After his excellent Landshapes video documenting the wrestling community of La Paz, Ian Pons Jewell has definitely taken to Bolivia. He has now shot the video for Naughty Boy’s La La La there – and has caused something of a political furore in the process. Featuring a delightful young lad with a Chow Chow puppy, [...]
Austin Peters avoids the obvious Lynchian references, but certainly breaks down the fourth wall in his video for Bastille’s Laura Palmer, as the performance element of the video comes to an abrupt halt when a gang of quad bike-riding young outcasts invade the set and abduct the band’s mainman Dan Smith… While commissioner James Hackett [...]
Following promos for All Your Gold and Laura, Noel Paul builds on a successful working relationship with Natasha Khan – aka Bat For Lashes – with his video for her next single A Wall. Deliciously odd and highly watchable, Noel cast’s Harry Treadway (he played Steven Morris in the Joy Division movie Control) as Khan’s [...]
Emeli Sandé wrote Clown about her feelings when she was just entering the music business, trying to get signed, and dealing with music business people for the first time. She wanted the video for Clown to reflect that – and, fresh from his video for Robbie Williams’ Different, WIZ has reimagined that specific experience into [...]
For Conor Maynard’s Animal – the fourth single from his Contrast album – Tim Mattia takes the young vocalist into a more intense territory. Bolstered by an enigmatic performance from rapper Wiley, Tim gets dark and moody, placing the performers in dark spaces and tunnels bathed in flickering lights highlighting the brittle soundtrack… Conor Maynard [...]
In their promo for Rascals’ Fire Blaze, The AU Agency – aka directors Laurence Blake and Matilda Finn – achieve a very stylish look with this monochrome, slo-mo minimalist piece gorgeously captured by DP Stefan Yap. Rascals Fire Blaze (EMI) Directors: The AU Agency, Laurence Blake and Matilda Finn Production Company: Lut! Med!a Producer: Amalia [...]
Having built a big fanbase via her videos online, Gabrielle Aplin has turned to Joshua Sanger, the director the video for Home, one of her biggest YouTube hits, to direct the video for her first release on a major label, Please Don’t Say You Love Me. The video is a narrative about a couple (played [...]
In-demand UK producer/songwriter Shahid Khan – aka Naughty Boy – teams up with labelmate Emeli Sandé for Wonder – and is partnered by this gorgeous promo from A+/Academy Films director Nadia. Filmed just before Emeli’s much talked about performance at the Olympics, the hugely atmospheric promo was shot in an area of flooded forest in [...]
Bastille singer Dan Smith takes a break from being the victim in a crime scene, to make the acquaintance of a gang of Warriors-style skeleton girls in New York’s Coney Island, in Austin Peters’ delightful promo for the very catchy Flaws. Having directed the acclaimed video for girlband Haim’s Forever earlier this year, and previously [...]
Shot at The Chapel in Camberwell South London, Ross Cairns places Professor Green and his band in an impressive space lit by Aaron Reid, with the Prof and Sierra Kusterbeck both giving energetic performances for new single Avalon. Professor Green ft Sierra Kusterbeck Avalon (EMI) Director: Ross Cairns Executive Producer: Mikey Levelle Production Company: Shameless [...]
