Today, singer, rapper and producer HAWA releases her debut album HADJA BANGOURA via 4AD / Remote Control. The album, named for HAWA’s great-grandmother who passed away last year, forms a vessel for healing as HAWA crafts a letter to herself through which to work past her toxic relationships. Its guiding light is the palpable, fierce confidence she inhabits as she comes to terms with her past, inspired by the resilient Hadja. On the album, HAWA creates a layered soundscape...
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HAWA releases ‘PROGRESSION’, the second single from the genre-bending singer/rapper/producer’s debut album HADJA BANGOURA which arrives on November 4. Produced by Anthoine Walters and WAVES, ‘PROGRESSION’ is a stirring piano ballad about moving on and thriving in the wake of heartbreak. The accompanying visual opens with an intimate conversation between HAWA and her long-time friend and collaborator, the iconic designer Telfar Clemens. Written and directed by Alex Huggins, it sees...
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4AD welcomes HAWA to its roster and reveals ‘Wake Up’ – out now via 4AD / Remote Control Records. ‘Wake Up’ marks a softer side to the genre-bending rapper/singer’s oeuvre, centring petty ruminations atop a beat by Cadenze (Jorja Smith, Burna Boy) and recorded at long-time collaborator Tony Seltzer’s NYC studio. The song follows a whirlwind period that saw HAWA close Telfar’s Pitti Uomo show, collaborate with British fashion house Burberry and featured in W Magazine’s latest music issue alongside Bad Bunny and...
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HAWA’s debut EP the ONE is out now via b4. The EP centers on the women HAWA loves: those who she plays and those who play her. The 8-songs written by HAWA, which feature production from Tony Seltzer, Cadenza, Oscar Key Sung and others, include recent singles “IPHONE” – a melancholic Hip Hop call for romantic ceasefire – and “MY LOVE” – a vulnerable track in which pleading for a...
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‘Kill Some‘ is the third single released by talented young artist HAWA, complete with its own video. HAWA explained that ‘Kill Some‘ “is a love song about a toxic relationship inspired by a true story.” The song follows that journey from its hopeful beginning to the end of the “fairytale,” presenting the “challenges of being in love with a gorgeous woman who you know could never truly be yours.” Check...
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HAWA’s strong, direct voice set her apart from her peers and established her as a contender for the NYC’s next rap superstar. Now, she releases ‘I’m Safe’ which hears HAWA reunited with producer Tony Seltzer and combines her forceful bars with flexing vocals. The track is accompanied by her first-ever music video, directed by Keenan MacWilliam, watch below! At 17 years old and still in high school in NYC, HAWA...
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Remote Control is excited to announce new label b4, a future-facing label that serves as an incubator for tomorrow’s most relevant artists. The music on b4 is a reflection of the genre-smashing landscape, where prior categories no longer apply. Overnight b4 announced their first release – NYC rapper HAWA with her debut track ‘Might Be’. HAWA’s forceful bars glide over Tony Seltzer’s beats on the track that sets her strong, direct...
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