{"id":90728,"date":"2025-05-07T12:02:33","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T11:02:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=90728"},"modified":"2025-05-07T12:02:35","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T11:02:35","slug":"bal-returns-with-wistful-pardon-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2025\/05\/bal-returns-with-wistful-pardon-me\/","title":{"rendered":"BAL Returns With Wistful &#8216;PARDON ME&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2025\/05\/bal-brings-haitian-creole-and-opera-to-rap-with-voodoo-baby\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2025\/05\/bal-brings-haitian-creole-and-opera-to-rap-with-voodoo-baby\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">BAL<\/a> brings unexpected vulnerability to his latest track and music video, &#8216;PARDON ME&#8217;.<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With a steady, yet laid-back beat, and a piano melody that&#8217;s far more wistful than to be expected, &#8216;PARDON ME&#8217; feels like we&#8217;re almost intruding on BAL&#8217;s deepest and most intimate experiences. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His use of metaphors such as &#8220;good friends with rain&#8221; symbolising the swirling storms he carries in his head, reflect the talent with words this this artist has, as he offers a hand to those who&#8217;ve gone through similar experiences &#8211; he acknowledges that &#8220;it&#8217;s okay to be lost sometimes&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With &#8216;PARDON ME&#8217;, BAL is paying tribute to the community around him, his &#8220;hustler family&#8221; who encourage him and push him to go beyond himself. He&#8217;s unapologetic for the fact that he&#8217;s resolutely himself, and unafraid to work hard for what he wants to achieve. At the same time time, &#8216;PARDON ME&#8217; is an inspiration to those who want to similarly grow, and follow their dreams. Real ones will understand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the &#8216;PARDON ME&#8217; music video, we take a trip around Hollis, Queens with BAL and his crew. We visit the neighbourhoods and the studio, getting an on the ground view of what it&#8217;s like to live on these rough and ready streets. Forget the flashy, overused cliches seen in other rap videos; this is raw and authentic, much like BAL himself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can check out the clip for &#8216;PARDON ME&#8217; below, and find out more about BAL and his music online via\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@sfhbal?_t=8hesWQXBLQ6&amp;_r=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TikTok<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.com\/@sfh_bal?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Threads<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/sfh_bal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Baltazard40\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><div  style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto;\"  id=\"_ytid_70211\"  width=\"640\" height=\"360\"  data-origwidth=\"640\" data-origheight=\"360\"  data-relstop=\"1\" data-facadesrc=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QCLOXzvueto?enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/essentiallypop.com&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=1&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;color=red&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;rel=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__ epyt-facade no-lazyload\" data-epautoplay=\"1\" ><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-spai-excluded=\"true\" class=\"epyt-facade-poster skip-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\"  alt=\"BAL - PARDON ME (Official Video)\"  src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/QCLOXzvueto\/maxresdefault.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\"  \/><button class=\"epyt-facade-play\" aria-label=\"Play\"><svg data-no-lazy=\"1\" height=\"100%\" version=\"1.1\" viewBox=\"0 0 68 48\" width=\"100%\"><path class=\"ytp-large-play-button-bg\" d=\"M66.52,7.74c-0.78-2.93-2.49-5.41-5.42-6.19C55.79,.13,34,0,34,0S12.21,.13,6.9,1.55 C3.97,2.33,2.27,4.81,1.48,7.74C0.06,13.05,0,24,0,24s0.06,10.95,1.48,16.26c0.78,2.93,2.49,5.41,5.42,6.19 C12.21,47.87,34,48,34,48s21.79-0.13,27.1-1.55c2.93-0.78,4.64-3.26,5.42-6.19C67.94,34.95,68,24,68,24S67.94,13.05,66.52,7.74z\" fill=\"#f00\"><\/path><path d=\"M 45,24 27,14 27,34\" fill=\"#fff\"><\/path><\/svg><\/button><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BAL brings unexpected vulnerability to his latest track and music video, &#8216;PARDON ME&#8217;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":90735,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"BAL brings unexpected vulnerability to his latest track and music video, 'PARDON ME'.","jetpack_seo_html_title":"BAL Returns With Wistful 'PARDON ME'","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"BAL brings unexpected vulnerability to his latest track and music video, 'PARDON ME'.","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7,9,21453,21445,21446,21449,640],"tags":[32913,11720,77,370,1945,32914,666,116,79,10677,81,22992],"class_list":["post-90728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","category-new-releases","category-new-singles","category-reviews","category-single-reviews","category-video-reviews","category-videos","tag-bal","tag-lisa-hafey","tag-new-release","tag-new-single","tag-new-video","tag-pardon-me","tag-rap","tag-review","tag-single","tag-single-review","tag-video","tag-video-review"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-nBm","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":90729,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2025\/05\/bal-brings-haitian-creole-and-opera-to-rap-with-voodoo-baby\/","url_meta":{"origin":90728,"position":0},"title":"BAL Brings Haitian Creole And Opera To Rap With &#8216;VOODOO BABY&#8217;","author":"Lisa Hafey","date":"07\/05\/2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Although he's a lifelong music lover BAL only started making music around five years ago, initially creating in Haitian Creole, but now his tracks are delivered in English and French as well. 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