WHAT IT IS: Crafting a unique melting pot of rock, R&B, hip-hop and indie with a punk edge through honest lyricism, North Londoner Bakar has already appeared on some of the largest stages, including supporting Travis Scott during his sold-out London O2 show, Reading & Leeds and COLORs, with Coachella next. His 2022 album, Nobody’s Home, received acclaim and came alongside a limited-edition CD designed by the late Virgil Abloh. His latest single, “Good News,” debuted at the Givenchy 2023 spring/summer show, for which Bakar composed the soundtrack.
SINGLE: “Good News” & “Hell N Back”
TV: Fallon
LIVE: Coachella, L.A.’s The Novo, Lollapalooza, Reading and Leeds
INTERNET: 7m+ monthly Spotify listeners; 283m+ global streams and 6.5m+ global weekly streams on “Hell N Back,” 1b+ global views and 524k+ global creations on TikTok
PRESS: NPR (“Slingshot Artist to Watch”), Pigeons and Planes (“Artist to Watch”), Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe (2023), N.Y. Times, The Guardian, UPROXX (“Bakar is the moment”), Paper, Highsnobiety, Hypebeast, Interview Magazine, COLORs, Noisey, i-D, SPIN, FADER, DAZED, more
BOOKING: Justin Nabors/WME
PUBLISHING: Self-published
MANAGEMENT: Kirk Harding, Matthew Baus and Jasper Ford/Our Bad Habit