Nick Hakim
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Nick Hakim is an American musician based in Brooklyn, New York, United States. His first EP, Where Will We Go Part 1 & 2, was self-released in 2014. His debut album, Green Twins was released in May 2017, followed by his second studio-album, Will This Make Me Good, released in May 2020.
In 2017, Hakim released Green Twins through ATO Records and toured internationally. The album went on to earn critical acclaim by media outlets including Pitchfork and The Guardian, and was named one of the Ten Best R&B Albums of 2017 by NPR. Vice called it a "soulful, psychedelic experience". One of the tracks off the album, "Needy Bees" was featured in an episode of HBO's Insecure. The following year, Hakim contributed original music to HBO's Random Acts of Flyness, directed by long time collaborator, Terence Nance. In 2018, Hakim performed on NPR's Tiny Desk Concerts.
In 2020 he released his second studio album Will This Make Me Good. He collaborated with Erykah Badu and contributed to her live stream concert series ‘Too Sensitive’ in September 2020. A remixed version of Will This Make Me Good was released in 2021 and included remixes from BadBadNotGood, KeiyaA, Slauson Malone, Pink Siifu and more.
Hakim returned in October 2022 with his romantic third solo album, Cometa, some of which he produced on his own, while the blissful preview single "M1" was produced beside longtime associate Andrew Sarlo and DJ Dahi.
