When Nikki Webster flew to a beautiful Aussie island to film her latest video for “The Best Days”, she invited Big Hit along for the ride …

What was the best thing about filming the video?
Basically my last two videos have been in a studio, so being on location in Stradbroke Island in Queensland was such a fantastic time! You know, having all my friends around and actually sleeping over somewhere and just having such a great big party!

Your friends are also your dancers which you’ve used in all your videos, right?
Yeah that’s right. Most of them were there, although there were all new friends too, so that was great. There was Hayley, Melissa, Simone, Rainer, David, Shannon and Mitchell.

All up, how long did it take to film the video?
We were there for three days but we could have stayed there all week! (laughs) We actually had the night times off, which is when I suppose we all started to party! (laughs) We just went into each other’s rooms and watched TV, had lolly fights, stuff like that.

Lolly fights?
Well, not lolly fights … um, let’s just say that we ate lots of lollies!

OK. Describe the video?
With “Best Days” I just thought you have to say you are having the best days. So we thought about a beach and I really wanted to go somewhere other than a normal Sydney Beach. I wanted jet skiing and you know, just things that look like we’re having fun, like sand dunes. My mum found Stradbroke and when we got there it was just fantastic

Descibe your best day?
Just spending time with friends and family and having a life, basically. You can never ever not have fun if you’re having a life.

What’s your favourite line in the song?
Um … I probably remember all the good and bad times we had. There’s always going to be good and bad times in your life no matter what, you have just got to make sure the good ones come out really strong, and you remember them forever!

In the video, your brother Scott drives you around on the jet ski. Was he safe?
He was fine. There were a couple of my friends who got bogged down on a sand dune. We were riding around warning everyone, “Hey there is a sand dune there” and what did they do? Run straight into it! (laughs)

Were there any other scary moments during the filming?
When we were on top of the boat. It was a beautiful day, but on top of the boat it was quite windy, so everyone was being blown everywhere! Their hair is in the wrong place, but it was lots of fun. When we were going down the big sand dunes – that was fun!

Finally, was there anything bad about doing this video?
I don’t think so … Oh yeah, probably getting up early for the sunrise shot. But that was OK.

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Source: Big Hit
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