Katherine has narrowly missed out on a chance to catch emerging rapper and Young Australian of the Year, Baker Boy live in action on his Cool As Hell tour early this year.
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The 22-year-old Indigenous hip-hop artist from Arnhem Land has just five performances across Australia.
Despite calling the NT home, he only has one show in the region, and it is not Katherine.
Instead he will be performing at Parrtjima Festival - an Indigenous light festival, which showcases the oldest continuous culture through the newest technology - in Alice Springs on April 14.
Building excitement around the upcoming tour, the young artist has dropped a new clip for his current single Cool As Hell.
"Cool As Hell is about letting the music take control of your body and that's exactly what the film clip does too," Baker Boy said.
It makes you feel bright and happy. Just makes you want to feel the music and dance.
- Baker Boy
Filmed at various city and beach locations in Sydney, the new hit song is directed by Gabriel Gasparinatos and features Baker Boy's brother Adam and father Josiah.
“I wanted to map Danzal’s (Baker Boy) journey and visualise how a young boy from North East Arnhem Land made it onto (and is now dominating) the world stage, in a charming and excitable way," director Gasparinatos said.
"It was a last minute decision to include his brother Adam and father Josiah into the dance sequence that the latter choreographed during rehearsal – but I felt that epitomised the clips meaning and intention and really brought it home.
"Led by his dancing that quite literally propels him through these scenarios, I wanted to capture the exciting journey of Baker Boy; which I believe is only getting started."
Cool As Hell, written by Baker Boy, Hip Hop greats Thundamentals and writer/producer Carl Dimataga, the song "is all about celebrating the way music makes us feel good."
The Cool As Hell Tour will begin on April 5 at the Esplanade Hotel in Melbourne and includes shows in Newcastle, Sydney, Alice Springs and finally the Boomerang Festival within Byron Bay’s Bluesfest Festival.
The line-up of indigenous artists will also include Archie Roach and Yothu Yindi & The Treaty Project.
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