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Haley Elizabeth Anderson directs a stunning promo for&nbsp;Jennifer Hudson's Here I Am (Singing My Way Home), an original track from the artist's upcoming lead role in Aretha Franklin biopic Respect.&nbsp;Visualising Aretha Franklin's own journey from singing in her Father's church choir to becoming an international superstar, the video interweaves black and white narrative vignettes with clips from the film, stopping by&nbsp;some of the iconic locations along the way.&nbsp;The video is quite fittingly focused on performance, and Hudson is mesmerising to watch, both in the most explosive and unrestrained moments in the track, and the more subtle, gentle breaks.&nbsp;The classic, documentary-style cinematography lends a timeless feel to the visuals, which match the undoubtedly enduring qualities of the original song.

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Haley Elizabeth Anderson

Holly Harding

Pulse Films

Rik Green

Taylor Rae

Allen Scudder

Mike Mcmillin

Emilio Marcelino

Evaline Wu Huang

Micah Mcdonald

Kiyah Wright

Paul Rogers

Parallax Editing

Kya Lou

Primary

Hope Wilson

Soul

Jennifer Hudson 'Here I Am (Singing My Way Home)' by Haley Elizabeth Anderson

Jennifer-Hudson-'Here-I-Am'-by-Haley-Elizabeth-Anderson

Justin Bieber stumbles upon&nbsp;a upscale restaurant packed with colourful characters - and with food to match -&nbsp;in&nbsp;Bardia Zeinali's video for Yummy.&nbsp;After four years away from the charts, Bieber marks his return&nbsp;with arguably his most offbeat and wacky music video to date. It's directed by Zeinali, the former Vogue visual content creator known for his work with&nbsp;Troye Sivan&nbsp;and&nbsp;Paris Hilton, who creates a bizarre gastronomic dreamworld, filled with candy-coloured styling and frenetic cinematography,&nbsp;in which the pink-haired Bieber is undisputed king.&nbsp;Sat at a table full of 80's inspired, not-quite-yummy&nbsp;food, everyone is keen to share a moment with the artist, who is totally in his element throughout the video.&nbsp;Building to a climax where he dusts off his dance shoes and performs up on the tables with the guests, pop's former wild-child is as energetic as ever, with a decidely more mature aura. This is a new era for Bieber, and a statement of what's to come.&nbsp;

Bardia Zeinali

Roisin Audrey Moloney

Danielle Hinde

Yolande Geralds

Doomsday Entertainment

Ben Carey

Natalie Ziering

David Garcia

Tori Stosh

Nick De Moura

Karla Welch

Florido Basallo

Gadir Rajab

William Town

Graham Patterson

Modern Post

Tim Masick

Jason Cole

Justin Bieber 'Yummy' by Bardia Zeinali

Justin Bieber - Yummy (Official Video)

Wait— how did they do that? Saam Farahmand’s grand, torch song of a video is a lesson in delayed gratification. Look away for a moment and you’ll miss what makes it so compelling.Don't Leave Me Lonely doesn’t need a lot of exposition. Ronson and YEBBA perform back-to-back in a vast, dark courtyard. A couple of electronic lights flicker into life in the far distance. Nothing of note happens for a while. Then, somewhere - and this word is key, as it’s a challenge to say exactly when it happens - dawn arrives. And as the song comes to a climax, and the two are surrounded by an expressionless army of witnesses. The impact of this trick is difficult to explain. You’re left with the impression of a slick studio performance video with the spirit of an emotive, spontaneous performance.Farahmand’s experimental impulses defined a very specific era of indie music videos. His work was prototypical for premier British scenesters: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PElhV8z7I60">The XX</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-SJjFcnsGs">Klaxons</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzHwRcOsDNw">These New Puritans</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49ZVEt2X3GA">Tom Vek</a>. In fact, his ubiquity in the late noughties lead to <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/nov/21/saam-farahmand-klaxons-dancing-absolut">an article in The Guardian</a> referring to him as “one of the most talented music video directors of his generation.” More recently, he has had a productive working relationship with Mick Jagger, making a series of politically charged videos featuring Luke Evans and Jemima Kirke.One of his crowning videos was for the low-charting Mark Ronson single <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2010/10/18/mark-ronsons-somebody-love-me-feat-boy-george-saam-farahmand/6554">Somebody to Love Me</a>. Despite being only 5 minutes long, the visual, a fictional home movie starring Diane Kruger as Boy George, managed to not only fool a vast audience into believing its archive footage conceit, but also completely eclipse a Boy George biopic released in the same year. It’s a shot of nostalgia that remains equally as stirring today as it was in 2010.Don’t Leave Me Lonely is Farahmand’s first collaboration with Ronson in nine years. May there be many more.

United Kingdom

Saam Farahmand

SMUGGLER

Division 7

Elizabeth Doonan

David Richards

Judy Craig

Adam Richards

Giovanna Giangregrorio

Alexis Johnson

Samantha Burkhard

Miles Jeffrey

Marc LaBelle

Chris Roebuck

Platige Image

Mark Gethin

OB Management

Daniel Millar

Sony Music

Pop, Soul

Mark Ronson ft. YEBBA 'Don't Leave Me Lonely' by Saam Farahmand

Mark Ronson - Don't Leave Me Lonely (Official Video) ft. YEBBA

Emil Nava keeps up his track record of delivering slick, visually rich pop performance videos with an edge.This clip for Jennifer Hudson is awash with electric blue light that drenches the vast, dilapidated space that Hudson performs in. Cutting between this sparse, striking visual and footage of Hudson making her way through a crowded rave&nbsp;is a great contrast.Somehow the rave scene manages to be visually reminiscent of the infamous &#39;hammer fight&#39; scene in Oldboy, except with more colourful partying and less hammer-based violence. No? Just me?

Emil Nava

Mikey Levelle

Ammolite Inc

Amy James

Natalie Uglow

Ben Glickman

Will Bex

Jessie Brough

Sam Hayes

Paul Toomey

Scott Parrish

Jamie Jarvis

Subrina Kidd

Narad Kutawaroo

Bobana Parojcic

Ellie Johnson

Speade

Simone Grattarola

Time Based Arts

Tommy Labuda

Sam Lecca

Epic

Jennifer Hudson 'Remember Me' by Emil Nava

Jennifer Hudson - Remember Me

Harking back to the good old days of the Nineties &ndash; with colour, energy, and one of the Nineties biggest hip-hop stars &ndash; Carly Cussen delivers a &ldquo;girl power&rdquo; style pop video for Little Mix&rsquo;s How Ya Doin&rsquo; &ndash; featuring Missy Elliott.Carly pays homage to those early Destiny&rsquo;s Child and Missy Elliott videos that she watched while growing up &ndash; with big colourful moving sets, in your face performances, and beauty lighting.&ldquo;I wanted to take a different approach to shooting a girl band,&rdquo; says Carly. &ldquo;Replacing &lsquo;sexy&rsquo; with &lsquo;girl power&rsquo; and really showing off the girls individual personalities.&rdquo;

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Luti Fagbenle

Amalia Rosen-Rawlings

Lex Lewter

Chance Wilson

Tatyana Alexandra

Javier Alejandro

Luti Media

Oliver Downey

Tom O'Keefe

Alex Kirkwood

Dave Nye

Richard Lieb

Ben Mealing

Miles Roberts

Chloe Brady

Alexis Knox

Zoe Irwin

Portobello Post

John Holloway

Mike O'Keefe

Alex Haywood

Shoot Blue

Panalux

Stephanie Zari

Sam Neal

Little Mix feat Missy Elliott ‘How Ya Doin’?’ by Carly Cussen

Little Mix - How Ya Doin'? ft. Missy Elliott

Sarah Chatfield makes an impressive return to British pop, by channeling a little bit of Sin City in her sassy and visually bold video for Little Mix&#39;s DNA: Sarah turns the X Factor-honed girls from glamourous pop stars into equally glamourous stalkers in a noirish story of obsession.The DNA video is beautifully shot by Will Bex, with stark contrasts, dramatic camera angles and heavy skies pushing the film noir-meets-comic book look pioneered by Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez - aided and abetted by some quality post work at Nice Biscuits. We actually like working at their sister company, Digestive Biscuits.

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