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M Huncho 'Doomsday' by KC Locke

Promonews - 22nd June 2022

KC Locke taps into the mystique of masked rapper M Huncho, referencing fantasy stories and cinema in an imaginative fashion, in the latest edition of Apple Music Agenda Live series.

On Doomsday, Huncho explicitly references the late MF Doom, from whom he has inherited his masked persona, and who was himself inspired by Marvel super-villain Doctor Doom. So Locke provides Huncho with his own superhero origin story in a movie-like setting - a huge cave, set in a mountain peak. His very own Fortress of Solitude, in order to reflect on his life.

"I was very excited to work on this project, especially as it was my second Agenda Live visual," he says. "I felt like I had to approach it completely differently than I did the first time, while also staying true to the DNA of the Agenda series.

"I wanted to push the boundaries and make something very different that co-existed between the Apple Agenda series and M Huncho’s Chasing Euphoria album in my own KC Locke way!

I wanted to reveal who is the mind behind the mask...

"For this video I really wanted to tap into Huncho’s identity, something he’s always been very elusive [about]. I wanted to reveal who is the mind behind the mask in a way which is respectful to his legacy, but gives the audience an introspective vision they haven’t seen before.

"It opens on Huncho’s wise words and life lessons as a spoken-word piece, before transitioning in a dreamlike manner [to reveal] an experimental performance inside a huge underground cave network - where we find Huncho searching for his euphoria!

"I drew references from fantasy worlds while conceptualizing this visual to really build on the mystique of the M Huncho universe and origin story. I like to place the artists I work with into their own universes as if they were characters in their own origin films."

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Credits

Production/Creative

Director
KC Locke
Producer
Lewis Nicholson
Production Company
Swords & Eagles
Executive Producer
Marisa Garner
Production Manager
Toby Barber
1st AD
Tomo Pierce
Production Assistant
Motun Soya

Camera

Director of Photography
Murren Tullett
Focus Puller
Danny Usman
2nd AC
Martin Welsby
Steadicam
Marcus Albertsen

Lighting/Grip

Gaffer
Chris Sargington
Sparks
Harry Dodd, Jordan Beaumont

Art

Production designer
Jenny O'Sullivan
Art Assistant
Ed Kelly

Editorial

Editor
Jamil Shaukat
Editing company
Swords & Eagles

Grading

Colourist
Alex Gregory
Colour grade company
No.8

VFX

SFX
Mark Wilson

Agent

Director's Representation

Commission

Commissioner
Millie Wrench
Label
Sifi Productions

Misc

Commissioning company
Apple Music

Promonews - 22nd June 2022

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