“Vossi Bop” is Stormzy’s first solo single since 2017. An earlier version of the track was recorded in 2016 and the song is inspired by a viral dance move created by a now-suspended twitter account, @NL_Vossi.

“Vossi” or “vossy” is a slang term for Courvoisier cognac, akin to “Henny” for Hennessy. Stormzy used the term to refer to the cognac on his 2015 hit single “Shut Up”:

They drink Bailey’s, I drink Vossy

The single artwork is a reference to the Courvoisier bottle label: