“Wish You Well” -
Baker Boy feat. Bernard Fanning

Gold Coast based production house Hype Republic, the once in a generation voice of Bernard Fanning, and the most important rapper of this generation.

Directed by Macario De Souza, the ARIA nominated ‘Wish You Well’ video features footage from a spontaneous pop-up gig at The Beach Hotel in Byron Bay after Baker Boy’s performance at Splendour In The Grass was cancelled. Playing to a full capacity crowd, the wild and sweaty festivalgoers, were treated to a full Baker Boy set with a surprise guest appearance from Powderfinger frontman Bernard Fanning, who jumped onstage with Danzal to perform the new rendition of ‘Wish You Well’.

“It was so sick to work with the team from Hype Republic to bring this video together. We had originally planned to shoot the Splendour Performance for the video, you know it was going to be a huge moment with Bernard. It was a bit of an emotional rollercoaster. All the footage on the bus, was on the way to Splendour before the first day was cancelled. We were all so hyped for the performance, but I’m stoked that we pivoted to do the show at the Beachy and that the crew were all down to keep making the video and capture that story instead. I don’t know, it kind of feels even more special. The crowd vibe at the Beachy was just nuts and getting that energy on camera was really special. Just so much love for the Hype team, my band and crew for just being so up for making that show and this video happen and of course Bernard for still being up for it.”

— Baker Boy (Denzal James Baker)

Credits

Production Company: Hype Republic
EP/Director: Macario De Souza
Executive Creative Director: Allan Hardy
Creative Director: Josh Weier
Co-Director/DOP: Tyson Lloyd
Producer: Dayna Yates
Camera Operators: Allan Hardy, Geordie Lilis, Aidan Rice, Josh Weier, Macario De Souza
Post Producer: Camille Cannings
Colourist: Kali Bateman
Editor/VFX: Anasiou Canaris
Sound: Justin Harrison
Song: “Wish You Well” - Baker Boy feat. Bernard Fanning