Little Simz Shares Empowering, Self-Directed Music Video For “Woman”

Note: Edited press release

UK hip-hop artist Little Simz has shared her new single and video for “Woman” featuring Cleo Sol. The latest offering follows her striking release “Introvert“, the quasi-title track from her forthcoming record Sometimes I Might Be Introvert, out September 3rd via Age 101. Little Simz’ sweet flow and graceful delivery is rounded out by Cleo’s vocals, providing an airy guest vocal. Of the song, Simz says: “I love it when I see women doing their thing and looking flawless; I’m here for that! It’s empowering, it’s inspiring; I wanted to say thank you and I wanted to celebrate them.”

As if to underline that exact point, Simz steps behind the camera for the very first time to direct the accompanying music video. Filmed in lush, almost iridescent Technicolor tones, styled entirely by Gucci and featuring an array of stunning cameos, Simz creates a glamorous yet sharply modern Utopia; an army of immaculately dressed, unapologetically powerful women (Jourdan Dunn, Joy Crookes and Denai Moore among them) in a rambling country estate, coolly getting things done and running the world, all the while looking effortlessly flawless to boot. The casting was not incidental – every woman in the video has personal significance to Simz, from her own cousins, Paij and Caroline, to her friend of 15 years, model Sienna King, to the likes of Zeze Millz and Kesewa Aboah, creating a moving, united front of sisterhood. The resultant video is a feast for the senses that hits on visual, social and emotional levels, and just another reason to get very, very excited indeed about what else Little Simz has in store this year.

Sometimes I Might Be Introvert also follows Simz’ starring role in Netflix’s cult British drug-dealer drama Top Boy. Executive-produced by Drake, Simz plays one of the show’s lead actors as single mother Shelley. She is set to reprise the role in the forthcoming season, which is currently being filmed. Watch the music video below: