London’s Benin City make their return in 2021 with their latest track ‘Freaking You Out’. With the content touching on the current state of politics and global events, the track itself is a dance-fuelled gem with the paired vocals of Joshua Idehen and Shanaz Dorsett being a sheer delight of melodica. Although packed with substance, the tune is also a club scorcher. Out now, you can stream ‘Freaking You Out’ down at the bottom.

About the track, Benin City’s Joshua Idehen said:

“I wrote it as a soundtrack to Doomscrolling – a ‘Doomscrolling disco’, if you will. Staring at Twitter, constantly refreshing the screen for the next bit of bad news to blanket over me. Worldwide it’s felt like an even more relentless wave of bad news – especially since 2016 – and hella hard to look away or tune out. My verse is a wish that I could.”

Tom Leaper added:

“After leaving it to breathe for a couple of months we knew where we needed to take it. It still has that funky edge to it but with the analogue sounds and dance/pop arrangements that we’re known for right now. James Greenwood’s “Aladdin’s cave” of hardware synths can be heard all over this. We had so much fun vibing to this and it went from outlier to dark horse banger.