Cornwall’s rising five-piece, Flo Crowe & The Dilemmas, return with “Shy Girl,” their second single on Little Genius Recordings, released October 31st, 2025. Following their warmly received debut That Was That and growing momentum across BBC Introducing and festival stages like Boardmasters, the group continues shaping a sound that blends layered folk harmonies with electronic pop pulses and a subtle edge that betrays their youth in the best possible way. At just nineteen on average, the band carries themselves confidently.
“Shy Girl” unfolds with a soft, whisper-light vocal from Flo, coming off breathy, hypnotic, intimate enough to get you feeling warm and near. The beat rises beneath her, steady and catchy, while the music swirls, shimmers and sways above immersively in a hazy, dream-lit backdrop. There’s something almost weightless about the atmosphere, yet the message lands with a pointed snap. The opening line, “Outta my way”, immediately undercuts any expectation of a gentle, easily overlooked narrator. This isn’t about being shy so much as breaking past the polite, contained and easy to manage roles women are told to play. Flo sings softly, but the song’s spine is steel.
The chorus folds into stacked harmonies from the band, moving between encouragement and insistence: “You know it’s okay to be a shy girl / But don’t forget to learn how to fly, girl.” It’s both arm-around-the-shoulder and rally-the-troops.
The track’s other versions broaden the theme, as the F-Freedom Mix expands with a grooving atmospheric music, and her voice comes like it’s echoing in a small space. The song is way more spacy, and with the electronic textures brought in, it just hits like an eccentric, intriguing piece. Whereas, the Feature Length arrangement lets guitar shimmer and room-tone air stretch the emotional frame wider, before the music starts pumping and swelling, and the beats come dropping steadily and singularly in the immersive vacant atmosphere.
“Shy Girl” is radical. Flo Crowe has a soft voice with something sharp to say. And it sticks. Check it out on Spotify.
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Review by: Naomi Joan