Soft Boy Forever: An Irish Hip Hop Story
A film about Soft Boy Records, the Dublin rap collective flipping hip-hop's braggadocio on its head within Ireland's growing underground music scene.
"The film documents the group working out of bedrooms and makeshift studios, their music covering topics from the Repeal the 8th Movement, gentrification in Dublin and the pressure on Irish men to live up to the traditional idea of masculinity. Soft Boy Forever explores the mentality that has brought them together: not to harden up against the issues they face in a modern Ireland, but to ‘stay soft.’ They are the future of Irish music and this is Dublin today." - High Snobiety.
The documentary features some of the most exciting young Irish music talent at the moment, including: Kojaque, Kean Kavanagh, Luka Palm, Gaptoof, Brièn, Matt Finnegan, Five to Two, Henry Earnest, Wastefellow, jar jar jr. Highest viewed Boiler Room film on IGTV.
A part of Contemporary Scenes, a Boiler Room series uncovering underground collectives, artists and subcultures from across the world; subverting media narratives of young people globally through music. Winner of the Webby Award 2019 Music category.
Credits
Writer & Producer
Director & Editor
Executive Producer
Director of Photography
B-Cam Op
Colourist
Online Editor
Online Assistant
Sound Mixer
Sound Recordist
Hope Kemp
Ronan Corrigan
Joe Walker
Ben G. Brown
Jonny Boomer
Lia Hayes
Nathan Greenwood
Comrade Massie
Dan Guest
Evan Campbell
On behalf of Boiler Room
Head of Film
Development Lead
4:3 Creative Director
Chief Content Officer
Head of Marketing
Content Manager
Content Editor
Joe Alexander
Anais Bremond
Amar Ediriwira
Stephen Mai
Jess Morton
Jed Joseph
Tony McParland
Press
"Boiler Room has shared an engrossing new mini-documentary tracing Ireland’s burgeoning underground hip-hop scene."
"If you’d rather stay in, you could do worse than to watch a new Boiler Room documentary, Soft Boy, about the booming underground hip hop scene in Ireland (I’m serious). The film follows Dublin-based record label and artist collective, Soft Boy Records, which was launched by rapper Kojaque after being told by labels and managers that his accent would be viewed as a “gimmick”."
"Irish hip hop: self expression in a changing nation."
"It’s an interesting watch. No doubt the collective are currently at the creative helm for some of the nation’s most vibrant art."
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