"Free Yourself" is a song recorded by English singer-songwriter Jessie Ware, released on 19 July 2022 as the first single from her fifth studio album, That!
[1] Strong keyboard stabs reminiscent of the diva house[8] genre start off the song, before building up and being accompanied with a selection of strings, brass instruments and drums, all acting as a background to Ware's vocals.
[3] The video sees Ware sport an "extravagant ruby red dress",[4] leading a congregation of dancers at a stately home through a ritualistic lecture of self-love and appreciation.
George Griffiths from the Official Charts Company said the single "bursts out of What's Your Pleasure's [sic] shadow, as it should do" and that "this is a track clearly inspired by several motifs; CeCe Peniston, Erotica-era Madonna ('Deeper and Deeper' especially) and Studio 54 as the rent ran out and they were closing the shutters for the final time".
[8] Wren Graves from Consequence said that the song "opens with marching keyboards that add an air of drama before the beat drops",[11] whilst Tomás Mier from Rolling Stone described the lyrics as "sexy" and the chorus as "infectious [and] funky".
[12] Pitchfork's Eric Torres calls the single "a sauntering floorfiller [...] eventually spinning out into a delirious breakdown in its last minute".