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Colin Solal Cardo

Colin Solal Cardo follows his <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2022/11/21/kimbra-replay-colin-solal-cardo/79358">hypnotic promo for Kimbra</a> with something much more down to Earth, in this breezy, uplifting&nbsp;piece&nbsp;for&nbsp;Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds.&nbsp;The video for Easy Now features Milly Alcock (of&nbsp;House Of Dragons fame), and sees her character move from despair to euphoria, as she tears up the streets of London.Watched over by Gallagher himself - who chills on the sidelines, in a brief yet very welcome cameo - the video is anchored by a wonderful performance from Alcock, as she jumps on cars, disrupts groups of pigeons and eventually does a victorious run down the middle of the road, full of glee.&nbsp;A poignant concept which cements the fact that music has the ability to transcend, elevate and pull you out of yourself on the darkest of days.[imgtoken data:1][imgtoken data:2]

United Kingdom

Ellie Kowslowski

Maeva Berthelot

Ellie Walker

Alessia Lendrum

Emily Tedrake

Greg Probert

Jeremy Valender

Danny Herman

Lily Ashton

Rose Lucas

Rick Woollard

Jess Saunders

Mark Gee

Amelia Tavenner

Amy Brandon

Lucy Berry

Final Cut

Kaytlin Battisheli

Ethos Studio

Wash

Jon Evans

Milly Alcock

Ignition Records

Rock

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds 'Easy Now' by Colin Solal Cardo

Noel-Gallagher's-High-Flying-Birds-'Easy-Now'-by-Colin-Solal-Cardo

Colin Solal Cardo directs a spectacular&nbsp;promo for New Zealand singer-songwriter Kimbra, blending movement and intimate expression to create a powerful performance montage.&nbsp;Moving at a breathless pace, the video for replay! sees the artist explore an empty studio space as she flips, bends and&nbsp;crawls, externalising a sense of primal instinct and self-discovery. It's breathtaking, it's brazen,&nbsp;and it's completely mesmerising.[imgtoken data:1]Centered on physicality and Kimbra's ownership of the space she inhabits - and the emotions that come with her performance - the video is a&nbsp;tour de force&nbsp;of dynamic cinematography and razor sharp editing, and will no doubt create a buzz for a long time to come.&nbsp;Stunning and standout work - and a brilliant return to the medium from the marvellous Colin Solal Cardo.&nbsp;

Candy Hagedorn

Nolwenn Grall Jaubert

La Pac

Théodore Hugonnier

Lola Idounda

Ernest Bouvier

Lucile Bertrand

Jenneke Croubels

Marco Novoa

Cutaway

Kaitlyn Battistelli

Kimbra 'replay!' by Colin Solal Cardo

Kimbra - replay!

It's the meeting of&nbsp;two towering French pop icons from different eras -&nbsp;and&nbsp;Colin Solal Cardo captures the magic in one of the best performance videos all year.Indochine, a pop star in France for decades, and the living embodiment&nbsp;of Parisien froideur, comes up against the unstoppable charismatic pizzazz of Christine - so Solal Cardo does the sensible thing and lets them get on with it. A simply art directed set, clever use of lighting orchestrated by DoP Andre Chemetoff, and then its all about capturing the two compelling performers.Christine is, as ever, wonderful. She evidently adores her aloof co-star. And even Indo, who looks like he has been too cool to smile for about forty years, eventually cracks. Brilliant.&nbsp;

France

Camille Grazie

Production Paris

Andre Chemetoff

Lucie Libotte

Emilie Turck

Delphine Courteille

Angloma

Edouard Mailaender

Arthur Paux

Nightshift

Elodie Latapie

Afif Baroudi

Garlone Jadoul

Natacha Voranger

Teva Vasseur

Karin Westerlund

Indochine & Christine And The Queens '3SEX' by Colin Solal Cardo

Indochine-&-Christine-And-The-Queens-'3sex'-by-Colin-Solal-Cardo

Colin Solal Cardo gears up for a second collaboration with Mexican indie-pop singer Carla Morrison.&nbsp;Following the promo for&nbsp;<a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2020/10/01/carla-morrison-ansiedad-acto-1-colin-solal-cardo/66949">Ansiedad (Acto 1)</a>, the second chapter returns to the same desolate environment, where a handful of frustrated characters burst into choreographed fight scenes.&nbsp;Packed full of emotion and passionate performances, the&nbsp;concept is a stunning display of creativity,&nbsp;elevated by&nbsp;Carlos Font Clos' quickfire edit and DoP&nbsp;Nico Poulsson's masterful use of colour and composition.&nbsp;

Mexico

Amber Felix

Luke Tierney

Ruta Kiskyte

Nico Poulsson

Juan Corrales

Laura Kreivyte

Carlos Font Clos

Richard Fearon

Black Kite Studios

Precious Mahaga

Greta Kleine

Liuka Songailaite

Indie pop

Carla Morrison 'No Me Llames (Acto 2)' by Colin Solal Cardo

Carla-Morrison-'No-Me-Llames-(acto-2)'-by-Colin-Solal-Cardo

Colin Solal Cardo directs a striking performance video for Carla Morrison.&nbsp;Featuring explosive group choreography and an emotive performance, the promo is washed in a vibrant orange and teal colour palette, adding&nbsp;an element of drama and contrast to the aesthetic.&nbsp;Art director Ruta Kiskyte uses unique set dressing and props to create a sandy and desolate environment for the performance, reflecting the ideas of sparcity and loss in the lyrics.&nbsp;The idea&nbsp;of growth also present in the lyrics are matched by Carlos Font Clos' edit, ramping up in energy as the visual progresses.&nbsp; &nbsp;

Cinelab Film and Digital

Indie-pop

Carla Morrison 'Ansiedad (Acto 1)' by Colin Solal Cardo

Carla-Morrison-'Ansiedad-(acto-1)'-by-Colin-Solal-Cardo

Colin Solal Cardo's latest collaboration with&nbsp;Héloïse Letissier, aka Christine and the Queens, is an ambitious short film bringing to life the singer and producer's new EP&nbsp;La Vita Nuova.Shot entirely within the&nbsp;l’Opéra National de Paris, this is an epic visual realisation of the struggles she has to go through to achieve her unique pop persona. And through that process, she encounters and struggles with a devilish creature - 'The Fauna', played by&nbsp;Félix Maritaud.The film contains blistering performances - and brilliant choreography by the legendary Ryan Heffington -&nbsp;as&nbsp;Letissier works through the building, from the roof, to backstage with her company of dancers, to onstage,&nbsp;assuming different characters thoughout.Finally, in a big production co-starring&nbsp;Caroline Polachek, a new, fiercer 'Chris' is born. And she is taking no prisoners...

Remy Solomon

Frenzy Paris

Julien Berlan

Crille Forsberg

Jeanne Ader

Jonathan Huguet

Tianès Montasser

Fabien Pascal

Elsa Rakotoson

Marie Fioriti

Ryan Heffington

Félix Maritaud

Ophélie Stavropoulos

Christine And The Queens 'La Vita Nuova' by Colin Solal Cardo

Christine and the Queens - La vita nuova

There's nothing hidden in Colin Solal Cardo's video for Yseult's Corps, and that's the point.

Christophe Abric

La Blogothèque

Y.Y.Y.

Adrien Chibatte

David Foulkes

Sepehr Azadi

Marine Lebon

Blaise Basdevant

Kevin Lanoy

Yseult 'Corps' by Colin Solal Cardo

Yseult - Corps (Clip Officiel)

Charli XCX and Colin Solal Cardo team up for White Mercedes, their second video collaboration.&nbsp;We open with Charli sitting in a white Mercedes, performing to camera - so far so normal right? Apart from this Mercedes is suspended vertically from a crane, and Charli is effortlessly delivering her lines in a similarly vertical position. My knees hurt just thinking about it.&nbsp;Then Charli is riding&nbsp;a monster truck crushing cars in its path, performing alongside a white horse and dancing in front of breathtaking scenery. The art-direction is on point, featuring stunning minimalist props and backgrounds that are inkeeping with the soft pastel colour palette.&nbsp;It's dreamy with a hint of surrealism, and is another strong entry in Charli XCX's videography.&nbsp;

Nick Semko

Andrew Morozov

Sergey Panteleev

Dmytro Martynov

Yaroslav Kutnik

Misha Levchenko

Charli XCX 'White Mercedes' by Colin Solal Cardo

Charli-Xcx-'White-Mercedes'-by-Colin-Solal-Cardo

Charli XCX&nbsp;singer steps into the world of Christine and the Queens for this triumphant duet, directed by Colin Solal Cardo.Fresh from an <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2019/06/20/robyn-ever-again-colin-solal-cardo/59346">exhilarating video for Robyn</a>, Cardo returns to an ongoing collaboration with Chris. Their work together, on <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2018/07/09/christine-and-queens-doesnt-matter-colin-solal-cardo/54029">Doesn't Matter</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2018/09/25/christine-and-queens-la-marcheuse-colin-solal-cardo/55160">La Marcheuse</a> and <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2018/08/21/christine-and-queens-5-dollars-colin-solal-cardo/54656">Five Dollars</a>, is visceral and unique, and traced in intriguing detail <a href="https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/45360/1/christine-and-the-queens-music-videos-references-gone">in this article</a> by Nel Dahl for Dazed.The video for Gone follows a personal liberation: Charli and Chris unbind themselves from a web of rope and perform confrontationally in a storm of rain and fire. The video has set the internet alight with thinkpieces and interpretations. The performance was spontenous - not choreographed - and hinges on a furious chemistry between the French and British stars.This, like all of Cardo's videos, has a luxurious finish. It's shot resplendently in 35mm by <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/profiles/crille-forsberg/8887" target="_blank">Crille Forsberg</a>, and has been graded in tones of navy and tobacco by <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/profiles/luke-morrison-0/3863" target="_blank">Luke Morrison</a> at Electric Theatre Collective.&nbsp;

Bon Walsh

Matter

Luke Morrison

Alt-Pop

Alternative Pop, Dance

Charli XCX & Christine and the Queens 'Gone' by Colin Solal Cardo

Charli XCX & Christine and the Queens - Gone [Official Video]

Colin Solal Cardo rises to the challenge of directing Robyn’s latest visual - a classic, electrifying performance in a sandy ruin.&nbsp;Robyn's&nbsp;visual canon&nbsp;has a mythical prestige. Before she was a name in the UK, the devastating video for With Every Heartbeat&nbsp;was in heavy circulation; Dancing On My Own&nbsp;wouldn’t be the gay anthem it is today without Max Vitali’s video;&nbsp; and the singer's glorious power stance; and Call Your Girlfriend&nbsp;is one of the most imitated dance sequences on the internet.These iconic pieces feel like the work of the same artist, but the common denominator is difficult to pin down. But at the heart of these videos are Robyn’s exhilarating performances. Her soprano voice can communicate a range and complexity of emotion in one bar, and these qualities bleed into her dancing. She is simultaneously strong and vulnerable, relatable and inaccessible, dorky and composed.And this is completely true of Solal Cardo's video for Ever Again.&nbsp;Most recently, he helmed a genre-bending project for Christine and the Queens. Here, he had the challenge of directing a video for one of Robyn’s quietest songs, and the result is pure&nbsp;theatre. This is not a one shot, but everything suggests that this remarkable performance was captured in one take.[imgtoken data:1]We also have an entire creative team clearly at the top of their game: the Romanesque set by Francesca di Mottola lends the video a classical gravity; Crille Forsberg shoots from every angle on glorious 35mm;&nbsp;Decida Wahlberg’s choreography is incredibly physical, oscillating between the poised and apparently spontaneous.In one ecstatic moment, in a reverie, Robyn actually spins the microphone stand above her head. Dressed in white Louis Vuitton - designed by the creative director, no less - she twists through the room, kicks up sand, then casts herself into it.&nbsp;Robyn has never looked so much like Bowie, and it suits her. If this really&nbsp;is her last heartbreak, it’ll be a great loss.&nbsp;

Sweden

Sonya Sier

Amanda Tuckwell, Rebecca Mason

Louis Barron

Eve Carreno

James Malamatinas

Edel Gardner

Francesca Di Mottola

Nicolas Ghesquière For Louis Vuitton

Francisco Ballesteros

Gemma Smith Edhouse

Matthieu Toullet @ Mpc

Amie Kingsnorth @ Mpc

Hannah Turnbull-Walter

Decida Wahlberg

Jana Nouskova

Tamara Rothstein

Robin Crowley

Rachel Hopkins

Fran Jones

Veronica Skoglund

Chrys Antoniou

Charlie Doris

Oli Waters

Ellie Taverner

Dance

Robyn 'Ever Again' by Colin Solal Cardo

Robyn-'Ever-Again'-by-Colin-Solal-Cardo

Héloïse Letissier, aka Christine and the Queens, aka Chris,&nbsp;embodies the defiant and fearless Marcheuse - or Walker - in Colin Solal Cardo&#39;s video for La Marcheuse.Dressed as a bullfighter, Chris&#39;s walk takes her through rural Spanish landscapes, her steps echoing the beat of her song. And with shades of a Sergio Leone spaghetti western, she walks&nbsp;into a sun-parched village, to be joined on her journey by an extraordinary fellow walker.&nbsp;&nbsp;

ElÍas M. FÉlix

Adrian Bernal

Flavie Doubesky

Matthieu Toullet

Mikros / Mpc

Louise Gabet

Because Music

Christine And The Queens 'La Marcheuse' by Colin Solal Cardo

Christine-And-The-Queens-'La-Marcheuse'-by-Colin-Solal-Cardo

Colin Solal Cardo has creates a wonderfully atmospheric live video for Moses Sumney&#39;s Rank &amp; File.Through a continuous shot, circling Sumney, Cardo&#39;s piece sees the artist build his song from silence to its peak, with the&nbsp;the vast, dimly lit studio adding to the intensity of the performance. It&#39;s a&nbsp;simple premise that&#39;s executed as beautifully as you would expect from a master of live video direction.&nbsp;

United States

Jagjaguwar

BOX Prod

Léo Schrepel

Alternative

Singer-songwriter

Moses Sumney 'Rank & File' (Live)  by Colin Solal Cardo

Moses-Sumney-'Rank-&-File'-by-Colin-Solal-Cardo

Colin Solal Cardo&#39;s second video for&nbsp;French pop royalty Héloïse Letissier - aka Christine and the Queens - for the new album CHRIS continues on the path of establishing her bold new persona.Letissier is a brazenly&nbsp;boyish and almost alarmingly cocky presence in the video for 5 Dollars, in a cinematic sequence where she goes through the process of determining her &#39;look&#39; for the day.Like a queer take on Richard Gere&#39;s&nbsp;famous dressing sequence at the beginning of American Gigolo, Letissier is absolutely magnetic presence as she goes through a memorable routine to become suited and booted&nbsp;- and neglecting to cover that big hickey on her neck...

Vladimir Feral

Manu Marx

Julien Véron

Johan Leclaire-bottarelli

Nicolas Voisin

Lucas Leconte

Damien Rondeau

Edem Dossou

Kenny Germe

Christian Eburhard

Helene Vasnier

Mikros

Christine And The Queens '5 Dollars' by Colin Solal Cardo

Christine-And-The-Queens-'5-Dollars'-by-Colin-Solal-Cardo

The growing sense that Héloïse Letissier, aka Christine and the Queens, aka &#39;Chris&#39;, is an artist apart from all the others, marching to her own tune, is strengthened by this collaboration with Colin Solal Cardo for the video for Doesn&#39;t Matter.It begins with her lying flat out on a deserted carpark, as if she has fallen from the heights of her previous video for Girlfriend. But from that prone position, she then demonstrates her strength, sensitivity, sense of fun, and her fighting spirit, as over the next few minutes we see a relationship played out&nbsp;through choreography.Working with with dancer&nbsp;Romain Guillermic, Chris gives a performance of remarkable physicality and charisma, and unbound by traditional conventions of feminity within music videos. As Solal Cardo explains below, that was exactly the objective, and the result is genuinely groundbreaking.The video is here in&nbsp;both the English-language and French-language versions of the song.&nbsp;

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