Known for his experimental indie rock style, he made his professional solo debut with the mixtape Badkid in May 2018.

"[6] Bakar began creating music in 2015 by cutting up samples of Bombay Bicycle Club and King Krule songs and uploading them to an anonymous SoundCloud account.

[10] Bakar performed the song "Scott Free" on the online German music series ColorsxStudios in March 2017,[11] where it has amassed over 300 thousand views as of July 2020[update].

In early 2018, Bakar released the single "Million Miles" and announced his debut full length project, Badkid.

[32][33][34][35] The project was written and recorded within just eight weeks, and was produced by frequent collaborators Zach Nahome and Matty Tavares.

[12] The former was released commercially as a non-album single and has amassed over one million views on YouTube as of July 2020[update].

[40][41] In February 2020, Bakar performed "Circles" by Mac Miller on BBC Radio 1Xtra as a tribute to the late rapper.

[42] Bakar was featured alongside American producer Kenny Beats on New Zealand singer Benee's single "Night Garden".

[50] Bakar also modelled as part of Virgil Abloh's debut runway show for Louis Vuitton twice: once in June 2018 and again in February 2019.

[51] Joe Goggins of DIY compared Bakar's vocal style to that of Kele Okereke from Bloc Party.

Bakar has received endorsements from artists like Skepta, Elton John and fashion designer Virgil Abloh.