There’s only one sound more iconic than Tracy Beaker saying ‘bog off’, and that’s the Tracy Beaker theme tune. Stormzy{
On the track Superheroes, the musician encourages young black kings and young black queens, and raps about Dave, Nina Simone, Malorie Blackman and Michael Dapaah - but it’s not until the last thirty seconds of the song that the Tracy Beaker theme reveals itself, as he sings: ‘I can make world come true, all my dreams will see me through, and if that won't get me down, my dreams will turn things all around, with a smile upon my face, I can see a better place, doesn't matter what may come my way, believe me now, I will win some day.’ (The song was originally sang by British R&B singer Keisha White.)
Obviously, everyone is loving the throwback, with people tweeting their surprise at hearing the familiar lyrics. ‘As IF I needed any more reasons to love him but the Tracy Beaker theme tune?! Ugh your mind @stormzy.’ And another - who obviously wasn’t a fan of the election result - added, ‘@stormzy singing the Tracy Beaker theme song in his album has potentially saved what was looking like a very sad day.’
The 15-track album, which the Glastonbury headliner has been working on for the past two-and-a-half years, has received glowing reviews, with The Independent calling it ‘assertive’ and The Guardian saying it’s ‘a bright light on the dark side of fame’.
The Tracy Beaker kinda sorta collab comes after Stormzy and Peppa Pig got into an unlikely Twitter friendship, with the rapper asking he could collab with the cartoon pig - after the Peppa account tweeted a GIF of Peppa in a crown, and tagged Stormzy with the caption ‘heavy is the head’.