Director Henry Scholfield continues his streak of epic videos, this time serving up a storm of Vossi Bopping mayhem for the big man’s first single from his new album. Vossi BTW, is Stormzy’s mate, whose little ‘bop’, and Stormz’s subsequenct single hook clip went viral on twitter some two years back. Fans have been calling out for the track ever since, but Stormz wanted to drop it in a big way... and so he does!

The video is the first collaboration between the director and artist, who both wanted to create something iconic, dynamic and chaotic. So Scholfield delivered that... and then some.

Scholfield says: ‘I wanted the vid to feel like a kind of series of lyrical chapters, with each scene/ tableaux landing a visual statement that tied into the track. Working with Stormzy was class; he’s smart as a whip, with a wicked sense of humour and we had a lot of fun with banter back and forth. More than that he was totally up for the, let’s say, more outlandish elements or in jokes; lounging on an uber, not a lambo... we laughed hard about that one. A real pleasure! And bigup to all the excellent crew and cast on this one!’

The Caviar production team had 10 working days from sign off to delivery, head of Music and Content at Caviar Daniella Manca had this to say of the process:

‘Pulling it all together in double quick time meant we had to be creative with the resources, we reached into our network to take advantage of timezones to make the most of the working hours. But when a song like Vossi Bop and artist like Stormzy comes along you just need to be the magician, a lot of rabbits out of the hat! Henry and Stormzy in close communication with each other along with an open an honest platform from production to label about what could be achieved meant we could push forward at a fast pace, oh and a lot of coffee!’

Shot over two days in the city he loves, the film features a cast of seventy dancers, a troupe of menaces, bike stunts, drag cars, and the most iconic London thing there is, Idris Elba.

The resulting piece is most definitely a symbol that Stormzy is back and he is at the top of his game.

Stormzy - Vossi Bop

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