It's been a whole year since the Rak-Su lads auditioned for The X Factor and impressed the judges to become only the second band in the show's history to be crowned the winners. And now, they've dropped their hugely-anticipated new single 'I Want You To Freak'.
Rak-Su, made up of Ashley Fongho, Mustafa Rahimtulla, Myles Stephenson and Jamaal Shurland, dropped the new track today (Friday 28th September), writing on Instagram, 'AYYYY! We’re so gassed that we can FINALLY say our brand new single “ I Want You To Freak “ is out and available everywhere NOW! 🙌🏾 Big big love to all our amazing fans. We hope you love it as much as we do. Check out the SICK little lyric video on @youtube as well #BoomBoom #IWantYouToFreak💥'. [sic]
'I Want You To Freak' is a sample of Adina Howard's classic track 'Freak Like Me', with the boys working with producers/writers Banx & Ranx (Charli XCX, Gorillaz) and Rykeyz (Wiz Khalifa) to create the amazing new single.
Fans were quick to comment on the post, adding how much they LOVE it. One fan wrote, 'smashed it 👏🏻', with another adding, 'Love love love this 👌'. A third then added, 'Ahhh i love thisss 😍😍🔥'. [sic]
Check out Rak-Su's new single below:
We love it! 😍😍😍
Rak-Su won the 14th series of popular TV talent show The X Factor last year, beating Grace Davies and Kevin Davy White in the final. The boys were loved on the show for performing some of their own original songs, such as 'Mamacita', 'Mona Lisa' and 'I'm Feeling You'.
After winning the show, Rak-Su released their winner's single with Wyclef Jean and Naughty Boy, 'Dimelo'.
The X Factor winners' singles
1 of 152004: Steve Brookstein - 'Against All Odds' (Over 25s)
Steve Brookstein's winning single debuted at Number 2 in the UK charts behind Band Aid 20's 'Do They Know It's Christmas', the following week it went to Number 1.
2 of 152005: Shayne Ward - 'That's My Goal' (16–24s)
Shayne Ward was the second winner of the competition and released an original song - whereas most winners released the covers. 'That's My Goal' became the fastest-selling song of 2005!
3 of 152006: Leona Lewis - 'A Moment Like This' (16–24s)
According to reports, 1 million copies of the single were pre-ordered by stores and it was downloaded 50,000 times within 30 minutes of being available online! It reached Number 1 in both the UK singles and download charts.
4 of 152007: Leon Jackson - 'When You Believe' (Boys)
The single was another successful winners' single getting to Number 1 in the UK and becoming a Christmas Number 1.
5 of 152008: Alexandra Burke - 'Hallelujah' (Girls)
Alexandra's 'Hallelujah' became a Christmas Number 1 for the fifth X Factor winner.
6 of 152009: Joe McElderry - 'The Climb' (Boys)
After winning the competition, Joe McElderry's version of 'The Climb' went to Number 1 in the UK. The song was a cover of the Miley Cyrus song which was also released in the same year and featured in Hannah Montana: The Movie.
7 of 152010: Matt Cardle - 'When We Collide' (Boys)
Matt Cardle won the seventh series of The X Factor and released his cover of 'When We Collide' (original title - 'Many of Horror'). The song reached Number 1 in the UK and became the second bestselling single of 2010.
8 of 152011: Little Mix - 'Cannonball' (Groups)
They might be releasing Number 1 songs here, there and everywhere, but back in 2011 Little Mix won The X Factor and released 'Cannonball'. Unlike past winner's singles, the song wasn't released during the week of the popular Christmas Number 1 battle. The song debuted at Number 1 becoming the fastest-selling single of the year.
9 of 152012: James Arthur - 'Impossible' (Boys)
James Arthur's cover of 'Impossible' was released immediately after he won the ninth series of The X Factor. The single became the fastest-selling winning single from The X Factor!
10 of 152013: Sam Bailey - 'Skyscraper' (Over 25s)
'Skyscraper', originally sung by Demi Lovato was released by 2013's X Factor winner, Sam Bailey. The song became a Christmas Number 1 with all proceeds from the single going to Great Ormond Street Hospital and Together for Short Lives.
11 of 152014: Ben Haenow - 'Something I Need' (Over 25s)
Once again The X Factor winner hit the top spot for Christmas in 2014.
12 of 152015: Louisa Johnson - 'Forever Young' (Girls)
Louisa Johnson released her version of 'Forever Young' however, unlike many of the previous winners' singles it didn't make the top spot, only reaching Number 9 in the UK.
13 of 152016: Matt Terry - 'When Christmas Comes Around' (Boys)
Written by none-other than Ed Sheeran and Amy Wadge, 'When Christmas Comes Around' was The X Factor's second ever original song to be released as the winner's single. It debuted at Number 3 in the UK.
14 of 152017: Rak-Su - 'Dimelo' (Groups)
'Dimelo' was yet another original single to be released as an X Factor winners' single. It reached Number 2 in the UK, being kept off the top spot by Ed Sheeran's 'Perfect'.
15 of 152018: Dalton Harris featuring James Arthur - 'The Power of Love'
Meanwhile, Rak-Su member Myles Stephenson went public with his new girlfriend last week, former Love Island star Gabby Allen.
The pair posted a number of cute snaps to their Instagram Stories, before Gabby shared a snap of the pair with the caption, 'You. ❤️'.
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