Musician, activist, businessman, and environmentalist Jarvis Smith teams up with the impassioned vocal stylings of Rita Morar for their new climate-change-advocating single and music video, "Save The World."
Jarvis Smith is best known for his planetary consciousnesses-raising and giving back to the community. He's a passionate activist for climate change and environmentalism, which extends into his thoughtful, creative, and groovy tunes. His purpose-driven music is created to bring people together, much like his recent single and music video.
You might remember the dance chart-topping 2011 Swedish House Mafia hit, "Save The World." Since then, our planets have experienced the worst possible changes. Now, Jarvis Smith and Rita Morar are teaming up to raise money for Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg's MAPA foundation (Most Affected People & Areas) in order to truly make a difference.
"This is a story of our changing planet and how we can help it thrive," reads the opening quote from Sir David Attenborough. The music video then follows with a lone traveler walking through the hills, valleys, desserts, and empty streets of a post-apocalyptic landscape. It gives you a close look at what our world is quickly becoming if we don't band together and take action.
The many lush scenes of our current mother Earth, from forests and jungles to oceans and mountains, remind us how there's no better time to champion change than now. Towards the end of the video, a clip of Greta Thunberg explaining how streaming the new single will financially support MAPA activists (Most Affected People & Areas).
All in all, Jarvis Smith and Rita Morar's refreshing rendition of Swedish House Mafia's "Save The World" is everything we needed and more. Do your part in saving the world by streaming the new song on all digital streaming platforms. Find the music video on YouTube.
Welcome to BuzzMusic, Jarvis Smith. Congratulations on releasing such a moving and compelling single and music video like "Save The World." What inspired you to recreate the classic SHM hit in the first place?
The lyrics from this song are very much a soundtrack for our times; the climate crisis is now such a serious issue; if each and every one of us doesn't step up to the challenge and change our lifestyles, then humanity and the planet are in real trouble. This is a human issue; together, we have all contributed to temperatures rising by the way we live on the Earth, so this song is a call to action, so we can unite and work together to fix the biggest threat to our lives. Music and this song were a way to bring people together for the collective good.
What realizations or thoughts did you want to evoke in viewers when watching the music video for "Save The World?"
The video shows beautiful shots of Mother Nature in her perfection as she is today and the dystopian outlook if we don't fix this in the time we have left. The latest IPCC report says if we don't peak our emissions use within the next two years and decline by 45% by 2030, then we will reach recorded global temperatures, which means nobody knows what damage this will cause. The benchmark is keeping temperatures from rising above1.5 degrees, we are already at 1.3 degrees increase, and if we continue to live like we are, we are heading for 2.8 degrees rise by the middle of this century. We already see fires, floods, and hurricanes displacing millions from their homes, which could lead to the 6th mass extinction... so the song is a stark reminder that this is where we are heading unless we change our collective behavior now. Clearly, we cannot wait for governments and big businesses to do something; we have to act in any way we can today to become part of the solution.
What did you want them to take away?
A sense of compassion and love for our planet, she that sustains all life, and for us all to reconnect with Mother Nature through words and images.
What was your experience recreating "Save The World" by the Swedish House Mafia and working alongside vocalist Rita Morar?
We worked with a prolific producer Pete Mixmaster Hammond who has over 100 hit records worldwide and plenty of number-one hits under his hat. He is a legend, and I've worked with him on The Phoenix Rose album... I told him the plan to help raise money for Greta Thunberg's Fridays for Future MAPA, the most affected (young) peoples and areas, and he immediately said, "let's do it" I explained the vibe and this Afro-fusion sound I wanted, and he built the track in a few hours.
What was that process like?
Well, it's a great song already, so of course, I wanted to put my own spin on it and make it accessible to young people across the globe; when I heard the vocal mix, it felt to me like it was missing something, that's when I called Rita Morar and asked her to work her magic on it. She delivered as always. Her voice makes the hairs stand up on the back of your neck, and this song needed to invoke an emotion at that level. It's a vast and important subject, so we made the song bounce with some deep feelings, making it fun yet emotive.
Besides streaming "Save The World," is there anything else your audience can do to raise awareness for MAPA and/or donate funds themselves?
Yes, they can financially support the young people by donating any amount of £1 to £1000 at www.jarvissmith.com/music
What's next for you?
I will keep on spreading the word about how we can all live in harmony with each other and the planet; it's my life's work and my purpose, and I'll do this through music, film, work, and play. To keep in touch with me, follow me on Instagram @jarvis_the_phoenix_rose or @Hello - MyGreenPod. www.jarvissmith.com
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