Link Strummer Transfused Satin-Slick Electropop Desire into a Radio-Ready Earworm with ‘Victoria’s Secret’ –

The pop sensation, Link Strummer, has struck again, and this time he’s strumming the sound of seduction with his latest single, Victoria’s Secret.

Nile Rodgers-style staccato funk-racked guitar chops cut against the jazzy horn stabs as the new wave synth lines strobe in the vein of The Midnight, while the vocals remain locked and loaded with libido that seems to have a lifeforce of its own, resulting in an infectious hot-under-the-collar anthem that deserves to slam through speaker systems worldwide this summer. It’s in the orbit of the contemporary pop cultural zeitgeist, while refusing the limitations of the electropop mould; it smoulders in its own lane, amplifying the lingerie-draped heat of the radio-ready earworm.

There are flashes of Prince in the satin-slick sensuality, The Weeknd in the neon-night pulse of the atmosphere, and George Michael in the teasing confidence of the delivery of the lyrics, which carry a psychological sharpness that cuts like razor wire.

After stepping away from music for five years, the Toronto artist returned in 2025 with a clearer sense of identity and a debut album shaped around obsession, desire, guilt, accountability, and emotional fallout. Victoria’s Secret lands as another glimpse into that world, where retro-pop textures and self-aware storytelling move in close formation.

Victoria’s Secret is now available to stream on all major platforms, including Spotify.

Review by Amelia Vandergast