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LITTLE SIMZ – Gorilla

Jun 28, 2023
2 min read

Simbiatu “Simbi” Abisola Abiola Ajikawo (born 23 February 1994), better known by her stage name Little Simz, is a British-Nigerian rapper, singer and actress. She rose to prominence with the independent release of her first three albums; A Curious Tale of Trials + Persons (2015), Stillness in Wonderland (2016), and Grey Area (2019), the last of which was shortlisted for the Mercury Prize and won the awards for Best Album at both the Ivor Novello Awards and the NME Awards.

CREDITS Music produced by Inflo and performed by Little Simz

Directed by Dave Meyers Produced by Roisín Audrey Moloney & Nathan Scherrer Executive Producer Nathan Scherrer Production Company Freenjoy Director Rep Jamie Rabineau & Cheyenne Shannon for Lark Creative

Production Managers Joe Keenan, Sina Pars Director of Photography Scott Cunningham Production Design NuCalifornia 1st AD Kenny Taylor Gaffer Mike Van Meter Key Grip Dave Riggio 1st AC Pergrin Jung Choreographer Sienna Lalau Simz Wardrobe Stylist Luci Ellis Simz Wardrobe Assistant Victoria Jackson Dancer Wardrobe Stylist Ann-Marie Hoang Dancer Assistant Stylist Kim Nguyen Simz Make-Up Nibras Simz Hair Salih Watts Dancer Hair Ar’Tavia Harris Dancer Hair Assistant Jasmine Williams Dancer Make-up Charde Rene Dancer Make-up Assistant Ashley Clemons

Special thanks & photography reference: Musical Instruments – Image by Rafael Pavarotti and Ibrahim Kamara / Art + Commerce

Special thanks & photography reference: Infinite, Backbone, Reborn – Images by Michael Aboya

Special thanks & photography reference: Black puffa – Gabriel Moses

Special thanks to Microsoft & BMW

Edited by Greg Scruton @ Cabin Edit Edit Producer Michelle Dorsch @ Cabin Edit VFX by Foreign Xchange VFX Producer Gosia Herman VFX Supervisor Les Umberger Color by Dante Pasquinelli @ Ethos Color Producer Nat Tereshchenko @ Ethos

Dancers: Jared Allen Kalvin Trevonte James Dhaiti Jamal Deandre Green Josh Price Corey Turner Alekz Gerard Destiny Vaughan Crystal Jackson Patience Aquart Kayla Rae Zimmerman Darina Littleton Jada Walker Whitney Jones Dominique LaRaine

Skaters Antonio Evans Lester Singleton Anthony Amedori Darius Heinrich-Hutton

BTS Photography Annie Noelker BTS Photography Karolina Wielocha

Label: Forever Living Originals / AWAL Label video commissioner: Bianca Bhagat Creative brand marketing lead: Stephanie Gaber

 
 
 

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