{"id":41912,"date":"2019-03-11T20:09:56","date_gmt":"2019-03-11T18:09:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/santis-music-video-for-sparky-is-a-short-about-death-grief-and-friendship\/"},"modified":"2020-11-18T11:09:41","modified_gmt":"2020-11-18T10:09:41","slug":"santis-music-video-for-sparky-is-a-short-about-death-grief-and-friendship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/santis-music-video-for-sparky-is-a-short-about-death-grief-and-friendship\/","title":{"rendered":"Santi&#8217;s music video for &#8220;Sparky&#8221; is a short about death, grief and friendship"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 class=\"pam-featured-content\" ><iframe  class=\"pam-featured-content\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tpc-qsVY-BA\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe><\/h4>\n<h4>Nigerian artist&#8217;s new self-directed video clip explores a deep and touching storytelling.<\/h4>\n<p>Lagos born <span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/tag\/santi\/\">Santi<\/a><\/span>\u00a0does not stop growing and expanding his artistic universe and his expression palette. Through both his new wave\u00a0Dancehall tracks tainted with R&#8217;n&#8217;B and his self-made video clips, the multi-media artist creates a singular audiovisual ecosystem.<\/p>\n<p>Following the success of his track &#8220;Rapid Fire&#8221;, Santi unveils the visuals for &#8220;Sparky&#8221;, single released a few weeks ago. The smooth and dreamy beat was made by\u00a0<span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/tag\/odunsi\/\">Odunsi The Engine<\/a><\/span>\u00a0and Le Mav.<\/p>\n<p>The highly cinematographic video with oversatured colours features three young women centered around a narrative about death, rage, grief, friendship and betrayal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSparky is a film about consequences and the minds of different people and how small events lead to unexpected results&#8221; says Santi. \u201cI wanted to do more storytelling in visuals because it\u2019s an important medium in which we can bring out various emotions in people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Listen to\u00a0&#8220;Sparky&#8221; in our Noir Wave\u00a0playlist\u00a0on\u00a0<span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/playlist\/5Au5WzqKtuYMaqK1zT88Qv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Spotify<\/a><\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0<span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.deezer.com\/playlist\/1878285902?app_id=105611\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Deezer<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<h5>Read Next:\u00a0<span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/odunsi-interview\/\">Odunsi, the poster boy for the African sonic revolution coming from Lagos<\/a><\/span><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nigerian artist&#8217;s new self-directed video clip explores a deep and touching storytelling. 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