NEEDED TO BE
CO-DIRECTOR
Co-written by Rob Amuruso and Kaybee, Needed to Be is a song of self-reckoning, scored in truth and grace. The music video, conceptualised by Kaybee in consultation with Sophie Marsh and co-directed with Joseph Purdam, expands that pulse into a visual immersion on belonging and the quiet violence of losing oneself. Shot betweeen North Melbourne and on Kaybee’s bubu on Kuku Yalanji Country (Mossman, QLD), it contrasts the sterile hum of city hustle with the visceral return to Country: to land, spirit, and communion. A work about remembering what sustains us, and what must fall away.
PROJECT CREDITS
ARTIST: Kaybee
CO-DIRECTORS: Sophie Marsh, Joseph Purdam
DOP/EDITOR: Joseph Purdam
Colourist: Jesse Hales
BTS: Pablo Wild
Special thanks: Jabalbina Yalanji Aboriginal Corporation
special thanks: PHORIA