
Reading & Leeds has added Villanelle, Beth McCarthy and more to its 2026 bill
Dylan John Thomas and Fiona-Lee are also among the latest additions.
About This Track
'Psycho' opens Dave's debut album 'PSYCHODRAMA' with the frame of a therapy session, dated 23rd January 2018. The track sets the record's conceptual arc: the first song is called 'Psycho', the last 'Drama', the two halves forming the album title. Produced by Kyle Evans, it establishes the confessional mode that runs through the project, which draws on the kind of psychotherapy Dave's brother receives in prison. Over a sparse beat, Dave maps the distance between childhood ambition and present disquiet. He recalls dreaming of fame whilst hopping trains, now questioning whether he wants to be saved at all. The verses move between South London geography, Streatham explicitly named, and the pressures of a environment he describes as formative. A teacher's insistence on counselling becomes another scar he refuses to let heal. The lyric adopts the voice of someone resisting introspection even as the album's structure demands it. Pain, insecurity, and the ironies of success surface in fragments: tears on a pillow, weapons longer than a limo, the gap between schoolmates who were rich and those who were broke. The session has begun; the curtain is pulled back.
"Psycho" is a track by Dave, from the album PSYCHODRAMA, released 8th March 2019. The track is 4:09 long. It's filed under Hip-Hop. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 14 articles about Dave.
About the Artist
Lyrics
Lyrics provided by LRCLIB
View full lyrics page →Track details
More from Dave
Credits

Dylan John Thomas and Fiona-Lee are also among the latest additions.

New single 'Back Together' arrives with a black-and-white video featuring the rapper's mum.

The Harlesden artist is also putting out 'suffer'.

The 2026 shortlist announcement and awards show dates have been confirmed.

Brand-new purpose-built dance stage The Warehouse is also confirmed for the festival.

Recording in front of a live audience in Los Angeles, the rendition has been described as a ‘Hanukkah-ized’ version of the classic track.