Stink Films

Executive Producer

Dom Mckiernan

Griff gives full rein to her emotions, with the help of a small army of dancers, in Colin Solal Cardo's choreography-led video for Miss Me Too.It begins with the pop singer-songwriter entering an empty warehouse hangar space alone. But once plugged into the music via her Bose in-ear headphones, she is joined by numerous dancers. Then through the course of the song Griff becomes the central focus&nbsp;within this larger entity and channels the emotion of the song through the versatile arrangements of the group.With choreography by Jay Revell and cinematography by Madison McKamey, the promo is&nbsp;beautifully well crafted, yet succeeds in feeling unbridled and&nbsp;spontaneous. A fine way to reaquaint ourselves with the talented Griff.&nbsp; &nbsp;[imgtoken data:1]

Colin Solal Cardo

Jake River Parker

Maya Bury

Hands 

Theresa Adebiyi

Freddie Wright

Madison Mckamey

Matt Farrant

Sonia Rodriguez

Darren Quinn

Joe Sherno

Jay Revell

Michelle Dacillo

Tomomi Roppongi

Kamran Rajput

Suzie Walsh

Gwen Ghelid

Collectiv Paris

Myles Bevan

Tomas Katter

Studio RM

Robert Chen

Griff 'Miss Me Too' by Colin Solal Cardo

Griff - Miss Me Too (Official Video)

Olly Alexander's Dizzy - the UK's entry to Eurovision 2024 - gets a suitably head-spinning and brilliantly theatrical&nbsp;visual from Colin Solal Cardo.Feeding on the song's intrinsic&nbsp;disco&nbsp;drama, the scenario is intense and even downbeat as Olly stares from the window of his claustrophobic cottage. But in a constant swirl of movement of the camera, the set and Alexander himself, the director breaks down the perceptions of reality to create a piece worthy of a major musical production.As Olly jumps through the fourth wall of observation to reach different sets within the sound stage, the video keeps time with the incessant momentum of the song - which is a grower.Will they dare to try to replicate this at the show itself?[imgtoken data:1]

United Kingdom

Louis Danckwerts

Benjamin Jonsson

Liam Moore

Matthew Josephs

Joe Brooks

Radioactive Shelter

Gena Shevchenko

Everest

Quentin Jourde Darzac

Sylvain Obriot

Kaitlyn Battistelli

Nat Tereshchenko

Ethos Studio

George Karalashvili

Olly Alexander 'Dizzy' by Colin Solal Cardo

Olly Alexander - Dizzy (Official Video)

Douglas&nbsp;Bernardt follows up the jawdropping Cobra video with his second, equally gobsmacking video&nbsp;for Megan Thee Stallion - the sequel, in fact. After Cobra comes Hiss...The video&nbsp;features Megan's powerful alter-ego, Tina Snow, and conveys metamorphosis through symbolic set design and alignment with the powerful lyrics in a series of spectacular set-ups. And symmetry is a key element, emphasising the duality between Megan and Tina.The thematic divide is evident in a camera split effect of the pair, achieved through consciously crafted hair and makeup, cinematography and editing. And as you might expect after the Cobra, this&nbsp;video also leans into VFX and complex technical camera work, such as having Megan facing a mirrored room reflecting both of her personas back to the audience.Bernardt&nbsp;again showcases his ability to seamlessly blend cultural nuances with striking storytelling. He consulted with Shibari experts, inspired by Japanese pop culture, and referenced the cult anime film Perfect Blue, which explores the difference between persona and true self.[imgtoken data:1][imgtoken data:2][imgtoken data:3][imgtoken data:4]

United States

Douglas Bernardt

Mark Hall

Romy Jo Waller

Orren Herold

Jonas Morales

Christopher Ripley

Jacob Perry

Mathias Peralta

Miranda Lorenz

Zephyr Beck

Lucas Moesch

Final Cut

Melissa Trindade

dopo Post

Jacquelini Lima

Juliano Storchi

Daniel de Vue

Hip Hop

Megan Thee Stallion 'Hiss' by Douglas Bernardt

Megan Thee Stallion - HISS [Official Video]

Felix Brady directs a trippy&nbsp;tour de force&nbsp;of thrilling creativity for Unknown T's Hocus Pocus,&nbsp;featuring&nbsp;Loyle Carner - and gleefully subverting expectations of both artists.&nbsp;The video&nbsp;offers a very distinctive and hugely imaginative&nbsp;blend of performance and visual storytelling, which merges past, present and future aesthetics with a visionary touch - with videogaming as an inspiration and motif.It's a triumphant return to music videos by Felix Brady, who&nbsp;takes everyday objects and distorts their familiarity:&nbsp;cars mounted on hydraulic arms, a vibrant colour palette, visual illusions and nostalgic 90s gaming iconography.[imgtoken data:1]Furthermore, Brady upends our previous experiences of the artists themselves.&nbsp;Loyle Carner is presented in a much more dominating way, contrary to his familiar and softer public image, while Unknown T’s persona shows a shift from his drill days into more art directed, highly crafted&nbsp;scenarios.In doing so, Brady has created&nbsp;a world that is defined by its utter unpredictability, including&nbsp;some future-iconic moments of surrealism, including&nbsp;Unknown T on a golf course raining hole-in-ones, Carner performing loops on a playground swing, and both playing an arcade video game in a field.[imgtoken data:2]"It’s a visually-forward film," Brady confirms.&nbsp;"I wanted back-to-back grandiose scenes that are performance-focused. I was inspired by technology, play and contemporary design, but I also really wanted to push the rap envelope. It’s all play - the car, which is emblematic of rap videos, exists as a gyrating sculpture in the background, like a piece of modern art."The infinite hole-in-one golf scenes.&nbsp;Loyle in a speedboat is reminiscent of those coin-operated kiddie rides outside Asda.&nbsp;The kid on the bike searching the park harks back to Pokémon Go.&nbsp;Loyle loop-the-looping on a swing. Tetris inspired the floating building scene… We had fun with it.”&nbsp;

Felix Brady

Justin Stiebel

Blake Powell

Theo Hue Williams

Anna Smoronova

Fouad Gaber

Trim Editing

Otto Saner

Quinn Titsworth

Kris Declan

The Mill

Reinis Berzins

Tom Luff

Chloe Ensor

drill

Unknown T ft Loyle Carner 'Hocus Pocus' by Felix Brady

Megan Thee Stallion gets ready to shed her skin in Douglas Bernardt's spectacular Director's Cut for Cobra.&nbsp;We open with the artist crawling through the insides of a giant snake, resurfacing in a mysterious jungle. If ever there was a way to do a comeback, this is it.&nbsp;Launching into a montage of slick vignettes which blur the line between fashion and surrealism, the video has a selection of standout moments - including&nbsp;Megan&nbsp;ripping the skin from her face and performing a captivating dance routine in the middle of a prehistoric landscape.&nbsp;Unabashedly confident and unique, the video feels elevated and inspired, and sets the scene for an exciting new era for the artist.[imgtoken data:1][imgtoken data:2][imgtoken data:3]

Tyler Evans

Esprit Casting

Evan Bauer

Jeff Kopchia

Eric Fahy

Todd Martin

Erica Pribble

Matt Sanderson

Angus Bernsen 

Brenden Sheley

Denee Baptiste

Mah Ferraz

Cut & Run

Mikey Rossiter

Bradley Crawford

Thermonuclear

Roc Nation

Megan Thee Stallion 'Cobra (Director's Cut)' by Douglas Bernardt

Guy Gooch, <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/news/2023/11/24/guy-gooch-joins-stink-rising-roster-global-representation/84312" target="_blank">just signed to Stink Rising</a>, directs another promo for up-and-coming singer-songwriter Ray Laurél, stepping&nbsp;away from his wheelhouse of technical, gritty ideas to explore a choreography and performance-driven music video - performed by&nbsp;Laurél himself.Gooch and Laurél have previously collaborated on a number of the artist’s music videos - <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2022/08/04/ray-laur%C3%A9l-unconditional-guy-gooch-ray-laur%C3%A9l/77718" target="_blank">Unconditional</a>, <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2022/11/18/ray-laur%C3%A9l-charles-jeffrey-guy-gooch/79333" target="_blank">Charles Jeffrey</a>, and U SAID! - all of which have taken a mixed-media approach, with live action augmented by lo-fi animation techniques.&nbsp;For My Luv, things are more straightforwardly cinematic, as&nbsp;the duo set out to explore the theme of ‘other-isation’, particularly within the context of queer identity.Laurél,&nbsp;who uses they/them pronouns,&nbsp;performs a lyrical dance metaphor that represents their conflict with social binarism;a strong and expressive performance, representing&nbsp;an internal and physical battle with themselves and the expectations inflicted upon them.[imgtoken data:1]

Sam Storey

Ray Laurél

Guy Gooch

Al Rice

Peter Bishop

Austin Phillps

Marcus Luc Kartal

Oliver Munks

Scarlett Gardner

Alice Marriott

Denise Dogan

Venice Music

Ray Laurél 'My Luv' by Guy Gooch

Ray-Laurél-'My-Luv'-by-Guy-Gooch

Stink London has announced the signing of&nbsp;visual artist and mixed-media director Guy Gooch to its Stink Rising roster of talent.&nbsp;Gooch's film work includes music videos for Wunderhorse, Sound Of Fractures, and a series of visually imaginative videos for up and coming alt-pop artist Ray Laurél, most recently for the tracks U Said! (above) and My Love - both produced through Stink.&nbsp;His videos show how he works&nbsp;comfortably across mediums and creates multi-dimensional visual worlds through performance, choreography, animation, design and in-camera trickery, creating work that&nbsp;reflects contemporary youth culture and urban living.[imgtoken data:1]In addition to&nbsp;cutting his teeth creating promos, Gooch (above) has also worked as a photographer for various editorial publications, including&nbsp;The Line of Best Fit,&nbsp;resulting in a number of musical creative collaborations and expanded his visual language. He is also a self-taught animator and strives to continue embedding new creative styles and techniques into his work.&nbsp;Stink Rising’s promo offering will be bolstered with the addition of Gooch to the roster - which also features George Jaques, Giordano Maestrelli, Loose, MrMr and Wesley Joseph.&nbsp;Dom Mckiernan, Stink's Head of Music Videos,&nbsp;says: “I can’t wait to make more projects with Guy Gooch. His films are testament to his bold rejection of over-polished visuals, opting instead for authentic expression and storytelling. Our music videos with Guy and his best friend Ray Laurél this year have been dream collabs.”• Watch Guy Gooch's showreel at&nbsp;Stink <a href="https://stinkfilms.com/artist/guy-gooch" target="_blank">here</a>

Stink Rising

Guy Gooch joins Stink Rising roster for global representation

Charlotte Rutherford pays homage to mid-Noughties aesthetics in this dreamy&nbsp;promo for&nbsp;Pinkpantheress, featuring Central Cee.The video for Nice To Meet You boasts bright white backdrops, lo-fi graphic elements and era-specific fonts, giving the visual a nostalgic, vibrant vibe that toes the line between slick and tongue-in-cheek.&nbsp;Sickly sweet and sentimental, the visual references are on-point, the flying paper plane device through the video adds a postmodern touch as it finally breaks through the fourth wall of the studio-set video.But most impactful of all is the&nbsp;fiercely energetic&nbsp;choreography&nbsp;by UKMVA winner Shay Latukolan. You could break into a sweat just watching it.&nbsp;

Lydia Chan

Sarah Adewunmi

Hannah Ruddleston

Lewes Bridson

Ellie Walker

Charlotte Rutherford

Natalie Steiner

Ob42

Danny Herman

Leopold Naessens

Oscar Oldershaw

Sam Holmes

Sam Davey

Jo Thompson

Philips Nortey

Shay Latukolan 

Georgia Hope

Sara Faulkner

Homespun

Richard Fearon

Black Kite Studios

@s1m0nc3ll0

Indie

Pinkpantheress ft Central Cee 'Nice To Meet You' by Charlotte Rutherford

Pinkpanthress-Feat.-Central-Cee-'Nice-To-Meet-You'-by-Charlotte-Rutherford

Eoin Glaister reunites with Glass Animals with his first video for the band since 2017 - and takes their band's fans down a complex&nbsp;a complex conspiracy rabbit hole courtesy of YouTuber TinFoilPat.The video is for&nbsp;The Other Side of Paradise,&nbsp;originally released on the How To Be A Human Being album and now revived to celebrate the seventh anniversary of the album - which also featured Pork Soda and Agnes, which have Glaister-directed videos. It features TinFoilPat as a superfan of the band, revealing to his Youtube community about the&nbsp;rumour that lead singer&nbsp;Dave Bayley has been replaced by a clone (or clones). And then follows his mission to uncover 'the truth'.[imgtoken data:1]The band were not available to feature in the music video, so Glaister has employed various techniques to build his narrative. Firstly he chose to lean on archive footage from their iconic concert at Red Rocks, and construct a narrative arc that starts with the moment Dave sang “my thunder shook him down” in perfect sync with real-life thunder.&nbsp;Then he sourced further on-stage clips, TikTok cutaways, generative AI, choreography and a mouse-and-cat dynamic, to create a trail of clues for TinFoilPat to uncover.The music video is also sprinkled with subtle Glass Animals fandom trivia and even features real-life moments like TinFoilPat infiltrating the Universal Music London office or calling up the front desk to accuse them of “being in” on the hoax.[imgtoken data:2]<blockquote>It felt like a full circle moment, creating promos for the album again.</blockquote>Glaister says that the fact the band were unavailable for the shoot prompted the clone idea.&nbsp;“I'd been watching TikToks with my sisters and was really taken with all the fanfare and conspiracy theories surrounding Avril Lavigne and Britney Spears and I love how ropey all of that evidence is," he explains. "They were vehicles to kick start thinking for this project. [And] the narrative that was constructed with the archive footage means that I could blend facts and fiction in a silly way, which I’m really into.[imgtoken data:3]“This is the third job I've done for Glass Animals, which means I've earned some trust with them; it’s useful for running with a really, really bizarre idea like this one. It felt like a full circle moment, creating promos for the album again.”

Eoin Glaister

Mel Giles

Polydor

Fraser Rigg

Rupert Hornstein

Elle Lotherington

Riaz Ahmed

Ben Austin

Jess Summer

Supple Nam

Owen O'Sullivan

TenThree

Alex Gregory

No.8

Zach Beech

Glass Animals 'The Other Side Of Paradise' by Eoin Glaister

Glass Animals - The Other Side Of Paradise (Official Video)

Jorja Smith makes her directorial debut with the video for Falling Or Flying - the latest release from her forthcoming new album - and&nbsp;mirroring the sultry and soulful sounds of the track, she sets out to portray the dichotomy of falling or flying in a simple narrative that peaks as she departs on a journey into space.Up to that point, the viewer is treated to shots of a solitary Jorja as she performs the song captivatingly to the camera in an underground bunker, in the final preparations for her mission.&nbsp;[imgtoken data:1]Jorja worked closely with her crew and Stink's Head of Music Videos Dom McKiernan to bring her vision to life.&nbsp;"Jorja is equally as impressive behind the camera as she is in front of it," says McKiernan. "Incredibly considered, quick thinking and with just such a positive vibe throughout."Jorja had a clear idea of what she wanted and could communicate it to the crew cohesively whilst also being really collaborative and open to figuring out the best way to crystalise her vision together with the crew.”Jorja Smith adds that the idea for the video “came to mind ‘cause I always wanted to shoot a video in space. Falling Or Flying&nbsp;just made me think of that. I wanted to go up into space with someone I love and cherish, but they didn’t want to come with me.”

Ranya El-refaey

Taise Kerr

Alex Carswell

Verity May Lane

Jorja Smith

Lana Salfiti

Erin Corrian-Alexis

Paul Snell

Josh Tilley

Danielle Igor

Bea Sweet

Lainy Black

Assembly Rooms

Connor Coolbear

Electric Theatre Collective

FAMM

Soul

Jorja Smith 'Falling Or Flying' by Jorja Smith

Jorja-Smith-'Falling-Or-Flying'-by-Jorja-Smith

Guy Gooch's third video for&nbsp;Ray Laurél, combines live action transtion techniques and lo-fi animation to great effect in a story of London life, relationships and a big night out.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

Harry Wilkinson

Daniel Coen

Owain Morgan

Arthur Attenborough

Gian Calipa

Siti Haval

Jonny Thorpe

Glassworks

Andrew Patrick

Cinelab Film and Digital

Alt-Pop

Ray Laurél 'U SAID!' by Guy Gooch

Ray Laurél - U SAID! (Official Video)

A woman falls in love with the Fatberg - yes, you heard right - in Eoin Glaister's marvellously&nbsp;entertaining return to music videos for Sam Dust, aka LA Priest.It's a tale both charming and ludicrous - in other words, classic Eoin Glaister territory - as a house cleaner (played by comedy actor&nbsp;Juliet Cowen) peers into a street drain on her way home from a hard day's work, and sees an&nbsp;amorphous blob of grease and fat - who looks back at her. And they fall head-over-heels for one another...What follows is a both lovely and a little bit disgusting, as Cowen ventures into the sewer system to properly meet the Fatberg, and we follow the inevitable steps of the relationship - the wooing, the (ahem) physical relationship, the arguments, the peace offerings of wet wipes and non-biodegradable products down the loo. And like all stories of star-cross'd lovers, it's not going to end well - but even then, love prevails. Kind of...[imgtoken data:1]It's Eoin Glaister's second video for Sam Dust, formerly of Late of the Pier, as LA Priest, and was shot in London over two days on 16mm.&nbsp;“The first video I made with LA Priest involved letting an untrained pack of dogs lick liver paste out of his ears, so I was somewhat surprised to get a call regarding It’s You -&nbsp;but&nbsp;needless to say l leapt," he says. “The track is about someone falling in love with a mermaid, but the time of year meant I kept running into safety issues with any water-based ideas. A fatberg provided an altogether greasier route."A few Mighty Boosh references later and we were away. Eternally grateful to the fabulous crew who went above and beyond to bring this to life on Valentine’s Day and to our stars, veteran genius Juliet Cowan, and Vanessa Del Bosco whose zen-like patience made the project possible. Watch out for a fabulous Flusher cameo from LA Priest.”

LA Priest 'It's You' by Eoin Glaister