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Someone Else’s House

Not-for-profit organisation Life Without Barriers wanted to give kids in care a voice within the organisation, the sector and the community to help improve the lives of kids in foster and residential care in Australia.

So we teamed up with popular Australia Hip Hop artist, Urthboy and created an integrated content campaign where kids in care could speak their mind and have their voice heard through the universal language of music.

 

Gold ‘Best Use of Music’
Branded Entertainment Awards

Silver ‘Film’
CLIO Awards

Silver ‘Craft in Film Original Music’
AWARD Awards

Finalist ‘Animation’
Anima Mundi Festival

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Someone Else's House - Urthboy feat. Josh Pyke [Music Video]

“Someone Else’s House” is an original music track inspired by a social collaboration between kids in care with Life Without Barriers and multi award-winning Hip Hop artist, Urthboy.

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The collaboration unfolded on a private Facebook group between young people in care and Urthboy, followed by a face to face session to share their personal stories.

Urthboy then teamed up with Josh Pyke and producer Sulo, to turn these stories into a track – all the while, sharing his progress with the kids over their private Facebook group.

With input from the kids, carers and Urthboy, The Precinct’s visual storytellers, Beto and Fernanda, used a hand drawn illustration style and cut out animation to explore the themes of hopes, fears and dreams expressed in the lyrics. The end result is a clip that is as emotive as it is engaging and demonstrates the artistic flare of this Brazilian duo.

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With input from the kids, carers and Urthboy, The Precinct’s visual storytellers, Beto and Fernanda, used a hand drawn illustration style and cut out animation to explore the themes of hopes, fears and dreams expressed in the lyrics. The end result is a clip that is as emotive as it is engaging and demonstrates the artistic flare of this Brazilian duo.

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The track launched alongside a Hack story on triple j featuring Urthboy and one of the kids in care, Josh.

‘Someone Else’s House’ debuted at #3 on the Australian iTunes Hip Hop charts and made full rotation on Triple J, Channel V and Rage resulting in an audience of over 1M viewers with over 2M media impressions.

Case Study:

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“Great work by Urthboy, it’s near impossible for kids in care to connect with anybody at all. He’s found a message that ppl need to hear.”
– SkankNT

“AMAZING! I’m new to the ‘care’ business and this taught me more in 4 minutes then I have learnt in over 3 months of working in the field.”
– Julzo Last

“I went through care for 6 years and over 20 different homes! This song just sums it up… kids need to know someone actually gives a shit and not just for a pay cheque.”
– Sammy F Jayy

“This song reminds me I’m not alone n that i should make the most of what i have now. Thank you for making this awesome track xx”
– Mikayla Jane Murphy