Choreographer

Julianne Waters

After scooping prestigious Cannes Lions this year for&nbsp;<a href="https://somesuch.co/uk/directors/kim-gehrig/reel/libresse-viva-la-vulva/" onclick="window.open(this.href, '', 'resizable=no,status=no,location=no,toolbar=no,menubar=no,fullscreen=no,scrollbars=no,dependent=no'); return false;">Viva La Vulva</a>, her music video-like ad for Libresse, Kim Gehrig makes a rare return to music videos proper for Alabama Shakes' singer Brittney Howard's solo debut single, and celebrates everyday life courtesy of of one of Hollywood's most likeable everyday heroes, Terry Crews.The redoubtable star of Everybody Hates Chris,&nbsp;Brooklyn Nine-Nine, The Expendables&nbsp;movie series, and more, plays a weary working man&nbsp;who clocks off at the factory, and makes his way home, via a trip to the supermarket - and all the while taking on&nbsp;lipsync duties on Howard's song&nbsp;Stay High. We find that this ordinary day in Athens, Alabama (Howard's hometown) starts to be sprinkled with a certain magic, as his fellow citizens, and aspects of the world start tuning in and contributing to Crew's&nbsp;performance.The video is a really wonderfully subtle combination of realism and fantasy and the result is pure Gehrig. Like her <a href="https://somesuch.co/uk/directors/kim-gehrig/reel/sport-england-this-girl-can/" target="_blank">This Girl Can</a>&nbsp;ad&nbsp;for Sports England, the magic does come from a real place, and she offers the viewer the chance to see things and make a greater than usual, positive response of their own.This is also as much about the place&nbsp;as the performance by Crews, who on receiving the singer's personal request for him to apper in the video, agreed and then insisted it was filmed in her hometown. Howard's&nbsp;family and friends appear in the video - which is dedicated to her father&nbsp;K.J. Howard, and both he and Brittney make cameo appearances. And this is in many ways a timeless, almost Capra-esque&nbsp;portrait of smalltown America, about a real community. Ultimately it tells us that, a place is more than what appears in the headlines. Just like everywhere else,&nbsp;it is about the people.

United States

Kim Gehrig

Saul Germaine

Christo Arsenio

James Waters

Somesuch

Saskia Whinney

freenjoy

Nathan Scherrer

Ryley Brown

Tom Lindsay

Trim Editing

Heather Michell

Tracy Facelli

Drew Frazier

Ashley Amezcua

Jabu Brown

Framestore

Simon Bourne

Sophie Harrison

Ato Records

Soul

Brittany Howard 'Stay High' by Kim Gehrig

Brittany Howard - Stay High (Official Video)

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