• Music
  • 30 Jan 25

Hot For 2025: cbakl

Hot For 2025: cbakl
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Pick up the Hot For 2025 special issue of Hot Press – out now – for our full list of the Irish acts you have to hear...

cbakl

Based in Belfast, this alternative hip-hop artist has been hailed by many for his eclectic beats and pigeonhole-busting tunes, which mix jazz, R&B, soul, Motown and house. He began his career uploading his innovative and imaginative music to Soundcloud at 15, and has since amassed over 10 million streams. cbakl also earned a new army of fans when his tracks featured on hit RTÉ drama Kin.

Hear: ‘By The Seaside’

Watch: The video for ‘Man She Loves’

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