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Mik Ivy’s The Arrow sits in that space between restraint and release. The song feels tense, like something building under the surface, then breaking. It’s raw, but intentional. He’s aware of the emotion while also being consumed by it, which is what gives it weight. The shoot reflects what comes after that release, visually grounded in that same raw tension seen in La Haine. If the song is the eruption, the images are the aftermath. When emotion is directed like that, it stops being chaotic and becomes something precise, something that can actually be shaped into art.

This shoot with Mik Ivy was built around tension and aftermath. We wanted it to feel raw and a little unstable, like something had already happened and you’re just stepping into what’s left of it. A big visual reference was La Haine, pulling from that gritty, unpolished energy where everything feels tense, real, and slightly off.

We used special effects makeup to create the sense of a physical fight, but the focus wasn’t the violence itself, it was what comes after. Bruised skin, blood, cigarette in hand. He’s not reacting, he’s just sitting in it. There’s a kind of detachment, like the emotion already ran its course and now it’s just lingering.

Instead of showing the explosion, we focused on the quiet that follows. The version of rage that isn’t loud, but sits under the surface. Controlled, internal, and still there.

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