Videos of the Month - May 2019

It was a massive month of releases in May, and here's our pick of the bunch, from Aurora to The Voidz... 

As always, it's an eclectic selection. From a suitably feelgood, cameo-laden video for the global smash of the early summer, Lil Nas X's Old Town Road, directed by Calmatic (above), and the return of Ed Sheeran, deconstructing the video process with Emil Nava; to the growth of protest, in Ben Strebel's second video for The Hours, and a distinctive trip to the maternity ward, and the cartoonish rebellion of Slowthai with Nothing Great About Britain and Inglorious.

Sophie Muller got back together - for the first time in 27 years - with Shakespear's Sister, and Miranda July made a lyric video for punk goddesses Sleater-Kinney; and at the other end of the spectrum, there's hot new UK talent: Collard, Bree Runway, and Jimothy...