Finn said ‘The intensity and ominous tone of Sayõnara reminded me of both the best nights out and the brutal days that followed. That’s what sparked the idea. But I wanted to turn a typical dance video on its head and focus on the aftermath and how the chemicals in your body change as the week progresses. I wanted to capture the visceral intensity of paranoia and intrusive thoughts. Somehow, that “never again” anxiety of Monday slowly shifts by Friday into a “Weekend is here. Monday will never happen again! ” optimism.
Threaded through this personal journey is a reference to Belfast’s rave history. To represent the symbolic narrative of how illegal raves in the 90s weren’t just parties but powerful acts of defiance, places where divisions blurred and people came together in resistance. The spirit that runs through the film’s imagery, and Jamie-Lee taking the wheel of Kneecap’s pimped-out Land Rover like a rave pied piper, guiding the city into abandon and release.
