Some of the big music video releases of the past seven days in one handy playlist - curated by Promonews.It starts with the return of Troye Sivan, reunited with Gordon von Steiner - featuring Nicole Kidman, whose reverse ageing process is really on track...

ATARASHII GAKKO! return to the city that made them in Mackenzie Sheppard's new video for the idiosyncratic Japanese girl group - but miniaturised.In the new video for TTTTOKYO, the four members discover a magical gacha-gacha machine while exploring their home city. When they open the lid, they are suddenly shrunk to pocket-sized proportions and they set loose across Tokyo. Drawing on the playful scale shifts of Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, the video turns familiar streets and everyday objects into an oversized playground. The group race through the city, break into tightly choreographed dances and interact with their surroundings as though Tokyo itself were their stage, prop and slightly bewildered scene partner.[imgtoken data:1]The contrast between their tiny physical presence and unmistakably outsized energy gives the film its central joke, while also reflecting the group’s own trajectory: four performers who began in Tokyo before growing into a global phenomenon.Mackenzie, alongside cinematographer Oliver Miller, used carefully matched camera positions, perspective and lighting to place the choreography naturally within each location, while shifts in lensing and depth exaggerate the city’s proportions. The craft remains deliberately visible in spirit rather than effect: tactile, mischievous and rooted in handmade magic.“I had this concept floating around in my mind for a few years, but had no song to fit it,” says Mackenzie. “When the AG members asked me for an idea, it immediately came to life."It was a lot more technically challenging than I thought! There is no use of AI or CGI. It’s all classic compositing with live-action plates of the girls, shot using a scale formula to make them fit perfectly within our fun exploration of Tokyo in miniature. I enjoyed every moment of making this with our fantastic team.”

Tom Oliver continues his richly creative series of films for singer-songwriter Mr Bruce with a powerful, emotionally captivating promo exploring the rituals around death. In the song Go Slow, Mr (Ian) Bruce's delicate vocal reimagines the funeral of Tim Cole, aka Chucks - his bandmate in The Correspondents, who died suddenly in 2020 - as a pyre carried to the shoreline and pushed out to sea, set against a shimmering dubstep backdrop.Tom Oliver's film brings this imagined ritual to life. Ian Bruce carries a portrait of two puffins, framed by funeral flowers, from his London home through city streets, trains and open countryside towards a windswept beach. [imgtoken data:1]Along the way, the story of the birds unfolds through hand-painted frame-by-frame animation created by Ian Bruce himself. As he reaches the coast at dusk, the paintings and flowers become a ceremonial pyre, set alight in a final act of mourning, remembrance and release.It's a stunning piece of work that perfectly encapsulates the themes of the track. The film is also the fifth chapter of the visual album directed by Oliver that accompanies Mr Bruce's new album OK. It blends live action, performance and animation through the five films, a brilliant achievement that has been recognised with its selection for this year's Aesthetica Film Festival in November.

Music Video Preservation Society, the big screen celebration of the art and cultural impact of music videos will be holding its first meeting at Showroom Cinema in Sheffield on Thursday, September 10th. The following evening, MVPS returns to the Tyneside Cinema in Newcastle, on Friday, September 11th. As with the regular packed out shows in London at The Mildmay Club and Prince Charles Cinema, MVPS host David Knight will be curating a range of work across the decades, from well-known classic videos to rare gems, providing background and fun facts on just about everything on screen. The first visit to Showroom Cinema in Sheffield will include a focus on the city's major contribution to music videos via its filmmakers and artists, from Cabaret Voltaire to Self Esteem, via The Arctic Monkeys' debut album. Then MVPS returns to the Tyneside Cinema in Newcastle following a triumphant debut meeting in May, when the special guest was Semera Khan, talking about her career and in particular working with local hero Sam Fender as his creative director and video commissioner. This time, MVPS will be coming to the Electra screen at the Tyneside, presenting another gobsmacking selection of videos - including more local contributions to the artform.Tickets are now on sale for both events. And Music VIdeo Preservation Society will return to The Mildmay Club in London in October. More information coming soon.• MVPS at Showroom Cinema, Sheffield, Thursday September 10th here.• MVPS at Tyneside Cinema, Newcastle, Friday September 11th here.