afropunk premiere: down on his luck, british singer-songwriter raheem bakaré messes with fate in ‘forever you’ music video

‘Forever You’ is a classic R&B jam by London-based singer-songwriter Raheem Bakaré that’s been set to a science fiction music video about time travel, fate, and a broken man’s desire for love and closeness. The narrative unfolds on uncertain, surrealistic footing that works as both fantasy and a growing sense of tension, which borderlines on paranoia: things anyone who has been in a doomed relationship can relate to—time travel or not. “I wanted to ask the question of whether calculated decisions can play on fate,” Bakaré tells AFROPUNK. “Dwelling the streets a homeless man takes a turn as he encounters a pocket watch that allows him the ability to loop time. The watch brings him closer to the female that dropped it. Their endearing moments are short lived as she soon finds him distrustful and uses the same watch to send him back to the beginning.”

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