''Nymph'' is the debut

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by British rapper and singer

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. It was released on 30 September 2022 on vinyl, CD, cassette and digital download, through

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. The album was announced alongside the release of its lead single "Firefly" on 10 May 2022. The second single "Come for Me" was released on 7 June 2022.

Composition

''Nymph'' is primarily a pop album, through critics have noted that the album resists strict genre classification. "Firefly", "Heaven", and "Coochie (A Bedtime Story)" are all

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songs with the latter incorporating

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beats.

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and 2-step are present on both "Firefly" and "Wildfire", while "Nike" and "Missing U" incorporate rap music. "Poison" is a

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-inspired blog house track "with a raucous accordion hook and club-ready bass squelches". "Honey" merges

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breakbeats and liquid drum 'n' bass into a "sultry" R&B ballad. The Arca-produced "Come for Me" is a "mutant"

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song with "sparse, militant drum patterns sound like they’ve been swallowed by broken subwoofers"

Critical reception

''Nymph'' was met with universal acclaim upon its release. At

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, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an

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score of 84, based on 10 reviews.

Track listing

Credits adapted from the album's official liner notes. Notes * signifies an additional producer * "Shlut" features additional vocals by Cosha and Sega Bodega. * "Firefly" features additional vocals by Cecile Believe. Sample credits * "Woe" contains a sample of "

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", performed by

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, written by Polachek and Daniel Harle. * "Firefly" contains samples of "Ready to Make Luv", performed by

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, written by Tremaine Aldon Neverson & Troy Taylor.

Charts

References

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