NETTA - ＂Bassa Sababa＂ נטע ברזילי - באסה סבבה

What this video is

Released 1 February 2019, 'Bassa Sababa' is Netta Barzilai's first major single following her Eurovision Song Contest 2018 victory in Lisbon with 'Toy.' The video was shot in Kyiv — the site of Eurovision 2017 — lending symbolic resonance. The title fuses two Hebrew/Arabic slang terms ('bassa' = bummer; 'sababa' = cool/great) to articulate an empowerment ethos around embracing contradiction and personal resilience.…

Why it matters

Landmark in post-Eurovision pop video production for Israeli artists: its ~240,000 EUR budget, international shoot logistics (Israel–Ukraine co-production), large-scale choreography, and premium VFX marked a new ceiling for Israeli music video ambition. Continues the 'Toy' aesthetic lineage of…

The director

Tel Aviv and New York-based commercial and music video director. Studied cinema at Tel Aviv University (2000–2004). Prior to directing worked as Executive Producer at McCann Movies Israel. Active as director since circa 2010. Won Best French Video for Mylene…