London rockers Tokyo Taboo are building off their very successful Summer with unleashing their fierce new single FREAK! An anthem for anyone who has ever felt like an outsider or that they don’t fit in, FREAK! will speak to people from all walks of life.
As someone who has been recently coming to terms with her ADHD & bisexuality, Tokyo Taboo frontwoman Dolly Daggerz wrote FREAK! about being bullied and feeling shame for taking up space and feeling more comfortable hiding and masking. Ultimately though, Dolly explains, it becomes too painful to shrink yourself:
“There comes a breaking point where you just can’t hide anymore. As I get older I become more of who I truly am and accept my weird brain for all of its crazy ideas. I don’t shame myself anymore and I don’t hide. There’s something brave about being yourself loudly and it inspires others to be their true selfs too! Dedicated to all my freaks out there – you are amazing!“
The music video for FREAK! shows the boring monochrome of conforming contrasted with the bright colour of being who you really are. At a time when trans people are being scapegoated in the media for just being who they are, Tokyo Taboo release a video that pushes back against being punished for simply existing. “I’d rather be a FREAK! than anything like those politicians out there…” Dolly shouts loudly to the applauding crowd in the video; a snippet taken from TT’s performance at Pride Rock earlier this year.
FREAK! is the follow up to Tokyo Taboo’s Summer single, the soaring WINGS. WINGS gained over 120,000 streams in its first month and is currently sitting at over 200,000 listens on Spotify alone.
Tokyo Taboo are very excited to be able to bring FREAK!, as well as other recent single WINGS and the rest of their catalogue out on tour in a couple of weeks time on the FREAK! Tour!
The FREAK! Tour sees Tokyo Taboo supporting Millie Manders And The Shut Up for four shows in late November before moving onto three headline shows in Brighton, Bristol and London!
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