When asked why I’m part of the cast of the “No Mistakes” music video by Grixxly and Amarii, I’ll jokingly say I was forced to be there. The truth is, I left work early that day just to be on set (I hope my boss doesn’t see this). Directed and edited by the acclaimed Director Flex—known for videos like “Thought it was Love” by Amarii, “Stay” by Paige, and “This Thing of Ours” by Amarii—the music video was filmed across various locations in Mbabane including Coronation Park, Yini Loku! and Msakato Street, and at Kobe Ramokgadi Advanced Learning Academy in Ezulwini.
The “No Mistakes” music video serves as a fresh tutorial by Prof. Grixxly and Prof. Amarii on how to NOT make mistakes. In this official music video, the artists take on the personas of Professor Grixxly and Professor Amarii, guiding us through a “No Mistakes” tutorial. The “professors” break down how to dodge everyday mishaps through different scenes.
The lecture scene was shot at Kobe Ramokgadi Advanced Learning Academy, featuring a star-studded cast including Ima Crystals, Sefa, J.D, Jali, Stickx, and myself (Milliswa). In this scene, Grixxly shows up and lectures the class while Amarii hands out scripts to the students, which I believe was an artistic way to show how even in the classroom set up , one shouldn’t make any mistakes.
The scene shot at Coronation Park features Grixxly and Miss T, who hugs the rapper and leaves a makeup stain on his white tee shirt. In the next scene, Grixxly meets up with Ntate S.S on Msakato Road, a renowned vlogger and content creator from the Kingdom of Eswatini, and runs away from him but slips to the ground while trying to escape. When Amarii steps in for his verse, he plays the cool and vigilant zero-stain guardian angel, skillfully preventing Grixxly’s mistakes and fixing each one as it happens.
You may wonder which scene is my favorite in the music video. I’m compelled to pick the one I’m in ( haha) but no, it’s the scene where the lyrics go “I need my bag on arrival without no delay” and the dollar signs appear at the back of the scene. I appreciated the correlation between the lyrics he raps and the money (dollar) signs in that scene .
“No Mistakes,” a song that has achieved double platinum status on my personal Spotify, was released on April 12, 2024. Impressively, it has garnered over 7,000 streams on Spotify in just three months, a significant achievement for an up-and-coming artist from Eswatini. This isn’t the first collaboration between Grixxly and Amarii; they previously teamed up on “Go!”, a track from Amarii’s “From Bremersdorp with Love” EP, which dropped last December.
Upon its release, “No Mistakes” gained international recognition by being featured on Apple Music’s The Nadeska Show. Grixxly appeared virtually on the show to discuss the song and was named Apple Music Africa’s Rising Artist of the Week, marking him as the first Swazi artist to achieve this milestone.
The “No Mistakes” music video was shot by Silverspoon Pictures and conceptualized by Sips Magagula. Make no mistakes and watch the new “No Mistakes” video here:
