Youtube algo sent me Hip-Hop artist Baker Boy covering BlackPink’s JUMP for triple j(australian broadcast)’s Like A Version, and I think it’s an extremely cool rendition. During the instrumental drop of the chorus, he plays the Yidaki (aboriginal word for didgeridoo), and for some parts originally in Korean and the “Jump!”s, he translates to Yolŋu Matha and raps original verses as the post-chorus. He’s not an artist I was originally familiar with, so copy-pasted from his wikipedia page:
Danzal James Baker OAM (born 10 October 1996), known professionally as Baker Boy, is a Yolngu rapper, dancer, and artist. Baker Boy is known for performing original hip-hop songs incorporating both English and Yolŋu Matha and is one of the most prominent Aboriginal Australian rappers.
He was made Young Australian of the Year in 2019, and his song “Cool as Hell” was nominated in several categories in the 2019 ARIA Awards. In 2018, he won two awards at the National Indigenous Music Awards, and was named Male Artist of the Year in the National Dreamtime Awards. His debut album, Gela, was released on 15 October 2021 with the songs Cool as Hell and Meditjin. At the 2022 ARIA Music Awards he won five categories from seven nominations. (wikipedia)
I think it’s super cool that he brought his culture to the song, and it’s amazing when he had such a short turnaround (4 hours and 1day rehearsal!). I think it’s the first kpop song to be remixed on the channel(?). His behind the cover interview is very charming, and he expresses how what kpop does resonates very familiarly to what he does with his own music. He sounds like he has a lot of admiration for the craft, and he hopes Blackpink gets to listen to his cover 😆 I’ve been introduced to his music now and that bangs too
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