Colourist

Joseph Bicknell

Harry Law pays homage to classic performance videos in his promo for 5 Seconds Of Summer.&nbsp;Drawing inspiration from pop rock videos of the 90’s and&nbsp;early 00’s&nbsp;- from artists such as Oasis, Red Hot Chilli Peppers and The All-American Rejects -&nbsp;the video for Me, Myself &amp; I takes place in a dimly lit warehouse, with a motion control camera seamlessly cutting around the different personalities of each band member.&nbsp;The video forms a part of the Australian pop outfit's new vision, which is being conceptualised with a number of other creatives across the board, including creative director Tyler Serebreni.[imgtoken data:1]“Me Myself &amp; I&nbsp;has such an iconic energy to it, getting to capture that feeling visually while the band was on a global world tour was so incredible, it gave us so much to play with," says&nbsp;Serebreni.&nbsp;"We wanted to put a twist on a performance video, focusing on technology while keeping the aesthetic and inspiration of so many iconic early 2000s performance videos, but still grounded and in line with our album campaign."Harry [Law] helped us bring this vision to life perfectly, complex in its simplicity, highlighting the individuality and style of the guys."

Australia

Ash K Halliburton

Tyler Johnston

Harry Law

Andrew Rawson

Fred Bonham Carter

Other Half

Just Fred

Murren Tullett

Dustin Grant

Alexa Haywood

Cara Scott

Zoe Gunn

Chris Malin

Matt Allsop

Morgan Hall

Joey Choy

Jamie Hodgson

Work Editorial

Company 3

Nomad

Tyler Serebreni

Alexa Haywood at Free Agent UK

5 Seconds Of Summer 'Me Myself & I' by Harry Law

5-Seconds-Of-Summer-'Me-Myself-&-I-'-by-Harry-Law

Paul Ward directs a riveting film for surf brand Mami Wata.&nbsp;The video for Luck Is Alive tells the story of an African surfer who is a believer in Animism, a sensibility prevalent among surfers throughout Africa. Animism is based on the idea that everything is sentient: that inanimate objects, plants, animals or even entities such as the ocean have a spirit or a soul, often in the sense of having ‘personhood’.The cinematic film is a cerebral, often intense experience, and blends documentary and promo aesthetics. The concept is driven forward&nbsp;by a compelling voiceover and breathtaking sound design, which brings the enigmatic narrative to life.&nbsp;Demonstrating an animistic sensibility through the concept of luck, the line, ‘Luck is Alive’, encapsulates this way of relating to the world: a sense of the aliveness of chance, and by believing in luck and that luck is alive, luck can lead you to be lucky. It is through his belief in luck that our protagonists is lead to the water, and where main character&nbsp;Damme Samb finds ultimate freedom.

South Africa

Mami Wata Creative

Paul Ward

Jo Barber

Stink Films

Giant Films

Deon Van Zyl

Emma Lundy

Cindy Gabriel

Martina Lueslsdorf

Peet Pienaar

Wendy Fredriksson

Xander Van Der

StrangeLove

Tetaki Studios

Mami Wata 'Luck Is Alive' by Paul Ward

Paul-Ward-'Mami-Wata---'luck-Is-Alive''-by-Paul-Ward

London-based Ukrainian cinematographer Diana Olifirova has created a mesmerizing dance-based short film, on the subject of identity - in which she is also the sole dance performer.Olifirova enacts&nbsp;an improvised dance performance in a series of beautifully composed photographic portraits - self-portraits, in fact - that were filmed in Kyiv and London. These locked off shots capture her movement&nbsp;within intriguing spaces, interior and exterior, where Olifirova has maximised the&nbsp;impact by her inventive use of framing, lenses and exposure.It's both a traditional&nbsp;and timeless approach,&nbsp;made fresh by the passion which she pours into the piece - on both sides of the camera. And the film is complemented beautifully by a wonderful Ukranian folk-influenced soundtrack, called INTRANCE, created by electronic musician&nbsp;E.M.M.A., violinist/composer Eugene Feygelson, and editor/composer&nbsp;Karel Van Bellingen.[imgtoken data:1]It is, of course, also extremely poignant. We&nbsp;see Olifirova&nbsp;in numerous evocative locations in Kyiv. Although this was started before the Russian invasion of her homeland, it was edited as the war began, so it's also marked by that conflict, particularly as it progresses into its final stages. As such, it also acts as a representation of an indominitable spirit."From Ukraine to the UK and back I find myself spiralling through spaces redefining my identity, memories and future," she says.&nbsp;"From precipice of infinite possibilities comes a self-portrait INTRANCE exploring fear, resistance, bravery and change."The music came first and it was the source of inspiration for me - we went through the process of creating the track from scratch which was very new to me. Having spend ages collecting reference music (from Jon Hassel to Gaspar Claur to Ukrainian folk music) and talking over them in endless selfies videos trying to understand the nature of my interest that I have sent to the team, I finally got brave enough to get on with it and make a real recording session happen."[imgtoken data:2]<blockquote>From precipice of infinite possibilities comes a self-portrait... exploring fear, resistance, bravery and change.</blockquote>Oliferova&nbsp;brought electronic musician E.M.M.A. (whose track Glitter&nbsp;is featured&nbsp;on her previous film Quadrality) and violinist and composer Eugene Feygelson together at her place in London to create the track that became INTRANCE."After an inspiring session of gong bath we played E.M.M.A.'s original arpeggio and improvised on top with violin, guitar and piano, and jammed over and over again to come up with a melody I could use for a dance - that I also partly attempted at the recording session itself!" she explains."There is always an element of the unexpected with unplanned sessions," comments&nbsp;E.M.M.A. "But the shared focus and short timeline were very effective at instilling the parameters we needed for Eugene to apply his violin melodies, like a painter with brush strokes bringing the composition into sharper relief."[imgtoken data:3]Above: Eugene&nbsp;Feygelson (left) and E.M.M.A. recording INTRANCE&nbsp;&nbsp;Feygelson adds that the opening music - &nbsp;in 6/8 time, made of multiple strings - was really emotive for him.&nbsp;"It’s like a nostalgic tragic dance, something you remember from your youth, or an idyllic past, like the way an infant sees the world - or that feeling when you listen to the crackle of a 1920s record. It’s very Eastern European, and it’s something we can no longer access. Maybe it never even existed."That feeling is slowly eroded by these thumps, like a hatchet across a tree, knocking down your sense of hope, of idealism.&nbsp;It then turns into a power up - the electronic sounds from EMMA fill you with this zeal, a strengthening of self, for the fight, whatever that fight is. Driving and driving you forward."Feygelsen describes the music created as "feminine, lyrical, nostalgic and Eastern European, not a surprise, but nothing we had planned before the two days we spent in Diana’s apartment." Meanwhile, EMMA says that collaborating with Olifirova was like&nbsp;collaborating with another musician.&nbsp;"Which is quite unusual in itself. It made it very easy for us to work together as she completely connects to music with her heart and being. We can see this from the final film."But at the editing stage, as she worked with editor Karel van Bellingen, the horrifying events occuring in Olifirova's&nbsp;homeland started to impact upon the film.[imgtoken data:4]"Having been influenced by the war that was kicking off in my home country,&nbsp;I started adding sounds of the military march and bombs which felt correct and very moving," she says.&nbsp;"Karel has also played a lot with the piece and collaborated with E.M.M.A. to come up with amazing and dynamic result.&nbsp;Having someone in the edit that is equally brilliant with music and rhythm made a process even more coherent and collaborative in-between the visual and the audio.""With the war in Ukraine the&nbsp;context in which we were making the score changed," confirms E.M.M.A.&nbsp;"The music shifted in response.&nbsp;Karel, an accomplished musician as well as an editor, heightened the music's sense of urgency for both the film and the times with layers of drums. The final result we are all very proud of."&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"Thé film finishes with something so painful, you can feel the steel of the strings against your ear, it’s so desperate as if nothing is left," says Eugene&nbsp;Feygelson.&nbsp;"The way it matches with Diana’s eyes, these are extreme sounds from the violin, performed brutally three note chords, and very close to the bridge, a decomposed version of that strong violin melody."It’s hard to detach from the pain we were all witnessing in the Ukraine war, and the conflict. It’s impossible to separate the composition from the contemporary event."

Ukraine

Simon Walker

United Agents

Diana Olifirova

Anatolii Sachivko

Jovana Gospavic

Karel Van Bellingen

Alternative

Folk

E.M.M.A., Eugene Feygelson, Karel Van Bellingen 'INTRANCE' by Diana Olifirova

Intrance

UKMVA-winning,&nbsp;Grammy-nominated director Tanu Muino directs pop superstar Harry Styles&nbsp;in his London pomp, in the gorgeous promo for As It Was.&nbsp;Shot across several remarkable London-based&nbsp;locations - including the Barbican estate, Lindley Hall and the penguin enclosure at London Zoo - this wonderfully dreamlike video ushers in a new era for the artist, combining melancholy with an unabashed sense of freedom and a glimmer of hope.&nbsp;The whimsical art direction and blocking of the scenes feels like a golden-age musical - complete with flamboyant styling and an emotional narrative hook.&nbsp;Styles is absorbing to watch, as always, and the video feels immediately iconic, elevated by the teamwork between the UK and Ukrainian crew.[imgtoken data:1][imgtoken data:2]&nbsp;

United Kingdom

Tanu Muino

UnderWonder Content

Bryan Younce

Nikita Kuzmenko

Frank Borin

Ivanna Borin

Yoann Bourgeois

Carlos Font Clos

Max Colt @ The Frender

Columbia Records

Molly Hawkins

Harry Styles 'As It Was' by Tanu Muino

Harry-Styles-'As-It-Was'-by-Tanu-Muino

Tanu Muino directs a fiery performance promo for&nbsp;Rosalía.The charismatic video is a celebration of&nbsp;movement, with several dance setups seamlessly interweaved&nbsp;through&nbsp;snappy transitions.The cast of performers give their all, breathlessly roaming from one scene to the next, whilst a subtle flurry of VFX adds an extra layer of experimentation to the concept.&nbsp;

Karen Saurí

Saul Levitz

Alvaro Riesgo

Vinnie Hobbs

Rosalía 'Chicken Teriyaki' by Tanu Muino

Rosalía-'Chicken-Teriyaki'-by-Tanu-Muino

Foals frontman&nbsp;Yannis Philippakis is trapped in a choreographed cycle of hedonism, in Tanu Muino's brilliant promo for 2am.&nbsp;In the video,&nbsp;Philippakis is locked in a game of cat and mouse with a mysterious woman, who he follows through a maze of whimsical studio environments, intermittently finding himself in the middle of eccentric, Gondry-esque set pieces.&nbsp;Exploding with vibrant set design, avant-garde styling and wonderfully bizarre choreography, the video is a rollercoaster of emotions played out on a massive scale.It's another triumph for Muino, showing that the director who provided exploded onto the scene&nbsp;last year with videos&nbsp;for <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2021/04/01/lil-nas-x-montero-call-me-your-name-tanu-muino/70170">Lil Nas X,</a> <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2021/02/09/cardi-b-tanu-muino/69383">Cardi B </a>and <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2021/11/19/post-malone-weeknd-one-right-now-tanu-muino/73902">Post Malone</a>&nbsp;- leading to her winning&nbsp;Best Director at the UKMVAs last year, is alo tremendously versatile.&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2021/11/19/post-malone-weeknd-one-right-now-tanu-muino/73902">&nbsp;</a>&nbsp;

Dima Malichev

Jennifer Ivory

Elena Onishchenko

Vadim Yuzba

Anastasiya Kharchenko

LUVI

Kristina Kuzikova

Iris Onufriienko

Valeriy Butkov

Roman Onufriychuk

Alena Gadjilova

Rock

Foals '2am' by Tanu Muino 

FOALS - 2am [Official Music Video]

Louis Browne explores the border between reality and fiction in his thought-provoking&nbsp;promo for COIN.&nbsp;The video for Cutie&nbsp;explores the push and pull of reality&nbsp;and how&nbsp;in the present day, it's hard to tell what is alive, contrived or entirely digital.With that in mind,&nbsp;the&nbsp;ambitious concept&nbsp;represents three different realms that the band exists within, and it took a large, international team to pull it all off - including&nbsp;CG artist Liam Noonan from London, DP Peter Hou from New York and Joanie Del Santo on styling duties.&nbsp;The resulting visual is equal parts utopic and dystopian, a vision of a future that isn't a world away from our current reality... and maybe that's the most unsettling thing about the entire project.&nbsp;

United States

Louis Browne

Bar Hariely

STADIUM

Eric Maldin

Mckinnis Alaina

Peter Hou

Matthew Bellamy

Jamey Didomenico

Joanie Delsanto

Morgan Rose

Preston Leatherman

Cal Laird

Digital Sword

Jack Melanson

Liam Noonan

Sophie Lev

10k Projects

254 Collective

COIN 'Cutie' by Louis Browne

Coin-'Cutie-'-by-Louis-Browne

Continuing seamlessly&nbsp;from the slick, nightclub aesthetic of Take My Breath, The Weeknd and Cliqua introduce the alluring, dangerous world of the new album Dawn FM.Hell is just around the corner...

Cliqua

Roisin Audrey Moloney

Somesuch

Alli Maxwell

Tim Nash

Kenneth Arnold Taylor

Norm Li

Carlos Laszlo

Matthew Henson

Lisa Madonna

Mike Marino, Prosthetic Renaissance

Jonny Problem

Nina McNeely

Ayesha Orange

Joe Keenan

Spencer Scranton

Nick Kirsten

Nick Rondeau

Evan Cohen

Foreign Xchange

Benjamin Gordon

Sunset Edit

Raphaël Ajuelos

Kodak

Fotokem

The Weeknd 'Sacrifice' by Cliqua

The Weeknd - Sacrifice (Official Music Video)

Normani and Cardi B embrace their&nbsp;wild side in Tanu Muino's latest visual spectacle.&nbsp;Paying homage to the dazzling&nbsp;excess of 90's promos, the video is punctuated by gorgeous set design, mesmerising choreography and exuberant styling... all the things an iconic pop video needs.&nbsp;Normani and Cardi are no stranger&nbsp;to high concept visuals, and their performances are the glue that binds the mindblowing array of aesthetics and styles encapsulated within the four-minute runtime.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Jack Winter

Braden Anderson

Scott Moody

Spencer Graves

Vh Post

Max Colt

RCA Records

Kollin Carter

Hip Hop

Normani X Cardi B 'Wild Side' by Tanu Muino

Normani-X-Cardi-B-'Wild-Side'-by-Tanu-Muino

Lolo Zouaï brings her energy&nbsp;to a range of everyday and extraordinary activities, in Amber Grace Johnson's brilliantly vivacious promo for Galipette. Underwater boxing, anyone?Combining mattress-hopping across an empty store, synchronised gymnastics and the aforementioned underwater boxing,&nbsp;this is a video that is as abstract as it is brilliant -&nbsp;and the nonsensical nature of the vignettes only adds to it's appeal.&nbsp;Refreshingly weird yet technically top-notch, the French-born American R&amp;B and pop musician is a true force to be reckoned with, and Johnson presents a perfect vision to introduce new fans to her world.[imgtoken data:1]&nbsp;[imgtoken data:2][imgtoken data:3]

Amber Grace Johnson

Jeff Kopchia

Object & Animal

Justin Benoliel

Gaul Porat

Kyle Frawley

Nazanin Shahnavaz

Nathaniel Dezaan

Gilbert Soliz

Vetrin Franti

Forager

Reblaked Vfx

Experimental

Lolo Zouaï 'Galipette' by Amber Grace Johnson

Lolo-Zouaï-'Galipette'-by-Amber-Grace-Johnson

Elliott Arndt brings out the emotion of Laurel's angst-pop in his video for Wild Side.Whether sitting on a bed surrounded by cameras and screens, facing a pack of papparazzi, or performing in front of projected fire and sky, Laurel confronts the darker side of media exposure through a powerful&nbsp;performance, captured on 16mm by Isaac Eastgate.&nbsp;&nbsp;[imgtoken data:1]It also marks the return of Deadbeat Films to the representation by Marisa Garner at MGA."We are thrilled to be back represented by MGA," say&nbsp;Deadbeat.&nbsp;"After a streak of hit videos with Marisa for the like of Shakka, Ghetts and Alesha Dixon, Deadbeat then ventured into the world of commercials. Having successfully spread our wings, we are now back with a BANG alongside a roster of talented directors."We’re kicking it off with Laurel - Wild Side&nbsp;directed by our long term collaborator Elliott Arndt. Hot from her freshly released EP Limbo Cherry, this is an ambitious and absolutely delicious performance video, shot on dreamy 16mm by Isaac Eastgate, outfits to die for, and a very special colour grade by our old friend Joseph Bicknell of Company 3."

Elliott Arndt

Anthony Toma

Deadbeat Films

Jack Thompson-Roylance

Boris Thompson-Roylance

Michael Roe

Isaac Eastgate

Austen Lane

Linda Wu

Dora Miller

Elle Fell

Jake Gallager

Georgia Olive

Elliot Arndt

Marisa Garner Associates

Evrim Kaya

Cinelab Film and Digital

Laurel 'Wild Side' by Elliott Arndt

Laurel-'Wild-Side'-by-Elliot-Arndt

Jordan Hemingway directs a mesmerising visual film for Wolf Alice's new album Blue Weekend.A night out in London - we’ve all had one of those. Trying to work through heartbreak and friendships made and lost, meeting characters good and bad, funny and tragic. A fight here, an embrace there. Singing in toilets, bidding farewell to a lover at a bus stop, before riding home with your mates singing at the top of your voice, until you’re alone again, but not lonely.[imgtoken data:1]You feel love, wrapped in the memories of the mad night that lays behind.Jordan Hemingway’s rendering of such a night, of course, takes twists and turns and exaggerates, making&nbsp;every mundane moment into something magically grotesque. Characters unhinged, colours bursting. Chaos reigns supreme as Wolf Alice’s visual album unfolds, with the music serving as a guide to the imagery, the emotional clock that ticks away to the early hours of the morning.[imgtoken data:2]The project is an absolute tour de force, interweaving Hemingway's hallucinatory&nbsp;vision and a series of breathtaking performances, delivered in grungy locations across the city.&nbsp;Unexpected, daring and vibrant, the abstract imagery and colour-drenched set pieces are elevated by DoP&nbsp;Molly Manning Walker's dazzling cinematography, and a true marriage of craft from every member of the production team.&nbsp;Watch the trailer for the film above, and of course, catch several of the individual videos on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/WolfAliceMusic/featured">Wolf Alice's YouTube channel.&nbsp;</a>[imgtoken data:3]

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