“EUROPEANS FLEEING TO AFRICA” KELVYN COLT’S TWIST ON THE IMMIGRATION NARRATIVE

By Rishma • On What is New

Hav­ing released the audio for the fan-favor­ite, Colt has set the bar high for the video. Trav­el­ing to magic­al Morocco to shoot the video for his track ‘Mile Away’, Colt decided to change the usu­al nar­rat­ive of dia­spora around the globe.

For the self-dir­ec­ted video of ‘Mile Away’, just as the audio, drafts inspir­a­tion from the story of many that left their coun­try to find a bet­ter future in the ‘West­ern-world’. For his video he changes around the story, with a European Caucasi­an fam­ily cross­ing the street of Gibral­tar to find a new life on the Afric­an con­tin­ent. With the video Colt touches upon sev­er­al issues many have encountered when set­tling abroad for a bet­ter future, as lan­guage bar­ri­ers, find­ing shel­ter and lack of oth­er basic necessities.

Kelvyn turns the table, by shed­ding a dif­fer­ent light on the story of refugees and cre­ate more under­stand­ing for the situ­ations many had to encounter.

Even though the track is a fan-favor­ite, pro­duced by Blaise Keys and Mounir Maarouf in Par­is, many did not yet under­stand the inspir­a­tion for the track and what it stands for. With this video, dir­ec­ted by Colt him­self, he uses his plat­form to cre­ate aware­ness with­in his TBHG com­munity and beyond.

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Rishma

Edit­or / PR Con­sult­ant at No Bounds
Rishma Dhali­w­al has extens­ive exper­i­ence study­ing and work­ing in the music and media industry. Hav­ing writ­ten a thes­is on how Hip Hop acts as a social move­ment, she has spent years research­ing and con­nect­ing with artists who use the art form as a tool for bring­ing a voice to the voiceless.

About Rishma

Rishma Dhaliwal has extensive experience studying and working in the music and media industry. Having written a thesis on how Hip Hop acts as a social movement, she has spent years researching and connecting with artists who use the art form as a tool for bringing a voice to the voiceless.