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freenjoy

Following the brilliant intensity of <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2022/05/10/kendrick-lamar-heart-part-5-dave-free-kendrick-lamar/76299" target="_blank">The Heart Part 5</a>, something less intense but hardly less brilliant for N95 - another track from Kendrick Lamar's much anticipated and already much-dissected new album Mr Morale &amp; The Big Steppers.As per, it's directed by Kendrick and Dave Free. And a series of powerful vignettes are beautifully photographed by DoP&nbsp;Adam Newport-Berra, with VFX work completed at Ethos Studio.&nbsp;[imgtoken data:1][imgtoken data:2]&nbsp;[imgtoken data:3]

United States

Dave Free

Kendrick Lamar

Nathan Scherrer

Jamie Rabineau

pgLang

project3

Adam Newport-Berra

Freyja Bardell

Kenneth Taylor

Sean “Speedy” Christopher

Dianne Garcia

Taylor McNeill

Neal Farmer

Ethos Studio

Mikey Rossiter

Brandon Loulias

Hip Hop

Kendrick Lamar 'N95' by Dave Free & Kendrick Lamar

Kendrick Lamar - N95

Dave Meyers directs a high-concept fairytale fantasy for&nbsp;Megan Thee Stallion's team-up&nbsp;Dua Lipa.Based on a concept by Megan Thee Stallion, the video follows two men as they wander into an otherworldly forest, before encountering the artists as you've never seen them before.&nbsp;Dark, sultry and enigmatic, the pair are introduced in the throws of a chaotic abode, which has gyrating legs for doors and a neverending spiral of spiky teeth lining the walls inside.&nbsp;The video only gets more absurd and visually complex from there, and the sheer scale of the concept - and the staggering amount of VFX&nbsp;work - pays off in an explosion of glossy set pieces and first class performances.&nbsp;It's jawdropping work - but that is what we have come to expect from the&nbsp;remarkable Dave Meyers and the brilliant team around him.&nbsp;[imgtoken data:1]

Dave Meyers

Tara Sheree

Brian Bell

Scott Cunningham

Tyler Evans

François Audouy

Laurieann Gibson

Kenny Taylor

Mike Van Meter

Dave Riggio

Alyssa Oh

Lucas Prevost

Megan Thee Stallion & Dua Lipa 'Sweetest Pie' by Dave Meyers 

Megan Thee Stallion & Dua Lipa - Sweetest Pie [Official Video]

Hannah Cooper

Paul McLoone

George Nelson

Ben Mankin

Jack Carter

Tim Wiley

Alison Dominitz

Emma Lipop

Lisa Farrall

Lauren Kay

Nathan Rodgers

Cabin Edit

Stefan Sonnenfeld

Ingenuity Post

Jumanah Shaheen

Dan Curwin

Asylum Records

Ed Sheeran 'Bad Habits' by Dave Meyers

Ed-Sheeran--'Bad-Habits'-by-Dave-Meyers

Ed Sheeran and Dave Meyers collaborate once again to take us into a cartoonish world of all-out action. And this time for Shivers, it is back to the more&nbsp;benign, boy-next-door, version of Ed than the barely recognisable version&nbsp;in the devilish Bad Habits.Ed's out to get a special girl - who gets to show just how special she is.&nbsp;

Lark Creative

Atlantic Records

Ed Sheeran 'Shivers' by Dave Meyers

Ed Sheeran - Shivers [Official Video]

Dave Meyers and Chris Martin&nbsp;push the boundaries of VFX - and celebrate dance via the Ambiguous Dance Company and choreographer Boram Kim, in the blockbuster video for Coldplay's 80s-tastic Higher Power.This is state of the art green-screen technology happening here, completed with typical elan by a team at Mathematic in Paris. Unquestionably one of the biggest blockbusters of the year so far.&nbsp;&nbsp;

United Kingdom

Somesuch

Ben Piety

Dave Dean

Pergrin Jung

Koji Kojima

Brian Lofthouse

Patrick Tatopoulos

Peter Andrus

Galen Hooks

Marta del Rio

Ryan Burke

Barney Burman

Charlie Le Mindu

Beth Fenton

Sienree Du

Brittany Sullivan

Coldplay 'Higher Power' by Dave Meyers

Coldplay - Higher Power (Official Video)

Ariana makes it to the Oval Office...

Whitney Jackson

Tino Shaedler

Company 3

Adam Avitabile

Ghost VFX

Mod Creations

Ariana Granda 'positions' by Dave Meyers

Ariana Grande - positions (official video)

Travis Scott, White Trash Tyler and Jordan Hemingway join forces to direct&nbsp;the video for Franchise.&nbsp;Featuring M.I.A and Young Thug, the ambitious promo follows Travis Scott&nbsp;through Michael Jordan's LA mansion, with an array of&nbsp;Jodorowsky and Warhol-inspired imagery.&nbsp;With cameos from Michael Jordan himself and the Clermont twins, the visual is an homage to pop culture in all its glory - and of course the brilliance of Jordan, as documented in The Last Dance.&nbsp;Jordan Hemingway’s directing contribution&nbsp;comes in the shape of a thousand sheep surrounding a flower-adorned M.I.A. in an impossible scene of esoteric prowess. Never one to do things by halves, M.I.A is electrifying in her presence, effortlessly pulling off the Midsommar-inspired outfit whilst handling an unruly wave of farm animals.&nbsp;Stunningly bonkers and high concept, the visual is a testament to its many collaborators and creative minds - totally sporadic and spontaneous, but everyone contributing to the&nbsp;ultimate vision.&nbsp;

Travis Scott

Jordan Hemingway

Ella Girardot

Maurizio Von Trapp

Bruno Loureiro

Marc Wilson

Minka Farthing-Khol

Clare Fuller

Genki McClure

Siobhan Walsh

Imruh Asha

Rio Sreedharan

Carol Lopez Reid

Louis Hvejsel Bork

White Trash Tyler

Academy Films

Rina Yang

Tarek Cassim

Cinelab Film and Digital

Travis Scott ft M.I.A. & Young Thug 'Franchise' by Travis Scott, White Trash Tyler & Jordan Hemingway

Travis-Scott-Ft-M.i.a.-&-Young-Thug-'Franchise'-by-Travis-Scott,-White-Trash-Tyler-&-Jordan-Hemingway

Drake visits Nike HQ to play ball with some buddies...

Matt O'Connor

Eric Shoonover

Greg Scruton

Cabin Editing Company

Les Umberger

Drake ft Lil Durk 'Laugh Now Cry Later' by Dave Meyers

Drake - Laugh Now Cry Later (Official Music Video) ft. Lil Durk

Dave Meyers directs an emotional and pertinent&nbsp;visual for Anderson Paak's Lockdown.Reflecting on racial injustice, police brutality and the global pandemic, the video is an introspective exploration of how society has reached its tipping point, and a call for systematic change.&nbsp;Featuring cameos from&nbsp;Dominic Fike,&nbsp;Andra Day, Jay Rock, Syd of the Internet and .Paak's son Soul Rasheed, amongst others,&nbsp;Lockdown is made up of several performance vignettes, stylised in a subtle way with offbeat angles and composition, but pared down from some of Meyers' more fantastical work. The intimate performances are the focus here, and the video ensures&nbsp;the issues at hand remain centre-stage.&nbsp;The animation at the end of the video, detailing the names of those killed through police brutality, is a striking wake up call: "The People Are Rising". All cast and crew salaries were donated to Beam, Dream Defenders and Color Of Change.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Robin Day

Max Dean

Will Urie

Spencer Graves

Jasmine Benjamin

Contemporary R&B

Anderson .Paak 'Lockdown' by Dave Meyers

Anderson-Paak-'Lockdown'-by-Dave-Meyers

C Prinz directs a vibrant futuristic promo for sister double act Chloe x Halle's Forgive Me - the director and artists'&nbsp;follow-up to the post-modern <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2020/05/27/chloe-x-halle-do-it-c-prinz/64987" target="_blank">Do It</a>.&nbsp;Opening with the lyrics "Don't ever ask for permission, ask for forgiveness", the fiery visual depicts the sisters dragging an unconscious, bound man to the middle of a rainforest set, backdropped by a glitchy greenscreen.&nbsp;Switching between several performance setups, the focus is very much on styling and aesthetics, with live action footage being intercut with 3D scans, irridescent VFX, and lo-fi dance cutaways.&nbsp;Refreshingly bold and stylish, the high-energy promo is a riotous trip through avant-garde concepts and unforgettable performances.&nbsp;

C Prinz

Jake Agger

Erinn Williams

Juan Sosa

Santiago Gonazalez

Sean Frisoli

Mike Lemnitzer

Kyle Bryson

Justin Ryan Brown

Zerina Akers

Kimberly Mcallister

Christiana Cassell

Andrew Makadsi

Joseph Bicknell

Lauren Baker

Nick Muller

Chloe X Halle 'Forgive Me' by C Prinz

Chloe-X-Halle-'Forgive-Me'-by-C-Prinz

Once again, lockdown ends up being the mother of invention in Ariel Fish's charmingly shambolic video for JAWNY.On the one hand its a ragbag of internet -flavoured sight gags. And that would be quite good in itself, but artist and director have also thrown in some poignant stuff about the problems of finding love - especially now.&nbsp;While everyone ignores JAWNY's&nbsp;calls, internet searches throw up&nbsp;a stuffed toy bunny who doubles as a 'camgirl', an animated fruit salad - and a cynical friend who warns him against looking for love. Oh, and in the corner of his shabby apartment, his pile of dirty socks starts lipsyncing.&nbsp;“We were going to shoot a video and then we had the lockdown, so we switched up to an animated video… and then that didn’t work out. Finally, Ariel sent this crazy idea through and we chatted about it for a minute and came up with this video,” JAWNY has said of the Anything You Want video. “A quarantine love story… you can find love anywhere, anytime man.”Mainly shot at JAWNY's house and a garage, during lockdown in a socially distanced fashion. "Ariel was just a sick creative partner. She had really sick ideas and was also super collaborative with me. I felt comfortable with her and I think her and her team killed it."

Ariel Fish

Luke Orlando

Marissa Ramirez

Interscope Records

JAWNY 'Anything You Want' by Ariel Fish

Jawny-'Anything-You-Want'-by-Ariel-Fish

Mimi Cave has directed&nbsp;a trilogy of&nbsp;live performance videos for Long Beach band&nbsp;half.alive, captured in performance with a fifteen-piece orchestra at the Capitol Studios in Los Angeles - before lockdown, of course.&nbsp;[vidtoken data:0]In each piece, Cave and her DoP&nbsp;Tom Banks make excellent use of an intimate space, utilising smooth and steady camera movement by Steadicam op Chris Loh, who&nbsp;weaves between the musicians, creating an easy-going yet exciting aesthetic.[vidtoken data:1]&nbsp;Characteristically the choreographer-turned-director also punctuates the performance element with&nbsp;unfussy choreography and other artistic elements. She&nbsp;has taken the reworked the tracks - including the 2018 hit Still Feel&nbsp;-&nbsp;and supercharged them into three&nbsp;consummate promos, with zesty energy and pure artistic passion.[vidtoken data:2]&nbsp;

Mimi Cave

Aiden Magarian

Jeff Cobb

Tom Banks

Kevin Hughes

David Ross

Brett Carleton

Nicholas Faiella

Donna Lisa

Brit Phelan

Nicholas Robespierre

RCA Records

Chris Loh

JA Collective

Indie pop

half.alive 'Creature', 'Runaway' and 'Still Feel' (Live orchestral videos) by Mimi Cave

half·alive - creature w/ Orchestra (Official Video)

Half.alive-'Runaway'-by-Mimi-Cave

Half.alive--'Still-Feel-(with-Orchestra)'-by-Mimi-Cave

Wafia celebrates a new chapter in her life in Eugene McMahon's&nbsp;lockdown video for Pick Me.&nbsp;Utilising a block colour background and a variety of self-shot footage, Wafia relaxes into a new way of life, away from worries about men or work. Instead, she is connecting with her friends over video call, hanging out as they each&nbsp;spend their days doing something they love.&nbsp;Like many lockdown videos, the locations and setups are obviously kept to a minimum, given the nature of shooting options right now. That said, each performance feels refreshingly understated and intimate, a nice contrast to the dance-challenge videos that populated our feeds at the start of lockdown.&nbsp;

Australia

Eugene Mcmahon

Sina Pars

Michael Gossen

Wes Teshome

Tiffany Suh

Wafia 'Pick Me' by Eugene McMahon

Wafia-'Pick-Me'-by-Eugene-Mcmahon

Khalid and Summer Walker get&nbsp;fast and furious in Daniel Russell's high octane video for Eleven.&nbsp;Packed with vibrant colour and early 00's exuberance, the video explores a drag race across Los Angeles (with cars, not drag queens), where Khalid is pitted against a selection of eclectic characters.Glossy, smooth and oozing with production value, it's a brilliant visual complement to the enigmatic track. A high-energy choreography section at the climax of the video strengthens the 00's throwback, reminiscent of the days where budgets where wild and the ideas were even wilder.&nbsp;

freenjoy

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