“He Walked Away With the Entire Concert Revenue” Azahriah Speaks for the First Time About Being Betrayed by His Former Manager

Azahriah, whose real name is Attila Baukó, appeared as a guest on Endre Kadarkai’s show, where he opened up about a painful betrayal from the early days of his career. The singer revealed that his first manager disappeared with all of his 2021 concert earnings. The incident left a deep mark on him not only financially, but emotionally as well.

Today, Azahriah is one of Hungary’s most successful performers, but at the beginning of his journey he experienced a serious betrayal. Speaking on Kadarkai Endre’s YouTube program Hallgatlak Life Advice, the musician shared that his first manager abused his trust and eventually vanished with the entire year’s concert income.

According to Azahriah, the story began in 2021, when he was still at the start of his career and had very little experience with how the music industry worked.

“In 2021, my first management or manager, who was just one person was actually a very shady guy. Maybe he also had some mental or identity related issues. I signed something with him, and he wouldn’t let me sign with Supermanagement. Then this back and forth went on for about a year,” he recalled.

Azahriah explained that he eventually managed to get out of the problematic contract with the help of a lawyer, but by then he had already suffered major financial losses.

“In the end, with a lawyer, I somehow managed to get them to leave me alone because the contract made no sense at all. Eventually, he disappeared with all of my 2021 concert revenue the entire amount.”

The legal process that followed cost him even more money, but by that point he says he had already earned ten times more, so he decided to let the matter go. During the interview, he also admitted that he sometimes imagines what would happen if he ever ran into his former manager again.

“I’ve thought about it. I don’t want to, and I don’t know how I’d react. We still sometimes go to places where we used to hang out together back then, and if he showed up there, I imagine it sometimes… but honestly, I don’t know what would happen. It could get intense.”

Since then, Azahriah’s career has skyrocketed. In 2024, he sold out three consecutive concerts at Budapest’s Puskás Arena, and today he continues his musical journey with a strong professional team, nationwide popularity, and growing international attention.

The artist is now represented by Supermanagement, where his manager has been Gergő Tóth for several years. Besides working as a manager, Tóth is also a musician himself and the frontman of the metal band Blind Myself.

“I Didn’t Leave the House for a Year”

Earlier, Azahriah also broke a long media silence in an interview published in December 2025 in Fedél Nélkül, a street newspaper created and distributed by homeless people. In the interview, he spoke honestly about the psychological effects of fame, the mental cost of creativity, and how he temporarily lost focus.

The singer revealed that there was a period when he completely isolated himself and stopped focusing on making music.

“For a whole year, I barely left the house. I kept my brain occupied with cheap dopamine hits instead of humbly doing the thing that made me successful in the first place: making music.”

He added that over time he realized success itself should not be the motivation behind creating art instead, it should come from the love of music and the desire to experiment.

The conversation also touched on the harmful pressure created by social media and constant comparison, which he believes can seriously distort young people’s self esteem. Reflecting on his teenage years, Azahriah admitted that seeing globally successful young stars made him feel left behind.

“When I was 16 or 17 and saw Billie Eilish already becoming famous, I felt like, ‘Damn, I’m falling behind.’ That kind of pressure is terrible, but everyone has their own timing.”