Mikko Ruostila

Arlo Parks celebrates her impurities and those who uplift her, in Jak Payne's breathtaking&nbsp;new promo.&nbsp;The video plays out in a series of theatrical, minimalist sets, with different rooms and performance setups created within a studio setting.&nbsp;Experimenting with light, texture and experimental camerawork, the video channels&nbsp;the enigmatic soundscapes of the track into an ethereal, transcendent aesthetic, which blurs the lines between reality and fiction.&nbsp;The idea of family and community sit at the centre of the concept, and whilst the dreamlike aesthetic might suggest an otherworldly vibe, the star of the show is the everyday stories and emotions hinted at in the vignettes. Beautiful work.&nbsp;

United Kingdom

Louis Simonon

Carmen Young

Charlie Morris

Lewis Munro

Jak Payne

Mel Giles

Ground Work

Helio Riberio

Spike Morris

Aaron Z. Willson

Ty Hack

Neil Blakesley

Raul Menendez

Josh Tilley

Emilie Louizides

Alex Gregory

No.8

Transgressive

Mouthpiece

Arlo Parks 'Impurities' by Jak Payne

Arlo-Parks-'Impurities'-by-Jak-Payne

A battle ensues for Wizkid's heart, in CHILD's stylish, UK-shot promo for Bad To Me.&nbsp;On the set of a contemporary TV show, we are introduced to various behind the scenes staff, including a showrunner the artist is romantically involved in.&nbsp;Between the glitzy performance setups and entertaining vignettes, we see this romance develop as several other women have their eye on him.&nbsp;It's a glamorous affair, from the slick styling through to the effervescent lighting, and the video is already racking up the views in the millions.&nbsp;

Syd Harmony

Lane Casting

Karen Binns

CHILD

Dasha Deriagina

De La Revolucion

MrMr

freenjoy

Camille Yorrick

Tom Nowell

Joel Honeywell

Chanel Parkinson

Alasdair Copland

Callum Watt

Ernest Tu

Joel Spence

Mikey Boats

Shamara Roper

Emma Miles

Laura Cairney-keize

Trim Editing

Luke Morrison

Electric Theatre Collective

Wizkid 'Bad To Me' by CHILD

Wizkid-'Bad-To-Me'-by-Child

Luke Casey &amp; Alex Leese's third video for&nbsp;Beabadoobee&nbsp;is a breezy, hazy performance video for Sunny Day.&nbsp;Exuding late summer&nbsp;vibes and a retro aesthetic, the video sees Bea jump from her floral-inspired bedroom into a fantasy garden just outside, full of stop-motion mushrooms, eccentric flora and a guitar-playing frog.&nbsp;It's a suitably nostalgic visual for a track that sounds like it's been pulled out of 2006 (or even 1996), and Bea radiates a relaxed, understated energy throughout.

Danny Hyland

Patricia Villirilo

Alex Leese

Luke Casey

Connie Meade

Claire Stubbs

Jon Moore

Simona Pranulyté

Jake Hunter

Tara Sadeghi

Dan Gibling

Steve Morgan

Eve Carreno

Anastasiya Cherkasyuk

Moe Mukai

Joey Choy

Tim Smith

No. 8 London

Maurice Andresen

Dirty Hit Ltd

Beabadoobee 'Sunny Day' by Luke Casey & Alex Leese

Beabadoobee-'Sunny-Day'-by-Luke-Casey-&-Alex-Leese

Dave East's latest video for Foals finds the band in playful form. In fact, for Wake Me Up the play's the thing.Shot on 35mm, East and the band take us on fever dream journey, in a theatrical setting - and it turns it into a real song-and-dance number. A real change-up in visual style for one of the UK's most consistently riveting guitar bands.

David East

Poppy Aston

Ali Copland

Kaname Onoyama

Emma Friend

Freddie Lathbridge

Chaimaa Ormazabal

Rosanna Vize

Phoebe Lettice Thompson

Carly Guy

Richard Woolway

Homespun

Joseph Bicknall

Company 3

Matt Allsop

Rock

Foals 'Wake Me Up' by David East

Foals-'Wake-Me-Up-'-by-David-East

Rebecca Lucy Taylor self-directs a rip-roaring performance promo for Prioritise Pleasure - one of three she has made for the new album.&nbsp;Inside a studio setting, we see&nbsp;Self Esteem - the stage name of musician and director Rebecca Lucy Taylor - dive&nbsp;into high-energy choreography with a group of dancers, as coloured lights coruscate in the background.&nbsp;It's a powerful visual which commands a presence, and an exciting addition to the artist's videography.&nbsp;

Rebecca Lucy Taylor

Rosie Brear

Jake Gabbay

James Hills

Georgia Lee

Fraser Craig

Kelli White

Jess Summer

Sam Allen

Stuart Roger

Experimental Pop

Self Esteem 'Prioritise Pleasure' by Rebecca Lucy Taylor

Self-Esteem-'Prioritise-Pleasure'-by-Rebecca-Lucy-Taylor

Noah Lee creates a palpably resonant dreamworld, full of quirky visual tricks streaming from the subconscious of&nbsp;his subject, the intriguing Celeste, in the video for Tonight Tonight.Once Lee sets the scene by putting Celeste through the mini-hell of not being able to light her recalcitrant cigarette, the video progresses&nbsp;into the psyche of the character our songstress embodies. The&nbsp;film meanders through dive bars and Alice-in-Wonderland-esque hallways filled with butterflies and complicated individuals.It’s definitely the film’s distortions on common realities that make its dreamworld feel somewhat familiar - an authentic imagining of a subconscious mind. It's also framed in a&nbsp;film aesthetic, and with use of lenses that creates an aura that manages to be glamourous and&nbsp;romantic as well as surreal.[imgtoken data:1]&nbsp;&nbsp;

Noah Lee

Suzan Mustafa

Kate Brady

Riff Raff Films

Tom Berendson

Jack Meredith

Harry Wheeler

Philip J Heron

James Malamatinas

Lee Parfitt

Elena Isolini

Emma Lipop

Vicky Morris

Kaitlyn Battistelli

Marco Grey

OB Management

Cinelab Film and Digital

Soul

Celeste 'Tonight Tonight' by Noah Lee

CELESTE [TONIGHT TONIGHT]

Olivia Rose delivers an up-close and personal promo for Emir Taha's debut music video for Huyu Suyu.&nbsp;As explained by the artist himself,&nbsp;"'Huyu huyuma denk, suyu suyuma denk’ means getting on well together, being of the same disposition. The literal meaning is ‘her ways match my ways, her water matches my water.’ That chemistry is captured perfectly in the video. It’s about two people who share the same energy, dreaming underwater through hallucinations."The alluring visuals flicker between&nbsp;intimate vignettes in the water, from bathtime romps to solo soaks in the tub, an amalgamation of memory and fantasy. Taha continues, "It’s my first ever music video so its is a defining moment in an artist’s visual world - I feel so lucky to have had the chance to work with the amazing Olivia Rose whose taste I admire a lot.”DoP&nbsp;Nathalie Pitters creates a sensual, physical experience with the cinematography, utlising opulent gold&nbsp;and orange colour palettes usually to portray a sense of luxury and fantasy.[imgtoken data:1]OLIVIA ROSE:<blockquote>This was an amazing experience in how much water can change the dynamic of shooting.&nbsp;</blockquote>“Huyu Suyu, the coming together of the masculine and feminine. Taking influence from Emir’s lyrics as well as his Turkish heritage we set the video in water - from a bath to the deep blue - where Emir meets a mirage in a red veil - loosely based on Turkish bridal attire."The promo focuses on that electric moment when you think two people are coming together but they don’t quite make it, the moment the mirage disappears and Emir realises he is alone in the bath once more."Leaning in to his heritage which is so beautifully captured in the melody of the track, we wanted to attempt to recreate Turkish ebru art around his body in the bath - it’s a metaphor for Emir’s world becoming trippy and ethereal, a marker point for us before he is dragged under. For me, this was an amazing experience in how much water can change the dynamic of shooting.”

Olivia Rose

Kavita Babbar

Martha McGuirk

Katie Lambert

Danny Rumbelow

Nathalie Pitters

Catharina Scarpellini

Davide Scalenghe

Leopold Naessens

Max Windows

Jason Wallis

Oliver Whitworth

Hands London

alternate pop

Emir Taha 'Huyu Suyu' by Olivia Rose

Emir-Taha-'Huyu-Suyu'-by-Olivia-Rose

Groove Armada celebrate their comeback with a remote lockdown party, in MrMr's video for Get Out On The Dancefloor.&nbsp;Almost a&nbsp;decade after their last release, Armada have created a new record from their last album's outtakes and extracts left on the cutting room floor.&nbsp;Featuring cameos from Sophie Ellis Bextor, Rose McGowan, UK drag artist&nbsp;Divina De Campo and Jeremy from Stink, the video is a celebration of music, dance and togetherness under our shared experience with lockdown.&nbsp;

Stink Films

Paul O'Reilly

Connor Coolbear

John Hassay

Electronica

Groove Armada 'Get Out On The Dancefloor' by MrMr

Groove-Armada-'Get-Out-On-The-Dancefloor'-by-Mrmr

Felix Brady's&nbsp;dreamlike, kaleidoscopic visuals take centre stage in Mr Sun (Miss Da Sun) by Greentea Peng.&nbsp;Playing&nbsp;vivid, lush landscapes off against brutalist city structures, the camera continuously pushes forward&nbsp;into different environments, in this latest example of Brady's resourcefully creative approach to music video FX.Aira (aka Greentea Peng) acts as a guide of sorts, her hypnotic, trance-like performance leading us from one environment to the next, through unusual mirror portals (several of which even come with their own bouncer).&nbsp;And Harry Wheeler's cinematography takes the strongest elements from nature and technology, and weaves them into his images. A tube carriage, drowned in a Matrix-style green feels futuristic and striking, and in the next frame&nbsp;we are out in a park, washed in sunlight and amongst the autumnal colours of nature.&nbsp;The VFX, courtesy of Berlin-based Mikko Ruostila, also deserves a shout-out. The different layers and tracking of the environments is no walk in the park, however the team have perfectly executed an immersive and surreal world for Greentea Peng to thrive in. This is one of the more unique videos you will see this year, and it's evident that the team have worked passionately to get the project finished to such a high standard.&nbsp;&nbsp;

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