Botswana-filmed video making waves

Thato Kala | Wednesday February 5, 2014 14:57

The music video, which accompanies the release of the song Am I Wrong was first released onto YouTube on June 20, 2013 at a total length of five minutes and five seconds.

The video, directed and edited by Kavar Singh, has close to 3,500,000 views on YouTube.

It was filmed in Maun, while the other parts of the video were shot at Victoria Falls in Zambia and Zimbabwe.  In the video the duo walks around with a television set each trying to locate the other.

New York-based model, Melinda Elvenes came with the group for the video shoot and said they had witnessed the making of the video online.

'The last time I was in Botswana was in May 2013. I was there with the Norwegian music group now known as Nico and Vince (Envy). My boyfriend, who works closely with the group, and I came up with the idea of shooting the music video for their single Am I Wrong in Botswana,' she told Showbiz.

She said the shooting had positioned Maun on the international map in an amazing way.

'This project, which was pro-bono, was able to highlight my hometown Maun, in a way that I have never seen before.

We were so lucky to have had so many great people involved in this project, which has now reached un-describable masses,' said Elvenes.

The song was initially released as a digital download in Norway in 2012. While the video makes waves online, it has previously peaked to number two in Norway, Denmark and Sweden.

This is not the first time Botswana is highlighted in a video. In 2012, hip hop gospel star Lecrae Moore recorded a scene in Botswana for his video Tell The World.

The Grammy nominee showed the Sir Seretse Khama Airport in the video before displaying an Air Botswana airplane, particularly, the traditional blue, black and white stripes of the country's flag.

The video was shot on the first Day of the Unashamed Tour late 2011.