“Traveling to Jamaica with Clean Bandit for the making of this track was an experience I’ll never forget,” the 21-year-old “Mood” singer tells Billboard in a statement. “It was super dope shooting the video and performing at Bob Marley’s old studio too – Marley was such a legend and a constant inspiration in my life.”
“We’ve fallen in love with Jamaica,” Clean Bandit adds. “We spent a lot of time there last year. The people, the food, the culture, and the artistry and creativity especially. We’ve done a lot of recording and collaborating over there and shooting videos with Iann for our current single was really special.”
“We shot a full, kind of, story video at various stunning locations with drones and all sorts (including Shaggy!),” they continue, “but also this much more pure, studio version — we’d had recording sessions at Tuff Gong and it has an overwhelming sense of history about it so we wanted to film something there too, and it was a wonderful experience.”
Watch the “Higher” performance video below.
