Director's Representation

Las Bandas Be Brave

Lewis Cater directs a wistful promo for country singer Kashus Culpepper.&nbsp;The video for Alabama Beauty Queen meditates on a fleeting romance, as visions of the eponymous girl&nbsp;shimmer in a giant chandelier.&nbsp;With lingering camerawork and cinematic lighting setups, it's a thoughtful and absorbing visual that leads viewers into Culpepper's rich world.&nbsp;[imgtoken data:1]

United States

Hali Dańeal

Lewis Cater

Alex Pescosta

Tuff

Caleb Donato

Morgan Sweat

Katie Fiore

Jason Wain

Luke Holliday

Djay Brawner

Max Rose

Phil Dudevoire

Alex Beswick

Tyler Chase

Tucker Anderson

Baylee Snedden

Jordan Ryan

Brian Charles

Chelsea Eisen

Guy Davies

Zebrafish Media

Aurimas Kislius

Jasmine Ciara

Big Loud

Country

Kashus Culpepper 'Alabama Beauty Queen' by Lewis Cater

Kashus Culpepper -Alabama Beauty Queen (Act I, Scene 4)

Lewis Cater directs a poignant promo for US country-blues singer songwriter Kashus Culpepper.&nbsp;The video for Cherry Rose peels back the double life of a dancer who by day devotes herself to the fragile discipline of ballet; by night, she moves through the raw, neon-lit world of a strip club. Kashus stands as both narrator and silent witness, anchoring her ballet dance performance&nbsp;on a stage with a soulful, magnetic performance of his own from the seats.It's an impactful video with plenty of standout moments - with an enigmatic epilogue.&nbsp;

Lakelyn Tayler Pounders

Dylan Rucker

Hudson Curry

Chase Lochamire

Kashus Culpepper 'Cherry Rose' by Lewis Cater

Kashus Culpepper - Cherry Rose (Act I, Scene 3)

Mika continues to explore the drudgery of modern life, finding a novel use for the photocopier&nbsp;in Nick Bartleet's intriguing office-based promo.It's an interesting setting for the irrepressible singer-songwriter, who makes a highly&nbsp;unlikely&nbsp;office drone. But Bartleet's video for Immortal Love conjures the same eery&nbsp;corporate liminality as shows such as Severance, with an absorbing, anachronistic vibe.&nbsp;And&nbsp;Mika has his own way of disrupting the tedium of the drab&nbsp;office setting, with that photocopier, building a&nbsp;rotating factory line of clones, creating his own version of immortality as he does so.&nbsp;

United Kingdom

Nikki Porter

Patou

Nick Bartleet

Alex White

We Are Jealous

Kennith Liew

Marti Guiver

Andy Roberts

Sam Barnham

Peter Swinford

Tilda Bonham Carter

Charli Avery

Claire McGonigal

Final Cut

Katie Dymmock 

Ink Studio

Harry Lindley

Mika 'Immortal Love' by Nick Bartleet

Mika-'Immortal-Love'-by-Nick-Bartleet

Director X, giant of music video direction, has joined Las Bandas Be Brave for worldwide music video representation.The director, otherwise known as Julien Christian Lutz, has been directing music videos for the biggest pop and rap global rap artists from the late Nineties to the present day.&nbsp;He is known for his work for&nbsp;Drake, Jay-Z, Tyla, Rihanna, Rosalia, Sean Paul, The Weeknd, Ariana Grande, Kendrick Lamar, Justin Bieber, DJ Khaled, and many more.&nbsp;Director X is unquestionably one of the most viewed music video directors of all time on YouTube, with several of his videos, including <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GL9JoH4Sws" target="_blank">Fifth Harmony's Work From Home</a>, now recording views in the billions.&nbsp;His other work includes&nbsp;the movie Superfly, and creating&nbsp;art installations for Nuit Blanche and 'Life of The Earth',&nbsp;in collaboration with the Ontario Science Center, in his hometown of Toronto.&nbsp;Andy Roberts, Director's Rep UK at Las Bandas, says: "We are thrilled to welcome Director X to Las Bandas. His iconic music videos make stars look truly super, while also inspiring billions of views, memes and much <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPQ3o14ksaM" target="_blank">'banging of the damn furnace'</a>. In fact, just stop reading this and go binge."As well as being repped by Las Bandas, Director X is signed to UnderWonder Content for music videos. Watch his reel <a href="https://www.underwonder.tv/director-x" target="_blank">here</a>.

Director X joins Las Bandas for music video representation

Lewis Cater directs a charming, festive promo for Dan + Shay.&nbsp;In the video for Long Live Christmas, Dan + Shay step in to save the holidays, rallying a small town against their penny-pinching mayor with music, unity and unstoppable holiday spirit.Showcasing the slick, rich aesthetic Cater is known for, it's a breezy slice of holiday cheer, exuding a sense of magic and carefree nostalgia in every frame.&nbsp;So in case there was any doubt about it...&nbsp;Christmas is definitely happening. And it's closer than you think.&nbsp;

Amber Lehman

Brandon Campbell

Jarrett Jarvis

Jason Hassell

Troy Jackson

Jonathan Medina

Stepheny Miller

Kirsten Atkinson

Samuel Halleen

Matt Bettinson

Warner Records Nashville

Dan + Shay 'Long Live Christmas' by Lewis Cater

Dan + Shay - Long Live Christmas (Official Music Video)

MIKA shifts gears as he grapples with modern times, in&nbsp;Rupert Höller's beautifully abstract promo inspired by Charlie Chaplin's 1930s classic movie.&nbsp;The video for Modern Times is an industrial-tinged, creative montage of vibrant vignettes, paying homage to Chaplin and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLeDdzGUTq0" target="_blank">the original Modern Times</a>, Talking Heads, and the graphic compositions of Russian constructivism art.Shot in the director's home town of Vienna, the video experiments with various in-camera and visual effects, playing with scale, colour and styling.&nbsp;It's got all the exuberance of a Mika visual, elevated by the&nbsp;heightened, anachronistic aesthetic, and the&nbsp;characteristic focus upon the relationship between design and choreography that's a real hallmark of Rupert Höller's work. They make a good team.&nbsp;[imgtoken data:1]

Alexandros Girginer

Eric Gagnon

Jessie Wei

Rupert Holler

Sarah Zaza

Sabine Tatzgern

Kaiserschnitt Film

Devon Libran

Alex Sprenger

Matthias Helldoppler

Christof Adolf

Valentin Pritz

Richard Belicky

Julia Sauerzopf

Tamara Mayr

Jenny Bladek

Bernd Koch

Rainer Maly

Manuel Plach

Alternative

MIKA 'Modern Times' by Rupert Höller

MIKA - Modern Times (Official Video)

Partners in crime, and life, face a fork in the road in Nick Bartleet's bank-robbing marital musical for Briitsh-Asian DJ and producer Naughty Boy.The video for The One heralds the long awaited return to music by the artist otherwise known as Shahid Kahn - and the return to videos by Nick Bartleet with a characteristically intriguing and dramatic narrative.In this case, the twist comes with the revealing of the identiy of the masked bank robbers who break out into dance routines whilst executing a bank heist. It's clear&nbsp;they will never be suspected of their crimes while the partnership is strong - but then internal tensions in a long-running&nbsp;relationship take&nbsp;a hand.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

Ailsa Robertson

Tom Nowell

Stephen Dunn

John Mouratis

James Wicks

Jamie Neale

Jack McGinity

Studio RM

Dance

Naughty Boy ft Maeta, Lost Girl 'The One' by Nick Bartleet

Naughty-Boy-Ft.-Maeta,-Lost-Girl-'The-One'-by-Nick-Bartleet

Lewis Cater directs an intriguing&nbsp;outdoorsy&nbsp;promo for Tennessee-raised singer Cassandra Coleman.&nbsp;From the soundtrack of season 2 of Netflix series Nobody Wants This, the Bite My Tongue video finds Cassandra in a handful of liminal vignettes. Backdropped by mountainous landscapes, we see Coleman as an exasperated checkout clerk, a conflicted arborist and a dazzling performer, creating a sense of playful surrealism in every frame.&nbsp;Balancing concept and performance, Cater creates an intimate space for the artist to open up and experiment, navigating the complicated emotional pull in the track.&nbsp;"[It's]&nbsp;a reflective look back," he explains.&nbsp;"It’s the future self observing their younger counterpart, who was blinded by complacency and consumerism, convinced that meaningful change was always out of reach. Even though it was there all along."[imgtoken data:1]

Kelsey Miralles

Christina Coleman

Yafate Shifraw

Devin Sarno

Edgar Aragon

Gary Long

Moe Al-kayed

Varun Puri

Kristina Kardi

Morgan Grimes

Warner Music

Indie pop

Cassandra Coleman 'Bite My Tongue' by Lewis Cater

Cassandra Coleman - Bite My Tongue (from Netflix's "Nobody Wants This" Season 2) [OMV]

Ben Newbury directs an out-of-this-world promo for Biffy Clyro, where frontman Simon Neil is an astronaut floating free in Earth's orbit - and not out of choice.&nbsp;Newbury's 'lost in space' premise is not unfamiliar, but it's highly appropriate for a track as heartfelt and contemplative as Biffy's Goodbye. And the success of the video also rests on the unexpected dramatic twist, where Earth explodes in a&nbsp;flash of red-hot flames.&nbsp;After glimpses of his past appearing in his helmet visor, the final moments are a compendium of glitchy memories that pull on the heartstrings. And we end on Neil's face in close-up,&nbsp;leaving his fate as a mystery. The result is a powerful visual, which makes the most of great VFX,&nbsp;creative cinematography and above all, an emotional core to anchor it all.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[imgtoken data:1]Director Ben Newbury confirms that the concept of the video was influenced by&nbsp;Alfonso Cuarón's groundbreaking movie&nbsp;Gravity&nbsp;- a film that was ten years in the making due to the need to develop the technology to make it work. By contrast, the video for Goodbye happened very quickly.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"We received the brief for Goodbye less than 48 hours before Biffy Clyro and their team were reading a treatment - thanks to the wonderful <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/profiles/las-bandas-be-brave-1/31930" target="_blank">Andy Roberts at Las Bandas</a>."Seven days later we were at Twickenham Studios in their VP stage, with Unreal worlds built by the 'quite brilliant'&nbsp;company Quite Brilliant, lights and camera plotted and positioned by guru Thomas English, and an enormous motion control arm expertly captained by Rammi from G6, with Simon from the band in a full space suit attached to one end - with a huge grin on his face.[imgtoken data:2]"That only happens when you are working with the most fantastic young production company in London. Ramy, Tony and Erin from <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/profiles/common-people-films/56328" target="_blank">Common People</a> are truly exceptional. It is through their skills, their network and the culture they have curated that makes a project like this happen. This shoot simply shouldn’t have been possible, never mind successful. And, with that, a massive shout out to everyone involved for going above and beyond what is normally possible to help get this made."With questions ringing around the industry about what value music videos have in 2025, this was a clear reminder that, at the minute, their only lifeline as an artform is bands and artists that are passionate about them being made, record labels and managers that can see their effectiveness as brand building tools and production companies and their teams who are willing to put their own time and money into projects they believe in. However illogical and unsustainable that is…"Alfonso Cuarón had 10 years and $100 million to create Gravity. We had £20K and three weeks. Which leads to one question, what on earth did Alfonso do with the rest of the $100 million? :)" &nbsp;

Ben Newbury

Ramy Dance

Andre Wooz

Common People Films

Jen Ivory

Sachin Parmar

Thomas English

Jay William Whittington Barrette

Matthew Hollis

Lily Purbrick

Common People Studio

Cam Sender

Rock

Biffy Clyro 'Goodbye' by Ben Newbury

Biffy-Clyro-'Goodbye'-by-Ben-Newbury

Boni Mata directs an 80's fever dream for Doja Cat's comeback promo.&nbsp;The video for Jealous Type is a&nbsp;tour de force&nbsp;of slick performance, killer outfits and a vibrant, nostalgic aesthetic.&nbsp;Intercutting between breathtaking performance vignettes, it's&nbsp;a contemporary reimagining of the golden age of music videos - big sets, big hair and even bigger ambitions.&nbsp;A true spectacle of a visual&nbsp;that feels like an event in its own right.[imgtoken data:1]&nbsp;[imgtoken data:2][imgtoken data:3]

Brittany Porter

Ardyn Flynt

Kelly Zdanowicz

Brett Nelson

Boni Mata

Sam Houston

Collin Druz

freenjoy

Tony Jou

Htat Htut

Tara Sheree

Abi Perl

Joans Morales

Mynor Preising

Corey Bringas

Kristina Lechuga

T Marsh

Jared “jstayready” Henderson

Ivan Nunez

William Town

Modern Post

Mikey Pehanich

Royal Muster

Pendulum

RCA Records

Doja Cat 'Jealous Type' by Boni Mata

Doja-Cat-'Jealous-Type'-by-Boni-Mata

Lewis Cater helms a gripping and forboding video for New York rock outfit The Pretty Reckless, where frontwoman Taylor Momsen unleashes a remarkable performance - and embarks upon&nbsp;a terrifying transformation.The video opens with the prelude Life Evermore Pt. 2 - with Momsen contemplating her reflection in a bathroom mirror, before plunging into the performance set-up For I Am Death, Momsen spotlit in front of her shadowy bandmates.Her fiery performance&nbsp;is intercut with an evocative dramatic sequence, the singer literally exposed and vulnerable. The shadow of Death looms large, which invests both versions of Momsen with a new strength&nbsp;- as she is consumed by a storm of bats and reborn.This strongly focussed theme is delivered&nbsp;with great&nbsp;style and visual power.&nbsp;A gritty black and white aesthetic elevates the haunting concept and Cater's excellent direction of Momsen's performance is framed by impressive&nbsp;cinematography by Liam Reardon.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"Blending performance, metamorphosis and a nightmare, underworld dreamscape; I wanted this video to pulse with punk aggression and eerie beauty, while letting Taylor’s transformation into the angel of death carry a striking fashion-editorial feel," explains Cater.[imgtoken data:1]&nbsp;&nbsp;

Luke Carr

Lindsey Hartman

Sam Millstein

Chris Acosta

John Izarpate

Liam Reardon

Jose Guerrero

Ryan Toussieng

Yoel Collado

Dan Rodriguez

Mathilde Suissa

Leone Sky

Roberto Morelli

Sam Halleen

Fearless Records

Digital Beauty Work

The Pretty Reckless 'For I Am Death/Life Evermore Pt.2' by Lewis Cater

“The Pretty Reckless - For I Am Death // Life Evermore Pt.2 (Official Music Video)

Dora Paphides creates a steamily irresistible club atmosphere for US singer Justine Skye’s collab with producer Kaytranada in her most impressive video yet.&nbsp;The New York-shot promo for Oh Lala&nbsp;&nbsp;is a riveting showcase for Justine where she performs impressively amidst a sea of writhing bodies.&nbsp;"We looked a lot at Gaspar Noé, Paris Is Burning, Suspiria (just a touch), and the 2024 Vogue Italia Steve Meisel cover for this video," says Dora. "We wanted the club to feel like its own universe. Once the doors close, nothing else exists. It’s seductive, surreal, and totally immersive - almost like the club becomes a character in itself."Justine was incredible to work with: a visionary and a true collaborator. Every move she made on camera was magnetic—honestly, a dream artist." &nbsp;