Special Thanks

Chris Anthony

Nathan James Tettey reunites with Headie One to direct&nbsp;a cinematic promo for viral track Martin's Sofa.&nbsp;The director leans into the themes of the track, which pay tribute to a friend who helped the artist right at the start of his career.&nbsp;A montage of&nbsp;vignettes play out across the four-minute runtime, ranging from dreamlike, vibrant set pieces to exterior performance sections, all tied together with a sense of community and friendship. And having just signed to Knucklehead for global representation, it's a great way for Tettey to start a new chapter in his career.&nbsp;&nbsp;"Making Martin's Sofa was the most out of body experience I’ve endured in a while but I loved every second of it and to see the response from Headie’s fans has been incredible to witness because really making this video was for them as well as for Headie and Martin," Tettey has said. "Martin's actual sofa is real and was used in the video but the sentiment of what Headie is talking about is also real as well and for me was perfectly illustrated in the process all of us went through trying to bring his vision to life. Getting up each day at the crack of dawn and working into the deep of night to try and solve as many problems and tick as many boxes as is humanly possible before getting back up to do it all again the next day. "I just want to thank every member of the immediate team...&nbsp;Myself, Headie and Martin couldn’t have done it without you…"&nbsp;

United Kingdom

Nathan James Tettey

Knucklehead

Ore Okonedo

Alex Ayodele-Otele

Theo Hue Williams

Jack Green

Kai Blamey Nguyen

Beau Pritchard James

Lee Parfitt

Hugo Harris

Matter SFX

Toni Blaze

Ollie Paxton

Matthieu Touliet

Company 3

Mike O'Keefe

Grime

Headie One 'Martin's Sofa' by Nathan James Tettey 

Headie One - Martin's Sofa (Official Music Video)

Thomas Davis directs a love letter to early computer animation, in his visualiser for Biig Piig.&nbsp;The video opens with the artist putting on a VR headset, and being pulled into a playful, candy-coloured world inhabited by skeletons, teddy bears and uncanny doppelgangers.&nbsp;The vibrant, intentionally rudimentary animation calls back to early Noughties music vids - anyone remember <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQCQnARnKbc">Sweet Like Chocolate by Shanks &amp; Bigfoot</a>? - whilst interweaving contemporary elements at the same time.&nbsp;Marvellous work.&nbsp;

Soo Young

Callum Pearson

Thomas Davis

Rowan Mackintosh King

Common People Films

Garage Films

Kat Cattanteo

Charlie Relph

Marti Guiver

Ramy Dance

Maddy Williams

Kai Newton

Dominic Phipps

Columbia / Sony

Biig Piig 'Kerosene (Visualiser)' by Thomas Davis

Biig-Piig-'Kerosene-(visualiser)'-by-Thomas-Davis

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

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

Jack Williams

Assembly Rooms

Matthieu Toullet

Alizee Levrino

Agile Studio

Kevin Marien

Martin Fickling

Virgin Records

Lewis Capaldi 'Forget Me' by Louis Bhose

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

Thomas Davis and&nbsp;Willow Kayne turn London into a Hellish otherworld in this fabulously fun video for White City.&nbsp;This is the follow-up to Davis and Willow's collab on the sweet and energetic video for <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2022/05/09/willow-kayne-final-notice-thomas-davis/76288" target="_blank">Final Notice</a>. This one starts innocently enough too, as we follow a girl styled to look like a young Willow, experiencing several interactions - both good and bad - with local residents, which includes the real Willow&nbsp;roleplaying several different jobs.&nbsp;And then things take a weird turn: giant eyeballs, no less.&nbsp;begin to descend from tower blocks; the girl is served a rather Cronenbergian dish of delights at a café...&nbsp;things get distinctly topsy-turvy.&nbsp;And then the ending suggests a slightly Apocalyptic note, before returning to a sense of normality... Or has it?This is brilliant, knockabout&nbsp;work from the team. The tone is&nbsp;both playful and slightly unnerving, accentuated by a&nbsp;great use of visual effects.

Rumah Sakit (hati Mas)

Suzie Walsh

Willow Kayne

Jake River Parker

Las Bandas Be Brave

Michael Lewin

Massimo Filippi

Toby Leary

Aidan Brooks

Kitty Rajakulasingam

Devan Clarke

Eyyaz Chishty

Josh Higgings

Bronte Carter

Shivam Solanki

Yash Agrawal

Young Willow: Nellie Sykes

Sony Music

Willow Kayne 'White City' by Thomas Davis, Willow Kayne

Willow-Kayne-'White-City'-by-Thomas-Davis,willow-Kayne

Jamie Thraves directs a whirlwind performance promo for Gabrielle Aplin's Call Me.&nbsp;Shot in Bristol across two short nights, the video features Aplin&nbsp;interacting with different characters as the traverses the late-night hustle and bustle of the city.Incorporating choreographed numbers and gentler, more intimate moments, it's a video that spans the spectrum of human emotion, and brilliantly executed by the creative team.&nbsp;[imgtoken data:1]"This video for Gabrielle was a lot of fun to make, from start to finish everything just fell into place so easily," says Thraves.&nbsp;"Gabrielle and I chatted through a number of ideas that I presented to her -&nbsp;four or five&nbsp;-&nbsp;before we settled on this one. It just felt right for the song."We both wanted something fun, energetic, dramatic, gritty and a bit dark. I wanted this to feel like a scene from a musical movie."&nbsp;

Jamie Thraves

Matt Sterling

Carrie Sutton

Blindeye Films

Cheyenne Miller

Dan Hilltout

Mike O'Connor

James Dearden

Emily Clifford

Rich Bertenshaw

Robyn Hough

Nikita Brienza

Josh Ben-tovim

Ross Mclaughlan

Claire Bender

Lucy Wearing

Steffan Perry - Company 3

Gabrielle Aplin 'Call Me' by Jamie Thraves

Gabrielle-Aplin-'Call-Me'-by-Jamie-Thraves

London singer/producer Miink's exploration of Christianity's role in human suffering gets a richly atmospheric treatment in Elliott Power's stunning visual for Paper Doll.The song comes from Miink's forthcoming second album Notice Me, an ambitious and commendable work that addresses the impact on uprooted culutres of the Atlantic slave trade. In Paper Doll he throws a spotlight upon how colonizers used Christianity, and the concept of heaven and hell, as a tool to prevent slaves from committing suicide on the long journey to America.[imgtoken data:1]Power's striking video alludes to the themes in the song, setting Miink's performances against elements of Christian iconography.As many enslaved people were forced to practice their true beliefs in secret, and the video for&nbsp;Paper Doll reflects this forced secrecy through a world shown entirely in darkness, in beautifully composed scenes illuminated by points of light.With cinematography by Pau Muñoz and Josep Pardo, Power sets Miink against the forces of religion, on the brink of the underworld, and creates a richly evocative piece of work.

Harriet Cawley

Paola Alfaro

Xochitl West

Elliott Power

Cristina Barres

Love Song

Pau Muñoz

Josep Pardo

Daniel Wolfe

José Barrera

Renzo Zorrilla

Lloret Gironés

Valeria Salas

Dom Leung

Simon Bourne

Clare Melia

Matt Squires

Miink 'Paper Doll' by Elliott Power

Miink-'"paper-Doll"'-by-Elliott-Power

Jake Parker directs an atmospheric promo for India Shan.&nbsp;Boasting a striking burnt-orange colour palette, the video is formed of several effervescent performance vignettes, which are overlaid with various abstract textures and lighting effects.&nbsp;The understated performance seamlessly binds the setups, and is helped out by a gentle edit which use cross-fades and drawn out shots to match the energy of the piece.&nbsp;

Katie South

Rhiannon Lagden

Jake Parker

Max Conran

Keaton Williams

Oli Hill

Jay Gomez

Joe Edwards

Riccardo Angei

Holly Hamilton

Ruby Sandler

India Shan 'Don't Wanna' by Jake Parker

India-Shan-'Don't-Wanna'-by-Jake-Parker

Thomas Davis directs an atmospheric live promo for&nbsp;Beabadoobee.In a minimalist industrial space&nbsp;populated with overgrown house plants, we see Bea and her band perform the ethereal track.Flooded with natural light and with a slightly desaturated colour palette,&nbsp;the cinematography feels raw and authentic and highlights the intimate themes in the track.&nbsp;

Anthony Hensman 

Jon Moore

Elliot Morris

Dan Lightening

Joe Starrs

Marcus Alberston

Dann Cooper

Kieran Coyne

Dom Phipps

Dirty Hit Records

Alternative Pop

Beabadoobee '10:36' (Official Live Video) by Thomas Davis

Beabadoobee - 10:36 (Official Live Video)

Trailblazing London jazz outfit Ezra Collective hit the ring in Femi Ladi's joyous video for Victory Dance.Customers of a cornershop receive a mysterious invitation by the shopkeeper, leading them downstairs into the basement and a magical space. Suddenly we are in&nbsp;a big hall, a boxing ring in the middle - not to witness a boxing bout, but the moves of jazz dancer Jay Allen, and a thrilling performance of the individuals of Ezra Collective, and then the group as a whole.[imgtoken data:1]This is the band's first ever music video, reflecting their position at the heart of London's resurgent jazz scene. Femi Ladi achieves a sense of wonder and real occasion by keeping things based around the performances, and top and tailing the piece with the narrative element involving the audience. It really works.&nbsp;"I’m a big fan of the Ezra Collective, I find their music so refreshing and unexpected," says Ladi.&nbsp;"I had a personal experience of hearing the band's music for the first time when I stumbled into a performance of theirs by accident a few years back. I instantly became a fan. So, we went with an Idea that had similar journey of discovery with the band playing a secret gig somewhere quite unexpected."

Femi Ladi

Somesuch

Maëva Demurger

André Reid

Courtney Bennett

Oliver Bingham

Scarlett Gardner

Jamie Hitchens

Philips Nortey

Rosie Taylor

Jenny Glynn

Jay Allen

Kaz Ove

Yoomin Lee

Jazz

Ezra Collective 'Victory Dance' by Femi Ladi

Ezra Collective - Victory Dance (Official Video)

Thomas Davis storms back into action with this joyously energetic video for the charismatic Willow Kayne.Filmed at Rough Trade East and surrounding Brick Lane area in East London, Willow requests 'Jungle' from the resident DJ - and then he cues up her new song Final Notice.[imgtoken data:1]&nbsp;It's music biz-critiquing message, against making her a clone of other pop stars, plays second fiddle to the altogether happy vibes of Willow and fellow cast in Davis's video - nicely shot in classic fashion by&nbsp;Jake Erland.All well and good, as this could be a DnB/Pop crossover banger of the coming summer. It's really quite boombastic...

Polly Withington

Jack Cullis

Jake Erland

Klimas Jurevičius

Antonius Cramer

Columbia Records

Drum & Bass

Willow Kayne 'Final Notice' by Thomas Davis

Willow-Kayne-'Final-Notice'-by-Thomas-Davis

Thomas Davis directs a vibrant&nbsp;promo&nbsp;fusing performance and animation for London-based producer&nbsp; Macwetha's new track.The video for Dani Song rides the wave&nbsp;of the latest trends&nbsp;- imbued with&nbsp;a multiformat, Y2K-inspired aesthetic&nbsp;- whilst also carving a unique&nbsp;identity for itself in its&nbsp;inspired, lo-fi approach and a buzzing performance from the artist.&nbsp;It's a great complement to the track, and an exciting breakout for Macwetha - best known as the NiNE8 collective's resident producer and now blazing his own trail&nbsp;as a solo artist.&nbsp;

Wil Sen

Jake Bishop

Ryan Flood

Laurie Cousins

Company3

Dirty Hit

Macwetha 'Dani Song' by Thomas Davis

Macwetha-'Dani-Song'-by-Thomas-Davis

Luke Seomore and&nbsp;Joseph Bull focus on gentle moments of connection in their new film for Blessed Are The Hearts That Bend - a follow-up to their film last year featuring the ambient band's track Palace.&nbsp;Unfolding over one day, the video explores a multitude of lives across the capital, revealing unseen and hidden moments of introspection and connection.A visual representation of devotion, this is a celebration of daily life in all its messy&nbsp;humanity. Presented in cinematic, painterly vignettes - once again shot by Luke and Joseph's longtime collaborator David Procter -&nbsp;every frame is emotional and beautifully composed, elevating the theme of the concept.&nbsp;

Blessed Are The Hearts That Bend 'Cactus' by Luke Seomore & Joseph Bull

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