Stewart Baxter directs an alluring performance promo for The Wandering Hearts. Shot on a mix of digital and 16mm film, the video for About America blends candid shots of the group with upbeat performance sections, coming together to create something that is laidback and joyous.BTS footage interspersed throughout gives the video a grounded, carefree vibe, and allows viewers to take a peek at how the video was made, and the fun moments that occur between takes.

The votes are in and the judging panels have met. Now we can reveal who is up for the honours at the UK Music Video Awards 2023, as the nominations for this year's UKMVAs are announced.The shortlists for more than 30 awards at this year's UKMVAs are listed below, in the areas of best video by music genre, technical achievement, live, special project, and the individual and company award categories – all chosen by the MVA Jury Members, comprised of members of the UK music video industry. Here is the full list of nominations. UK Music Video Awards 2023: THE NOMINATIONSBest Pop Video – UK in association with Cinelab Film & DigitalRaye ft 070 Shake - EscapismLewis Capaldi - Forget MeSam Smith - I'm Not Here To Make FriendsLabrinth - Kill For Your LoveHarry Styles - Music For A Sushi RestaurantHarry Styles - SatelliteBest Dance / Electronic Video - UKJungle - Back on 74James Blake - Big HammerRudimental, Charlotte Plank & Vibe Chemistry - Dancing Is HealingLondon Grammar ft CamelPhat - HigherThe Chemical Brothers ft Halo Maud - Live AgainRiton - SugarBest R&B / Soul Video - UKJoesef - Just Come Home With Me TonightEzra Collective ft Kojey Radical - No ConfusionGrace Carter - Pick Your Tears UpAma Lou - SilenceStormzy ft Raye - The WeekendJorja Smith - Try MeBest Rock Video - UKShame - Fingers of SteelBring Me The Horizon - LosTElephant Kind - Love AsRoyal Blood - Pull Me ThroughSquid - Swing (In a Dream)Squid - The BladesBest Alternative Video - UKBakar - Alive!Hak Baker - DoolallyTiberius b - HHBYoung Fathers - I SawL.A. Priest - It's YouKokoroko - RaptBest Hip Hop / Grime / Rap Video - UKLittle Simz - GorillaJ Hus - It's CrazyStormzy - Mel Made Me Do itJords - Mobay / Stay CloseLoyle Carner - Nobody Knows (Ladas Road)AntsLive - Number One Candidate Best Pop Video - InternationalPriya Ragu - Adalam VaChristina Aguilera - Beautiful (2022 Version)Tove Lo - BorderlineMette - Mama's EyesJung Kook ft Latto - SevenMette - Van GoghBest Dance / Electronic Video - InternationalMacgray - BackboneThe Blaze - Madly - The PoemTroye Sivan - RushPaul Kalkbrenner - SchwerSalvatore Ganacci - Sexy Narkoman / Your MotherThom Draft - TenseBest R&B / Soul Video - InternationalKelela - Enough For LoveSteve Lacy - HelmetSZA - Kill BillDominique Fils-Aimé - My Mind At EaseAmaru - Not DifferentLil Yachty - Say SomethingBest Rock Video - InternationalGrian Chatten - All of the PeopleThe Hives - Bogus OperandiStolen Nova - GlueCari Cari - My Grandma Says We Have No FutureParamore - Running Out of TimeFalling In Reverse - Watch The World BurnBest Alternative Video - International070 Shake - Black DressParis Texas - BulletmanYves Tumor - EcholaliaTshegue - MAISDominic Fike - Mama's BoySon Lux - UndertowBest Hip Hop / Grime / Rap Video - InternationalDoja Cat - AttentionKendrick Lamar - Count Me OutBenjamin Earl Turner- HeadspaceAudrey Nuna - LocketTravis Scott - SirensBiji - Zigidi Best Pop Video - NewcomerKamal - FreeflowBeabadoobee - Glue SongVirgin Miri - Kill MeAriete - Mare di guaiSila Lua - RompeGrentperez - Us Without MeBest Dance / Electronic Video - NewcomerDJ Seinfeld ft Confidence Man - Now U DoEveryone You Know - Paper AeroplanesRiton ft Soaky Siren - SugarGhost Gun - VenomFakear - VoyagerMura Masa - Whenever I WantBest R&B / Soul Video - NewcomerGeorge - ForeverAaron Taylor - Have a Nice DaySans Soucis - I Know Your PresentHendrix Harris - It's Not YouLéa Sen - Luv HimKonyikeh - Teenage DreamsBest Rock Video - NewcomerHeartworms - 24 HoursAliment - Com EspinesStone - I Gotta FeelingStone - Left Right ForwardL Devine - Push It DownThe Academic - Pushing Up DaisiesBest Alternative Video - NewcomerAnna B Savage - in|FLUXPatrick Wolfe - Nowhere GameEntely - ProsaHak Baker - Telephones 4 EyesTsunaina - Tendererdné - Traps In My FeedBest Hip Hop / Grime / Rap Video - NewcomerAyrtn - 2 Da MaxKam-bu - Eton MessLouis Culture - GrimeBig Heath - Let's GoDepzman - Life Cut ShortKibo - Mr Lamborghini Deathslide Best Live VideoJeshi - Bad Day at the Office (live film)The 1975 - Being Funny In A Foreign Language (Official Live Performance)Gerry Cinnamon - Canter (Live at Hampden Park)Young Fathers - I Saw, Rice, GeronimoBerwyn - Path to Satisfaction (live at Niceness)Last Dinner Party - SinnerBest Special Visual Project802 - A Heavy Metal Bedtime StoryGorillaz - Gorillaz Presents… Skinny ApeLittle Simz - No Thank YouTSHA - SisterJungle - VolcanoKendrick Lamar - We Cry TogetherBest Performance in a VideoBakar - Alive!Truman - Charley BoyLittle Simz - GorillaThe Blaze - Madly - The PoemMette - Mama's EyesAntsLive - Number One CandidateBest Production Design in a VideoYves Tumor - EcholaliaRosalía, Romeo Santos - El PañueloLittle Simz - GorillaJords - Mobay / Stay CloseHarry Styles - Music For A Sushi RestaurantFatoumata Diawara ft Damon Albarn - NseraBest Choreography in a VideoChannel Tres - 6AMJungle - Back on 74The 1975 - I'm In Love With YouMette - Mama's EyesDominique Fils-Aimé - My Mind At EaseMette - Van GoghBest Styling in a Video in association with i-DYves Tumor - EcholaliaAudrey Nuna - LocketThe Blaze - Madly - The PoemJords - Mobay / Stay CloseFatoumata Diawara ft Damon Albarn - NseraTroye Sivan - Rush Best Cinematography in a VideoThe Hives - Bogus OperandiLittle Simz - GorillaJosman - IntroThe Blaze - Madly - The PoemHarry Styles - Music For A Sushi RestaurantAntsLive - Number One CandidateBest Colour Grading in a Video in association with Studio RMRudimental, Charlotte Plank & Vibe Chemistry - Dancing Is HealingStolen Nova - GlueHendrix Harris - It's Not YouKatie Melua - Love and MoneyHarry Styles - Music For A Sushi RestaurantRoyal Blood - Pull Me ThroughBest Editing in a VideoDoja Cat - AttentionJames Blake - Big HammerThe Hives - Bogus OperandiAudrey Nuna - LocketMette - Mama's EyesHarry Styles - Music For A Sushi RestaurantBest Visual Effects in a VideoSkiifall - 2 CharmingHak Baker - DoolallyLabrinth - Kill For Your LoveThe Chemical Brothers ft Halo Maud - Live AgainAudrey Nuna - LocketStormzy ft Fredo - Toxic TraitBest Animation in a VideoHot Chip - EleanorDaft Punk - Infinity Repeating (2013 Demo)des hume ft (juicelover) - onetwostepGorillaz - Silent RunningAshnikko - WormsMuse - You Make Me Feel Like It's Halloween Best Director in association with Electric Theatre CollectiveAube PerrieCamille Summers-ValliCharlie Di Placidorubberband.Tanu MuinoThe BlazeBest New Director in association with LEAPAboveGroundAidan ZamiriHugh MulhernKassandra PowellTom EmmersonUNCANNYBest Director of PhotographyAdam Newport-BerraHenry GillJake GabbayNatasha DuursmaNikita KuzmenkoSpike MorrisBest Producer in association with WPA UKDanny HermanElizabeth DoonanFred Bonham CarterMaëva TenneroniRik GreenTheo Hue WilliamsBest Production Company in association with KodakCANADAFriend LondonIconoclastObject & AnimalPulse FilmsSmugglerBest Commissioner Erin Corrian-AlexisFaye PurcellJohn MouleKat CattaneoKim JarrettMichael LewinBest AgentAlexa Haywood, FreeAgentAndré Reid-McKinley, SomesuchClaire Stubbs & Connie Meade, MouthpieceLee Fairweather, Leethal ReppinSam Davey & Polly Millner, OB42Sarah Boardman, Joceline Gabriel & Camille Semprez, HandsPromonews will be publishing all the nominations again with production credits included from next week.This year's UK Music Video Awards 2023 ceremony and aftershow party takes place on Thursday, October 26th at Magazine London. Tickets for the show are now on sale. • More information at the UK Music Video Awards website

Viagra Boys may be the best rock band in the world right now. They have certainly made the best Claymation video I’ve seen for a very long time.Directed by Swedish artist, animator and musician Cissi Efraimsson, the video for Troglodyte draws amusing similarities between the Amsterdam-based outfit renowned for their louche manner, and the early ancestors of Man.It's really funny - as every Claymation should be. Otherwise what’s the point, right? It does have something to say about the current times, particularly those angry keyboard warriors spreading bad vibes on the internet. But most importantly, its f+cking hilarious - especially the last bit.I’ll stop typing now.

Director and bassist Adrian Shapiro directs a thought-provoking promo for his metal band Lo! In the video for Cannibal Culture, we awake to a grim representation of modern man, the contemptuous clown of capitalism.Flipping the script on the concept of a clown, the video opens with the main character at a mirror, applying his human face to greet the world. This individual is a clown when he wakes up, and has to get into costume to play pretend as an everyman. It's a haunting, inspired concept that is as unsettling as it is unique, and the eerie cinematography leans into this vibe.

Pulse Films have announced that Rik Green has been promoted to the position of Global Head of Music Videos at the production company. The news of his promotion comes as part of organisational restructuring which sees Mino Jarjoura joining Pulse as Global President, Commercials & Music Videos. Jarjoura joins Pulse with an impressive track record of successful creative projects, and event-based advertising. He has produced and/or Executive Produced over 40 Superbowl commercials, and garnered an Academy Award nomination for his work producing long-time friend Bryan Buckley’s short film, ASAD, featuring an all-Somali refugee cast. The project was also lauded by Archbishop Desmond Tutu for its profound impact on collective understanding. Most recently, Mino Jarjoura was previously MD at Hungry Man, where he dedicated 17 years of his career. Based in Los Angeles, he is now charged with leading the company’s world class commercial and music video international teams. In his new role Green will report to Jarjoura, from Pulse's London office, together with Jamie Walker and Chris Harrison, who become Co-Managing Directors, leading the commercials team in the UK. Head of New Business, Jack Smith, Executive Producer Nnena Nwakodo and Senior Executive Producer, Casey Engelhardt will all continue to work closely with director talent and leadership to keep pushing creative boundaries.“I am joining Pulse at such a rousing and pivotal moment," says Mino Jarjoura. "I am very excited to take the reins; collaborating with our incredibly talented directors and our seasoned producers to shape the brand’s evolution. I've long admired the architecture of Pulse Films; with self-standing scripted, non-fiction, music video and commercial business units there is so much to offer beyond what a traditional production company does for both their clients and talent."Our intention is to represent, develop and support filmmakers across all our formats, bolstering the continued diversity of offering while fostering further innovation, creativity, and standout moments of culture.”

Andy Little directs a heartwarming promo for Ash, featuring Dutch singer-songwriter Démira, shot on 8mm. The video for Oslo consists of performances by two vocalists, Ash frontman Tim Wheeler and Démira, filmed by Little in their home cities - Wheeler in London, Démira in Amsterdam - and brought together in the edit, eventually placed side-by-side. The resulting montage builds into a textural whole, seamlessly blending into one abstract narrative. The off-the-cuff camerawork and inspired edit helps blend the contrasting locations and performances into one solid concept, and the home movie-style aesthetic adds a sense of realism and universal appeal.