Bakar
A London-based singer/producer with a chameleonic style, Bakar fuses mellow rap flows, easygoing R&B instrumentals, and even the occasional spiky punk rhythm on his genre-bending material. After getting his feet wet self-releasing songs online, he came into a more defined form on the 2018 full-length Badkid before landing a significant streaming hit with 2019's "Hell n Back." A steady stream of singles kicked off the next decade, including 2021's "The Mission," 2022's "NW3," and 2023's "Good News." A version of "Hell n Back" featuring Summer Walker appeared on his second album, 2023's Halo. The single "React" followed in 2024.
Growing up in North London, Bakar first loved hip-hop but came to a turning point when he started getting into indie rock. By 2015, he was making his own tracks out of chopped-up King Krule samples and uploading them anonymously online. His sound branched out from there, and by 2017, he was releasing singles like the bouncy rocker "Big Dreams" and the hazy, looping "Something I Said." Bakar's debut full-length, Badkid, arrived in 2018 and earned glowing endorsements from artists ranging from British rapper Skepta to Elton John. The following year, his always-shifting sounds took the form of singles like the bluesy R&B track "Chill" and "Hell N Back," a happy-go-lucky soul tune that became his best-known song. The track appeared on Bakar's Will You Be My Yellow? EP later that year, alongside five other stylistically varied songs.
Throughout 2020, he issued a trio of singles: "1st Time," "Play" featuring Lancey Foux, and "Having a Good Time, Sometimes." Two more singles, "The Mission" and "Build Me a Way," appeared in 2021, with "NW3" following in early 2022. Bakar kicked off 2023 with the dreamy and catchy "Good News." "Hell n Back," already regarded as a sleeper hit when it topped Billboard's Adult Alternative Songs chart nearly a year after its initial release, became even more successful when a remix featuring Summer Walker was released. It was included on Bakar's second album, Halo, which reached number 15 in the U.K. The Walker version of "Hell n Back" reached the Billboard Hot 100 in 2024, while Bakar released the single "React."
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Hell N Back
Alternative & Indie - Released by Black Butter on 15 Aug 2019
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Halo
Alternative & Indie - Released by Black Butter on 1 Sep 2023
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Will You Be My Yellow?
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Black Butter on 20 Sep 2019
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Hell N Back (Sped Up)
Alternative & Indie - Released by Black Butter on 14 Aug 2019
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Nobody's Home
Alternative & Indie - Released by Black Butter on 25 Feb 2022
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1st Time
Alternative & Indie - Released by Black Butter on 29 Oct 2020
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Good News
Alternative & Indie - Released by Black Butter on 7 Feb 2023
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Nobody's Home
Alternative & Indie - Released by Black Butter on 24 Feb 2022
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The Mission
Alternative & Indie - Released by Black Butter on 21 Aug 2021
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Hell N Back
Alternative & Indie - Released by Black Butter on 15 Aug 2019
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Hell N Back (A COLORS SHOW)
Alternative & Indie - Released by Black Butter on 14 Nov 2019
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Having a Good Time, Sometimes
Alternative & Indie - Released by Black Butter on 24 Dec 2020
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Play
Alternative & Indie - Released by Black Butter on 9 Dec 2020
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Pour les quartiers
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Kilomaître on 11 Oct 2005
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In Disguise
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Capitol Records UK - EMI on 20 Jun 2022
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