DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 7, 2025--
In a celebration of pure leisure, culture, and connection, South Florida-based pop-punk band Give It Up known for its high-energy performances, infectious melodies, and vibrant fusion of punk rock influences with contemporary pop has partnered with the people, landscapes, and spirit of Antigua to launch “ Island Time ”—a feel-good anthem and vibrant music video that captures the very essence of vacation.
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Building on the momentum of their debut singles, which include standout tracks like “All My Fault” and “No One Told Me”, Give It Up continues to evolve their signature blend of South Florida punk energy and catchy, singable hooks. Known for their dynamic live shows and head bopping music, the band has become a staple in the South Florida music scene, earning a loyal fan base through their high-energy performances and authentic sound. “Island Time” marks a new chapter in their journey, channeling their love for fun, connection, and sun-soaked freedom into a song that’s both a celebration and an invitation.
Written and performed by Give It Up— Sean Gordon (vocals/bass), Dave Ferreira (guitar/vocals), Ron Griguts (drums), and Brian Midkiff (lead guitar) —the original song merges the energy of South Florida’s pop-punk roots with the easy vibes of island life, creating a dynamic soundtrack to what it feels like to truly let go and embrace "vacation mode." With every verse, the band weaves together two cultures that unite in a shared love of good times, good people, and unforgettable adventures.
Filmed entirely on location, the music video spotlights some of Antigua and Barbuda’s most iconic sites, including Devil’s Bridge National Park, Shirley Heights, Block House Lookout Point, and the Donkey Sanctuary. In one of the video’s most memorable scenes, Give It Up is seen playing directly in front of Antigua’s crystal-clear waters, guitars in hand, with waves lapping around them, perfectly capturing the spirit of “Island Time". Against this breathtaking backdrop and campaign is a collaboration with Elite Island Resorts inviting travelers to experience Antigua’s rich history, natural beauty, and laid-back spirit through a lively, authentic lens.
“We wanted to capture the true spirit of Antigua—its rhythm, its people, and its incredible energy,” said Sean Gordon of Give It Up. “This project is about both music and travel. It’s about finding that freedom to feel alive, be yourself, and celebrate the simple joys of life while on vacation. Antigua lets you do exactly that—and that’s the feeling we poured into ‘Island Time.’”
The video also features stunning scenes from two of Antigua’s premier resorts: The Verandah Antigua and Pineapple Beach Club Antigua, both part of the renowned Elite Island Resorts collection. With sweeping turquoise waters, lush tropical gardens, and a signature laid-back elegance, these resorts provided the perfect canvas for the band’s story of easy-going island living.
Elite Island Resorts partnered with Give It Up to showcase not just the beauty of their properties, but the broader, organic spirit of Antigua itself. Importantly, many of the faces in the music video are local Antiguans and Miami-based creatives—real people whose authenticity shines through every frame, reinforcing the campaign’s commitment to celebrating community, culture, and connection.
The video was edited by acclaimed MTV VMA winner Michael Garcia, known for his work with artists such as Machine Gun Kelly, Jason Derulo, Kodak Black, and Sting. Garcia’s signature editing style, marked by immersive, cinematic pacing and emotionally resonant imagery, elevates the “Island Time” video to a visual celebration of both music and destination. His ability to blend natural beauty with performance energy brings a new layer of depth to the campaign.
The music video officially launched with a VIP Invite-Only "Island Time" Video Release Party on Friday, May 2, 2025 at Anchors Aweigh Dive Bar in Deerfield Beach, FL — paying homage to the band’s authentic musical roots. The well-attended event featured live performances by Give It Up and local band Tiger Sunset.
The band will make additional appearances in the coming weeks, continuing to show the love for Antigua and its vibrant culture—all while delivering the incredible high-energy live performance Give It Up is famous for.
“We hope this song inspires people to find their own “Island Time” — wherever they are in Antigua.” said Dave Ferreira of Give It Up.
“Island Time” reflects how travel, music, and culture can beautifully intersect. It’s a reminder that the best travel experiences aren’t measured by schedules or luxury — they are felt through the simple, authentic moments, people and vibes that stay with everyone long after they return home.
About Give It Up:
Give It Up is a high-energy pop-punk band from South Florida, known for their infectious melodies and dynamic live performances. Comprised of Sean Gordon (vocals/bass), Dave Ferreira (guitar/vocals), Ron Griguts (drums), and Brian Midkiff (lead guitar), the band blends the raw energy of punk rock with catchy, singable hooks that capture the spirit of fun and freedom. With standout tracks like “All My Fault” and “No One Told Me” from their debut EP, Give It Up has become a staple in the South Florida music scene, earning a loyal fan base through their electrifying shows and authentic sound that resonates with fans of both classic and contemporary punk.
About Elite Island Resorts:
Elite Island Resorts represents an impressive portfolio of Caribbean all-inclusive resorts, offering guests luxurious and unforgettable experiences in some of the most stunning destinations in the region. The group includes two 5-star Virtuoso ® properties—Hammock Cove Antigua and Galley Bay Resort & Spa, Antigua—along with exceptional resorts in Barbados and Panama. Known for their commitment to providing world-class service, breathtaking views, and unforgettable amenities, Elite Island Resorts offers the perfect setting for both relaxation and adventure.
Island Time Music Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hnq8llDJhFU
Give It Up Promotional Images: https://laurencebasham.smugmug.com/Give-It-Up-Promo-Shots/n-vDGDm5
South Florida Pop-Punk Band ‘Give It Up’ Captures the Free-Spirited Soul of Antigua in New ‘Island Time’ Music Video
DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump is hosting presidents, prime ministers and top diplomats from more than a dozen countries to tout his international “Board of Peace” at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
The list of attendees, according to a forum schedule, is heavy on the Middle East and South America. But it remains short on major U.S. allies from Europe, and the full membership list still isn’t clear. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff also are with Trump.
Europe is breathing a sigh of relief Thursday following Trump’s dramatic reversal over Greenland the day before in Davos, where he scrapped the tariffs that he threatened to impose on eight European nations to press for U.S. control over Greenland.
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The U.S. president concluded his remarks and he and leaders from Board of Peace nations are signing documents.
The White House billed the ceremony as a sort of charter launch, but no charter draft has been publicly released. Nor is a complete membership list clear yet.
Trump reaffirmed the Board of Peace will start with a focus on Gaza but then look globally.
“I think we can spread out to other things as as we succeed with Gaza, we’re going to be very successful in Gaza,” he said, adding, “We can do numerous other things. Once this board is completely formed, we can do pretty much whatever we want to do.
“He promised again to work “in conjunction with the United Nations,” though he still criticized the U.N. for not doing enough historically.
“I think the combination of the Board of Peace with the kind of people we have here, coupled with the United Nations, can be something very, very unique for the world,” Trump said.
The U.S. president says the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza “is really coming to an end” and Hezbollah’s presence in Lebanon amounts to “remnants.”
On Gaza, Trump said, “They’re down to little fires. We can put them out very easily.”
Trump acknowledged Hezbollah remains in Lebanon, but he downplayed the group’s strength.
“These are remnants. I call them remnants,” Trump said.
In his opening remarks praising the launch of his Board of Peace, Trump made a point to mention the United Nations.
He said “many nations” have been part of establishing the body.
Then he added, “We’ll work with many others, including the United Nations.”
Trump has been highly critical of the U.N. and withdrawn the U.S. from multiple international organizations, and he has expressed ambitions recently that the new international board can replicate if not compete with the U.N. as an international broker.
Trump initially billed his Board of Peace focused on Gaza. Then he said it could play alongside the U.N. as a global broker.
But the logo featured at the Davos event depicts North America and only parts of South America.
The White House and State Department in Trump’s second presidency also been highly focused on the Western Hemisphere, complete with Trump dubbing his approach the “Donroe Doctrine” as a play on the Monroe Doctrine established under the fifth U.S. president.
The U.S. president will pitch his new international body with heads of government and top diplomats from multiple continents.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio and U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff also are with Trump.
The board initially was billed as part of the peace process for Israel and Gaza but Trump has since expanded his ambitions for the group, saying it can play a role mediating other international conflicts.
Chancellor Friedrich Merz of Germany, one of the European countries that had faced Trump’s threat of tariffs over Greenland, said he supports talks between Denmark, Greenland and the U.S. but reaffirmed the Danish kingdom’s sovereignty.
“It is good news that we are making steps into that right direction,” Merz said at Davos. “I welcome President Trump’s remarks from last night — this is the right way to go.”
Trump’s core foreign policy advisers are expected to join him at the “Board of Peace” event, with Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner in the room alongside Secretary of State Marco Rubio and U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff.
Witkoff and Kushner have been at the center of multiple international negotiations, with Kushner involved especially in Middle East despite not having an official White House role as he did in the first Trump presidency.
The U.S. president will host presidents, prime ministers and top diplomats from more than a dozen countries to tout his international Board of Peace.
The list of attendees, according to a World Economic Forum schedule, is heavy on the Middle East and South America. But it remains short on major U.S. allies from Europe and the full membership list still isn’t clear.
Among the heads of government: Argentina President Javier Milei and Indonesia President Prabowo Subianto, both Trump allies; Paraguay’s conservative President Santiago Peña; Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev; Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif; Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev.
Pashinyan and Aliyev agreed to their own peace deal at the White House last year.
Attendees also include ministers and diplomats from Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Turkey and Morocco, among others.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has arrived in Davos to meet with Trump.
Zelenskyy is expected to make a speech and also participate in a panel discussion titled, “International Advisory Council for Ukraine’s Recovery.”
On the sidelines of the event, Zelenskyy is expected to meet with representatives of energy companies.
Tech billionaire Elon Musk is set to speak at Davos on Thursday in a newly scheduled session.
The World Economic Forum, which Musk previously criticized, confirmed it will be the Tesla owner's first time attending the elite event in the Swiss Alps.
His address is billed as a conversation with Laurence Fink, BlackRock’s CEO and interim co-chair of the forum.
Musk is embroiled in a war of words with Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary that began with a dispute over installing Starlink systems on Ryanair planes. O'Leary on Wednesday dismissed the tech titan’s suggestion he would buy the budget airline.
Asian shares mostly advanced on Thursday, tracking Wall Street, after Trump walked back from imposing tariffs on eight European countries over Greenland and ruled out using military force to take control of the territory.
The future for the S&P 500 was up 0.4% on Thursday, while that for the Dow Jones Industrial Average increased 0.3%.
Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 climbed 1.9% to 53,760.85, with technology stocks among those leading the gain. SoftBank Group jumped 11% and chipmaker Tokyo Electron rose 3.7%.
The NATO chief is urging allies to “keep our eyes on the ball of Ukraine” after a standoff over Greenland that rattled the alliance appeared to ease a day earlier.
Rutte, speaking at the Ukraine breakfast, didn’t address a question about whether Greenland, which Trump has coveted, would remain a part of Denmark under the “framework of a future deal” announced by the president.
Rutte noted European plans to free up funds for Ukraine’s defense and U.S.-led talks about a peace deal, but said those efforts wouldn’t bear fruit immediately and Russia continues to launch drone and missile attacks on Ukraine.
“What we need is to keep our eyes on the ball of Ukraine. Let’s not drop that ball,” Rutte said.
Trump wants to spotlight his proposed "Board of Peace" at Davos on Thursday, looking to create momentum for a project that has been overshadowed this week by Greenland.
The new board initially was envisioned as a small group of world leaders overseeing the Gaza ceasefire, but has morphed into something far more ambitious. Skepticism about its membership and mandate has led some traditional U.S. allies to take a pass so far.
Trump expressed confidence in his idea ahead of what the White House said would be a “charter announcement” on the sidelines of the forum in the Swiss Alps.
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said Thursday that her country can’t negotiate on its sovereignty.
She has been “informed that this has not been the case” following the announcement of a new framework with NATO on Arctic security without the U.S. using force to take over Greenland.
In a statement, the Danish leader said security in the Arctic is a matter for all of NATO and “good and natural” that it be discussed between the U.S. president and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte.
Frederiksen said she has spoken with Rutte “on an ongoing basis,” including before and after he met Trump in Davos.
U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff says Trump is considering ideas like a “tariff-free zone” for Ukraine that could help industry develop in the war-torn country.
“The president has talked about a tariff free zone from Ukraine that I think would be game changing,” Witkoff told the Ukraine breakfast on the sidelines of Davos.
Witkoff made the comments before heading later Thursday to Moscow, where the administration has been working to wrest a peace deal to end the war between Russia and Ukraine.
Witkoff said he would travel next to Abu Dhabi, where there would be working groups on issues like “military-to-military” and “prosperity” discussions.
Europe is breathing a sigh of relief Thursday following a dramatic reversal by U.S. President Donald Trump over Greenland the day before at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, where he scrapped the tariffs that he threatened to impose on eight European nations to press for U.S. control over Greenland.
Trump said there is a new framework with NATO on Arctic security without the U.S. using force to take over Greenland. Still, there were many unanswered questions about what this Greenland deal means.
The Associated Press was inside an event Thursday morning billed as a breakfast discussing the war in Ukraine and featuring NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte.
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President Donald Trump arrives for a Board of Peace charter announcement during the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
President Trump speaks during a session on the Board of Peace initiative of US President Donald Trump at the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
From right, Ayman Al Safadi, Deputy PM of of Jordan, Prabowo Subinato, President of Indonesia, Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban, Bulgaria's Prime Minister Rossen Jeliazkov, Ilham Aliyev, President Donald Trump President of Azerbaijan, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, Nikol Pashinyan, Prime Minister of Armenia and Javier Milei, President of Argentina pose during a Board of Peace charter announcement during the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
President Donald Trump speaks during a Board of Peace charter announcement during the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
President Donald Trump speaks during a Board of Peace charter announcement during the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte speaks during a meeting with President Donald Trump on the sidelines of the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio walks down stairs after a meeting during the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
President Donald Trump, center right, meets with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, center left, during a meeting on the sidelines of the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
President Donald Trump, right, meets with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte during a meeting on the sidelines of the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
President Donald Trump reacts after a meeting during the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
