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KAYO: Soft Landing

2024 · Afro-R&B / Intimate · Directed by Tallis Wren

Singer performing on a smoky stage washed in red light
KAYO - Soft Landing (Official Video) — 0:01 / 3:08

Overview

Soft Landing stays close. One room, one microphone, and KAYO at his most unguarded — the camera never leaves arm's length while haze and lamplight soften every edge of the frame.

  • ArtistKAYO
  • Year2024
  • GenreAfro-R&B / Intimate
  • Format4K · Single location
  • LocationLekki studio session
  • DirectorTallis Wren

The Treatment

The brief was tenderness, so we shot like a portrait sitting: long lenses, slow pushes, and silence between takes. Nothing enters the frame that KAYO hasn't touched — the room is dressed from his own apartment.

Release & Outcome

A slow-burn favourite, the video gave KAYO his most tender calling card and remains the entry point new listeners find first.

Artist portrait in leather jacket against a brick wall
KAYO, portrait sitting

“Quiet close-ups, hazy light and an easy R&B pulse carry this gentle, intimate film.”

Silhouettes of fans dancing at a concert
Colour styling test
Moody close portrait against a dark background
Final portrait, Soft Landing