Colourist

Jonny Tully

Jeb Hardwick directs a riveting&nbsp;performance promo for A Day To Remember.&nbsp;Shot in a haunting church interior, the video experiments with glitchy overlays and enigmatic cutaways to amplify the dynamic performance.&nbsp;The oversaturated colour scheme and bold lighting choices emphasise the contrast between the music and the location, and the clever use of match-cuts creates a feeling of unease throughout.&nbsp;

United Kingdom

Ahmet Buyukcinar

Georgia Green

Jeb Hardwick

Jamie Whymark

Kode

Simon Mills

David Wright

Nathan Killham

Freddie Wright

Stephan Knight

Thomas Nicholson

Ellie Spigariol

Shamirah Sairally

CHEAT

Rock

A Day To Remember 'Miracle' by Jeb Hardwick

A Day To Remember: Miracle [OFFICIAL VIDEO]

Sam Bailey returns to music videos&nbsp;with this joyful love letter to the Golden Age of film musicals, in his new promo for Metronomy.&nbsp;The band are seen adorned in giant flower headpieces, playing their song Love Factory, while being led by a conductor, and&nbsp;as a vivacious dancer, Majella Fitzgerald,&nbsp;takes centre stage.&nbsp;Majella is the busy Bee, who picks out each Metronomy 'flower', one by one, to 'pollinate' them. And this happens in a splendidly suggestive representation of Nature - choreographed by Supple Nam.&nbsp;From there, the concept launches into full, Golden Age musical mode, as the Bee interacts with each flower, around the stately house that provides the venue of the video, viewing each member through her trippy, multi-imaged 'bee vision.'&nbsp;It's an extremely skilled display of lightly frothy entertainment, that is also clever and subtly alternative in its joie de vivre. In other words, it's&nbsp;very Metronomy.[imgtoken data:1]<blockquote>The initial idea came from watching bees hopping from bud to bud on a rosemary bush.</blockquote>"From start to finish this music video was huge lumps of fun to make," says Sam Bailey. "The initial idea came from watching bees hopping from bud to bud on a rosemary bush in my garden, indiscriminately having sweet little intimate interactions before moving onto the next one."The flowers became happy little dance partners to the bee as it moved around from station to station, as if on a factory floor. It married up perfectly with Joe's lyrics and the uplifting feel of the track's hazy tone. I was thrilled that the band went for it."Knowing that they often get really involved in the performance side I thought we should challenge them to learn some sweet moves from choreographer Supple Nam, who has a great history of bringing theatricality and levity to his dances. Just look at his work on the Miike Snow promo [for Genghis Khan] by Ninian Doff."Our performers, Majella Fitzgerald and Andrew Lyle-Pinnock [the conductor] come from big tap backgrounds. So we had a lot of fun playing with moves from musicals of 50s Hollywood (White Christmas, Singin’ In The Rain, Let’s Dance...) God, it’s joyful watching dancers move around, exploring ideas, paying homage to Vera Ellen and co. Especially when they’ve got big ol’ Hollywood smiles on. The genre calls for constant smiling, but if I could dance as effortlessly as them (and without wheezing) I’d be smiling too.[imgtoken data:2]<blockquote>We had a ball trying to emulate this era of filmmaking...&nbsp;hard lighting, bright colours and really bumpy camera movements.</blockquote>"All of us behind the camera had a ball trying to emulate this era of filmmaking too. DoP David Wright had all the good ideas on how to capture this. Hard lighting, bright colours and really bumpy camera movements. Apologies to our grip Anthony - I made him loosen up all the tracks every time he’d painstakingly smoothed everything out. I think it looks good though - if you watch some of the tracking shots in Singin’ In The Rain they feel like the camera is being driven round on an ASDA trolley.&nbsp;"The band were unexhaustible. 48 hours before shooting this they had spent a day flying in harnesses for the excellent Right On Time&nbsp;promo by Juliet Casella and Thibaut Ceasar. So they must be awarded with some sort of endurance award. Especially since they aren’t smokers and I had them vaping (nothing toxic) for the pollination shot plates.&nbsp;"I have nothing but thanks to them for trusting the idea and getting stuck in. Same goes for the rest of the team who worked very hard to get this all going six floors up in a central London building with an unapologetically small lift."

Sam Bailey

Ben Pengilly

Alexa Haywood at Free Agent UK

Just Fred

Natalia Maus

Massimo Filippi

Fred Bonham Carter

Alexa Haywood

Benji Smith

Because Music

Zoe Gunn

Supple Nam

Sophie Cox

Majella Fitzgerald

Steve Wingrove

Jay Whittington

Anthony Ward

Fin Sully

Natalie Willis

Indie

Alternative

Metronomy 'Love Factory' by Sam Bailey

Metronomy-'Love-Factory'-by-Sam-Bailey

Batu self-directs the atmospheric and sultry promo for Solace.&nbsp;Featuring a captivating performance from dancer Rosalie Pearce Bell, the video jumps between a neon-lit world and a natural forest environment, exploring the contrast between the solitary worlds.&nbsp;The haunting soundscapes are perfectly complemented by off-kilter camerawork and vivid primary colour lighting, and the hypnotic editing elevates the surreal vibes.&nbsp;

Rosalie Pearce Bell

Batu

Lauren Mills

Untold Studios

Jed Darlington-Roberts

Daniella Manca

Jak Waughman

Zeynep Ağcabay

Batu 'Solace' by Batu 

Batu--'Solace-'-by-Batu-

A fun-loving fugitive is on the run in a world where joy is outlawed, in Ricky Gibb's entertaining video&nbsp;for Duvall &amp; Sam Gray's Good Feeling.In the extended intro to the video, the scene is set where&nbsp;Brady, the desperately thrill-seeking lead character, is cornered by a pair&nbsp;of plain-clothes Fun Police, finding refuge in a dreary bar that is&nbsp;sparsely populated with a handful of downtrodden characters. From there the director shows his skill with an ensemble of comedy actors, as with his recent video for <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2022/03/07/murkage-dave-us-lot-ricky-gibb/75237" target="_blank">Murkage Dave</a>, in an inventive take on the classic hostage-taking narrative."Good Feeling was such a fun track to write to," says Gibb. "On the surface the music is super sunny and feel-good, but the lyrics talk about isolation and the idea of coming to terms with oneself. It’s an interesting mix, and definitely provided a lot of food for thought for the writing process."[imgtoken data:1]&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;It's a playful and often hilarious central narrative - where the Fun Police's ploy of smuggling a speaker in the pizza boy's delivery spectacularly backfires. But ultimately, this succeeds thanks to some&nbsp;impressive performances from a cast committed to&nbsp;delivering this far-fetched,&nbsp;high-concept idea.&nbsp;"I feel like we all just want to crack on with our lives in relative peace without being fucked with," continues Gibb. "So being able to explore this desire through the character of Brady was probably quite a cathartic process for me. Looking back across my work, it seems like I find a lot of joy in forcing characters (often the artist) to navigate some real compromising situations."I’ve been reflecting on why this might be, and realistically I think it’s just probably quite a comforting reminder for me to see examples of people traversing some bullshit and getting out the other side. Even if it is by the skin of their teeth."&nbsp;

Joshua James Smith

Amy Verity

Ricky Gibb

Danielle Wright

Sam Katz

Mouthpiece

Nuno Rodriguez

Joshua Fry

Anita Okpongete

Samuel Barnham

Tommaso Colelli

Murat Ersahin

Deniz Ersoy

Murdo Hepburn

Sogol Razi

Ikki Dhesi

Duvall & Sam Gray 'Good Feeling' by Ricky Gibb

Duvall & Sam Gray - Good Feeling (Official Music Video)

Aliyah Otchere directs a contemplative promo for&nbsp;Ravyn Lenae.Using her considerable experience in photography as a foundation, Otchere presents a series of gentle performance vignettes, each with its own distinctive look and feel.&nbsp;Stylistically exploring space, light and texture, the video perfectly encapsulates the soft harmonies in the track, whilst navigating a transition of sorts from hanging in limbo to being grounded and confident.&nbsp;

Furmaan Ahmed

Jeanie Annan-Lewin

Aliyah Otchere

Frankie Willcock

Agile Films

Krunal Saadran

Jake Gabbay

Precious Mahaga

Sana Khan

Sophia Dembitzer

Ali Copland

Adrian Greenfield

James Hills

Ashley Rees

Simon Donnellon

Zateesha Barbour

Michelle Boggs

Jennifer Tividad

Agile

Julian Ofori-sey

Atlantic Records

Ravyn Lenae 'Light Me Up' by Aliyah Otchere

Ravyn-Lenae-'Light-Me-Up'-by-Aliyah-Otchere

Gabriella Kingsley directs a dynamic performance promo for the team-up of ArrDee and Aitch.&nbsp;The long-awaited collab between two of the UK's top grime artists takes the form of&nbsp;a face-off in War,&nbsp;as we see the two battle it out on Arrdee’s home turf, on a&nbsp;beach in Peacehaven, near Brighton.Cleverly playing upon the UK press and fan noise of the two being alike -&nbsp;and trying to turn them against each other -&nbsp;there are no actual battles in this video... rather a meeting of minds, confidently doing what they do best in front of some breathtaking backdrops.&nbsp;[imgtoken data:1]"I was so excited about this brief!" says Kingsley, "I came up with her idea, delivered the treatment, and sold everyone on it in less than 24 hours."Setting it in Arrdee’s hometown was so important, and playing on the 360 shot of the likeness of Aitch and Arrdee brings a nice nod to the noise around the two rappers being 'alike'.&nbsp;I wanted the music video to slowly build up the conflict throughout, both surrounded by their armies, but with a modern-day aesthetic that stayed true to them and the culture they represent."I loved the idea and couldn't be more pleased with how it all came together. Major thanks to the team and label for all the hard work and collaboration."

Gabriella Kingsley

Ersan Beskardes

Irresistible Studios

Harriet-Kate Mckean

Rachel Bashford

Philips Nortey

Jomar O'Meally

Tom Askew

Joshua Ighodaro

Shaun Clark

Louis Lasa-tarbuck

Molly Ashman

Charles Gamble

Okay Studio

Johan Barrios

Peter Welton

Rebecca Williams

John Hassay

Island Records

Marcus Albertsen

Matt Nelson

Grime

ArrDee & Aitch 'War' by Gabriella Kingsley

Aitch-&-Arrdee-'War'-by-Gabriella-Kingsley

Alexander Brown directs a brilliantly ferocious performance promo for Bloc Party's return to action with Traps.&nbsp;Playing their comeback single, frontman&nbsp;Dele Okereke and his bandmates are effectively trapped themselves, within a seething&nbsp;mass of enthusiastic fans.&nbsp;This is presented in a disorientating fashion, mostly in extreme close-up - this was shot by DoP Pieter Snyman on a probe lens -&nbsp;intercut with the frenetic motion of the crowd, forcing their way ever closer to the group, and at one point dragging a bandmember from a car.&nbsp;The blood-red lighting&nbsp;and indistinct shots of the people surrounding them (they are wearing masks throughout) creates a breathless atmosphere, which matches Bloc Party's unconstrained energy. Overall, it's a brilliantly kinetic and stylish piece of work by Alexander Brown, making one of his irregular returns himself to music videos.[imgtoken data:1]<blockquote>There’s something intrinsically cathartic but also unsettling about being in a crowd.</blockquote>"The basic idea for me, was to make a video which felt like you are in the middle of a mosh pit," says Brown.&nbsp;"After being conditioned by lockdown, there’s something intrinsically cathartic but also slightly unsettling about being in a crowd."I was immediately drawn into the sardonic character Kele created in the lyrics, which is all a bit wild and unhinged and lurid. I wanted to capture that feeling of being in a crowd or a club and not being entirely comfortable with the intimacy. It’s a performance video in all it's&nbsp;glory. I wanted it all to be shot in an unhinged way, as if the band are playing from within the crowd, removing the stage/crowd divide."The camera swings and turns like a headless chicken - and everywhere it turns we unravel a new moment. It feels chaotic but within the chaos we have disorientating, dizzying transitions, and carefully orchestrated setups with surprises and twists and turns along the way. The song is called Traps. So it seemed interesting to have the band feel like they were trapped in this mob and we can’t quite tell if its amazing, or uncomfortable.[imgtoken data:2]<blockquote>I wanted to give the video a touch of&nbsp;The Evil Dead.</blockquote>"It was a conscious decision to give everyone masks. Aside from the safety aspect, I wanted the crowd to be anonymous and menacing - we don’t see anyone’s faces, only their legs, or chest. I want it to feel like a jungle of limbs. They are all wearing dark clothes so there is a homogenous feel to them, threatening."We shot this with a probe lens so we could go right up to the band, and do all sorts of amazing movements. Big thanks to Piet [Snyman] for waving around a metre-long camera completely handheld! We shot this on a Red Komodo, which I think makes it the longest lens, with one of the smallest cameras."Brown adds that the moment when the bandmember is dragged from the on-set car was another touch of madness that the song required.&nbsp;"I wanted to give the video a touch of The Evil Dead, and having the crowd pressed up to the glass, pulling Russel out of the door at the end just seemed to do that. We weren’t sure if we were going to get that on the day as it was the last shot, with twenty&nbsp;minutes to spare we just managed to squeeze it in. It was handy having an incredibly long lens as it means we could poke it right through a car window. "I want to give a big shout out to all the people who came down on the day, the energy we got from the crowd was fantastic!"

Alexander Brown

Ellis Fox

Cardel

Carla Mooney

Paolo De Bautista

Pieter Snyman

Sophie Roberts

Delwyn Mooney

Avner Shiloah

John Moule

Josh Tue

Patrycja Cygan

Brett Hills

Helio Ribeiro 

Indie Rock

Bloc Party 'Traps' by Alexander Brown

Bloc Party - Traps (Official Video)

Bjorn Franklin and Johnny Marchetta direct a powerful promo exploring loss and acceptance for Callum Scott.&nbsp;Depicting the final&nbsp;moments of a terminally ill patient - played&nbsp;by&nbsp;actress Georgia Hirst - the video for Rise focusses upon a tragic story, featuring flashbacks to moment of this young woman's diagnosis, her decline and treasured last moments with her young family - all building up to an&nbsp;unexpected, yet perfectly formed visual metaphor for the end of life.&nbsp;&nbsp;[imgtoken data:1]<blockquote>Georgia&nbsp;approached this role with courage and care and delivered something truly beautiful.</blockquote>Built around an exceptional&nbsp;central performance from Hirst, complemented by Scott's own&nbsp;performance of the song, this is the strong, emotionally-led&nbsp;work we have come to expect from the directing duo.&nbsp;The cinematography is contemplative and still, allowing the story to unwrap in its own time, and the VFX-heavy finale really hits home."This is our second time teaming up with Callum and another one we feel incredibly lucky to have been trusted with," comment Franklin and Marchetta."We wanted to hone in on the heart of the song for this promo. The lyrics depict rising up and overcoming struggles no matter what, so we developed a narrative centering around a critically ill patient in the final moments of her life.[imgtoken data:2]"Our film ultimately deals with acceptance - a person who comes to the end of one chapter but then begins another. There are positives in every aspect of life, even the darkest, and we wanted to show a person's bravery and strength through their most difficult times."The casting in this video was essential, and our actress Georgia Hirst could not have given us a stronger performance. She approached this role with courage and care and delivered something truly beautiful."

Bjorn Franklin

Johnny Marchetta

Gina Burns

Lowkey Films

Vanessa Mc Donnell

Jonathan Sidwell

Alex Mac Praed

Kieran Coyne

Lorenzo Guerrieri

Jackie Tyson

Grace Gray

Tag Collective Arts

Georgia Hirst

OB Management

Targa Sahyoun

Callum Scott 'Rise' by Bjorn Franklin & Johnny Marchetta 

Callum-Scott--'Rise--'-by-Bjorn-Franklin-&-Johnny-Marchetta-

The Trash Factory (James Arden)&nbsp;and Dan Smith, lead singer of Bastille, co-direct the promo for No Bad Days - a story of love, loss and the intersection of humanity and technology.&nbsp;As well as co-directing a Bastille video for the first time, Dan Smith plays a scientist who is trying to bring back the essence of his deceased love into the form of a robot - both played by Amber Jean Rowan. She gives a multi-layered performance, cycling through different characters and emotions with ease, while Smith matches this energy with his own seamless performance.&nbsp;Xander Mitchell's art direction elevates the piece to a new level, peppering the space with high-tech screens and gadgets, whilst ensuring the environment is still anchored in some sort of reality.The story, heaped with some familiar sci-fi movie references,&nbsp;also plays powerfully with the theme of the song No Bad Days, as Smith's audacious, ground-breaking experiment&nbsp;promises the end of misery - indeed the end of Death itself...[imgtoken data:1]

The Trash Factory

Dan Smith

Kerry Green

Benjamin Smith

Kristiana Zhekova

Milo Cosemans

Xander Mitchell

Minna Attala

Amy Dang

Katie Gillard

Amber Jean Rowan

James Hackett

Bastille 'No Bad Days' by The Trash Factory & Dan Smith 

Bastille--'No-Bad-Days'-by-The-Trash-Factory-&-Dan-Smith-

In this leftfield love story, Miles From Kinshasa and Kadiata cautiously forgo their safety in the name of Romance - which turns out to be a dangerous strategy in Ricky Gibb's entertaining video for Don't Be An Opp.Miles and Kadiata park up deep within an exclusively female-populated estate, as hopeful Kadiata awaits sight of his magnetic ex-lover Maame - played by Lindiwe Dim. Seeking to rekindle his relationship with the captivating flame-haired girl, Kadiata convinces the comparatively wary Miles to remain behind enemy lines all day.But as their presence on the block gets out, the fate of these naive Lotharios hangs in the balance. Can they be protected by the good vibes of the track itself?

Sade Lawson

Studio Hulk

Jess Mills

Stephen Agnew

Joshua C Fry

Orlando O'Mahoney Morris

Martin Senyszak

Isabel Alsina-reynolds

Jermaine Robinson

Stacia Akaba

Asad Naveed

Lindiwe Dim

Dmy Artists

Miles From Kinshasa ft Kadiata 'Don't Be An Opp' by Ricky Gibb

Miles from Kinshasa - Don't Be An Opp ft. kadiata (Official Music Video)

Francis Wallis explores the idea of an interconnected society, in his&nbsp;promo&nbsp;for&nbsp;the enigmatic Spencer Ramsay.&nbsp;Intermixing retrofuturistic graphics and high-tech themes, the anachronistic video for Love With You follows a scientist who develops an artificial intelligence, and has to teach her what it means to be alive.&nbsp;Hallucinogenic patterns and luminescent tattoos add a psychedelic streak to the concept, allowing viewers to experience the otherworldly circumstances the artificial intelligence finds herself in.&nbsp;

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