“We’re in Manchester in any case”
Hak Baker has performed his dreamy cowl of the Stone Roses traditional ‘I Wanna Be Adored’ – watch it beneath.
The Londoner lately appeared on the BBC Radio 6 Music Pageant, which is being held throughout Higher Manchester. At his set on Saturday (March 9), Baker began taking part in the seminal Mancunian monitor to cheers from the group.
“When you assume you realize this one, you most likely do,” he stated while introducing the music. “We’re in Manchester in any case, aren’t we?”
He additionally took to X/Twitter to precise his gratitude, writing: “[6 Music Festival] was stunning – thanks for sharing such a second with me.”
Watch Haker’s distinctive tackle ‘I Wanna Be Adored’:
.@BBC6Music was stunning 😻
Thanks for sharing such a second with me. ❤️ pic.twitter.com/TDl5I19pyc— Hak Baker (@HakBaker) March 8, 2024
NME spoke to Baker in October final yr about his single ‘Windrush Child’. He opened up about his motivation for writing the music in celebration of the seventy fifth anniversary of the Windrush era, which his grandmother and mom have been part of: “With ‘Windrush Child’, I needed to modify the trials and tribulations of the previous, particularly the previous 100 years, as empowerment and present the tenacity that we use to outlive and proceed,” he stated.
“Although we’ve been by means of such atrocities, I simply needed to have fun and say that we’re now able – we’re not giving balanced plates to serve off however – the place we will flip lives round and be who we at all times dreamt of.”
His debut album ‘Worlds Finish FM’ was given 4 stars by NME: “Whereas ‘World’s Finish FM’ itself falls an inch in need of its lofty conceptual objectives, it does efficiently introduce Hak Baker as a twenty first Century troubadour talking to fashionable issues with empathy and requisite anger.”
In different information, Hak has been added to Studying and Leeds pageant this yr alongside headliners Liam Gallagher, Lana Del Rey, Blink-182, Fred Once more.., Gerry Cinnamon and Catfish & The Bottlemen.