Badger Drops “Sweet” Ft. Chelcee Grimes — A Sugar-Rush Rave Anthem for Summer 2025

One of UK dance music’s most electrifying breakout stars, Badger returns today with “Sweet”, a high-octane new single featuring powerhouse vocalist and pop polymath Chelcee Grimes. It’s the first taste of a bold new project set to land this summer—and it’s already sounding like the soundtrack of the season.

Fusing Y2K nostalgia, UK garage, bassline, and hook-heavy pop, “Sweet” is a rave anthem that bottles the essence of late-night euphoria and early 2000s attitude. Chelcee’s magnetic vocal brings grit, warmth and attitude, giving the track a bittersweet edge that cuts through the sugar rush.

“The moment I heard the vocal, I knew we had a hit on our hands,” says Badger. “Chelcee’s lines were gritty but smooth, clean but raw, bitter but sweet. It feels like a summer anthem—one that celebrates self-love and independence, one to dance to or kick back with. A track to soundtrack your sunshine with.”

Badger’s rise has been nothing short of explosive. In the past year, he’s seen his fanbase grow 40x, pulled in over 170 million Spotify streams, and hit the UK Top 40 for 12 weeks with silver-certified smash These Words—a reboot of Natasha Bedingfield’s Y2K classic.

Known for his genre-fluid style and kinetic live shows, Badger has lit up stages at Glastonbury, Reading & Leeds, and Boomtown, while also selling out headline tours across the UK, US, Australia, and New Zealand. Whether collaborating with icons like Tinie Tempah, Icona Pop, and Julia Wolf, or lighting up TikTok with viral hits like In My Room (17M+ views), he’s proved he’s just as powerful in the studio as he is on stage.

With a fresh project on the horizon and a loaded 2025 tour calendar, Badger isn’t just surfing the new wave of UK dance—he’s leading it.