Jianbo ft: BABii - Home Is Where the Food Is (Official Video)

Rising rapper Jianbo shares ‘Home Is Where the Food Is’, his brand new single featuring multidisciplinary artist BABii.

‘Home Is Where the Food Is’ sees Jianbo in a reflective mood, contemplating the notion of home in all its forms, using food as a metaphor for sustenance and dysfunction. ‘Home Is Where The Food Is’ is a track about the sanctity and privacy of a home, and its meaning to me as a product of a dysfunctional family life” Jianbo says, “The title has a double meaning - one being the literal sense of edible food being at home, and the other about less-savoury endeavours being conducted from my residence as a child.”

The visuals for ‘Home Is Where the Food Is’ is heavily inspired by ‘90s karaoke videos from Hong Kong and with this in mind, director and long-time collaborator Nicole Ngai wanted to show a different side to Jianbo. “I wanted to merge both of our worlds into a karaoke video by bringing in new and intimate perspective to Jianbo’s world – a bit more sentimental than what we’ve seen him before.”

Jianbo dials down his signature energy and effervescence, revealing a different and deeply personal side to him - BABii’s hypnotic vocals only add to the many dimensions of the track. “Having BABii on the track felt perfect as she’s an artist that I love and her voice encapsulated both the pain and resolve that these experiences left me.” BABii also co-directed the visuals; “When Jianbo approached me about collaborating, I was up for it almost immediately” adding, “I literally glanced at his instagram and was instantly sucked into his world and I wanted to exist in it.

‘Home Is Where the Food Is’ makes for a deeply affecting track, opening fans up to the multi-faceted innerworld of Jianbo.