Kakkmaddafakka - Baby

What this video is

Released in December 2019 as a standalone single under the Bergen Mafia label, 'Baby' arrives at the tail-end of Kakkmaddafakka's most prolific period, following their sixth album Diplomacy (March 2019) and preceding the 2020 EP Ontas?. The video is a product of the New Bergen Wave ecosystem — a Norwegian press-coined movement referencing Bergen's disproportionate output of internationally recognised indie acts.…

Why it matters

Represents the mature phase of 2010s Norwegian indie rock/pop crossover, where Bergen-scene acts refined a sound blending indie, pop, and rock for international streaming audiences. The video's warm realism and moderate pacing reflect genre-wide conventions of late-2010s Scandinavian indie video…

The director

Jørgen Håland (also credited as Jørgen Hatland) is a Bergen, Norway-based filmmaker, director, and video editor active in the Norwegian music video scene. His portfolio includes directing, filming, and editing videos for multiple Norwegian artists, with…