Since her return from a six-year long hiatus from the music industry, V V Brown has been unapologetic in interrogating the treatment of Black British people both within the music industry and British society at large. Since announcing her new album ‘Am I British Yet?’, Brown has released three singles: all of which touch on themes of marginalisation, identity and appropriation. Speaking to NME, Brown expresses how she aims for her work to ‘start sociological conversations’ to provoke genuine introspection of the role of race within British society. ‘No Fear’ exemplifies this perfectly, highlighting the exhaustion that blights many Black artists who feel that they are held to impossibly high standards. The track underlines the importance of resilience and solidarity between oppressed peoples in the face of these challenges.

The single features vocal and production contributions from Liam Bailey, creating a lo-fi and acoustic atmosphere that contrasts the defiant tone of the track. The lyrics mirror feelings Brown has expressed in an article for the Guardian in 2021, where she recalls the deep disillusionment she felt being continually dismissed by an industry that almost reflexively excluded artists like her. ‘No Fear’ confronts these experiences head-on whilst never losing sight of the fact that, in order to fight these fears, marginalised people must remain unshaken in their love for one another and hold onto the hope that things can, and will change for the better.

‘No Fear’ is a rallying cry to face racial prejudices within British society head-on and suggests that further releases as part of ‘Am I British Yet’ will continue to pull no punches in the face of racial inequality.