Benedikt Premieres "Havana Nights" Music Video
Canadian born, Berlin based solo-artist and creative Benedikt has just unveiled the self-directed and produced music video for Havana Nights, a cool pop track with a catchy soundscape and beautiful vocals! The song is the second single to be lifted from his upcoming EP, FACIA, set to arrive later this month
Shot by talented cinematographer Smina Bluth in various locations around Berlin, capturing the magic light of the evening and the early morning hours. The music video plays with five key components; space, colour, the human body, gesture and light. Watch it below!
Speaking about the video Benedikt said
The performance was entirely improvised and explores a loose narrative of a man reminiscing - expressing himself in different spaces through vocal performance and movement. The music video dances between choreographically composed shots and closeups. I collaborated closely with Smina throughout the creative process - honing a narrative together through performance, light and space. You'll find me at moments in the video just smiling and dancing to the music. Which for me personally is the essence of the song - having a moment of joy.
Speaking about the track Benedikt said:
Havana Nights explores joy, illusion, belief and the pursuit of being serenaded by another. There is a playful quality to the song. It moves between a sense of melancholy and elation. I never like to dictate what someone should feel from a work. But if a listener would have a moment of joy - or be swept up in emotion while listening to this song there would be no greater gift.