Dutch Outfit BAKBEEST Attack Throwaway Culture on Debut Single 'Plastic'

Hailing from the Netherlands, four-piece band BAKBEEST take dead aim at convenience culture on their debut single 'Plastic'. Annoyed by endless single-use packaging and throwaway habits, the band set up in their own DIY home studio to track real instruments straight into Pro Tools, letting engineer Wietze Koning handle the mix and master. Moving at 104 BPM, the tune runs on a collision of funk grooves and rap delivery, thrown off-kilter by sharp country-rock accents.

Rapped in Dutch, the lyrics dig straight into the artificial setup around us, calling out supermarket shrink-wrap, chemical formulas like polyethylene, and microplastics washing up everywhere while factories run non-stop. Instead of sounding like a lecture, BAKBEEST lean on a foot-stomping rhythm to make the point, keeping the floor moving while asking why so much of daily life comes wrapped in bubble plastic.