Tajana Tokyo Captures the Euphoria of a Night Out for Ezra Collective's New Music Video

To celebrate the album announcement, the band have released the second single from the project featuring acclaimed London singer Yazmin Lacey, “God Gave Me Feet For Dancing”, out Tuesday, June 18th on Partisan Records. The accompanying video directed by Tajana Tokyo captures the joy of dancing and the impact of movement on the soul and euphoria of a night out.

​Aptly titled, Ezra’s Collective’s third studio album ‘Dance, No One’s Watching’ is an ode to the sacred, yet joyous act of dancing. Written throughout 2023 as the band toured the world, the album documents the dance floors they encountered. The second single from the project, “God Gave Me Feet For Dancing” calls on listeners to embrace this act.

Watch Ezra Collective - God Gave Me Feet For Dancing (ft. Yazmin Lacey) here.

​Femi Koleoso also noted, “Myself, Ife, and TJ all grew up in church, and it played a massive role in how we view the purpose of dancing. Dancing is bigger than just the club space. Dancing is a community thing, dancing is a spiritual thing, and ‘God Gave Me Feet For Dancing’ is like a window into that element of Ezra Collective for the five of us. There’s a story in the Bible that talks about ‘David dancing before the Lord’, and that’s always been something that has inspired me. So, ‘God Gave Me Feet For Dancing’ is meant to look at dancing in a more spiritual capacity, like it’s our God-given ability to shake away the badness of life and dance instead.”

​Tajana is a Sierra Leonean British director. Her work has an energetic, musical style, influenced by her professional dance career. She came to prominence as a dancer on Janelle Monáe’s Dirty Computer Tour and Beyonce’s Formation Tour, including the now-legendary ‘Beychella’ performance.

Tajana carries the discipline of choreography into her filmmaking style, and applies dance principles to light, camera and editing. Exciting and technically dynamic, her films have a way of making audiences feel like they are physically part of the work.