Post production company

Black Kite Studios

Dir. Lx directs a contemplative&nbsp;promo for UK Garage icon Craig David, follows the artist and his younger self through a journey of self-reflection.&nbsp;The video for In Your Hands opens&nbsp;with a fun VFX scene of Craig splitting into the two version of himself, and proceeds with&nbsp;sun-kissed performance setups and breathtaking landscape shots - and references the artist's most famous video from back in the day. It's a lovely complement to the late summer track.&nbsp;"Having grown up listening to Craig David getting to work alongside him feels like an incredible full-circle moment," says Dir. Lx.&nbsp;"From paying homage to his <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5lmb5-tnM0" target="_blank">7 Days&nbsp;video</a> through little Easter eggs to collaborating on the idea and coming up with a narrative following a younger version of him and his love for music, it’s been an honour to work with Craig and his team."We wanted to make this video vibrant, nostalgic and youthful. A young child discovering their favourite song that they can’t get enough of. Something we can all resonate with till this day."&nbsp;

Joe Munroe

Vivian Nwonka

Dir. Lx

Michelle Smith

Greatcoat Films

Pierre Hall

Tom Nowell

Sam Mayer

Simon Oxley

Michael Grant

Michael Vega

Adam Fox

Scarlett Gardner

Maisie Boyd

Pyro

Tom Mangham

Ethan Bywater

Believe

Craig David 'In Your Hands' by Dir. Lx

Craig-David-'In-Your-Hands'-by-Dir.-Lx

Up and coming singer-songwriter Talia Rae escapes into a surreal world in Sarah Dattani Tucker's&nbsp;video for Rocket Woman.The visual, shot in London, sees Talia dreaming of an escape, while nursing a cuppa outside a café. And the video cuts between this&nbsp;everyday setting and her plunged&nbsp;underwater.&nbsp;Reflecting on the music video, Talia explains: "I wanted to create two opposing worlds, one which you can relate to and one which you can escape into. When I wrote Rocket Woman, I always knew I wanted the visuals to reflect both the weirdness and the reality of the song, and being underwater to me felt like it was the perfect way of showing what escapism looks like in a masochistic way.”

United Kingdom

Sarah Dattani Tucker

Ben Carey

Thomas Mangham

Talia Rae 'Rocket Woman' by Sarah Dattani Tucker

Talia-Rae-'Rocket-Women-'-by-Sarah-Dattani-Tucker

Nick Leng is a&nbsp;private investigator - for creatures - in Sondock's off-the-wall&nbsp;yet riveting video for Beetlebugs.Sondock's second video for the Californian singer-songwriter, following the brilliant <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2022/04/13/nick-leng-morningmidnight-josh-sondock/75909" target="_blank">Morning/Midnight</a>, gives the classic private detective genre an unexpected, wonderfully absurd twist, when Leng is hired by a female beetle to find her missing male beetle partner, Blu Bug.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Following the traditions of the genre, Leng starts digging, asking questions -&nbsp;in various corners of the animal kingdom. And then the mystery deepens, things get complicated, with Leng navigating a world of shadows and secrets.&nbsp;The fact that Sondock (aka Josh Sondock) and Leng closely follow narrative&nbsp;rules of detective fiction with their silly concept is the platform to its success - before things get really crazy. The tension builds with each clue, until the climax, when the detective's fall is represented by a sequence&nbsp;of surreal animation, by Kohana Wilson.And then its time to deliver a final, shocking surprise...[imgtoken data:1][imgtoken data:2]&nbsp;

United States

Ava Jones

Kohana Wilson

Sondock

Amy Teboul

Alex Advocaat

Riff Raff Films

Chase DuBose

Gus Bendinelli

Matthew Clyde

Precious Mahaga

Romy Jo Waller

Josh Montes

Steve Fitzpatrick

Gwennael Ghelid

2x2=5

Dante Pasquinelli

Ethos Studio

Jonny Freeman

Brenden Regan

Singer-songwriter

Rock

Nick Leng 'Beetlebugs' by Sondock

Nick-Leng-'Beetlebugs'-by-Sondock

Director duo The Reids continue their collaboration with Mura Masa for Fly, taking themes from their previous videos together to the next level.Will and Ed Reid and Mura Masa - aka Alex Crossan - have been exploring and celebrating that heady mix of youth, drugs and dance music through&nbsp;a series of videos, since the marvellous, UKMVA-winning Whenever I Want last year. With FLY, we're drawn into a familiar scenario of a warehouse party, and back among the bodies of the clubbers.This is a more exclusive, well-styled&nbsp;revellers than the varied teen ravers of the previous videos, and this slickly produced affair produces an original moment of euphoria, as one dancer rises above the crowd.Simply yet beautifully done, and a marvellous addition to a series that's adding up to a body of work in itself.&nbsp;

The Reids

Mura Masa

Poppy Ashton

Anonymous Content

Sophie Hubble

Shion Haysaka

Annie Maguire

Freddie Wright

Jack Exton

Toby Mckay

Fabienne Piolini

Reece Hearnshaw

Greg Probert

Sasha Hilton

Ailsa Chaplin

Claire Urquhart

Roman Harris

Hazel Gibson

Richard Fearon

Jamie Mccubbin

Dance

Mura Masa 'FLY' by The Reids

Mura Masa - FLY (feat. Cherish)

Together with music videos for three songs from Cat Burns's debut album early twenties, Libby Burke Wilde has directed an accompanying short film.A cinematic rendering of Burns's coming-of-age album, the short narrative - also called early twenties -&nbsp;is a mirror to the transformative years of your adolescent years, touching on themes of mental health, friendship, queer love, and loneliness.Cat’s conversational lyrics are almost tangible in Libby’s script, interweaving the lives of five friends on a night out, all at different stages in life.[imgtoken data:1]Piecing together the narrative between the music videos for alone, end game&nbsp;and met someone - also directed by Libby Burke Wilde - the short film stars a wealth of emerging British acting talent: India Amarteifio (Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story), Sam Reuben (Everything Now), Aiyana Goodfellow (The Outlaws), Melina Sinadinou (Beyond Paradise), and BAFTA-nominated Samuel Bottomley (How To Have Sex, Sundown).“Your early 20s are one of the most transformative times in life, which I think is what makes it so memorable," says Burke Wilde. "It’s a time of limbo between childhood and fully-fledged adulthood. Responsibilities are creeping in, but some things are still carefree.&nbsp;[imgtoken data:2]"It’s also a time when your relationship to yourself and others is changing dramatically. Cat mentions all these things in her album. Not knowing where you want to be, not feeling comfortable in your own skin, loneliness and having low self-esteem. All universal themes that feel so heightened in your early twenties."I wanted to make a film that touches on many of these feelings. It reflects the dramatic highs and epic lows of this time in your life, but leaves you with a feeling of hope for the future."

James Janna Bartlett

Alexandra Green

Emma Garrett

Cynthia Lawrence John

Libby Burke Wilde

Mel Giles

new—land

James Hackett

Ben Caldwell

Joe Cook

Stephanie Walton

Trine Pillay

Jack Wiles

Ffion Kunz

Emilio Schlappi

Jess Summer

Sarah Peczek

RCA Records

Mouthpiece

Cat Burns 'early twenties' (short film) by Libby Burke Wilde

Cat-Burns-'Early-Twenties'-by-Libby-Burke-Wilde

Maxim Kelly brings us into a bleak world with deadpan humour - and brilliant dancing - for Molchat Doma's Ty Zhe Ne Znaesh Kto Ya (meaning 'You Don't Know Who I Am').Set in a dive bar during a mysterious parasitic outbreak, Kelly’s promo for the LA-based Belarusian post-punk/synth pop group juxtaposes Strictly-style jive dancing - performed by contemporary dancer Spike King - with a lonely, post-Apocalyptic world to explore themes of isolation and simple human connection.it also enters that sub-category of Kelly-directed videos with riveting dance performances, including for <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2022/07/27/belief-dreams-maxim-kelly/77548" target="_blank">Belief's Dreams</a> and <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2022/11/22/murder-capital-ethel-maxim-kelly/79378" target="_blank">The Murder Capital's Ethel</a>.

Isabel Alsina Reynolds

Harry Watts

Maxim Kelly

Ayomide Alli

Spindle

Michal Babinec

Mayling Wong

Phelan Moeller

Joe Mulvihill

Arran Green

Vid Price

Trim Editing

Sacred Bones

Spike King

Molchat Doma 'Ty Zhe Ne Znaesh Kto Ya' by Maxim Kelly

Molchat Doma - Ty Zhe Ne Znaesh Kto Ya (Official Video) - Ты Же Не Знаешь Кто Я

Just released&nbsp;and already breaking the internet, LISA from K-Pop titans BLACKPINK&nbsp;launches her first solo project in three years with a breathtaking video directed by Henry Scholfield - clocking over 20 million views on YouTube in the first 12 hours of release.The key focus for Lisa was to celebrate her Thai roots, represented in the choice of locations, captured in the fashion of a blockbuster action movie, bullet time shots and all, plus astonishing choreo and VFX, by Black Kite Studios in London. &nbsp;"We shot in Bangkok, shooting in iconic locations like Chinatown," says Medb Riordan, Academy Films MD and the video's producer. "Henry and Lisa wanted to really bring out Thai sub-cultures in the casting (LGBTQ+ representation was really important for her), and all cast, including dancers, were Thai."With choreo from MV legend Sean Bankhead, main styling by Paris-based Georgia Pendlebury, cinematography by DoP Mauro Chiarello and edited by Nik Kohler - and the commissioner/producer was industry legend Camille Yorrick, EVP of Creative Content at RCA.And the characteristic&nbsp;attention to detail on every frame by Henry Schofield makes this a pleasure to watch repeatedly. So not surprising that it's broken the internet.[imgtoken data:1]

South Korea

Henry Scholfield

Medb Riordan

Academy Films

Mauro Chiarello

Nik Kohler

Sean Bankhead

Georgia Pendlebury

Camille Yorrick

Lisa 'Rockstar' by Henry Scholfield

LISA - ROCKSTAR (Official Music Video)

Ivana Bobic directs a beautifully crafted&nbsp;promo for NIKI, as her home becomes caught up in the maelstrom of a vast cyclone. We're not in Kansas anymore, Toto...&nbsp;In the video for Blue Moon, the US-based Indonesian singer-songwriter, now signed to 88 Rising, gives a reflective performance of the track within the domestic setting, framed in a subdued, suitably blue colour palette and contemplative camerawork. And that is in stark contrast to the dangerous weather&nbsp;outside her walls, depicted by a cruel cyclone.With widescreen cinematic imagery that echoes Hollywood history from The Wizard Of Oz to the upcoming release Twisters, the roaring cyclone represents the turbulent&nbsp;relationship described in the song.&nbsp;Following her marvellous promo for Future Islands earlier in the year, it's a further bold step by Ivana Bobic back into the world of music videos.[imgtoken data:1][imgtoken data:2]&nbsp;

Taylor Almodovar

Nikki Porter

Tamara Mennell

Katie Qian

Ivana Bobic

David Wept

Hands 

Emily Truong Sales

Scott Siracusano

Wyatt Whitaker

George S. Harkness Iii

Dylan Burzinski

Adam Shambour

Theo Sturz

Dumaine Babcock

Justin Gardner

Gigi Todisco

Athena Alberto

Sinh Vo

Lucy Berry

Final Cut

Jack Stone

88 Rising

Alternative Pop

NIKI 'Blue Moon' by Ivana Bobic

NIKI - Blue Moon (Official Music Video)

Rebecca Lucy Taylor (aka Self-Esteem) teams up with Moonchild Sanelly to usher in the Big Man era - a massive tune with the banging pop video it deserves from Piers Dennis.Dennis sets the scene for these charismatic performers to play out the roles of Big Men, as they see them. And that involves - and they maybe being faintly satirical here - doing lots of cleaning, and other household chores.In fact, the director's latest collaboration with Self Esteem provides them with a perfect opportunity for the pair to unleash their unbridled female energy - as well as revel in Taylor's acerbic lyrics.And Dennis reveals the project began with a reference to one of the all-time great pop vids... by Queen."Rebecca sent me the track with a question: how do we make the Self Esteem version of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4Mc-NYPHaQ" target="_blank">I Want To Break Free</a>? This is the result," he says. "Like everything Rebecca and I do - there’s a message here, but it’s got to be delivered with fun. Like salad and chips."[imgtoken data:1]

Isabel Alsina-reynolds

Stuart Rog

Taise Kerr

Alex Mullins

Piers Dennis

Joanna Szyczewska

Dale Healy

Courtney Bennett

Arizona Eastwood

Paul Mammone

Oliver Bingham

Klara Rychtarcikova

Byron

Georgia Hope

Lauren Bell

Andre Rodrigues

Assembly Rooms

Asad Naveed

Polydor

Alt-Pop

Indie

Alternative

Self Esteem ft Moonchild Sanelly 'Big Man' by Piers Dennis

Self Esteem, Moonchild Sanelly - Big Man (Official Video)

The second&nbsp;instalment of Libby Burke Wilde's cinematic project to accompany Cat Burns's debut album rollout places the artist&nbsp;in a busy club.The promo for End Game continues the stripped-back, minimalist approach established in Burke Wilde's video for <a href="http://www.promonews.tv/videos/2024/04/16/cat-burns-alone-libby-burke-wilde/86135" target="_blank">Alone</a>.&nbsp;As with the previous video it's captured in a single take, Cat performing End Game direct to camera, as other clubgoers swirl around her.&nbsp;The video works in establishing the separateness of Cat Burns, lost in her own thoughts about a struggling relationship, amid an oblivious crowd of revellers - who include India Amarteifio and Sam Reuben.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Tamia Diaz

Luca Parasiliti-holt

Jess Summers

Polly Durrance

Marcus Moffatt

Sony Music

Cat Burns 'End Game' by Libby Burke Wilde

Cat-Burns-'End-Game'-by-Libby-Burke-Wilde

Director duo CC Wade - brothers&nbsp;Michael and Paraic Morrissey - return to music videos and reunite with Fat White Family for an intense exploration of obsession, featuring a compelling performance by&nbsp;the South London sleaze-rockers' frontman Lias Saoudi.&nbsp;The video for Work features Saoudi playing an unhappy&nbsp;working stiff,&nbsp;exhausted from the everyday grind of mediocrity, who decides to flip the script.&nbsp;He joins a strange bodybuilding club and gets caught up in an obsessive spiral of self-improvement - to&nbsp;the detriment of his health, body and domestic life.&nbsp;CC Wade create an&nbsp;intoxicatingly heightened and offbeat sensibility in delivering this narrative,&nbsp;akin to radical fringe theatre, elevated by DoP&nbsp;Moritz Mössinger's fluid cinematography.It's&nbsp;a great match to the track, and a proper showcase for the talents of Lias Saoudi, channelling his intriguing,&nbsp;fiery presence into arguably his most powerful performance on screen.

CC Wade

Moritz Mössinger

Biba Thomas

John Moule

Somesuch

Fat White Family 'Work' by CC Wade 

Fat White Family - Work (Official Video)

Libby Burke Wilde directs a dramatic and heartfelt&nbsp;one-take&nbsp;performance video for Cat Burns, as she walks along a London high street, heading home after a night out... alone.&nbsp;In a bravura single Steadicam shot, Cat expresses her frustration and loneliness in singular terms in her new song Alone. It's a showcase of Burns' charismatic&nbsp;performance style, packed full of emotion and introspection, and it's elevated in cinematic terms by the approach, with cinematography by Joe Cook and Steadicam operation by Emilio Schlappi.&nbsp;Featuring a brief cameo from BAFTA-nominated actor Sam Bottomley, this is the first visual taken from a wider series for Cat Burns's upcoming debut album.&nbsp;

Cynthia Lawrence Johns

Cat Burns 'Alone' by Libby Burke Wilde