Ledbyher returns with new single ‘Dirty Rumours’ prod. Clams Casino
“Ledbyher encapsulates why the UK Ug Scene is being watched globally” – Crack
“Ledbyher cements her place as one of the most forward-thinking and fearless artists shaping the next wave of experimental hip-hop.” – Dance Wax
“There’s a restlessness to it, in the shapeshifting synths that float like clouds above her voice, with its post-cigarette husk.” – The Independent
“… one of UK underground rap’s most exciting risers” – Wonderland
“… a tension between fragility and grit” – The Line of Best Fit
Following her sold-out UK headline tour and her seismic new mixtape The Elephant, Ledbyher takes her momentum to the next level with new single ‘Dirty Rumours’ produced by era-defining producer Clams Casino, Tony Seltzer and Otxhello.
Ledbyher’s music is an atlas of nu-wave jerk, alt-R&B and self-coined “lady trap” – and with Clams Casino, the architect behind the ethereal cloud rap castles of A$AP Rocky, Lil B and Mac Miller, ‘Dirty Rumours’, her sound is more mind-altering than ever. It arrives accompanied by a video that follows a dark dream logic: masked figures claw at her in a cavernous house with blinking lights. It captures the dislocating anxiety of a life changed by exposure.
Speaking on the track, Ledbyher shares:
“Being able to work with Clams and Tony has been a blessing. I remember summer 2020 when ‘Instrumental Relics’ dropped, life was too mad at the time I couldn’t always focus on lyrics and hooks, so naturally, it became a gem for me. I’d just rinse it front to back, serious out of body experience. To be specific, it was the nature textures and bird sounds on ‘Realest Alive’ that changed how I made beats. It made me realise production can stretch my imagination more than words when I close my eyes and listen.
Tony Seltzer also did his thing on this one. Me and Tony linked in London and made 2 more on top of a few we’d already passed around online. I remember him putting me onto like 10 artists he loved and breaking down how they all work. One video he showed me was MIKE’s ‘Dolemite’ ft. Lunchbox. I loved it so much I sent it to Chottara, the director of the music video, as a main reference alongside Ethel Cain’s ‘Fear No Plague’. Cho brought those two worlds together perfectly which is why it’s got a burnt, horror movie feeling to it. Proper passionate guys, it’s refreshing to work with people like that.”
Ledbyher is led by no one. The Scottish-Indonesian rapper, producer, singer-songwriter, poet and video director is a prominent female voice cutting through a male-dominated scene – and entirely self-taught. 22-year-old Rachel Diack’s rise is accelerated beyond her years but propelled by her talents. The Elephant, dropped earlier this year to rapturous praise, is a defining release in the UK Ug scene with collaborations from 5EB and Biig Piig. It captures a simmering rage unique to the female experience, and the teeth-gritted instinct for survival which drove her to fight for her seat at the table. Here is an artist whose music lives on the margins and yet is infused with an effortless pop star aura.
Ledbyher has been front and centre of Skepta’s MAINS show, selling out shows not only in London but in NYC and LA, had been invited to walk for Yorisport during London Fashion Week and attended Gucci’s Fall 26/27 show during Milan Fashion Week. That’s without mentioning her stand-out collaborations with Sainté and SINN6R, and her invitations to open for the likes of Biig Piig and ian last year. She is an “artist’s artist” poised to become a household name for the new generation of the UK alternative scene.
The release follows on from her incendiary Boiler Room performance, an exclusive 150-cap event attended by her most devoted fans who queued for hours in the rain to get in. With surprise performances from Biig Piig, SINN6R and 5eb, fans were gifted The Elephant themed lighters, t-shirts, rolling papers and an 8-page bespoke newspaper with a QR code leading to the mixtape leak.
Ledbyher’s influences are as world-spanning as her music: Shakespeare and English Romantic poetry; Pedro Almodóvar, Kelly Reichardt and David Lynch; Slipknot and Lana Del Rey; UK drill crews Harlem Spartans and M24. These iconoclasts, and more, have inspired Ledbyher as potently as solo wild camping trips, Ted Talks lectures, YouTube Shamans and her Grandmother Sylvia. What ties these seemingly disparate spheres together is an instinct for mood, texture, tone and storytelling.
While studying Film at University of London, Ledbyher’s music began gaining traction after producing beats for her sister Anjeli. 2023’s Cunch really put her on the radar, and, in 2024, the sisters released a joint EP, Achy. Ledbyher has already dominated 2026 without breaking a sweat – and there’s so much more to come.
