the album even boasts a \u201csecret\u201d feature that not even his management knows about. Many are thinking Drake. 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