Baby Said – Hate Me

“Hate Me” is the latest single by Baby Said, an incredible English duo based in Portsmouth. It’s their fifth piece of work in 2024, arriving after the critically acclaimed “Who Gives A Rock” EP, and “Fight,” “Mouth Shut,” and “You Killed It,” three marvelous standalone singles released earlier this year that you should also check out. This superb composition announces BSm, their debut full-length album, slated for release in March next year. Lyrically, “Hate Me” deals with the negativity and rejection this excellent duo experienced before and about channeling that frustration into powerful and meaningful music. Soundwise, Baby Said explore several different but complementary music genres to illustrate rich and luxurious sonic imagery. Perhaps alternative rock comes to mind but don’t be surprised if you stumble upon some of the finest sonic ingredients borrowed from many different but complementary music such as modern rock, grunge, indie rock, and post-punk. They use these additional elements as an enhancement to elevate their already luxuriant sound to an entirely new level while simultaneously remaining loyal to the primary sonic direction. Therefore, these experimentations with different styles resulted in a catch, memorable, engaging track that will appeal to even the pickiest alternative rock fans and beyond.

As soon as you press play, you’ll notice that Baby Said poured heart and soul into this track. Each vocal, sonic, and rhythmic maneuver is carefully planned and performed, making “Hate Me” such a fine piece of sonic artistry worth repeating over and over again. This song arrives with a perfect structure, garnered with many intricate segments, brilliant ideas, and marvelous orchestrations, so listening pleasure is more than guaranteed. The vocal performance serves as a centerpiece, commanding attention and guiding the listening apparatus through all the segments. You’ll notice how sincere, confident, powerful vocal harmonies, back vocals, and singalongs emphasize all those segments and instrumentations with such precision and finesse. The impressive vocal range balances low, mid, and high notes, decorating everything Baby Said intended to achieve with this composition. In the meantime, the guitar works reign supreme while shaping a perfect backdrop for all the vocals to shine upon. You’ll notice how tastefully assembled, perfectly performed, heavily distorted riffs and chord progressions resonate on one side while melodies, harmonies, and other sonic maneuvers shine on the other. This interplay between both guitars creates a raw, abrasive, heavy, and powerful sound that perfectly pairs with vocal harmonies.

Of course, this composition wouldn’t sound complete without a rock-solid rhythm section, and Baby Said unquestionably paid attention to this detail. You’ll hear how equally complex, audible, warm-sounding basslines rumble beneath the guitar layers, providing more than necessary heftiness, clearness, and deepness while binding all the instrumentations with rhythmic patterns. The exceptional drumming performance based upon expertly performed, cleverly constructed, well-accentuated, groovy beats, breaks, fills, and other percussive acrobatics keep everything in line while dictating groove and pace. It’s nearly mindblowing how Baby Said thought about even the tiniest details and nuances, so if the guitars serve as a perfect backdrop for all the vocals to shine upon, then the rhythm section acts as a backbone, holding everything together. Each detail showcases their tremendous experience, knowledge, skills, talent, and dedication to the craft, positioning Baby Said as one of the finest alternative rock duos on the contemporary scene. From excellent vocal performance and impressive guitar works to intricate low-ends and groovy drums, “Hate Me” carries all the qualities you ever need from an outstanding alternative rock song. Baby Said deserves your utmost attention, as their music breaks all the rules and shapeshifts the boundaries not only in alternative rock, but also in indie, grunge, and post-punk genres. Their ideas and musicianship shine in the limelight through every vocal, sonic, and rhythmic maneuver, so this track will immediately become a staple on your rock playlist. The single is available on all streaming platforms. Don’t miss it!