Santi's Latest Music Video Is a 'Freaky' Nod to Vintage Nollywood Horror Films – OkayAfrica
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Check out the trippy new video for the Nigerian artist's latest single.
Genre-bending Nigerian artist Santi shares the music video for his latest single "Freaky," featuring Nonso Amadi and Bridge. We'd say that the track is just as "badass, laid-back and highly addictive," as the track itself.
The musician pays homage to the highly-dramatized Nollywood horror films of his childhood in the grainy, self-directed visual, in which Santi plays and exorcist looking to cast a demon out of a possessed young woman who is out to get collaborators Amadi and Bridge. Santi's version of an exorcism is far more mod than your average—him and the crew rock all black and stylish vintage frames throughout the video.
Santi spoke to Faderabout how classic scenarios in Nollywood films inspired the video's theme:
It's definitely one of the more creative videos we've seen come out of the Naija music scene in a while. Watch the fantastical music video below. For more on Santi'ssound, revisit our 2016 interview with the artist about helping usher in Nigeria's new wave.
