Today on 4/20, we got some heat to start your day right. We got to design and film for NPR's Tiny Desk (Home) Concert series as a team, and everything from the '65 Chevy to the band went incredibly well together. It was a great privilege to work with Curren$y and the JetLife team on this; everything was so chill and seamless, and all it took was one take. Thank you to the NPR team for reaching out to us to work on this! Check out their write-up on this Article: Curren$y: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

" The Tiny Desk is working from home for the foreseeable future. Introducing NPR Music's Tiny Desk (home) concerts, bringing you performances from across the country and the world. It's the same spirit — stripped-down sets, an intimate setting — just a different space."

SET LIST

"Sixty-Seven Turbo Jet"
"Address"
"Breakfast"
"Airborne Aquarium"
"Mary"

MUSICIANS

Curren$y: vocals
Prime: guitar
Jean Laphare: bass
Groovy Murphy: drums

CREDITS

Director and Editor: Adam Vo
Director of Photography: Allen Esmail
Mixed and Mastered by FluWop
Producer: Kayla "Rose" Magee
Production House: Channel Vivid
BTS Photographer: Joey Park
Production Assistants: Joey Park, Keijuan Jacobs, John Battle, Garrett Brumfield
Executive Producer: Mousa

TINY DESK TEAM

Producer: Bobby Carter
Video Producer: Joshua Bryant
Audio Mastering: Josh Rogosin
Tiny Production Team: Bob Boilen, Kara Frame, Michael Zamora, Maia Stern, Ashley Pointer
Executive Producer: Keith Jenkins
Senior VP, Programming: Anya Grundmann

Over a year ago, I remember tuning in one of the many LSU football games where the Griddy was being one of the celebration dances done by Ja’marr Chase and Justin Jefferson. I always kept an eye out and eventually learned that the dance was created by Allen ‘Griddy’ Davis from Algiers in New Orleans. The dance was first done by Allen to one of Kenneth Brother’s tracks and KB eventually made the track ‘Griddy’ to help the dance move forward in the culture.

When Justin Jefferson hit the Griddy on the first touchdown against the Tennessee Titans, the track and dance have since then been widely featured in different TikToks, videos, NFL celebrations, and more. The Griddy has definitely become one of the biggest internet sensations this year and it’s only going to propel forward.

I wanna be responsible for shooting the music video for Griddy - @kennethbrotherr
— adam vo (@tvadv__) November 17, 2020

Around November of 2020, I remember making this tweet and since then me, KB, Ryan, and Treyylb. have been talking about the video for a long time. We planned to release this video before the Super Bowl, so we shot it the week prior. The video shoot itself was so much fun and it couldn’t have gone better than it did. Everyone was super cooperative, and the people who came out to help (Joey, Tyree, and Chad) were major assets to this video. I appreciate everyone for the love and commitment to make a great video this day, and I hope to do more like this.

Peace,

Adam