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September 11, 2023 42 secs

"Hell N Back" singer Bakar decided to call his upcoming album Halo, in part, because of the untraditional way he recorded it. 

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Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest.

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UK singer and rapper Bakar is writing a wave stateside
thanks to his international hit Helen Back ahead of his
highly anticipated sophomore album, Halo. When it came to recording
that project, he stayed true to its title, telling nmy
we wanted to make music in the light for Halo,
that was a big deal, not studios, trying to go
to these environments and make a lot of it in houses,
airbnbs while we were traveling on the move. I think

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that comes across on the record. There's a movement and
an urgency to it. It's a lived experience. Lyrically, I
don't really change. I just carry on explaining what's going
on in my life and in my friend's lives. I've
just gotten better at writing songs. Halo is out everywhere
September twenty second.

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