So, I have been
talking about it now for about a month, and it is finally time to reveal one of
the latest projects I have been working on. Alongside fellow GOGIRL ladies and
Sir Brendan Seamus of BeeMickSee, I am proud to promote the single / video launch
of our #FreeTheNippleCampaign song happening on 02.06.15 at The Bar With No
Name (Auntie Annies, Belfast). There will be boob buns, bubbles, an exhibition
by Ciara McMullan and
loads more fun, including a premier screening of the video. For more details
check out the event page on Facebook, HERE!
BRENDAN SEAMUS (BEEMICKSEE) on how the
project came about :
""It was a
cold and wet Tuesday night in Belfast. I had been sampling some fine beverages
with a companion in The Bar with No Name when we decided to make the trip to
Laverys where we would watch A
BadCavalier play on the floor of the back bar. Upon entering
the venue I bumped into Megan and Nuala – who were 3 cocktails into a wonderful
evening. They are an infectiously fun and inspiring duo. Nuala (an actress
and burlesque
performer) informed me that burlesque dancers in Belfast aren’t
allowed to show their nipples during performances. I quipped “I’m all about the
titties, bout the titties, no tassels” and they both said I should write a rap
about it. I then agreed that WE should write a rap about it,
and it was only natural that we ask Cheylene Murphy (of Wonder
Villains) to write the music for it.""
CHEYLENE MURPHY on
the writing process :
""I remember walking into Laverys that night and seeing Megan, Nuala and Brendy
laughing and rapping about nipples at the bar. What a glorious scene to walk
into! When I caught up with what they were talking about, I replied with a YEAH
FREEING THE NIPPLES SOUNDS AMAZING and they asked me to write the music. In the
classic drunk and excited way of "oh! And you can write the music!! AND
IT'LL BE AMAZING!! Yay!!"
We all met up about a week later to
talk about nipples & boobs to give Brendy the material to string the rap
together with (we thought that was better left to a professional. Some of our
rap attempts were fantastically tragic!) The next day I was messing around on
the piano, giggling thinking about the boobs banter from night before. My
favourite part was when we tried to come up with as many synonyms for breasts
as possible. The song was very nearly called Lady Balls. The overwhelming vibe
of the whole project was fun, hilarious and most importantly, CELEBRATORY of
those weird jiggly parts on a woman's chest! So the chorus wrote itself in
about 5 seconds. I listened back to it, it made me laugh and that was the
chorus done! Then it was just about putting the rap over the chords and getting
Ryan McGroarty to record the song professionally. Which was lots of fun to do.
We even managed to get more Go Girls (and guys!) to do group vocals upstairs in
The Bar With No Name. Which basically meant twenty people shouting 'Boobs!'
over and over again at a microphone in the middle of the room; I’m pretty sure
we terrified the people downstairs watching the match!""
NUALA DAVIES on
creative visuals :
""Preparation for #FTN involved A LOT of beers and late night meetings, However it was an
incredible journey that inspired a lot of amazing and creative things to
happen. We MADE t-shirts, boob cakes and of course got to hang out with the
adorable Nina! I think one of the most significant jobs for me was the overall
vision for the aesthetic of the video. It was important that it reflected our
personalities. (Which are bubbly and generally adorable. Haha) whilst also
conveying our anger towards the hypocrisy of this issue. We wanted to make it
celebratory of our bodies, light-hearted and fun with the lyrics really hitting
home about our societies necessity to empower the female and give US not the
media ownership of our bodies. WE LOVE BOOBS.""
CIARA MCMULLAN on the video shoot
:
""I have to admit I had
never really given much thought to the free the nipple campaign before I was
asked to get involved with the video shoot. I was only going to be shooting on
the day but after seeing all of the plans and hearing a rough version of the
song I was very excited! Cheylene is the most enthusiastic organised person I
know, so I trusted her plan would come together on the day. The shoot day was
amazing - I have never worked with such a brilliant, creative bunch of people
in my life. It was fun and productive all at the same time. The girls really
opened my eyes up to the #FreeTheNipple campaign and just how silly that
censorship law is. Over all I had an incredible day shooting the video and I
hope to work with Nuala, Megan and Brendan again. Oh and Nina! What an amazing
dog, the real star of the show!""
It really has been a delightfully banter filled project with a range of talented so-and-sos, and I only hope that the public enjoy the song & video, get a message, and have a giggle with it. I would love to see people down at the launch night as it will be a lot of good craic, but I will be sure to post up the video and all the craic from the launch here afterwards! It has been a pleasure working with all the guys once again and I'm sure it won't be the last! #FREETHENIPPLES!
BEEMICKSEE
CHEYLENE MURPHY
NUALA DAVIES
CIARA MCMULLAN PHOTOGRAPHY
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2 comments:
I love the vintage effect that your photos have. What camera do you use?
Neesha | Reinventing Neesha ♥
Hey Neesha!
I use various different cameras but all are film or disposable!
I hope this helps!
xx
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