emPawa Africa Limited premieres “Exit Video,” performed by Mr Eazi and Soweto Gospel Choir.
“Exit” is the final track on The Evil Genius but, in many ways, it is the centerpiece of Mr Eazi’s long-awaited project. Conceived during a period of inner turmoil and strife, it’s one of the Nigerian singer’s most personal and inward-looking songs to date, but also one of his most triumphant as him, Mr Eazi dished out the official music video for “Exit”.
Among the song’s memorable lines is one which Mr Eazi has adopted as his daily mantra: Thank you God for keeping things running smoothly. “When I wrote this song, I was disappointed in everything – the music business, feeling betrayed by my friends,” Mr Eazi says. “But, in the midst of feeling disappointed, I was thankful.”
The song is accompanied by an appropriately epic video, shot by director Allison Swank Owen, which features Mr Eazi and Soweto Gospel Choir performing the song high atop the picturesque mountaintop setting of The Drakensberg, in South Africa.
Video Credit:
Production Company: The Swank Group
Executive Producer & Director: Allison Swank Owen
Producer: Anco Henning
South Africa:
DP: Jonathan Kyriakou and Dimitri Savva
1st AC: Jason Haji-Joannou
Wardrobe Asst: Sophia Lee
Hair and Make Up: Aimee “Bobby Beats” Lokota
Pyrotechnician: Justin Meth
Pyro Asst: Peter Very
Production Asst: Leonard Lerotha
Medic: Mamahadi Sithole
Choir Manager: Bongani “Honey” Ncube
Drivers: Tinyinko Mhlongo and William Sekokotla
Behind the Scenes Photographer: DeLovie Kwagala
Stylist: Chloe Andrea Welgemoed
Mr Eazi’s red look by South African designers Thebe Magugu and Lukhanyo Mdingi
Los Angeles:
Producer: Vivi Rojas
DP: Travys Owen
1st AC: Brian Hall
Trinity Operator: Nicholas Kalajdzic
Gaffer: Anthony Boyd
Asst Gaffer: Ryan Burk
Stylist: Marissa Baklayan
Hair and Make Up: Lorraine “Lola” Ramirez
Barber: Swins Jean-Charles
Production Asst: Marley Skye Paxton
Covid Officer: Nancy Alvarez
Mr Eazi archive courtesy of Kin Kwesy
Left Post Productions
Editor: Jade de Jager
VFX: Keno Naidoo and Ilhaam Mullagee
Colorist: Jarryd du Thoit
Sound Mix: Audio Militia