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Had just gone on holiday when the American company Lyrical Lemonade called with an offer that was impossible to refuse.

When Australian rapper The Kid Laroi was performing at the Stavern Festival, he also made a stop in Larvik and Skien to shoot the music video "Burning Up" with Florida star Nardo Wick. Joining the team were producer duo Sigurd Fossen and Christer Dyngeland from Sølvrev. Behind the production was the American company Lyrical Lemonade, led by star director Cole Bennett, who had noticed the production company.

Nine days before the shoot

The holiday had barely begun for Fossen and Dyngeland when the phone rang with an offer they could not refuse. Behind it was Cole Bennett, a long-established music video director for some of the world's biggest stars including Justin Bieber, Post Malone and Eminem. But time was tight – the duo had nine days to sort everything out.

"Det var jo en utfordring å stelle det hele i stand på så liten tid, spesielt når innspillingen krevde fire ulike lokasjoner, flere tekniske elementer, men takket være et fantastisk team gikk det veldig bra. Artistene ga virkelig alt, og jeg tror alle følte det var en spesiell energi over prosjektet gjennom hele innspillingen", uttalte Fossen nylig til BA om innspillingen.

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Norwegian nature

The film features fast bikes and boats, but above all magnificent Norwegian nature. This was the very reason Norway was chosen. The Sølvrev team initially considered Lofoten, but to make the logistics work, the Americans wanted a location closer to Stavern.

"Dette tok vi som en spennende utfordring og i prosessen oppdaget vi mange fantastiske lokasjoner vi aldri ellers hadde funnet. For oss var det utrolig også gøy å få såpass mye tillit og ha ansvaret for hele den praktiske gjennomføringen frem til shoot, inkludert alt fra crew, produksjonsdesign, locations, etc", uttalte Dyngeland til 730.

With the music video safely delivered, there was also time for some well-earned holiday days for the team.