What a sick, slick video! I LOVE this song, it’s my empowering tune of the moment. I’ve been going through a lot of unnecessary duh-rama of late, and every time this song comes on the radio, I go into sing along mode.
I quite like the styling and make up in the vid – job well done. Woulda been tempting to be tacky and go all Zulu + ibeshu on our asses and I’m so glad they didn’t.
Enjoy!
Friday, despite the pouring rain, I made my way to Kramerville to help celebrate MTV Base’s 5th Birthday.
Why? Was it because:
(A) it was guaranteed to be a MASSIVE jol with Jozi, Teargas, JR, Parlotones, Flash Republic and Pro on the bill; (B) an event with an open bar is my kind of event (even though they ran out of gin after my 1st G & T *side eye*) or (C) I really am a supreme Liker of Things. The correct answer, dear friends, is D: All of the above.
What I wore: Craig Port
So this is the part of the post where I go into detail about all the fab people I saw, right? Ja, sure.
Very first people I ran into were two dons of the Fourways Twitter Mafia (TM), the ever-sweet Xolisa, Khaya and Khaya’s girlfriend, Boity. Boity (or @boity seeing as we’re all introducing ourselves as twitterati these days) is the cutest cuteness ever. If you need further proof, check her out in the Wimpy cheesenator ad. Right HERE.
She also has a great nose, btw, being the only person who could turn to me and say ‘OMG, you’re wearing Alien, right?’ (For those plebians who aren’t well-versed in the smellies, that’s Thierry Mugler’s kickass oriental fragrance, Alien).
Spotted soooo many interesting/ cool/ trying-to-be-either-interesting-or-cool people.
Tamara Dey looked FANTASTIC and attacked the cheese platters with vigour. Despite the dairy, her voice was flawless [FLAWLESS!!] when Flash Republic finally hit the stage.
Because of my penchant for being fashionably late (*cough* African time *cough*) I missed Jozi’s performance. Either that, or I just wasn’t interested. Which wouldn’t be the truth. Speaking of the stage… JR was PHENOMENAL. Show Dem (kak video and all) truly is one of the biggest songs of the moment. Errbody was making the circle bigga. Teargas was great, too, really professional set. I must admit, one of the members (I don’t know names, sue me!) has that Hood Hot thing going for him… Like if he were to step to me on same ‘Hey baby, I love you’, I might just ignore my height requirement and NOT shut him down #justsaying. Parlotones (the rock group darkies love to love - they have a KFC endorsement, you know!) were INCREDIBLE (yes, I’m running out of adjectives here) and even did a remix of that BEP song, I Gotta Feeling. Khan’s vocals do not quit. Flash Republic, as I said, were incredamazing. My former kwaito crush Brickz took to the stage while Pro performed Bumpa and I almost died laughing. My lawd! ‘Hey’, ‘Whoa’ … Dude, if you aren’t adding value, get off the stage. Not only that, but one of his drunken friends accosted me on my way to pee, asking where my fiance was. Lamesauce, dude.
Also spotted: Kojo Baffoe and wifey, Kabomo, Zubz, DJ Zinhle, PR queens Farah Fortune and Melanie Ramjee, Slikour, Siya Ngwekazi, Fix (she’s a hottie that one, hey) who arrived late because, I’m assuming, of her 5fm gig(?), Sizwe Dhlomo (the ‘he’s shy’ vs ‘he’s arrogant’ debate rages forth), the troubled Lungelo and Kailash … who else? Well, I did switch to vodka in the absence of gin, so forgive my memory loss!
In general, it was a FAB night. The venue was frikkin huge so, even though there was a great turn out, the place looked emptyish. We likes an open bar and we likes strategically placed nibbles even better. Party ended around 1.30-ish (?), so there was still time for an after party at The Bank (the less said about that, the better!).
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TKZee’s Dikakapa video. I know I’ve been sleeping. Forgive me, bhuti!
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