Alena Murang's work, 'Warrior Spirit' wins World Video Music Award in Buenos Aires
December 17, 2021
Alena Murang's work, 'Warrior Spirit' wins World Video Music Award in Buenos Aires
Leading sape singer and musician Alena Murang made the country proud by putting local culture and heritage on the international stage through the production of the 'Warrior Spirit' music video.
KUALA LUMPUR : Leading sape singer and musician Alena Murang once again made history when she won the World Video Music Award at the Buenos Aires Video Music Festival (BAMV Fest) on Friday.
The award was won through a contemporary folk music work titled 'Warrior Spirit'.
This in turn placed Alena among several prominent names in the international music industry such as Lil Nas X, Celeste, Don Omar, AleXa, Doja Cat, and Megan Thee Stallion who also received awards at BAMV Fest.
"I am very proud of every member of the group, especially taking into account the challenges that were present during the pandemic, but they stayed together producing this music video.
"This includes production crews, dancers, stylists, group members. Beautiful things happen when we are together," he said in a statement on Friday.
The four-minute 20-second work was directed by Sarah Lois Dorai with the local production team, Kanid Studio and Project Room.
He said Project Room has always provided a space including small ideas to grow and that is evidenced by the work of 'Warrior Spirit'.
"The contribution from each team member in terms of voice, skills and creative talent in the production of music video transformed its original plan as a dance video into a platform to highlight identity and culture.
This includes introducing our culture to the international stage through narratives of storytelling," Sarah shared in the same statement.
Besides Alena, Warrior Spirit also featured group members Joshua Maran, Jonathan Wong Ketshin, Herman Ramanado and Jimmy Chong.
'Warrior Spirit' is a work of visual-based storytelling with no lyrics.
This contemporary work was created to show the heroic spirit that has belonged to the ages in tandem with Alena's background as a Kelabit-born girl.
Earlier, Warrior Spirit had also previously received 14 awards internationally. Among them, best music video at the New York International Film Awards, a Special Jury Award at the Los Angeles Film Awards and best Asian and Pacific music video at the United Kingdom (UK) International Video Music Awards.
