Bakar collaborated with London-based photographer and director Tom Emmerson for the release of Lonyo!, a revival of the original Summer of Love track. Emmerson recalled an Instagram clip of South African schoolchildren dancing in uniform and aimed to counter "AI doom and gloom steadily taking over the creative industry" by creating something human. The resulting video shows warm, sunlit playground dancing that feels like a celebration of the end of the school day. The track is an upbeat, minimal house-inspired banger with booming 808s, Bakar's tastefully modulated vocals, and an uplifting sample of children singing that injects positivity.
When the singer Bakar linked up with the London-based photographer and director Tom Emmerson for the release of his new track Lonyo! (the name of the artist who made the original track, Summer of Love) Tom referred back to a mental bookmark: an Instagram video of South African kids dancing in uniform in a school playground. With so much "AI doom and gloom steadily taking over the creative industry", Tom wanted to make something totally human. And what gets more human than a dance video?
The wonderfully warm video features school children dancing on a playground touched by the last of the day's sun - it's almost feels like a celebration of the end of the school day. The song itself is an upbeat and minimal house-inspired banger, peppered with booming 808s and Bakar's tastefully modulated vocals whilst a sample of children singing bursts with positivity.
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