“Hell and back”
Bakar is a singer and songwriter from London. In 2018 he released his first release, Bad boy. A year later, he released the EP, Will you be my yellow?and this September he will release his second full-length album, aura. One of Bakar's tracks from the EP and upcoming album is a song called “Hell N Back,” which went platinum and reached number one on Billboard's Triple A charts. For this episode, Bakar told me how he wrote “Hell N Back” and all the unexpected turns he took before it became a hit.
You can buy or stream “Hell N Back” here.
Illustration of Carlos Lerma.
For a transcript of this episode, click here.
List of suicide crisis lines
beach noise – producers
Shangri-la – Rick Rubin recording studio
Aidan Cullen – music video director
“I Caught You in a Lie” by Robert Parker – sampled on “Hell N Back”
Zaza World Radio
Isaiah Barr – horn