Yung Hugo’s Make Karen Nice Once more is lastly arriving. The Myanmar-based Karen rapper took to Fb yesterday (January 8) to share the tracklist to his extremely anticipated sophomore album and follow-up to 2020’s Blessed.
The album was initially slated to be launched in July final yr, in response to an unique HipHopDX Asia interview. He stated then of the album, “Primarily, I need the Karen language to be common. And the Karen youth these days must worth their language.”
He went on, “We, the Karen individuals, have our personal historical past, traditions, arts, and languages. Who will worth them if we, Karen youth, don’t? We have now to take our half in conserving what our ancestors labored onerous to develop. For now, it’s ‘Let’s Make Karen Nice Once more.’”
Yung Hugo On Popularizing His Heritage In Myanmar And Past; Talks New Album, ‘Make Karen Nice Once more’
The 8-track album contains options from Kaung Kaung, Tae Tae, and Hashi and shall be launched beneath the BG18 label.
In a brief clip launched on his label’s YouTube channel final month, Yung Hugo talked a bit about Make Karen Nice Once more together with songs about tradition. Since his announcement, he has launched two visuals on December 22 and 28, respectively: “Waytaku Bwar Kanyaw”—which implies “Yangon Karen”—and “Sunflower.”
Though Yung Hugo talked about the album shall be launched within the New 12 months, it’s not but out there on streaming platforms as of publication.
Hearken to “Waytaku Bwar Kanyaw” and “Sunflower” beneath:
