“2023 was a bit of a hard year for me. At the end of the year, I’d made some really good decisions; I’d cut off all the shit that was holding me back. I feel like this year, I’m coming in and I’m myself again; I love what I’m doing and I fell back in love with my career again.”
— BARKAA
WE UP
Proud Malyangapa and Barkindji woman, BARKAA celebrates stepping into her raw strength and power in her latest anthem, WE UP.
Shedding the weight of the past, BARKAA rallies the Tiddas, weaving through the streets of Dharug Country before hitting the club to spitfire with unapologetic confidence, emerging more powerful and determined than ever before.
Credits
PRODUCTION
Storytellers: BARKAA (Malyangapa and Barkindji) and Cleonie Quayle (Maljangapa)
Director & Executive Producer: Kieran Satour (Gurindji/Malngin, Pertame Arrernte and Worimi)
Executive Producer: Ramona Telecican
Producer: Jamie Lee Bolger (Noonuccal)
Director of Photography: Andrew Amanaki, Amanaki Studios
Camera Operator: Josh Amanaki, Amanaki Studios
Gaffer: Rewiti Brown, South Pacific Lighting
Best Person: Del-ray Fruean
Steadicam Operator: Aaron Bull
1st AC: Danielle Payne
2nd AC: Kristen Elias
Production Assistant: Georgia Stone (Palawa)
Choreographer: Hannah Hansen (Yuin)
Make up: Celeste Gubb
Hair: Djahmu Claxton-Amini
Styling Assistant: Tyler Hippi (Gamilaraay, Kamilaroi Boggabila Toomelah)
Assistant: Jodi Matthews (Yorta & Bundjalung)
Assistant: Paz Cuenca Irigoyen
Assistant: Chloe Muscat
Photographer: Jazel Jozic
Editor: Amanaki Studios
VFX & Motion Graphics: Tom Stone & Oliver Eather, Entropico
Colourist: Al Kalyk
TALENT
The Tiddas: Calley Clarke (Yawurunyulniul, Ngunnawal, Yuwullaray), Jade Davis (Malyangapa / Bundjalung), Jennetta Quinn-Bates (Barkindji (Malyangapa), Kelly Hellmrich (Mineng Noongar)
Dancers: Hannah Hansen (Yuin), Aroha Pehi (Taribelang Bunda, Kuku-Yalanji, Ngāpuhi and Ngati Porou), Harlisha Newie-Joe (Goemu and Wagadagam tribe, Mabuiag and Badu Island, Torres Strait Islands), Maddison Fraser (Palyku and Yindjibarndi Pilbara, Western Australia), Tahlia Watton (Kamilaroi), Kawana Smallwood (Wiradjuri, Ngunnawal, Biri, Ngadjon, Gangalidda)
BARKAA’s TEAM
Artist & Community Liaison: Kelly Hellmrich (Mineng Noongar), Bad Apples
PR: Matt Jordan, MFPR
CLOTHING
BARKAA wears: Past.Present.Future Two-piece Set from Clothing The Gaps and Jacaranda Seed Pod Mini Dress custom made by Cleonie Qualye
Cleonie Qualye wears: Gigi Tulle Robe from Mama Rentals
The Tiddas wear: Zhivago
Dancers wear: Always Was Shorts from Clothing The Gaps
Custom BARKAA tees artwork: logo by Nadine Chemali and shirt design by Claire Kruger
Filmed on the lands of the Dharug Nation. Always was, always will be.
Special thanks to Poison City Records, Mother and Father PR, 27 Project, Kallico Catering, The Street University, Music on Stage, Entropico and the GARUWA team.