{"id":177192,"date":"2023-01-30T10:55:01","date_gmt":"2023-01-30T09:55:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/?p=177192"},"modified":"2023-01-29T17:46:42","modified_gmt":"2023-01-29T16:46:42","slug":"little-simz-gorilla-short-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/little-simz-gorilla-short-film\/","title":{"rendered":"Little Simz &#8211; Gorilla &#038; SHORT FILM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FYlYaVvskJQ\" width=\"100%\" height=\"344\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>After a banner year in 2022 of award wins and sold out shows,<strong>\u00a0Little Simz<\/strong>\u00a0dropped a brand new 10-track album in the form of<em>\u00a0<strong>NO THANK YOU<\/strong><\/em><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>on December 12.\u00a0If 2021\u2019s\u00a0<em>Sometimes I Might Be Introvert\u00a0<\/em>catapulted Simz into the big leagues, crashing into the top 5 of the albums charts, collecting Mercury Music Prize, Mobo, Ivor Novello and Brit Award wins and earning her the biggest live audiences yet in the UK and Europe,<em>\u00a0NO THANK YOU<\/em>\u00a0is another left field turn for 28-year old Simbiatu Ajikawo. 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