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Michael Holyk creates an entertaining&nbsp;faux trailer for an epic summer blockbuster, in his new promo for David Guetta, Becky Hill and Ella Henderson.&nbsp;Shot between Miami and Spain, the video is inspired by classic movie Thelma &amp; Louise - featuring&nbsp;Becky and Ella&nbsp;on the run from Guetta's enigmatic police detective.&nbsp;The video is a high-octane, fast-paced amalgamation of performance and narrative vignettes, and perfectly matches the Summer vibes of Guetta's latest hit.&nbsp;The use of title cards and fake reviews helps sell the concept, whilst all of the artists bring their A-game with the performances.Who knows, maybe a real action blockbuster with the biggest pop titans is what we've all been waiting for...&nbsp;

Laura Folch

Lane Casting

Victoria Adcock

Adele Cany

Miguel Angel Romero

Michael Holyk

Andrew Rawson

OB Management

Noir

John Hassay

Alex Garloph

Matthew Emvin Taylor

Javier Alejandrox

Greg Smith

Alex Morego

Cesar Vega

Sergi Lafeuente

Freancesc Chico

Wendy Turner

Grace Griffiths

Lisa Laudat

Homespun

Conor Coolbear

Electric Theatre Collective

B. Art. Studio

Warner Music

David Guetta & Becky Hill & Ella Henderson 'Crazy What Love Can Do' by Michael Holyk

David-Guetta-&-Becky-Hill-&-Ella-Henderson-'Crazy-What-Love-Can-Do'-by-Michael-Holyk

Abbie Stephens sends up the process of making a music video, in her charming video for Katy J Pearson.On one level, Katy is making a Lumiere-inspired music video for Talk Over Town, performing in a number of imaginative studio set-ups, complete with wacky styling and colourful art direction. But then we also see behind the curtain of the making of this&nbsp;film,&nbsp;as she good-naturedly deals with the crew and the demands of the director - played by&nbsp;Charlie Hansen.[imgtoken data:1]Unlike Katy and her fictional director, the collaboration with Abbie Stephens has been rather more successful. Stephens has created&nbsp;a visual feast - somewhat playful and tongue-in-cheek - and blended that with&nbsp;whimsical humour. And then it&nbsp;develops further with a twist of pure surrealism.Having flourished in the commercial world in recent years, its a very welcome return to music videos for Abbie Stephens, and she has presented out a new aspect&nbsp;to Pearson's on-screen personality that will appeal to her devoted legion of fans.

United Kingdom

Gabby Sellen

Kirsty Oldfield

Charlie Morris

Christina Campagna

Abbie Stephens

Rosie Brear

Blink

Harry Buck

Beatriz Sastre

Laura Northover

Harry Hardwick

Sunjna Mullick

Robert Stanton

Ross Dixon

Nohelia Reyes

Alex Gregory

No.8

Charlie Hansen

Heavenly Recordings

Katy J Pearson 'Talk Over Town' by Abbie Stephens

Katy J Pearson - Talk Over Town (Official Video)

Anne-Marie and&nbsp;Niall Horan assume the roles of a British Bonnie&nbsp;&amp; Clyde, in&nbsp;Michael Holyk's entertaining and recklessly anachronistic&nbsp;promo for Our Song.&nbsp;Fleeing town after a successful heist, the two lovers connect in a country park, and make their getaway along&nbsp;scenic backroads&nbsp;in a&nbsp;classic British roadster from the Fifties - a Jaguar XK 120, to be precise&nbsp;- wearing appropriate period clothing.&nbsp;But the piles of £50 notes in their bag of swag hints that Anne-Marie and Niall are not exactly what they seem.When they stop at a quaint village, an elderly man dobs them in. Then the cops swoop on our fun-loving criminals, in modern vehicles. However, the&nbsp;pastel-hued fantasy of these lovable rogues'&nbsp;escape&nbsp;lingers right to the end.[imgtoken data:1][imgtoken data:2]

Rob Jelley

Tom Kelly

Alex Jamin

Kat Burke

Palesa Dlamini

Larry King

Melissa Denham

Connor Coolbear

Dan Curwin

Atlantic Records

Anne-Marie & Niall Horan 'Our Song' by Michael Holyk

Anne-marie-&-Niall-Horan-'Our-Song-'-by-Michael-Holyk

Ben Howard returns with the first release from his fourth album and a satirical take on the mores of the English landed classes in a widescreen comedy&nbsp;with bite directed by Cloé Bailly.For What A Day Bailly plants the viewer firmly in the English countryside, with a hunting party of shotgun-toting gentry. These increasingly drunken upper class twits are prospective Elmer Fudds, on the hunt for rabbits - which are being protected elsewhere in the field by Ben Howard himself.The fun really starts when one of the party begins to turn into one of the very creatures that he and his pals intend to fill with buckshot. Mysteriously sprouting a bunny tail, prominent teeth and floppy ears becomes increasingly difficult to hide from his boozed-up pals - leading to a shootout worthy of a&nbsp;decent Spaghetti Western.<blockquote>Ben wanted to create a social satire about the vacuity of British nobility hunting parties.</blockquote>“When Ben told me he wanted a dark comedy music vid for What A Day, I was just psyched," says Cloé Bailly.&nbsp;"It's my favourite genre to explore. He wanted to create a social satire about the vacuity of British nobility hunting parties. In his own words, it&nbsp;was a nonsense idea loosely based upon the Old English rhyme, ‘back to back they faced each other, drew their swords and shot each other’.[imgtoken data:1]"People loving to hunt just for the sake of killing, not out of necessity, might as well end up shooting each other and loving it too... But what if on top of this nature took revenge? What if the predator turned into the prey so in this case a hunter turned into a rabbit?!<blockquote>Cloé is a queen of dark comedy - I’m so grateful we got to work together on it.</blockquote>The video was actually shot in Bulgaria - in countryside&nbsp;that could pass for the rolling hills of the home counties.&nbsp;"Shooting in the Bulgarian mountains was intense but Ben, the crew and I were like kids," comments&nbsp;Bailly. "It's exhilarating to play with human emotions in a <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/huis_clos" target="_blank">huis-clos</a>, to imagine what people are truly capable of. And it’s always so good to see a whole crew getting on board with such a nonsense concept based on animal hysteria and group homicide. And of course, it goes without saying that having a dozen adorable bunnies around makes any shoot sweeter...”Ben Howard has added that&nbsp;“Cloé somehow transformed a basic countryside shoot ‘em up into an amazing tale of delightful retribution. Cloé is a queen of dark comedy and I’m so grateful that as friends we got to work together on it. The eclectic Bulgarian cast and crew somehow managed to pull this off in strange times, made all the more entertaining in a completely foreign language.”

Cloé Bailly

Stephanie Paeplow

Caviar

Daniella Manca

B2Y Productions

Ivan Ivanov

Nico Poulsson

Konstantin Velichkov

Alexander Trenev

Kris Lekov

Sergei Yordanov

Angela Hart

Matthieu Toullet

Leianna Campbell

Micha Barban-Dangerfield

Laura Clayton

Island Records

Singer-songwriter

Ben Howard 'What A Day' by Cloé Bailly

Ben Howard - What A Day (Official Video)

Charlie Robins explores dance culture in his brilliant video for Rudimental.&nbsp;Opening with a preamble where several characters discuss their love for dance and movement, the video documents the ritual of a night out, albeit under current social distancing guidelines.The group of friends inhabit an almost empty nightclub space, but none of them are bothered in the least. They dance, pose, pop bottles of champagne and relish in the glow of strobes and laser lights.&nbsp;Reminding us of drunken nights on the dancefloor with our nearest and dearest, the hyper-stylised aesthetic and contrasting neon colours (care of DoP&nbsp;Pieter Snyman)&nbsp;feel&nbsp;incredibly contemporary and reflective of an optimistic future post-Covid.&nbsp;

Charlie Robins

Joseph J Goldman

FRIEND

Luke Tierney

Chris Malin

Pieter Snyman

Steve Cameron

Louis Simonon

Emma Lipop

Zoey Olechnowicz

Thomas Mangham

The Mill

Shervin Shaeri

Nicola Sheppard

Drum and Bass

Rudimental ft Anne-Marie 'Come Over' by Charlie Robins

Rudimental - Come Over (feat. Anne-Marie & Tion Wayne) [Official Video]

Olivia Rose directs a powerful exploration of womanhood in her new video for Lola Young.&nbsp;The visual features Young alongside a&nbsp;brave and diverse collection of beautiful women laid bare, as they boldly celebrate&nbsp;the female form. Embracing the parts of themselves that society has traditionally shamed or reduced them to, the concept is a reclamation of the body and everything it means to be female.&nbsp;DoP&nbsp;Ula Pontikos uses coloured patterns and lights to highlight the women, creating a graphical, playful aesthetic, which contrasts perfectly with the&nbsp;intimate setups and shots. And the full nature of the shoot, and unabashed nudity by artist and other models is celebrated in a wonderfully sensitive job by editor Flaura Atkinson.Truly breathtaking, both Rose and Young have stepped outside of conventional comfort zones to highlight an important conversation around body positivity and femininity, and have done so with confidence and flair.

Olivia Rose

Chanel Parkinson

Emma Pounds

Ula Pontikos

Louise Murphy

Jenny John Chuan

Stephen Finberg

Kate Iorga

Ryo Narushima

Louisa Copperwaite

Ruth Wardell

Oliver Whitworth

Nuriye Sonmez

Hands London

Benedict Turnbull

Sarah Reygate

Maya Jensen

Soul

Lola Young 'Woman' by Olivia Rose

Lola-Young-'Woman'-by-Olivia-Rose

Bella Latham, aka Baby Queen, cannot help being a killjoy in Bedroom's video for Buzzkill.Continuing the direct-to-camera style of her previous video for <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2020/06/03/baby-queen-internet-religion-bwtv/65104" target="_blank">Internet Religion</a>, Bella rails against the inanity of life and confesses to her inability to get her 'party face' on. And this gives Bedroom the latitude to visualise the colourful lyrics within the confines of a studio set-up.&nbsp;The directing duo employ various tactics -&nbsp;colour schemes, different backgrounds and jumping rhythmically from scene to scene building up to chaotic moments reflecting Bella’s mindstate, with things literally start spinning out of control.All in all, it's one of their most straight-ahead Pop efforts yet, for a new artist who's determined to tell the Gen Z story as it really is.

Bedroom

COMPULSORY

Kiran Mandla

Semera Khan

Polydor

Baby Queen 'Buzzkill' by Bedroom

Baby Queen - Buzzkill (Official Video)

Calum Macdiarmid remotely directs the latest video&nbsp;for&nbsp;emerging Scottish pop star Bow Anderson.Capturing magic hour through a mixture of iPhone footage and ambitious drone shots, the video jumps between intimate close-ups and swirling wides, representing the helter skelter of emotion in the track.&nbsp;Strikingly minimalist, it's an impressive introduction to the artist, and her unique brand of catchy pop.&nbsp;

Calum Macdiarmid

Tom Morgan 

Great Guns

Tim Francis

Rory Stewart

Katie Dymmock

Steve Waugh 

Coffee & TV

Daisy Deane

Joss Brindle

Universal

Bow Anderson 'Heavy' by Calum Macdiarmid

Bow-Anderson-'Heavy'-by-Calum-Macdiarmid

Oliver Jennings rebuilds the corner shop from AJ Tracey's neighbourhood in the studio, and creates a dizzying vibe around the shop, in this breathless clip for West Ten - featuring a charismatic contribution from Mabel."I wanted to bring something iconic from AJ’s area into the studio and create a heightened version of a familiar setting," says Jennings. "It’s just an everyday scenario but completely transposed into an artificial setting. I wanted to play with transitioning into different parts of the video, like where he’s sitting in his car surrounded by cats and we suddenly travel into his chain. We also see some great performances from Mabel performing from above the shop."

Oliver Jennings

Ersan Beskardes

Lowkey Films

Connor O'Hara

Jamie Gamache

Jack Filtness

Joe Starrs

Tony C Miller

Danny Hayward

Jakob Gierse

Jonny Tully

Big Buoy

Mouthpiece

Lucy Rodgers

Suprnature

Nick Crew

Guido Cavaciuti

Sebastien Joly

Rio Sreedharan

Amanda Jah

Simone Beyene

Aga Dziedzic

Grime

AJ Tracey & Mabel 'West Ten' by Oliver Jennings

Aj-Tracey-&-Mabel-'West-Ten'-by-Oliver-Jennings

Gracey searches for meaning in a hypnotic club setting, in Aidan Zamiri's video for Gone.Under the pulsating lights, we are introduced to the artist as she stalks the space, looking for someone or something amongst a sea of revellers. Contrasting frenetic high energy setups and shots of Gracey alone in the club, there is a surreal undertone to the visual, which gets stronger as the concept progresses.DoP Diana Olifirova&nbsp;utilises shadow and backlighting to build upon the enigmatic aesthetic, whilst using slow, fluid camera movement to focus on Gracey's emotional performance.

Aidan Zamiri

Tom O'Driscoll

Object & Animal

Morgan Clement

Afzal Robbani

Diana Olifirova

Fred Allsop

Lee Trigg

Abbey May

Richard Fearon

Black Kite Studios

Emily Tedrake

Gracey 'Gone' by Aidan Zamiri

Gracey-'Gone'-by-Aidan-Zamiri

Raye has it both ways in Aidan Zamiri's video for the Young Adz-featuring All Of My Love.What starts as a straight performance video, with Raye as her most feminine in flowing gown, gets subverted when the track stops, the fourth wall crumbles, and the video goes into crisis over a common issue&nbsp;- the no-show of the guest rapper.But then Raye has the solution: she dons a suit, adds some tattoos, and she 'becomes' Young Adz. How she's playing both parts of this love story - a gender-bending twist that heats up the screen - Raye is arguably sexier in a suit than a evening gown -&nbsp;while its tongue&nbsp;stays in its cheek.&nbsp;It's a&nbsp;clever and enjoyable pop video in the classic style from Zamiri, who is making a splash as he adds music video directing to his skills as a creative director and photographer.

Natalie Steiner

Millie Yoxen

Jack Meredith

Stefan Yap

Andy Luck

Raye ft Young Adz 'All Of My Love' by Aidan Zamiri

Raye-Ft.-Young-Adz-'All-Of-My-Love'-by-Aidan-Zamiri

La Roux returns with a new track in her trademark sound, and the video for&nbsp;International Woman of Leisure by Nova Dando, sees her dispensing with her hitherto icy image for something more approachable.The video for the Grammy Award-winning artist captures La Roux’s bold style whilst incorporating a kaleidoscopic array of colour to match the track’s playful riposte to the debonair lifestyle of male privilege.&nbsp;It marks La Roux’s first material in five years ahead of new album ‘Supervision’ – released February 2020.&nbsp;

La Roux 'International Woman Of Leisure' by Nova Dando

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