Producer

Lauren Mills

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

Untold Studios

Jed Darlington-Roberts

Daniella Manca

Jak Waughman

Zeynep Ağcabay

Jonny Tully

CHEAT

Batu 'Solace' by Batu 

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

Trinity Ellis directs a mesmerising promo for Shygirl's latest track.&nbsp;Opening with an extended instrumental, we see Shygirl - real name&nbsp;Blane Muise - sitting on a platform in front of a projection screen, which loops lo-fi, candid footage of the artist.&nbsp;Diving into ethereal performance setups, the hypnotic aesthetic is achieved through striking VFX and glossy cinematography, whilst the glamorous styling and art direction elevates the fashion-forward style of the concept.&nbsp;

United Kingdom

Trinity Ellis

CEBE Studio

Claire Burman

Joey Barlow

Jeremy Valender

Mark Gee

Kairo Jones

Connor Adams

Sarah Asmail

Nell Kalonji

Virginie Pinto Moreira

Porsche Poon

Amy Dang

Megan Lee

Electric Theatre Collective

Ysabel King

Because Music

Alt-Pop

Shygirl 'Cleo' by Trinity Ellis

Shygirl-'Cleo'-by-Trinity-Ellis

Maxim Kelly takes South London band Tiña down the pub for a heart-to-heart and some magic realism for their single Closest Shave.&nbsp;Taken from the band's acclaimed debut album Positive Mental Health Music, Kelly matches the breezy blend of surrealism and humour in the track&nbsp;with his inventive take on a one-shot video. It's a dreamlike journey into a cinematic London, a combination of the familiar and the off-kilter, that begins in a rain-lashed car park, past the band sheltering in a doorway, and then heading into the cozy indoors of the pub.With the song describing a chat between&nbsp;lead singer&nbsp;Joshua Loftin and his dad, and lyrics describing the world as “nervous like a big dinner plate”, Kelly makes the flamboyant frontman the&nbsp;focus of proceedings, popping up in different sequences, including talking to his actual dad Rufus in the video, surreally veering into an underground walkway, before completing a pub performance with the band, to an audience of men, slow-dancing with each other.Kelly&nbsp;used various methods to create this 'one-shot' - without calling upon motion control. His invention and resourcefulness has paid off with a result that's charming and cool. A&nbsp;joy to watch, in fact.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[imgtoken data:1]

Maxim Kelly

Caviar

Sorcha Shepherd

Sophie Compton

Benjamin Wearing

Justin Theodore

Bernin Isaac

Joshua Dadson

Salvador Lopez Gomez

Lottie Highfield

Jared Behl

Daisy Smith

Charlie Reddie

Homespun

Jason Wallis

Three Wise Monkeys

Carl Grinter

Brian King

Speedy Wunderground

Joe Mulvihill

Rock

Indie

Tiña 'Closest Shave' by Maxim Kelly

Tiña - Closest Shave

Lisette Donkersloot's second video for NAO - following the splendid <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2021/08/05/nao-messy-love-lisette-donkersloot/72248" target="_blank">Messy Love</a> - the songstress occupies another near-abstract space that reflects the sentiments of the song.For Wait, a song which is an intimate look at how mistakes grow in a relationship, we see NAO against a blacked-out background on a small floral island. Then&nbsp;her body and others become islands themselves in this space, creating landscapes as they appear in varying sizes&nbsp;and proportions.[imgtoken data:1]“For this video I wanted to&nbsp;create a landscape out of body parts," confirms Donkersloot. "Over the course of the beautifully-sung ballad the camera travels through a water surface, past several tableau of NAO&nbsp;in different scales/proportions mimicking elements of a landscape, where she will star as the mountains, the rocks, landshore and also a human on land surrounded by water.”&nbsp;After a while, the sky turns into a beautifully gradient colour and NAO emerges as all landscapes at once, creating a gorgeous surrealistic dreamscape. Another wonderful example of the director creating a graphic sensibility that is perfectly attuned to the artist and her performance. &nbsp;

Lisette Donkersloot

George O'regan

Aaron Reid

Murat Akyildiz

Jack Lightfoot (camera dept)

Joe Mcnally

Ash Halliburton

Edmund Bossman

Mata Marielle

Ramario Chevoy

Maya Scarlette

Dave Warren

Nomad

Martin Goodwin

Rob Peacock

Felipe Szulc

Kat Cattaneo

Sony Music

Soul

NAO 'Wait' by Lisette Donkersloot

Nao - Wait (Official Video)

Denisha Anderson directs a powerful state-of-the-nation vision of inner-city London to accompany the towering collaboration of those veterans of dance and grime, The Bug and Flowdan.The video to Pressure - the second single from The Bug's new album&nbsp;Fire&nbsp;-&nbsp;begins with an intro scene designed by Anderson to reflect the opening lyrics,&nbsp;in which we see distorted images of&nbsp;Boris Johnson and Priti Patel&nbsp;and crowds protesting,&nbsp;before cutting to Flowdan. His powerful performance is delivered against the backdrop of brutalist architecture, creating the feeling of being boxed-in within the harsh concrete setting. Eventually he takes over the screens previously monopolised by politicians and protest footage.[imgtoken data:1]Anderson intersects Flowdan's down-the-barrel performance with shots of the him and The Bug on the staircase of an inner London tower block, and&nbsp;of an urban landscape bereft of people - with the exception of two characters running away from camera, as if from an unseen threat.The video was shot across East and South London in a day, with the intense edit that follows perfectly complementing the track. The result, from the director with videos for Oscar Jerome and Wu-Lu to her credit,&nbsp;is something that feels both contemporary and timeless.[imgtoken data:2]“The claustrophobic energy was used to give space to those in estates, living upon one another and repeatedly ignored by those in power,” explains Anderson. “In choosing these locations, Flowdan becomes the voice of the people."Hence the reason for him taking over TV screens, because now is the time to listen... '...Wait for the revolution but the revolution can’t start, We affi go bludclart start it.'"

Denisha Anderson

Ellie Goodwin

Chirolles Khalil

Ben Stapleton

Oliver Whitworth

Hands London

Chiara Artioli

Hannah Silk Champagne

Ninja Tune

Dance

Grime

Electronic

Beats

The Bug ft Flowdan 'Pressure' by Denisha Anderson

The Bug - 'Pressure (feat. Flowdan)' (Official Video)

Lisette Donkersloot creates a gorgeously graphic combination of artist and dance performance for the triumphant return of Nao.Inspired by Infrared photography, and working with choreographer Shay Latukolan, the Dutch director builds a radiant spectrum of colour and movement around the East London songstress's compelling performance of Messy Love - an ode to self-love, self-respect and choosing peace over the never-ending struggles of a detrimental relationship.[imgtoken data:1]Donkersloot creates a little bit of magic with the combination of her&nbsp;studio staging - a series of ever-changing backdrops of sunsets in a range of colours - and the astounding dancers in their&nbsp;fantastic 'alien' mode: covered in indigo blue bodypaint and orange-coloured gravity-defying braid hair styles.&nbsp;&nbsp;The dancers perform an abstract choreography throughout the video to augment Nao's central position. They start out on the floor, then work their way up, portraying a metaphor of plants growing as they receive sunlight and water. In the end, they return to their original horizontal positions, holding on to their goddess NAO who is ready for a new circle of life.Ultimately the video reflects the theme of the song and Nao's empowering lyrics in Messy Love, about a&nbsp;relationship that’s on the rocks: "I won’t break, said I won’t change my ways not even this time”. This is just as graceful, uplifting and beautiful as those words.[imgtoken data:2]

Mark Gillespie

Grant Sandy Phillips

Shay Latukolan

Laura Cairney-keize

Trim Editing

Butterscotch Post

Alex Gregory

The Mill

Nao 'Messy Love' by Lisette Donkersloot

Nao - Messy Love (Official Video)

Walid Labri pays homage to Cityboymoe's home in North West London, and the turbulence of growing up there, in his video for City On Fire.&nbsp;Opening in a residential street, overshadowed by the imposing skyline in the background, the video interweaves several refreshingly creative vignettes, touching upon life, struggle and purpose.&nbsp;Building upon the lyrics "these streets that I walk in were never made for me", the soft, ethereal aesthetic is somewhat contrasted by the poignant lyrics, yet feels optimistic in its overtones and is a perfect showcase for the artist and his journey.&nbsp;

Walid Labri

Ground Work

Aaron Z. Willson

Alex Reid

Milo Brown

Gabriel Monklane

Nathan Rubins

Patt3rned

Alexandre Nerzic

Tag Collective Arts

Hip Hop

Cityboymoe 'City On Fire' by Walid Labri

Cityboymoe-'City-On-Fire'-by-Walid-Labri

Jade Ang Jackman directs a cyberpunk-inspired promo for Yonaka's comeback single&nbsp;Seize The Power.&nbsp;The enigmatic video opens with vocalist Theresa entombed in a glass box, performing various glitchy movements whilst a&nbsp;hesitant&nbsp;doppelgänger carefully approaches her.&nbsp;Falling somewhere stylistically between The Matrix series and Hellraiser, the aesthetic is beautifully rich and well considered, delivered via Ash Halliburton's art direction and complemented by DoP&nbsp;Kai Blamey Nguyen's use of ramped-up frame rates and night-vision style cinematography.&nbsp;The ideas of rebirth, growth and taking back control of our own lives are visualised with abstract flair, with Jade's bold direction confidently guiding the narrative to an exciting climax.“Theresa wanted to play with ideas relating to rebirth and the power that can emanate from within," explains Jade Ang Jackman.&nbsp;"Given her own strong and unique energy, together we could experiment with different moods and stages to show that journey gaining internal strength."It was super fun to work with an artist who is not afraid to show their wild or ugly side too!”&nbsp;

Jade Ang Jackman

Black Dog Films

Martin Roker

Sam Mukherjee

Kai Blamey Nguyen

Ioanna Kruiz

Alberto Papparotto

Pablo D’ambrosi

Thierry Phung

Manoela Chiabai

Seb Foux At Juice Crtv

Emika O Seger

Jonathan Lewis

Junior Agyeman-Owusu

Alternative Pop

Yonaka 'Seize The Power' by Jade Ang Jackman

Yonaka-'Seize-The-Power'-by-Jade-Ang-Jackman

Jade Jackman directs an ensemble of youths "wasting time"&nbsp;in grungy claustrophobic rooms in the video for Salv Goes To Hollywood.Inspired by an article Jackman read on how business managers were making toilets in workplaces tilted to prevent employees spending too much time on them, the video also draws from Marilyn Manson's Beautiful People&nbsp;and Wong Kar-Wai's 1995 film Fallen Angels.&nbsp;Uniquely twisted in its vision, the art direction from&nbsp;Ranya El-Rafaey is superb, utilising sickly green hues and mould infested textures to create a decidedly grubby&nbsp;aesthetic. Sega's performance is suitably weird, as he spends&nbsp;a great deal of time sat on a toilet tweaking and scratching himself, infested by the contaminated environment.&nbsp;

Jade Jackman

Dogtooth Films

Nathalie Pitters

Lou Macnamara

Stefanie Oswald

Edel Gardner

Ranya El-rafaey

Alia Aluli

Russie Miessi

D-fran

Scott Harris

Glassworks Amsterdam

Andy Musgrave

Nuxxe

Alternative

Sega Bodega 'Salv Goes To Hollywood' by Jade Jackman

Sega-Bodega-'Salv-Goes-To-Hollywood'-by-Jade-Jackman

Tyro directors Ethan Barrett and Tom Gullam provide an excellent device to capture South London rapper Flohio’s boundless energy on WAY2 -&nbsp;constantly from a few feet above her head, as we follow her cruising through her native neighbourhood.Matching the lyrics of being way too hype for anything regular anymore, the video plays with&nbsp;bold, hyperreal imagery, captured in gritty black and white. having set a high standard in her pervious videos directed by Duncan Loudon (who creative directed here), this feels like a natural progression - with a real and rare 'how did they do that?' aspect to the camerawork.Even with the camera flying above her, Flohio's performance is more confident and assured than ever. It cements her as one of the most exciting artists working in the genre today.&nbsp;&nbsp;

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