Phantom

Album: Rebel (2025)
Charted: 12 67
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Songfacts®:

  • "Phantom" is an underground single by Liverpool rapper EsDeeKid featuring Rico Ace. Released on March 7, 2025, the track garnered gathered momentum throughout the summer and entered the UK Singles chart for the first time in September 2025.
  • EsDeeKid, who raps in a thick Scouse accent, is part of a wave of UK artists splicing trap with a kind of jagged, alternative hip-hop. For added visual flair, he usually shows up in his trademark balaclava or "bally."
  • Rico Ace is a close collaborator of EsDeeKid. They have linked up on several tracks, including the popular single "LV Sandals" (which also features Fakemink).
  • The song's lyrical content is typical of the artists' "alt-rap" style: a celebration of a hedonistic, rebellious lifestyle focusing on drugs, cash, attitude, and excess.
  • The title comes from the lyric, "Blacked out like a phantom," which does double duty: it nods both to the Rolls-Royce Phantom (the spiritual Uber of rap royalty) and to the sense of being shadowy, untraceable, larger than life.
  • Wraith9's production is a driving, bass-heavy beat that complements the artists' abrasive and energetic vocal delivery.

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