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Shygirl performs at OUTLOUD Music Festival in June 2025.
The London-based DJ set the record straight about her sexuality: She's not straight.
Shygirl, a multi-hyphenate DJ and rapper based in London, uploaded a new video in which she clarified her sexuality. According to Shygirl, she didn't remember whether or not she had officially came out.
The DJ and rapper explained in a new TikTok video that she recently got tagged in a post listing "queer artists to know." Her reaction? "How did you guys know? Like, I never really came out," she said. "Did I do an interview? I sometimes forget what I said in interviews."
@0800shygirl I do it for the girls and the gays but also hey girls 😌
"How do you know? How do they just clock you like that? It's so funny," Shygirl said. "Even though I'm in a technically 'straight' relationship – I live with my boyfriend — I'm definitely queer."
Shygirl is relatively new to mainstream audiences, having found success in the alternative space after collaborating with producers like Sega Bodega in 2016 to release her debut single. She then collaborated with other experimental musicians like Arca and Sophie, and eventually released her debut album, Nymph, in 2022. Since then, she's collaborated with Charli XCX for the remix of "365" from XCX's breakout album, Brat.
Shygirl fans sounded off in the comments, telling her that either they were not surprised — given some of her lyrics — or that they already knew. "You make good music, so you gotta be something," one commenter joked. Another reply said, "The lyrics in 'Slime' alone said literally everything. [What do you mean]?"
This latter comment is referring to the lyrics of a song Shygirl released in 2020. In it, she talks about having sex with women, and raps lines like "I might fuck her if I'm feeling tight." Some fans also pointed to her song, "Coochie (a betime story)," where she says things like "Anytime that coochie calls, I'll be on my way" and "Thinking 'bout the coochie, gotta get the coochie."
Moises Mendez II is a culture journalist based in Brooklyn, New York. He covers internet culture and entertainment including television, movies, music, and more. For the last two years, he was a Culture Reporter at TIME Magazine. Before that, he was a freelance journalist and his work has appeared in The Atlantic, Rolling Stone, Fast Company, and more. Moises holds a master's degree in Arts and Culture journalism from the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY.
Moises Mendez II is a culture journalist based in Brooklyn, New York. He covers internet culture and entertainment including television, movies, music, and more. For the last two years, he was a Culture Reporter at TIME Magazine. Before that, he was a freelance journalist and his work has appeared in The Atlantic, Rolling Stone, Fast Company, and more. Moises holds a master's degree in Arts and Culture journalism from the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY.
