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Frequent Rina Sawayama collaborator - and recent guest on The Promonews Podcast - Ali Kurr directs a grunge-inspired promo for Hurricanes.&nbsp;Exuding early Noughties pop-rock nostalgia, the video is a riotous, windswept tour de force,&nbsp;with Rina at the eye of the storm - an&nbsp;impressive&nbsp;climax to a hugely absorbing, refined trilogy of videos, which as with its predecessors This Hell and Hold The Girl features splendid cinematography by DoP Diego Rosenblatt.&nbsp;Kurr discussed her fruitful collaboration with Rina Sawayama on <a href="http://open.spotify.com/episode/7fPId2zp9XYEb6jsYg8ZyF" target="_blank">the latest episode of The Promonews Podcast</a>. And Hurricanes will leave viewers breathless and excited for the next step in both the artist and director's respective journeys.&nbsp;&nbsp;[imgtoken data:1]&nbsp;"For this video, Rina wanted a band performance moment with a trickle of a narrative running through it," Ali Kurr explains. "Leaning on an Alanis Morrisette, grunge aesthetic, we open on an exhausted Ri who assembles with her bandmates in a vaulted barn as a wicked storm descends."Although this video has a different feel to it than our previous films for Rina’s latest album, I wanted to make sure Hurricanes&nbsp;sat in the same world. So we made sure to shoot on the same lenses and even used the same location as Hold The Girl."

United Kingdom

Lyubika Georgieva

Joshus Gochez

Angie Broomfield

Chris Aliano

Jordan Kelsey

Ali Kurr

Mayling Wong

Lyubo Yonchev (four Elements)

Partizan Darkroom

Tom Connick

Manol Mitrev

Diego Rosenblatt

Mayling Wong - Partizan

Rosen Savkov (four Elements)

Ayo Alli

Samuil Djoganov (four Elements)

Diko Buchukov

Nikolay Kerezov

Mario Popov

Dimitar Donchev

Antoni Stoev

Todor Soviv

Mona Leanne

Jack Williams

Myles Bevan

Timebased Arts

Dirty Hit

Rina Sawayama 'Hurricanes' by Ali Kurr

Rina-Sawayama-'Hurricanes-'-by-Ali-Kurr

Lewis Capaldi returns to action with Forget Me, and teams up with Louis Bhose to show he is up for a crazy, even mind-boggling challenge for its video -&nbsp;a shot-for-shot remake of a classic video from the early 1980s.Many viewers won't have seen the original when it first appeared - it is over forty years old, after all - but the iconic visual of WHAM!'s Club Tropicana&nbsp;is immediately recognisable in the opening frames of Bhose's video for Forget Me. Viewed through a contemporary lens, this is&nbsp;completely offbeat in the best way. Throw in Capaldi's cheeky personality and Bhose's love for whimsical ideas, and you're onto a winner.&nbsp;It's also something of a remarkable feat. And despite being a carefully structured&nbsp;remake, the video is still full of its own energy and vigour, largely down to the creative crew involved.[imgtoken data:1]&nbsp;"It's not exactly what I imagine most people had on their bingo cards for 'Big Lewis Capaldi Comeback Vid'," reflext Louis Bhose.&nbsp;"But hey, sometimes you gotta kill yourself precisely recreating a classic paean to hedonism for a melancholy song about second heartbreaks. It was really fun though - a week in San Antonio getting carsick and annoying our excellent local art department ('yes! that's almost it!!')."Hard to single out members of our incredible crew, but everyone went absolutely above and beyond to make the vid the best it could be. Big shouts to Lewis for being up for anything and choosing such an odd idea... And am happy to report that I got heat stroke on the shoot and live in hope that any BTS will never see the light of day."&nbsp;

Bon Walsh

Holly Shearn

Joshua Gochez

Ellora Soret

Chris Anthony

Thomas Liam Davis

Vision

Louis Bhose

Scarlett Barclay

OB Management

Agile Films

Caroline Clayton

Willy Spruytte

Spike Morris

Precious Mahaga

Sana Khan

Ffion Kunz

Álvaro Fernández

Eddy Ibarra

Toni Tur

Miquel Mayans

Ariane Kohler

Supple Nam

Ainslie Currie

Matthieu Toullet

Company 3

Alizee Levrino

Agile Studio

Kevin Marien

Martin Fickling

Virgin Records

Lewis Capaldi 'Forget Me' by Louis Bhose

Lewis-Capaldi--'Forget-Me'-by-Louis-Bhose

Ali Kurr and Rina Sawayama are back together for another high-concept promo - a cinematic sci-fi drama with a twist, for Hold The Girl.This has Rina on a Westworld-type world - on a ranch in the Old Wild West. And her repeated attempts to escape the place are blocked by an unseen, magnetic force - she is caught mid-air after falling from the roof, or pulled 50 metres across the scorched grass - and brought back to her starting point in the house.&nbsp;But when the walls start to crack and the earth moves, she discovers an alternate universe: herself, dancing in a high-energy studio setup with fellow dancers, celebrating an unabashed freedom. This&nbsp;Dogville-style studio set-up eventually fuses with the strange period world, and Rina breaks free. But there is one more twist in the tale.[imgtoken data:1]Filmed in Bulgaria, shot by Diego Rosenblatt, and with choreography by Josh Pillmore, the video is the latest and arguably the most successful example of a superbly creative collaboration between the artist and director, which has always tested boundaries. Once again they have gone for something new, and leave the viewer marvelling at Sawayama's virtuosity."It was all about capturing the feeling of having the strength to leave a situation and then when that initial adrenaline rush leaves you," says Kurr. "All you are left with is the memory that can often leave you feeling even more alone."&nbsp;[imgtoken data:2]This is the latest in a collaboration that goes back to the start of both Kurr and Sawayama's&nbsp;careers. "We've been making videos together for over a decade now," reveals the director. "I constantly pinch myself on set when I think about how far we have come. From making videos in our flats with £50 art budgets to now getting to play with zip lines and stunt coordinators... we push ourselves each time to make something that's even more exciting and unexpected for her fans."This follows the acclaimed video for <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2022/06/23/rina-sawayama-hell-ali-kurr/76973" target="_blank">This Hell</a>, the first video released from the forthcoming Sawayama album, also called Hold The Girl. Kurr adds:&nbsp;"This drive and love for what we create, alongside her insane artistry as a musician, has resulted in Hold The Girl&nbsp;being one of my favourites to date and I can't wait to get back on set and start shooting something nuts again soon."

Victoria Yaneva

Shola B Riley

Grozdan Mihaylov

Plan B

Lyubo Yonchev

Mouthpiece

Four Elements, Bulgaria

Will Frost

Rosen Savkov

Samuil Djoganov

Igor

Joshua Pilmore

Todor Sivov

Greta Stefanova-Kandzhova

Maria Koleva

Krasimira Petrova

Myles Bevan 

Time Based Arts

Natali Borte

B.art Vfx Studio

Rina Sawayama 'Hold The Girl' by Ali Kurr

Rina-Sawayama--'Hold-The-Girl-'-by-Ali-Kurr

Katie Burdon directs a contemplative promo for Bonnie Kemplay.&nbsp;Contained in the four walls of her bedroom, we see the artist contemplate life and past relationships, as she practices self-care and waters her houseplant.&nbsp;Watching memories back on an old TV, the anachronistic vibes perfectly suit the grungey alt-pop sound, and the climactic, neon-tinged ending adds an abstract vibe to the concept.[imgtoken data:1]&nbsp;

Phoebe Platman

Katie Burdon

Lexi Kiddo

Claire Stubbs @ Mouthpiece

Academy Films

Riaz Ahmed

Owaian Morgan

Medb Riordan

Afzal Robanni

Harry Coleman

Gordon Wong

Mel Chatelet

Chloe Rose

Tamara Ishida

Karol Cybulski

CHEAT

Bonnie Kemplay '19' by Katie Burdon

Bonnie-Kemplay-'19'-by-Katie-Burdon

Ali Kurr reunites with Rina Sawayama to create a country, queer, celebratory, sizzling hoedown&nbsp;for This Hell.Marking the launch of Rina's new album Hold The Girl, Kurr's&nbsp;video for This Hell marries punchy line-dancing, exquisite styling and mesmerising cinematography, to create an immediately iconic visual that celebrates the 'eternal damnation' of the LGBTQIA+ community.[imgtoken data:1]&nbsp;Shot in Bulgaria - with production by Four Elements - the concept focuses on Rina marrying her two lovers, whilst pesky protestors try their best to break up the celebration.None of this phases the group, as they party the night away under neon lights, setting the wedding cake on fire, drinking shots and performing one of the most unique first dance numbers ever put on-screen. It all makes Hell look&nbsp;like the place to be.

Vicky Yaneva

Shanice Burton

Callum Sterling

Summer Jay Jones

Jordan Kesley

Ayomide Alli

Peter Kostov

Hristo Genkov

Eduard Muskalenko

Genadi Ivanov

Simeon Kirov

Joshus Pilmore

Grozdan Mihalov

Gregg Lennon

Gergana Ivanova

Immerse Fx

Chester Lockhart

Rina Sawayama 'This Hell' by Ali Kurr

Rina-Sawayama-'This-Hell-'-by-Ali-Kurr

Brock Neal Roberts's new video for Sam Fender - his second for the South Shields singer-songwriter, after last year's&nbsp;MVA-nominated&nbsp;video for&nbsp;Seventeen Going Under - elevates an everyday story of teenage friendship&nbsp;with a clever visual device.&nbsp;In the video for Getting Started, we see four friends work their way down their tower block, picking each other up on the way as they prepare to head for a night out. And each stage is mainly presented as a three dimensional photo, the camera tracking through the boys as they are caught static,&nbsp;in the moment.[imgtoken data:1]Brock has mainly used&nbsp;in-camera effects to create this sense of hyperreality, with the young actors freezing their bodies in a physical way&nbsp;rather than achieving the effect in post-production - identical twins were used to play the same characters, to bring the complex blocking to life.&nbsp; Imaginative art direction assists to make this work, such as the spray of a deodorant can and smoke from a cigarette created with cotton wool.Sam Fender's performance&nbsp;is the final piece of the jigsaw, walking through the same night-time streets, the unseen narrator of the boys' lives. In the Director's Cut we are featuring here, he is slightly more incidental to the action than&nbsp;in the official release. Ultimately, it is a charming and positive representation of youth and young male friendship.[imgtoken data:2]

Louis Simonon

Bardha Krasniqi

Holly MacDonald

Brock Neal Roberts

Manoela Chaibai

George Telfer

Semera Khan

Vini Curtis

Smera Kumar

Elle Lotherington

Nick Teulon

Barney Batchelor

Chris Starkey

Katya Bourvis

Kiloh Falby Clark

Ed Cooper

Richard Fearon

Bruce Langfield

Black Kite Studios

Polydor

Digital Orchard

Rock

Sam Fender 'Getting Started' (Director's Cut) by Brock Neal Roberts

Sam-Fender-'Getting-Started-(dc)'-by-Brock-Neal-Roberts

French-Cuban sister duo Ibeyi scale the desert with Jorja Smith, in&nbsp;Lucrecia Taormina's captivating promo for Lavender and Red Roses.&nbsp;We see the artists trek through the midst of a sandy landscape, following the line of a rope to a well in the middle of the desert. They pour a jug full of lavender and red rose petals into the well - where, at the bottom a&nbsp;mysterious masked man digs further downwards.&nbsp;Arguably this&nbsp;abstract narrative explores themes of femininity and divine energy, suggesting it is time to 'cut the cord', and stop relying on women to pull up men who are not actively helping themselves or looking for ways to improve their own situation. But&nbsp;the&nbsp;beauty of the visual, the magic of Taormina' concept,&nbsp;lies in the various ways in which to read the unfolding action.[imgtoken data:1]Taormina weaves this ambiguous and metaphorical&nbsp;tale in her characteristic&nbsp;hyperreal style - not in a real desert, we suspect, but a very convincing studio and VFX-created approximation of one. A certain episode of&nbsp;Squid Game&nbsp;may also springs to mind while watching this too.[imgtoken data:2]Once distracted by the petals, the man stops digging, and grabs the rope.&nbsp;Initially, the women&nbsp;pull with all their strength, to help&nbsp;him to climb up, but... then the rope is cut.[imgtoken data:3]

Francesca Di Mottola

Oliver Whitworth

Holly Wood

Lucrecia Taormina

Joshua Noon

Luke Tierney

FRIEND

Aliyah Otchere

Krunal Saardrani

John Lynch

Danny Herman

Jack Green

Cassius McCabe

Jeffrey Vine

Max Lincoln

Joseph Taylor

Luke Morrison

Electric Theatre Company

Michelle Kruger

Wicked Pixels

Carl Jeppe

XL Recordings

Lane Casting

Alternative

Ibeyi ft Jorja Smith 'Lavender And Red Roses' by Lucrecia Taormina

Ibeyi--'Lavender-And-Roses'-by-Lucrecia-Taormina

Tom Beard directs a darkly poetic promo for Baxter Dury, playing the sole audience member to a unique pole&nbsp;dance performance.&nbsp;In Beard's video for&nbsp;D.O.A., Dury is the denizen of a pole dancing club, where the dancer is not only male, he bears more than a passing resemblance to the Grim Reaper.[imgtoken data:1]The video is an exploration of the developing relationship between the two characters, during the Reaper's parodic pole dancing performance, in cloak and leather headdress, with the initial humour of the scenario becoming something more poignant.&nbsp;Sinister and sensual in equal measure - with Baxter Dury offering a characteristically stylish yet doleful presence -&nbsp; the video is elevated by colourful lighting and measured camera movement, which allows the narrative to unfold at its own pace.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Tom Beard

Chris Murdoch

Prettybird

Oli Falcon

Poppy Ashton

Lorena Pagès

James Wicks

Ethan Lodge

Adam Buruncz

Alice Dodds

Mdhamiri Á Nkemi

Vic Parker

Raised By Wolves

James Jeanette

PIAS

Baxter Dury 'D.O.A.' by Tom Beard

Baxter-Dury--'D.o.a'-by-Tom-Beard

Louis Bhose directs his second video for Maisie Peters, the fun-filled&nbsp;promo for Psycho.&nbsp;Following his video for&nbsp;John Hughes Movie a few months ago - and his stint as <a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/1LzYAxUQa1wjphrJthTT6o" target="_blank">a guest on The Promonews Podcast</a> a few weeks back - Bhose presents a twisting narrative punctuated by a handful of Maisie&nbsp;clones, amping up the surreal vibes of his previous collaboration with the artist.&nbsp;As always, (the real) Peters is mesmerising in her performance, and her willingness to take a chance on an abstract vision pays off hugely, in one of her most exciting and engaging videos to date.&nbsp;You can see Louis' pre-vis for the video <a href="https://vimeo.com/567836958/6592d07643" target="_blank">here</a>.&nbsp;

Frankie Willcock

Maisie Peters 'Psycho' by Louis Bhose

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