British rapper Santan Dave shares cinematic music video for new single “The Boy Who Played the Harp”
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Santan Dave storms back into the spotlight with an imaginative new music video for The Boy Who Played the Harp, the arresting title track from his forthcoming album. The visual pushes his storytelling into bolder, more cinematic territory, weaving surreal imagery with the grounded, introspective lyricism that’s become his signature. Dave positions the song as both a personal myth and a cultural mirror, using the harp as a symbol of discipline, isolation, and the strange burden of prodigious talent. It’s a return that feels deliberate, elevated, and unmistakably Dave: sharp pen, big vision, and a world built on his own terms.
Listen to “The Boy Who Played the Harp” below
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Directed by Edem Wornoo
Executive Producer: Mel Giles
Producer: Andre Wooz
Production Manager: Liz Adeleye
Production Coordinator: Scarlet Green
DOP: Jaime Ackroyd
Production Designer: David Hamilton
Costume Designer & Artist Stylist: Cara Hayward
Makeup Artist & Artist Grooming: Ayopo Abiri
Editor: Amy Dang
Colourist: Tim Smith
Executive Producer: Luke Jacobs
Executive Producer: Saam Farahmand
Production Company: FRIEND
1st AD: Joe Starrs
2nd AD: Edward Howes
3rd AD: Joshua Goodman
AD Runner: Freddie Tyrrell
Focus Puller: Malte Hübner
Focus Puller (Prep): Jason Henwood
2nd AC: Josh Ighdaro
Camera Trainee: Paul Adea
Motion Control Operator: Ladislav Moulis
Motion Control Assistant: Tom Ravenscroft
Video Playback Operator: Mickey Richards
DIT: Moses Jeremiah
Gaffer: Harrison Newman
Lighting Desk Operator: Alex Magil
Electrician: Joe Kennedy
Electrician: Tim May
Electrician: Anna Lowery
Electrician: Sam Hilaire
Art Director: Ella Wilbraham
Art Director: Kit Falck
Buyer: Annie Alvin
Props: Harvey Weston
Armourer: Ben Simmons
Construction: Toby Caldicott
Construction: Adam Neville
Construction: Tim Dufort
Construction: Leo Obrien
Construction: Marnnee Beech
Construction: Julian Hackett
Construction: Jake Kaynak
Construction: Ben Pointer
Costume Assistant: Jannelle Williams
Costume Assistant: Megan Bundy
Costume Assistant: Aaron Aina
Makeup Assistant (SFX): Amelia Mara
Makeup Assistant (SFX): Roo Gehring
Makeup Assistant: Lauryn Brown
Hair Stylist: Natalia Krzewska
Hair Assistant: Lucia Josephine
Production Runner: Theus Morgan Gynn
Production Runner: Jack Elliott
Production Runner: Eliab Gebressilase
Production Runner: Coco Laroque
Production Runner: Martha Busfield
Production Runner: Maxime Laurent
Edit Assistant: Conrad Bohl
Edit House: Avenues
Post Producer (Avenues): Amanda Jenkins
Lead VFX Artist: Harry Davidson
2D Artist: Oliver Chenery
2D Artist: Jason Summersgill
2D Artist: Jane Williams
Post Producer (Coffee & TV): Emily Garaway
Colourist: Tim Smith
Colour Producer: Jai Mhach Durban
Colour House: Rascal
Sound Mixer / Designer: Alfie Marcantonio
Title Designer: Guillaume Maurin-Belay
BTS Photographer: Jelani Pomell
Label: Neighbourhood Recordings
Artist Mgmt: Jack Foster
Artist Mgmt: Benny Scarrs
Artist Mgmt: Justin Scott
Artist Assistant: Tia Rae
Medic: Karl Omar
Security: Richard Maynard
Security: Charlie Clewley
Casting Director: Karmel Cochrane, Sophie Burton
Supporting Artists:
Jack Derry, Ellen Pankhurst, Frankie Coldstream, Jack Diamond, Alex Bambrick, Harry Wright, Campbell Eady, Cheryl Blair, Lucy Cowie, Juri Thilak, Azaria Kabengele, Savannah Kityo, Eyum Priscilla, Mya Reed, Malachi Hallet, Reiss-Dantae Douglas, Mohammed Naseer, Rehan Banga, Richard Sutar, Reneé Beau, Kiah Marie Thorne, Alex Caspian, James Crouch, Tommo Thomas, Nick Bateman, Jon Campbell, Jacob Flemming, Jay Fisher, Chay Faraday-Browne, Harvey Lodge, Noa Kroes, Liam Ballantyne, Daniel Danaj, Brooklyn Fry, Pyerre Clarke, Ben King, Jordan Baiye, Kevin Nsubuga, Job Pedro Angus, T-Jai Coleallison, Lucky Asare, Maurice Forbes Jr, Ladi Ilori, Oluwanifemi Oduwole, Malachi Okonkwo, Mohammed Azeez, Jason Njoroge, Tade Asaolu, Tats Nyazika, Remi Adenaike, Jade McCrea, Solomon Akano, Daniel Abeshin, Lathaniel Dyer, Nathan Ihedioha, Paul Kwey, Lewis Lisk, Fallou Diakhate, Terrence Egnie, Alexander Ajuwon, Abayomi Oniyide, Julian Yaw, Mayokun Olawale, Joshua Ogbue, Andy Egwuatu, King Dogbe
Special Thanks: ProLighting, OneStop Films, Mark Roberts Motion Control & Oscar Hudson
