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The UK Ug artist spoke to Dazed in March. The album is called Terrified. It drops in 2026.
March 2026. fakemink sat for a Dazed cover story in a high-end sushi restaurant in London. Two and a half hours later, the piece closed with him greeting fans in the doorway of Selfridges. In between, he gave up five details about his second album.
The album is called Terrified. No release date yet, but the interview ran in March, which puts the album somewhere in mid-2026. The title is the only official confirmation so far.
fakemink confirmed a feature on the album but wouldn't name the artist. Dazed reported the feature as "secret," which means it's either a grail-tier collab or a bait line. The interview doesn't clarify which.
The UK Ug paragon tag is still the frame. Whatever Ug is (the interview doesn't define it, and neither does the scene), fakemink is still the one carrying it. The album is expected to stay in that register.
The interview ended with fakemink walking out of Selfridges and greeting fans at the door. Not a staged exit. The detail reads as a scene, not a PR beat. Whether that translates to the album's tone is speculation, but the image fits the trajectory: accessible, visible, still in the street.
The headline teases Drake. The body doesn't confirm it. If Drake is the secret feature, Dazed didn't get him to say it. If it's not Drake, the headline is doing the work the interview didn't. Either way, the piece leaves it open.
The album is out sometime this year. Terrified is the name. The rest is still wired shut.
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