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The fourth set of superb works to add to our Videos Of The Year list for 2024 includes videos for RM, James Blake, Meeks, Peggy Gou, Childish Gambino - and more Kylie.
Taken from hundreds of videos featured on Promonews in the past 12 months, and organised in alphabetical order of song title, this latest batch includes work by video directing icons, returning heroes, big players and up-and-comers.
These 10 picks include links to the original stories about the videos in Promonews, and to the profile pages of the directors and featured site sponsors.
Luna Carmoon's second video for Fontaines is a visceral parable of self-harm, based around the new 'sport' of in-car wrestling. Funny, poignant and wince-inducing - with a remarkable lead performance by Ewan Mitchell.
Director
Luna CarmoonEditing company
Trim EditingColour grade company
Electric Theatre CollectiveLabel
XL RecordingsCharlie and Charlie created a hypnotic atmosphere around the brother/sister duo Wasia Project in their impressive short film, showcasing songs from the artists' EP.
Directors
Charlie & CharlieAnother sensational vehicle for Kylie's latest renaissance - here in full diva mode, but with tongue firmly in cheek - where Kylie plays both the on-screen star we know and love, and also a super-demanding creative auteur.
Director
Sophie MullerCo-director
Theo AdamsRafman projects James Blake’s fear for the state of the world into a surreal carnival of bizarre imagery - AI generated but bordering on the plausible.
Director
Jon RafmanDonald Glover and Hiro Murai take us back to the 1930s and a bygone era of twinkled-toed entertainment in the brilliant return of Glover's alter-ego Childish Gambino.
Director
Hiro MuraiProduction company
Doomsday EntertainmentA trippy fever dream with lobster claw accessories, vibrant bouncy balls and a heavy dose of contemporary surrealism, allowing Peggy Gou to sideline her glamorous image for something altogether more playful.
Director
Alice KunisuéColour grade company
Electric Theatre CollectiveDirector's Rep
Alexa Haywood at Free Agent UKLabel
XL RecordingsArguably Aube Perrie's most surreal and densely complicated video so far - which is saying something. And it also highlighted that Korean popstars like RM are pushing the creative envelope in the medium more than anyone.
Director
Aube PerrieProduction company
Pulse FilmsColour grade company
Electric Theatre CollectiveA partnership takes flight in the dark fantasy for Elbow. Make that two partnerships - the fugitive couple in the deserted city who fall into another dimension, and Oliver and Du Pre, teaming as co-directors for the first time to impressive effect.
Directors
Henry OliverDirectors
Justin Du PreThe prolific KC Locke always pulls the stops out, a big reason he's been one of the UK's top video directors for the past 5 years. Here he riffs on one of his great earlier successes then takes it to a whole new level for the mysterious masked Mancunian MC Meeks.
Director
KC LockeDirector's Rep
Marisa Garner AssociatesMusic video legend Dave Meyers was busy in 2024 with arguably the pop star of the year - more on that later - but also managed to create one of his vignette-based blockbusters - a great vehicle for K-Pop superstar Lisa's collab with Rosalía.
Director
Dave MeyersEditing company
Final CutNext in Best of 2024: Videos Of The Year (Part Five) and Directors Of The Year....
