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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
As told to Rich Pelley

‘I love and hate Bruno Mars at the same time’: Babatunde Aléshé’s honest playlist

Babatunde Aléshé
‘It’s cheesy as hell, but it’s a tune’: Babatunde Aléshé. Photograph: Garry Carbon

The first song I remember hearing
I remember as a very young man, being in the living room in our council estate in Tottenham in north London, watching Bad by Michael Jackson on MTV, thinking: “Who’s this? I want to be like this person.” I was a Michael Jackson fanatic from that day on.

The song that I do at karaoke
Don’t Stop ’Til You Get Enough by Michael Jackson is a banger. It’s very high-pitched, so it’s hilarious for me to try to sing. But it’s a tune, so it gets the party popping.

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