Video: Haz’s Valentine’s Day Love Song

Just in time for Valentine’s Day [Feb. 14], teenage Bermuda singer/songwriter Haz [pictured] has released a good-natured new song and accompanying music video — a celebration of love that leaves him “Head Over Sneakers” for the object of his affection.

Haz — the stage name of secondary school student Makeem Bartley — wrote the song’s lyrics on an aeroplane flight.

Initially, the words simply expressed his euphoria at returning to the island and he had no instrumental backing in mind.

But shortly after arriving back in Bermuda, Haz met up with good friends Adrian Faries and Feenom the Pharaoh [Jalen Simmons] to go to a studio session to work on other projects with producer Leroy Francis. At the session, Haz recounted how inspiration had struck on the plane and Mr. Francis asked him to sing the the chorus to his newly-penned song.

Haz hesitantly recited the lyrics over and over while Mr. Francis proceeded to sketch out the framework of an instrumental arrangement while he was singing.

The final result of their collaboration and the resulting music video — directed by Ryan Whiting and edited by Haz — officially debuted on YouTube on Sunday [Feb. 12].

Haz — short for “Haz [-Ard-Ous]” — said his goals as a performer are to “promote only positivity, creativity, euphoria and to evoke thought, as opposed to so many of the songs you hear today.”

His debut mixtape, ‘Eye Opener’ can be downloaded here.

The artist said “Eye Opener” was to made to demonstrate that not all rap has to be based around hooliganism. Its cover art features a pair of glasses similar to the ones he himself wears — “glasses reveal the beauty that can truly be there if you are in a position to see it,” he said.

Haz is currently working on a second mixtape called “No Similes”.

Haz’s “Head Over Sneakers” Music Video Directed By Ryan Whiting

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