Sudbury hip-hop artist and working class poet Mickey O’Brien just released his new music video for his single “Bagloops.”
“Bagloops” is the third single in his upcoming album “Shift Change,” which he plans on releasing April 22 on Hand’Solo Records.
You can watch it below. Note that viewer discretion is advised due to mature themes and strong language.
O’Brien’s new release is a nod to his Celtic heritage – complete with a “Peaky Blinders” themed music video and bagpipe tunes that carry on throughout the song.
“The beat, the lyrical references, and the cinematic video, are a larger-than-life, action-packed nod to O’Brien’s Celtic heritage,” said a press release.
The song features DJ SLAM! and PremRock and produced by Fresh Kils. DJ SLAM! contributes to the song with a “rowdy sea shanty sing-along” for the chorus and PremRock was able to deliver a verse in an “abstract rap format.”
O’Brien raps about victory in the song ‘Bagloops’ that is supposed to reflect on his new purpose in life.
“O’Brien’s rap projects a sense of victory and reflects a man familiar with his strengths re-emerging with a new sense of vigour and purpose,” a press release said.
The music video was directed by Dan Jardine from Boom Shoal Enterprises with a “Peaky Blinders” theme.
Peaky Blinders is a show that is centered around an Irish-Romani gangster family that essentially ran the streets as a result of the Great War in 1919.
Jardine has an assortment of “sketchy characters” that reflect the madness of fighting for control over an empire in “Bagloops.”
The characters in the video are played by friends and collaborators, including producer Fresh Kils, rap artist Max Moon, and Hand’Solo Records label-head Thomas Quinlan.
To check out the video, please visit this link here.
