Loyle Carner - Georgetown feat. John Agard [Video]

Photography by Jesse Crankson

Following on from his powerful recent release ‘Hate’, Loyle Carner drops new track ‘Georgetown’, another searing yet accessible hit that pays tribute to Carner’s mixed-race heritage and takes inspiration from John Agard’s blistering poem ‘Half-Caste’. Agard features in both the song and its beautiful music video which was directed by Machine Operated and shot in the titular location in Guyana, South America. Produced by Madlib, the new single sees Carner explore the impact and implications of his mixed-race identity and how it’s shaped his journey as an artist.

“John Agard’s poem ‘Half-caste’ had a heavy impact on me. To see someone who was older, that looked like me, sharing a reflection of a similar lived experience made me feel comfortable/proud to not fit in. It kinda gave me the permission to finally write explicitly about being mixed. There's so much beauty in the gaps in-between, and in some ways this song touches on that. For me, it’s about finding this inner confidence through understanding of self, and spending time back home. It is a representation of finally feeling like one whole person instead of two halves. Also another piece of the MADloyle puzzle. More on the hard drive."

Watch below:

CREDITS

Directors - Machine Operated

Prod Company - Pulse Films

Exec Producer - Nnena Nwakodo

Producer - Theo Hue Williams

Guyana DOP - Daniel Landin

Guyana AC - Nacho Munoz de Leon

UK DOP - Ula Ponkitos

UK AC - Nacho Guzman

UK AC - Orlando O’Mahoney Morris

UK 2AC - Olly Fawcett

Editor - Jack Williams

Edit Producer - Joshua Gochez

Edit House - The Assembly Rooms

Edit Assist - Bruna Manfredi

Colourist - Connor Coolbear

Colour Producer - Olivia Jessop

Colour House - ETC

Artist Management - Tommo Greer

Artist Creative Director - Mikey Krzyzanowski

Commissioner - James Hackett

London Casting - Coralie Rose at Road Casting

London Spillter - Veronica Gadzekpo

Equipment Hire - Haze Films

Guyanese Service Company - Wilderness Explorers

Local Guyanese Fixer - Kenneth Shivdyal