1300 Deeply Express Their Love (For Bread) With New Single “Bangalang” – Listen

1300 are back with a brand-new single, entitled “BANGALANG.” Released on June 6, 2025 (Friday), it marks the Korean-Australian alternative hip-hopHip-HopA cultural movement and music genre that began in the Bronx in the 1970s, built on rapping, DJing, beatmaking, and sampling. Hip-hop has a strong Filipino scene, with artists writingGo to Hip-Hop Glossary group’s first release of 2025.

“It’s a song literally about bread,” says 1300 in a press statement about the song, which involves the trading of bars about different kinds of bread, “from beloved Asian-style baked goods to croquettes.” “It’s not that deep; it comes from a sense of play and we just wanted to have fun again.” Notably, the new single is characterized by the members fusing together “pop sonics” and members pokari.sweat and Nerdie’s “strong bass, dance-driven production” which is “intended to invoke fun, spontaneity, and playfulness.”

Watch the music video for “Bangalang” below:

“Bangalang” serves as 1300’s first release since their mixtapeMixtapeAn informal collection of original songs, traditionally associated with hip-hop, released free online or independently to showcase an artist's talent. Mixtapes allow rappers and singers to experiment and build audiences,Go to Mixtape Glossary GEORGE, which came out on April 17, 2024. Most notably, the new single is also their first release since signing with JADED — a Los Angeles-based independent music company” that “develops, services, manages, and promotes the best emerging Asian artists from around the world.”

Formed in 2020, 1300 (pronounced “one three hundred”) are composed of rappers rako and goyo, rapper-singer-dancer DALI HART, producerProducerThe person who guides the creative and technical process of making a recording, shaping its sound, arrangement, and overall quality. Producers can write, compose, engineer, and direct performances, and aGo to Producer Glossary-singer Nerdie, and producer pokari.sweat. The quintet was formed “after a chance encounter at a house party, having previously orbited Sydney’s small Korean-Australian music scene.” They are recognized for blending genres in their music, notably including “rap, abrasive SoundCloud beats, 90s breakbeat, and sweat-drenched electronic music.” They are best known for their songs “Smashmouth,” “Rocksta,” “Wire,” “Oldboy,” and more.

Listen to 1300’s “Bangalang” below: