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Remi Laudat directs a fiery performance video for Stefflon Don.&nbsp;Exploring empowerment and freedom, the artist celebrates her Jamaican heritage with playful, edgy vignettes, which lean into a hyperreal&nbsp;style and perspective.&nbsp;Flipping from group choreography to solo performance setups, the excitable aesthetic is layered with vibrant lighting and set design, resulting in a feel-good vibe that encourages viewers to get up and show off their best moves... though we don't suggest attempting any of this in a working kitchen like in&nbsp;this promo.&nbsp;

United Kingdom

Remi Laudat

Cora Rodriguez

Academy Films

Maurizio Von Trapp

Ella Giradot

Kaname Onoyama

Michael Hobdell

Rachel Wood

Danny Hayward

Studio Augmenta

Toni Blaze

Tasa Ikie

Summar Hunjan

Laura Cairney-keize

Marshall Street Editors

Thomas Mangham

The Mill

Charlie Morris

Bruce Langfield

Dan Pryor

Donatella

Cinelab Film and Digital

Hip Hop

Stefflon Don 'Move' by Remi Laudat

Stefflon-Don-'Move'-by-Remi-Laudat

Remi Laudat directs a colourful and&nbsp;hyperactive visual for Nothing But Thieves.&nbsp;Shot from a first-person perspective, we see a hand burst through different doors&nbsp;as the band glitch and close in on him in a Groundhog Day-style concept.Mixing frenetic handheld shots with clever in-camera transitions and effects, the video maintains its quickfire pace throughout, feeling like a nightmare on fast-forward."The visual is vibrant, at times disorientating and coincidentally quite relevant to society’s current situation," says Laudat. "Let’s hope everyone isn’t going crazy and this video serves as a little moment of escapism for the viewer.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Chris Murdoch

Prettybird

Juliette Larthe

Tony C Miller

Jeff Vine

Will Crafts

Emma Winter

Dan Maclagan

Faye Lyons

Greg Hayes

George K

Black Kite Studios

Whitehouse Post

Antonia Porter

Jordan Chappell

Michael Lewin

Sam Thompson

Alternative Rock

Nothing But Thieves 'Is Everybody Going Crazy?' by Remi Laudat

Nothing-But-Thieves-'Is-Everybody-Going-Crazy?'-by-Remi-Laudat

Leonn Ward directs this anthemic pastoral, a hymn to self-acceptance and the healing power of the countryside. It’s a rapturous new beginning for Michael Kiwanuka.In You Ain’t the Problem, Kiwanuka recounts a hard-won lesson: it’s not you, it’s them. And in his first solo clip since 2017’s totemic <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2017/03/24/michael-kiwanuka-cold-little-heart-david-m-helman/46983">Cold Little Heart</a>, Kiwanuka celebrates that lesson. He communes with a group of revellers in the fields and halls of English farmland.Irish director Leonn Ward makes a compelling case for herself as music videos’ premier Romantic. She has a painter’s eye for colour and beauty, and the ability to draw intensely felt performances out of her collaborators: I challenge you not to be moved by Joy Crooke’s tearful lament in <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2019/04/01/joy-crookes-i-left-you-demo-leonn-ward/58034">Since I Left You</a>.&nbsp;Her style is a lush minimalism. She and Deepa Keshvala, DoP and regular collaborator, render these pastoral settings with a theatrical simplicity that foregrounds the joy of her characters. These landscapes are depicted as a gorgeous playground. You’ll see just wheat and sky, a curtain or a wall, and an effervescent gang of people.Ward also shows off her credentials as a fashion photographer.&nbsp;The styling by Ola Ebiti, a kind of contempory, light-touch&nbsp;Pre-Raphaelitism, is essential to this balance: her&nbsp;subjects are dressed in vibrant primaries, and as they move, they pass through the frame like running washes of colour. For this, we can also thank Jack Mcginity, the award-winning colourist behind ASOS's toybox-toned <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCi7y4U4eO8">Go Play</a> campaign.

Leonn Ward

Holly Wolfers

Black Dog Films

Martin Roker

Deepa Keshvala

Michael Hannides

Ola Ebiti

Afi Attipoe

Theresa Davies

Elise Butt

Jack McGinity

CHEAT

Trim Editing

Polly Kemp

Olivia Jessop

Emily Tedrake

Polydor

Northern Soul

Indie

Michael Kiwanuka 'You Ain’t The Problem' by Leonn Ward

Michael-Kiwanuka-'You-Ain’t-The-Problem'-by-Leonn-Ward

Bastille&#39;s Dan Smith is racked in existential angst on a couch amid a sea of half-naked bodies, in Crooked Cynics&#39; video for Those Nights.And the real emotion of the piece comes partly from the constantly moving camera, executing a swooping and swirling choreography that disorientates the viewer - and seems to accentuate&nbsp;Smith&#39;s misery.&nbsp;

Crooked Cynics

Henry Napier-Brown

Globe Productions

Will Nichols

Tom Oxenham

Tristan Chenais

Cam Smith

Studio Lune

Rhona Ezuma

Brooke Lee

Hannah Ashby Ward

Smoke & Mirrors

Sandstorm Films

Virgin EMI

Bastille 'Those Nights' by Crooked Cynics

Bastille-'Those-Nights'-by-Crooked-Cynics

Rashid Babiker, who&#39;s first video was the excellent promo for <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2018/10/15/jorja-smith-your-own-rashid-babiker/55494" target="_blank">Jorja Smith&#39;s On Your Own</a>, now directs Jorja with Maverick Sabre. They are two strangers who have an everyday, but quietly powerful&nbsp;encounter.Maverick plays the cab driver who picks up Jorja as his fare. The song Slow Down, and their performances, plus the graphic touches that Babiker provides allows you to take in the world and feel the atmosphere gradually building between the pair.It ends, in an intriguing way, with a bond seeming to appear between them - and then it&#39;s gone, probably forever. A resonant little cinematic episode, and a fine showcase for both artists.

Rashid Babiker

Hannah Bellil

Oliver Ford

Elliot Beach

Leah Abbott

Zateesha Barbour

Carol Lopez Reid

FAMM

Hannah May

Alasdair Baines

Soul

Maverick Sabre ft. Jorja Smith 'Slow Down' by Rashid Babiker

Maverick-Sabre-Feat.-Jorja-Smith-'Slow-Down'-by-Rashid-Babiker

This superb video for Jorja Smith presents the artist and her song On Your Own inside a beautifully designed picture book, discovered in a young woman&#39;s bedroom, that comes to life.&nbsp;Rashid Babiker brings different visual elements -&nbsp;design, photography, and even cutout animation - that work so well together to elevate not only a delightfully cool image of Jorja Smith but serves to make the song more hypotic, more alluring.Very good indeed, and on this basis, Rashid Babiker is a real one to watch.[imgtoken data:1]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

Martha McGuirk

Nick Hayes

Nuuksio Films

Sam Riley

Francis Boyter

Peter Bishop

Chloe Brady

Toby Tomkins

Temple Caché

Franky Chadwick

Savannah Acquah

Zubin Irani

Jorja Smith 'On Your Own' by Rashid Babiker

Jorja-Smith--'On-Your-Own-'-by-Rashid-Babiker

This wonderful video for Blood Orange (aka Dev Hynes) by Crack Stevens (aka Akinola Davies) is, in effect, two videos played alongside one another. They are at the same time very similar and widely different, and their juxtaposition serves to send a message about the diversity of the black experience in London.In both cases, we&#39;re witnessing the different stages of a family celebration, of two different communities, taking place in the same social club, where Hynes is the performer. And what is the so appealing about it is the level of detail and the beautiful portraiture so that documentary merges seamlessly with the&nbsp;music video form.It&#39;s a celebration of similarities&nbsp;- the bringing of the food, the socialising, the dancing - and the differences - and most of all, the fact that it is real - which makes every frame (and split-frame)&nbsp;fascinating.

Crack Stevens

Nicolai Niermann

Mike Hannides

Josh Bloomer

Ruka Johnson

Virginie Moreira

Marielle Mata

Kit Wells

Final Cut

Jason Wallis

Etc La

Sara Gbadamosi / Chris Lewis

Chloe Rosolek

Johanna Mcmanus

Domino Recording Co

Blood Orange 'Charcoal Baby' by Crack Stevens

Blood-Orange-'Charcoal-Baby'-by-Crack-Stevens

A group of young men sitting on a moor, drinking and smoking, takes an increasingly ominous turn in Hector Dockrill&#39;s vdeo for Jordan Max.In one single steadicam shot, a bigger truth comes out, as Jordan and his buddies hunker into their battered and dirty Mitsubishi, as a police car burns across the moor. The clue for what is gong down is in the songtitle - War.&nbsp;And these young men can be taken for soldiers as the city burns below.A dark vision of a harsh world from Dockrill, making his second video for Jordan Max.

Hector Dockrill

Pulse Films

Rik Green

Bianca Lai

Matt Allsop

Paul Skyes

David Hamilton

Chelsea Graziano

Ed Cooper

The Assembly Rooms

Daniel Breheny

Adam Clarke

Absolute Post

Geri Krasteva

Jordan Max 'War' by Hector

Jordan Max - War (Official Video)

Rianne White imagines a female Dracula for Gilligan Moss, and Hammer horror, Italian giallo and club culture references create&nbsp;a melting pot of signifiers for the infectious Want You So Bad.Our anti-heroine is a&nbsp;glamourous, waxy-faced socialite, quaffing bloody cocktails out of a 70s hearse, and luring unsuspecting girls to the neverending nightclub of the Undead...&nbsp;

Rianne White

Emma Wellbelove

Agile Films

Hayley Williams

Ria Hanish-Oakes

Evelin van Rei

Kate Molins

Leo Naessens

Nuha Mekki

Glassworks

Lala

Eilidh

OB Management

Connie Meade

Dance

Gilligan Moss 'Want U So Bad' by Rianne White

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For the second collaboration between Salomon Ligthelm and Young Fathers (following <a href="https://vimeo.com/217809089" target="_blank">Mr Martyr</a>)&nbsp;the director was inspired by the track to create a world where dictators behave like spoilt little children, throwing tantrums because things aren&rsquo;t going their way.Sorry, that is the real world. In this case, Ligthelm actually turns our terrifying leaders into children - a great device at the heart of a stirringly satirical and&nbsp;highly entertaining interpretation of the track Toy.&ldquo;The tone of the track is so visceral and abrasive, which I think marries the political subject matter perfectly,&rdquo; says Ligthelm. &ldquo;Looking at the political climate of our time, I&rsquo;d say truth is certainly stranger than fiction.&rdquo;With a wonderful cast of youngsters playing the nasty rulers, great locations, lovely photography (DoP Steve Annis give it a classic look) and a fine edit by Dan Sherwen, this is a very strong addition to the excellent campaign of videos accompanying the new Young Fathers&#39; album, Cocoa Sugar.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Salomon Ligthelm

Sorcha Bacon

Stink Films

Katie Lambert

Alex Jefferson

Steve Annis

Eira Wyn Jones

Josephine Theime

Alex Gibbon

Lucie Red

Emma Lipop

Dorita Nissen

Dan Sherwen

Daniel DeVue

Victoria Waterhouse Taylor

Mark Harris / Sacha Danjou/ Zach Zombek

Sarah Boardman @ Hands

Theresa Adebiyi

Ninja Tune

Convoly

Josh Brooks

Sasha Robertson

Alternative

Young Fathers 'Toy' by Salomon Ligthelm

Young-Fathers-'Toy'-by-Salomon-Ligthelm

Moss Kena steps out of the shadows in Rianne White&#39;s&nbsp;video for You Don&#39;t Know, and an entertaining study of what happens when the rules of attraction come into play.&nbsp;It&#39;s a&nbsp;hazy and seductive exploration of lust, jealousy, isolation and curiosity, executed with panache&nbsp;by White.

Barney Batchelor

Chris Stakey

Zoe Klinck

Moss Kena 'You Don't Know' by Rianne White

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