Dove - Music Video

Again partnering with the brilliant Jacob Krupnick from Wild Combination of NYC, we concepted a video for "Dove," the single from my new album Marble Mouth on Polyvinyl Records.  We prioritized kinetic movement and supreme dance moves. Jacob was also interested to shoot outside of the US, as we had used NYC and the Hudson Valley as settings for the "Dreamin'" video.

He took the crew and our lead -- dancer/artist/activist Kia Labeija -- to Bogotá, Colombia for 5 days and returned with the wonderful footage that became our video.  The juxtaposition of Bogotá's vibrant, rustic visuals with Kia's New York vogue dancing was a winning combination.

The Creator's Project debuted the video alongside a glowing write-up, and since then we’ve watched with pride in our little baby as it’s gained over 10 million views on YouTube and reached many new fans throughout Latin America and the world.

Dreamin’ - Music Video

The director Jacob Krupnick from Wild Combination of NYC and I collaborated on a treatment that was loosely narrative and highly visual.  We envisioned a dreamlike winter wonderland juxtaposed with crowd scenes from NYC that would illuminate the song's serene yet boisterous qualities.

The crew used a MOVI stabilizer with a RED video camera to make vivid the slow-motion experience of moving through rural and civic spaces.  We enlisted the modern dancer Daisuke Omiya as our film's principal character, whose unique style of hip hop-meets-ballet was an impactful and impressionistic visual component.  I created a new edit of the song with an extended introduction section in order to give the film's story more time to develop.

Awarded a "Vimeo Staff Pick" after debuting on VICE Media's Noisey site, the short film has accrued more than 3 million views across Vimeo and Youtube.

Marble Mouth Trailer

     I shot and edited the trailer for my album Marble Mouth featuring behind-the-scenes footage of the record making process.