J.P.: It's spooky, late night woods fun with a baddie in the 'Freak Girl' music video

Who says you have to wait until October for the scary vibes to ignite? Turns out rap artist J.P. is doing much more than delivering a couple anthems these days courtesy of a fire ‘Freak Girl’ music video going down in the woods.

It’s all types of spooky season vibes and I’m 100 percent here for it. Get caught up in the fun.

20-year-old Milwaukee rap catalyst J.P. has shared his new single "Freak Girl" – out now along with an accompanying music video. Long-anticipated thanks to a previous leak, this new, definitive version of the track fuses the addictive energy of Milwaukee bounce with a prominent sample of the theme song from beloved Disney Channel show Gravity Falls — and J.P.'s ever-playful, raunch-filled lyricism. "Freak Girl" follows the success of J.P.'s Song of the Summer contender “Bad Bitty” (60M+ Streams) as well as the track's recently-released NLE Choppa-assisted remix (3M+ Streams). It's been a career-minting year for J.P., whose new album Coming Out Party was met with momentous praise from the likes of Rolling Stone, Pitchfork, and The FADER. Alongside his viral On the Radar performance, recent months have seen J.P. garner acclaim with a string of popular singles, including 2023’s Dora the Explorer-sampling “Get Down”, “She Took”, and “PARTY MIX”, which contains a flip of Billie Eilish’s 2018 track “when the party’s over”. Known for his lovable, carefree personality as much as for his danceable sing-raps, J.P. is carving out his own niche as a must-watch artist coming out of the Midwest — all while juggling a student-athlete career as a music major and basketball player at The University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point.

Hailing from Milwaukee, J.P. was raised by his mother, grandmother, and uncles and has a background in vocal jazz performance, taking inspiration from old-school R&B artists (Sam Cooke, Otis Redding, Al Green, and Luther Vandross), classic pop singers (Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Jackie Wilson, and Ella Fitzgerald), musicals (The Sound of Music and The Wizard of Oz), and the Ethiopian dance Eskista as much as he does his hometown rap scene. Equipped with a unique arsenal of deep-cut influences, J.P. is adding his own distinct flavor to his city’s club-ready movement — and helping to put Milwaukee on the map in the process.