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Leo Leigh's debut video,&nbsp;for Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood's new project The Smile, is a singularly intense experience. Leigh more or less dispenses with the causes of a trauma to confront the viewer with the harrowing results. You can only watch and wonder why - while listening to the altogether more gentle Free In The Knowledge.There are a couple of remarkable performances in the video, demonstrating distress and anguish in such visceral ways that it's hard not to think that some genuinely bad stuff happened just prior to when the camera started to roll.Halfway through, there are glimpses of exposition, snatches of other characters, and a ritualistic ceremony, suggestng the power dynamic of&nbsp;this haggard forest tribe. But it's those first two minutes that leave the most powerful impression.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

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The Smile 'Free In The Knowledge' by Leo Leigh 

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It's video number three in Aidan Zamiri's collaboration with FKA twigs for new Caprisongs&nbsp;mixtape - and this time they're joined by featured artist Rema.&nbsp;The promo for Jealousy feels like a mix between 80s/90s video or fashion ad - think <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaTGrV58wec" target="_blank">C&amp;C Music Factory's Gonna Make You Sweat</a>&nbsp;-&nbsp;and contemporary editorial, and sees twigs joined by a group of dancers in a simple white cyc studio setup. Rema's scenes were&nbsp;shot by a splinter crew in Lagos, and blend seamlessly into the overall concept.&nbsp;&nbsp;The&nbsp;use of action in the&nbsp;foreground and background adds a new dimension to the minimalist setups, whilst the anachronistic array of outfits creates an&nbsp;ethereal, high-fashion vibe. The careful use of silhouette and patterned light helps to elevate this aesthetic, creating a mesmerising tapestry of images.&nbsp;

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Object & Animal

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Alex Chamberlain

Laura Thomas-Smith

Jeremy Valendar

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Simone Cummings

Ella Lucia

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Lauren Reynolds

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FKA twigs ft Rema 'Jealousy' by Aidan Zamiri

FKA twigs - jealousy (feat. Rema)

Hold on to your hats - Amber Grace Johnson has directed a spectacular promo for FKA twigs's collaboration with The Weekend.Pulsating with a riotous energy from the get-go, we see twigs dissolve from a 3D avatar and launch&nbsp;into&nbsp;impassioned choreography with a group of dancers, in a visceral interpretation&nbsp;of the songtitle, Tears In The Club.[imgtoken data:1]&nbsp;As the lights scintillate, the vignettes morph to&nbsp;sizzling&nbsp;setups on a dentist chair, and pole dancing in an underwater chamber, as Abel Tesfaye aka The Weeknd watches with an emotional smile. But by the end, it's twigs who has chasing down a miniature Abel, like a cat toying with a mouse.[imgtoken data:2]&nbsp;&nbsp;Shot in a breathless&nbsp;hyperreal style, this is twigs in full-on pop video mode, but retaining that sense of raw emotion that is a central hallmark&nbsp;of her body of work.&nbsp;At the same time, it could also be the sexiest&nbsp;twigs video ever - which is saying something.This is twigs's&nbsp;first music video collaboration with&nbsp;Amber Grace Johnson,&nbsp;and evidently they are a heaven-made match. It certainly confirms that this is a director making some of the most exciting and coolest&nbsp;work in pop videos right now.&nbsp;

Amber Grace Johnson

Jeff Kopchia

Emi Stewart

Stuart Winecoff

Spencer Graves

Malcolm Marquez

Kabuki

Shea Hardy

Chiao Chen

Forager

Mikey Rossiter

Max Colt

Matthew Henson

Daronn Carr

Christine Nelli

FKA twigs ft The Weeknd 'Tears In The Club' by Amber Grace Johnson

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Hak Baker faces up to addiction, in Jon E Price's reflective promo for Irrelevant Elephant.&nbsp;The party is over, and Baker is shown hanging around his flat, seriously hungover and drowning in apathy, as an animated elephant begins to invade each frame.&nbsp;Starting off as a carefree, colourful character, the elephant - who appears when Hak thinks about taking to the booze again&nbsp; - soon distorts into an unwelcome and menacing presence.As his addictions take hold, the artist has to find the inner strength to take back control.[imgtoken data:1]

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Riff Raff Films

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Chris Mears

Harry Wheeler

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Max Openshaw

Lee Partfit

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Lewis Munro

Lucinda Worth

Rich Fearon

Jade Deene

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Hak Baker 'Irrelevant Elephant' by Jon E Price

Hak Baker - Irrelevant Elephant

Filmawi has created a hugely impactful video for Burna Boy’s performance of the heartfelt Monsters You Made for the BET Hip-Hop Awards. Evoking the era of the Black Panthers, the&nbsp;Nigerian superstar performs to students in front of footage of peaceful mass protests through the decades, in an atmospheric old building that is now a place of learning. The&nbsp;youths&nbsp;absorb Burna's&nbsp;words,&nbsp;while he&nbsp;is supported by a passionate live band - and Chris Martin appears, performing the chorus, as part of the film projection.&nbsp;Filmawi’s scene-setting and measured approach&nbsp;compliment the song's impassioned message&nbsp;to stop police brutality everywhere - including the&nbsp;movement in Nigeria to dismantle&nbsp;the notorious SARS (Special Anti-Robbery Squad).&nbsp;The band are wearing #StopPoliceBrutality T-shirts and as the performance ends, fists are held high, as a list of names of innocent Nigerians killed by SARS appears in the final frames. This a video that lingers in the mind long after it finishes.

Filmawi

Joseph J Goldman

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Kiran Mandla

Ash Teague

Chris Malin

Ronami Ogulu

Zuzanna Skurtys

Justin Hamilton

Thomas Mangham

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Shadeh Smith

Burna Boy ft Chris Martin 'Monsters You Made' (for the BET Hip-Hop Awards) by Filmawi

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This marvellous video for The Specials&#39; excellent Vote For Me, directed by Dan Emmerson, is a&nbsp;scrolling painted animated political tapestry that weaves together a history of rioting and political protest.A special video for a special Specials song.

Dan Emmerson

India Lee

Somesuch

Saskia Whinney

Miri De Villers

Ed Hubert

Catherina Scarpellini Zema

Callum Ross

Amy Extom

Verity May Lane

Aj Creative

Richie Oldfield

Cynthia Lole

Indie

The Specials 'Vote For Me' by Dan Emmerson

Shot on 35mm film&nbsp;in and around South London, Courtney Edwards&#39; latest Bakery Boys video&nbsp;follows the young&nbsp;lead character Kayden&nbsp;as he hustles to pay for a household bill.The video cuts&nbsp;back and forth between the rappers&#39; performance and the narrative, which sees the boy working hard to make money by washing cars after&nbsp;finding the unpaid bill clipped onto the fridge. Overall, a solid video with a happy ending,&nbsp;representing youthful endeavours, love and&nbsp;hard work.

Courtney E Edwards

Transcended Visuals

Ahmet Husseyin

Murat Akyildiz

Eira Wyn Jones

Thomas Urbye

The Look

Meshach Harris,  Andrés Jimenez

Hip Hop

Bakery Boys Ft. The Thirst 'Until The Day' by Courtney E Edwards

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The latest video by&nbsp;Courtney E&nbsp;Edwards for Bakery Boys gives the lush soul meets rap of Get Away the Parisian treatment.&nbsp;This watchable affair has the Boys doing their thing at Paris&#39;s&nbsp;most iconic locations - including the&nbsp;Ponts Des Arts,&nbsp;the Eglise de La Madeleine, Montmarte and the Eiffel Tower &ndash; by day and night.&nbsp;

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