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Fontaines DC are back - with an extraordinary, thought-provoking&nbsp;video by Aube Perrie.&nbsp;The video for Starburster opens with vocalist Grian Chatten dressed as a football referee, heading out for a kick about, until the ball rolls under a garage door.&nbsp;From there, we see Chatten morph into dozens of different characters - from the whimsical to the straight up creepy, with a special shout-out to the gimp suit and a horrifying prosthetic mask.&nbsp;In a frantic blur of strange little vignettes, we see the artist interact with his bandmates and random people, backdropped by the eerily quiet landscapes behind him. There is also a real sense that somehow Chatten has wondered into other worlds, and we are finding out about those worlds from his perspective, before quickly moving on.&nbsp;The use of an inhaler puff to break up the structure, is also very effective device to highlight the&nbsp;fragmented, almost unreadable nature of the narrative.&nbsp;A truly inspired, almost bizarre&nbsp;visual that earns its status of one of the most surreal clips of the year so far. It's also arguably Aube Perrie's strangest video yet - and that comes as the biggest compliment.&nbsp;

United Kingdom

Aube Perrie

Two Happy

Pulse Films

Rik Green

Elena Argiros

Fin Mulligan-Wild

Christopher Ripley

Mathieu Perez

Gwen Ghelid

Glassworks

Antfarm Film Services

Molly Singer

Danny Usman

Chris Sarginson

Ruta Staseviciute

Ellie Walker

Helena Smythe

Jonny Thorpe

Mark Hellaby @ 750mph

Scott Wright

XL Recordings

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Alternative

Indie

Fontaines DC 'Starburster' by Aube Perrie

Fontaines D.C. - Starburster (Official Video)

Will Kennedy&nbsp;directs a steamy promo for Jamie Irrepressible's eclectic music project The Irrepressibles.&nbsp;The video for the marvellous alt-rock anthem Will You? takes place at a&nbsp;deserted bar, where real-life couple Lewis and Courtney perform, thrusting and swelling in line with the track.&nbsp;Evoking raw, uninhibited vibes with the gritty cinematography and hazy aesthetic, the video drips with sexual tension in every&nbsp;frame.&nbsp;"It was a rare dream to collaborate with The Irrepressibles on such a liberating vision of uninhibited intimacy and vulnerability," Kennedy explains.&nbsp;"Jamie’s music transports you to another world, and we wanted to crystallise that sense of cathartic escapism with the video."I’m so grateful to our lead performers, Lewis and Courtney, for bringing such breathtaking energy and compulsive chemistry to the video. I loved every minute on set with such an incredible cast and crew.”&nbsp;A dazzling feat that visualises the pulsating track with stylish flair.[imgtoken data:1][imgtoken data:2]&nbsp;

Will Kennedy

Elliot Zelmanovits

Eleri Evans

Caviar

Daniel Harding

Eno Enefiok

Jack Hamilton

Matt King

Hannah Busst

Eden Read

The Assembly Rooms

Myles Bevan

Studio RM

The Irrepressibles 'Will You?' by Will Kennedy 

The Irrepressibles - Will You? (Official Video)

They have been making great videos for decades, and arguably&nbsp;the greatest music video band of all time. No pressure then, for Rich Hall, to direct a worthy addition to the great canon of work for Depeche Mode. But he has risen to the challenge.For People Are Good, the latest single from the latest album Memento Mori, the Riff Raff Films-based director&nbsp;has faced down the weight of 40-plus years of Depeche Mode music video history, with a promo which nods to the visual style that has become their hallmark, while establishing its own heartfelt identity.Combining stylishness, brilliant film craft with a considered&nbsp;exposition of the theme of the song, Hall has created a series of intensely dramatic vignettes, shot in black and white by DoP Martin Ruhe, in a heightened cinematic, dreamlike reality.[imgtoken data:1]In each one we are confronted with a seeming act&nbsp;of wrongdoing or human frailty - expressed in the human pile-up of a riot, a woman digging a grave, a confrontation of&nbsp;macho gang bosses, and so on - each taking palce in front of a white wall. Then the true reality in each situation is gradually revealed. It's a counterpoint to Dave Gahan's somewhat ambivalent vocals for People Are Good.&nbsp;The video&nbsp;is evocative and bold, exploring the complex nature of human beings in a unique and distinctive way. And it really is a worthy addition to the pantheon - all the more impressive for the short amount of time that Rich Hall and his team had for pre-production and the shoot itself.[imgtoken data:2]“It’s equal parts an honour and daunting when making a video for Depeche Mode," says Hall. "Not only do they have music video royalty behind them, but even Riff Raff have churned out some outstanding videos themselves for the band in recent times (Personal Jesus, Wagging Tongue). Throw a world class DoP like Martin Ruhe into the mix, 8 days prep and 1 shoot day then you’ve got a real mind f***."I wanted to make an idea that changes multiple times during the video, as if unravelling with the song and our understanding of it. The song reminded me of the fragility of human relationships, how easy we forget, how easily we’re misled. So, I came up with the idea to somehow immortalize those every day, human interactions, in front of a white wall and heighten them to the extent that they feel like art (well, sort of)."It wouldn’t be possible without the unwavering support of Riff Raff, Black Kite, and the good people at Columbia US. Not to mention the amazing crew, especially the ones who were unloading dirt into a fake grave at midnight - you know who you are.”&nbsp;

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Rich Hall

Martin Ruhe

Manoela Chiabai

Precious Mahaga

Natalie Arnett

Louis Simonon

Chris Kelly

Leanne Flinn

Mikey Boateng

Riff Raff Films

Dasha Taivas

Homespun

Ben Corfield

Black Kite Studios

Rich Fearon

Electronic

Depeche Mode 'People Are Good' by Rich Hall

Depeche Mode - People Are Good (Official Video)

Olivia Rodrigo encounters a hotel reception full&nbsp;of ex-girlfriends in Mitch Ryan's&nbsp;video for Obsessed - from her hit album Guts.Like a beauty parade of prom queens, these girls have sashes that present their characteristics as defined by the male who dumped them. An interesting idea that's not developed further, as Rodrigo switches to performance mode.[imgtoken data:1][imgtoken data:2]

Wesley Goodrich

April Custodio

Chenelle Delgadillo

Chloe Delgadillo

Helen Mirren

Mitch Ryan

Will Noyce

Paul Young Lee

Cadence Films

Marz Miller

Lorenzo Ragioni

Clayton Hawkins

Joeri Rouffa

Sydney Szramowski

Melissa Hernandez

Dylan Edwards

Cabin Edit

Kaitlyn Battistelli

Ethos Studio

Olivia Rodrigo 'Obsessed' by Mitch Ryan

Olivia-Rodrigo-'Obsessed'-by-Mitch-Ryan

Hugh Mulhern directs a feverish hyper-pop fantasy for the return of Porter Robinson with his big new track Cheerleader,&nbsp;exploring the intense and unusual&nbsp;bond between the artist and his fans in a wonderfully off-kilter&nbsp;multi-media blockbuster.&nbsp;As with Mulhern's acclaimed videos for Hak Baker last year for Telephones 4 Eyes&nbsp;and <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2023/06/07/hak-baker-doolally-hugh-mulhern/81887" target="_blank">Doolally</a>,&nbsp;this is&nbsp;a captivating combination of&nbsp;formats - live action, AI animation, CGI&nbsp;and stop motion - in the telling of a supercharged narrative involving Porter's engagement with excitable superfans who take many different forms, but all share the same anime-style features of Porter's 'cheerleader'.&nbsp;[imgtoken data:1]From the moment of Porter's apparent creation of the song in a studio environment, to appearing on a TV screen, to that becoming the basis of a karaoke session, Mulhern esablishes a constant, breahtless intperly webether the artist and his cheerleaders - particularly the one masked girl who may be Potter's ultimate puppetmaster.Or maybe its the other way around? Porter becomes a Kong-like monster who&nbsp;destroys other versions of his greatest fan - including the cute stop motion puppet - as the action accelerates ever faster as it hops through different forms of animation, losing all basis in reality.&nbsp;[imgtoken data:2]"I wanted to make something that looked at extreme fandom and narcissism," explains Mulhern.&nbsp;"As we fall through different layers of reality I wanted the viewer to ask 'are we in the fantasies of the fans or in Porter’s own interpretation of their fantasies?'"While it’s specific to Porter’s experience as an artist it is as much about contemporary society's relationship with extreme individualism. If everyone is having their 15 minutes of fame does that mean everyone has also become a super fan?"[imgtoken data:3]It's a masterclass in maximalism and also closely follows the subject of the song - effectively that symbiotic relationship between&nbsp;artist and fan.&nbsp;Mulhern has tapped into the hyperactive aesthetic of the subgenre, and created something that feels polished, elevated and unforgettable.[imgtoken data:4]

Elena Isolini

Veselina Georgieva

Veir

Hugh Mulhern

Alexander Trenev

Nikita Popkov

Antony Tanev

Tsvetan Kostov

Vladislav Mateev

Momchil Tasev. Aleksandar Yanev

Kosta Karakashyan

Yesol Choi

Saskia Delius

Daniel Morris

Dafydd Upsdell

The Mill

Gabha Studios

Joseph Taylor

Trim Editing

Solent Films

Anders Mills

Dance

Porter Robinson 'Cheerleader' by Hugh Mulhern

Porter Robinson - Cheerleader (Official Music Video)

Sergi Castellà directs a stirring promo for Spanish singer Angélica Garcia.The video for Color De Dolor intricately weaves a tapestry of emotional vignettes, highlighting themes of duality and spirituality that resonate with the artist, and are ubiquitous throughout her debut album&nbsp;Gemelo.The aesthetic is textural and evocative, experimenting with overlays, off-kilter angles and surreal composition to heighten the dreamlike atmosphere.&nbsp;[imgtoken data:1]"Color de dolor is a powerful song that delves into the depths, giving voice to Angélica’s ancestral echoes. We at Caviar fell in love with it the moment we heard it," explains Castellà.&nbsp;"Working with Angélica to craft a film for it has been an incredible journey, where we've dove together into the artist's ancestral well, searching for beauty in pain. She once told me that with every music video she creates, she immerses herself in the essence of the song, so making Color de dolor”&nbsp;was going to be a challenge. However, both my team at Caviar and Angélica are amazing artists, and I believe we created some beauty.”&nbsp;It's a stunning feat, which immerses viewers into a carefully-crafted world perfectly befitting of the lilting track.&nbsp;

Sergi Castellà

Tasnim Boufelfel

Ecorse Studio

Salim El Arja

Michael Sagol

Jeff Kopchia

Cara Braglia

Jason Lawliss

Kristof Brandl

Terry Watson

Clinton Homuth

Alison Maxwell

Alvaro Del Val

BarkingOwl

Stuart Welch

Angélica Garcia 'Color De Dolor' by Sergi Castellà 

Angelica Garcia - Color De Dolor

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

Stink Films

Dom Mckiernan

Maya Bury

Theresa Adebiyi

Freddie Wright

Madison Mckamey

Matt Farrant

Sonia Rodriguez

Darren Quinn

Joe Sherno

Jay Revell

Michelle Dacillo

Tomomi Roppongi

Kamran Rajput

Suzie Walsh

Collectiv Paris

Tomas Katter

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]

Louis Danckwerts

Benjamin Jonsson

Liam Moore

Matthew Josephs

Joe Brooks

Radioactive Shelter

Gena Shevchenko

Everest

Quentin Jourde Darzac

Sylvain Obriot

Nat Tereshchenko

George Karalashvili

Olly Alexander 'Dizzy' by Colin Solal Cardo

Olly Alexander - Dizzy (Official Video)

LOOSE &amp;&nbsp;UNCANNY join forces to direct this dazzling visual for Fred Again.., Lil Yachty &amp; Overmono - filmed prior to an epic rave at Knockdown Center in New York City.&nbsp;The video for Stayinit has a remarkably simple yet hooky concept - to show Lil Yachty's reaction to hearing the song on a proper sound system for the first time, hours before the event at Knockdown, on&nbsp;February 8th 2024.Of course, given the scale of the venue and the coruscating light show beaming above his head, it soon turns into a captivating display of the relationship between the music and the environment.&nbsp;[imgtoken data:1]“As soon as LOOSE talked to me about the idea of making this video together, I knew that it had to be shot on film - it just made sense," says George Muncey of UNCANNY.&nbsp;"I think everyone was particularly blown away with how the film’s latitude handled the intentional overexposure of the lights. I kept bringing up a reference from Oppenheimer in pre-production where they utilise a similar technique, and I’m really stoked with how it ended up coming across, with Yachty being completely swallowed up and enveloped by the lights."Mika [Altskan], the incredible DP, instilled so much confidence for the boundaries of how far we could push the film to it’s limits, and I have endless gratitude for him and how beautiful he made the video.”

Uncanny

LOOSE

Rachel Walden

Levi Mattey

Concoct Ltd

Gummy Films

Kim Jarrett

Connor Schuurmans

Mika Altskan

Theo Hue Williams

Chris Dagostino

Chris Cruz

Alex De Leon

Dante Pasquinelli

Atlantic Records

Fred Again.. & Lil Yachty & Overmono 'Stayinit' by LOOSE, UNCANNY

Fred-Again..-&-Lil-Yachty-&-Overmono-'Stayinit'-by-Loose,uncanny

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;

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