DIPS & Lo-Wu - The Ride II [Video]
South London duo Dips & Lo-Wu explore their stomping ground in the visuals for their poignant and evocative track ‘The Ride II’.
Growing up together in Lewisham and connecting over their shared love of music, Dips & Lo-Wu have a long-shared history. As a rapper and lyricist, Dips combines his witty, often poetic wordplay with Lo-Wu's genre-fusing production to create a raw, innovative sound that lies between UK garage, grime, hip-hop, soul and even jazz. ‘The Ride II’ serves as a sequel to ‘The Ride’ - the lead track from Dips' solo EP ‘Phases’, released in 2016. Directed by up and coming videographer Tyrus (Denzel Himself, Lex Amor and Virgil Hawkins) and filmed in the pair's neighbourhood of Lewisham, the track’s music video invited the viewer to join Dips & Lo-Wu as they journey through their local haunts.
Speaking on the video, Tyrus says,"The tense instrumental and husky vocals, to me, leans the track to a more nocturnal space. The video evokes the feeling of being alone in an unfamiliar area at night."
Sharing how the new single builds on themes from his solo track ‘The Ride’, Dips explains, “My mentality has shifted in ways I could have never imagined. Now I feel it's my responsibility to show people where I am. There's still a lot of temptation to dip back into my old self destructive patterns. The necessary growth shown on ‘The Ride II’ expresses how life comes with a constant fight. The only thing that remains is the fact that I'll always share these experiences on record."
Lo-Wu informs us on the inspiration behind this music: "The beat for ‘The Ride II’ came first. I came across a piano track which I sampled, and then replayed the sampled section for extra sauce. That elegant airy piano made me instantly head in the direction of UK Drill, to juxtapose the piano with a big gliding 808 baseline and skippy, grimey drums. The beat sounds dark and brings about feelings of introspection and sombreness."
Watch below:
CREDITS
Directed & Edited by Tyrus
Visual Team - Diffuse.Studios
Styled by Alysha Patel
Track Mastered by Pink Bird Studio