Undoubtedly a ground-breaking move in his career, Baron describes
Hart as “a meaningful ballad about a long distance relationship and how true love will never fade no matter how far apart you are from the one you love”.
“I’m a huge fan of Afrikaans music and although I am an English artist, I have always wanted to write and produce my own Afrikaans song,” says Baron.
Baron is one of the most popular South African singers both locally and internationally, especially in America and Britain. His hit song,
Indestructible, from his latest album
Apollo, released to critical acclaim in 2015.
Shortly after his triumph with
Indestructible, Baron achieved more success with the song
Say What You Want that he recorded with the Afrikaans pop group ADAM (Hugo Ludik, Kyle Grant and Reynardt Hugo). This song forms part of the EP
Young and Wild that released towards the end of 2015 and was also included as part of the soundtrack for the film,
Vir Altyd, screening nationwide in South Africa from Friday, 12 February.
This single was released in South Africa, Holland, Belgium and Luxembourg on Saturday, 6 June 2015 and achieved instant success – within a few hours after its release it reached the number 13 spot on the
iTunes Coca Cola Top 40.
Despite several other nominations, Baron has won a
Wawela Award for
Best Male Artist and Songwriter and was nominated as
Best Songwriter and Artist for
Best Soundtrack of a Feature Movie or Theatrical Documentary for the movie
Stuck.
Baron concludes: “For a while my fans have also been challenging me to record an Afrikaans song, and I am so excited to finally release it.”
For more information, visit
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