Melody Maker embraces a slick, cyberpunk aesthetic in her gripping promo for Mahalia's Jealous, featuring Rico Nasty. Invading a former lover's mansion, decked head to toe in futuristic styling, Mahalia isn't here to play games. Stalking the overtly neon blue environment, she glitches in and out of reality, joined by US-based rapper Rico Nasty, who terrorises the guy through different TV screens spotted around the house. A true feat, this is Mahalia as you've never seen her before, and no doubt one of her very best videos. DoP Olan Collardy embraces the future-tech concept, and switches up the angles and camera movement at every possible moment, mirroring the frenetic, dreamlike vibe.
Rob Ulitski - 24th Feb 2021