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Turkish/Estonian Songwriter, Multi-Instrumentalist, and Producer Reveals Details of New EP

Therapy Doesn’t Work Released 23rd September 2025

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Singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer GØK2, (aka Göktuğ Babataş) returns today with his new single ‘Hello Pity’ set for release on 2nd September 2025.

‘Hello Pity’ flips self-pity into defiance—a generational reflection, a monologue packed with irony, irreverent lyrics that still hit hard, and flashes of memories and experiences about the immigrant hustle, personal grind, dancing with your demons, and the power of unity and community when life gets heavy.

Impish, ironic, crude, catchy and deeply felt, GØK2 turns his long years of survival into empowerment with a wink, and a generational dance floor war cry: embrace your enemies, dance with the dead, and try to have some fun.

The track is the latest to be taken from his forthcoming new EP Therapy Doesn’t Work, set for release on 23rd September 2025, and follows on from early singles ‘B.F.T.D’ and ‘Kotryna’ released earlier this year.

Commenting on the single, GØK2 says: “Hello Pity is hell let loose—‘everybody jump the fuck up!’ A sarcastic uplifting anthem soaked in Y2K sounds, that blends bounce-heavy beats, and distorted riffs, stomping across groove-metal, breakbeats, and early 2000s hip hop. It’s 99’ Nookie for the ears.”

Born in Istanbul, Turkey and currently based in Tallinn, Estonia, GØK2 recently appeared at Tallinn Music Week 2025, with further EU/UK live dates to be announced in the coming months.

GØK2 will also be appearing on a panel at MMB Festival Romania this September titled "Taking a Stand: Should Artists Risk Their Fanbase for Their Beliefs?" exploring the balance between political expression and career impact.

Barrelling onto the European music scene in 2022 with his distortion-soaked debut single ‘No Means No’, Babataş’ skillful DIY productions blend elements of dance, electro, punk rock, hip-hop and break-beat. These are witty, dark, impactful, and groove-laden songs, infused with anger, compassion, and playful honesty—at its core, this is dance music with a punk rock attitude.

His lyrics explore weighty topics of immigration, dictatorships, mental health, and fighting for your rights and those of others, with songs about loving life and celebrating exactly who we are and what we stand for.

Touting a wide range of influences from protest music and thrash metal to Turnstile, The Prodigy, Soulfly, Sepultura, Amyl and the Sniffers, Wu-Tang Clan and Beastie Boys, GØK2 says that his latest material is heading in exactly the direction he wants for the project in future.

In 2025, along with the rest of the Baltic States, Babataş and his fellow Estonian natives are once more nervously staring down the barrel of Russian escalation—a fact which isn’t lost on Babataş, or in his music.

“The political situation in the world affects us more than ever: the wars in Gaza and Ukraine, the economic crisis, endless inflation, new conflicts between different countries…” he despairs. “Maybe that's why we need this kind of music and reflection on the situation. But whatever I say, I still believe that the real reason lies in the dedication and ambition of these DIY bands.”

GØK2’s new EP Therapy Doesn’t Work is released 23rd September 2025

Live Dates:
05—6.09.25 - Europavox Vilnius Festival (EE)
09–11.09.25 - MMB Romania (RO)
07.11.25 - Tallinn – Paavli Kultuurivabrik (EE)