Jesse John Jenkins finds distinctiveness and dry humour in his third consecutive video for The Vaccines, after No Hope and Teenage Icon – the promo for I Always Knew finds singer Justin in a moment of loved-up bliss with the lovely Dree Hemingway on a fairground ride. Its a whirlwind romance alright – and Jesse John [...]
Jamie Thraves’s first work at his new production company base HSI London is a superb video for Jake Bugg’s Two Fingers. A bright and breezy portrait of the (very) young troubadour and his mates in his home neighbourhood of Clifton in Nottingham, is suddenly tempered by a dramatic sequence of Jake’s volatile, alcoholic homelife – [...]
Chino Moya unveils dark tales of a series of characters in a bleak tower block – a place taken over by evil forces which unleash the dark sides of its inhabitants – for Bertie Blackman’s Mercy Killer. This sees Chino Moya back in the territory of his superb breakthrough video for Supersubmarina, creating a world [...]
Vincent Haycock takes a trip around the world – LA, Rio, Berlin, Tokyo – for this exciting and fast-moving promo, actually more of a short film, to Harris’ new single Let’s Go. The video takes the viewer on a reckless joy ride, following four couples – and four different slices of dance culture – through [...]
Vincent Haycock, the LA-based director of acclaimed music videos for Calvin Harris, Cheryl Cole, Editors and more, delivers this compelling mini-drama for Michael Kiwanuka. Following a major bust-up, a distraught girl in the depths of despair seeks help and refuge in a cafe but is systematically ignored by the diners. Haycock massively contrasts this with [...]
In his first video for over a year, Nez delivers his promo for Birdy’s sensitive reading of Phoenix’s 1901 – a very modern tale of love and heartbreak in East London. Shot on and around Brick Lane, this is a marvellously told romantic tale of a decidedly imperfect hipster couple that rings very true. And [...]
After Rubber and Holing Out, another Yuck video by Michael featuring the evident charms of Ariela Marin – who seems to get nuder in each successive video, if that’s possible. She barely keeps any clothes on at all in this one, as she hitches a lift with the band out in the desert. And then [...]
How to get through the trauma of being dumped – and have a lot of fun along the way: Vincent Haycock and AG Rojas demonstrate how in their new video for Calvin Harris and Kelis’s Bounce. It’s a portrait of a charismatic kid living on the outskirts of Las Vegas, who in the course of [...]
Late Of The Pier’s girlie video for the chirpy Best In The Class, co-directed by Steve Glashier and LOTP’s Sam Potter – and created with the highly inventive, effective and super-economic method of attaching a camera to a domestic record turntable, and switching on. There are two versions of the video: the official includes material [...]
BUG returns to the BFI Southbank in September with two early Friday evening shows on September 18th and 25th. Tickets are on sale now via the BFI Southbank box office on 020 7928 3232 or via the BFI website here and we recommend you grab yours quickly!
