Art Director

Morgan Kennedy

Tanu Muino brings us the first outstanding British music video event of 2023 with Sam Smith's unabashed, splendidly theatrical and joyfully outrageous video for I'm Not Here To Make Friends.Exuberant,&nbsp;eccentric, and defiantly brazen, this sees Sam Smith dispensing with any last vestige of previous public incarnations and embracing their queer superstar status with gusto - but also with a healthy self-knowing nod and a wink.Sam arrives by helicopter to a historic countryside manor, joining&nbsp;a gregarious crowd to engage is an extravagant costume party for the ages, over an inspirational sample of RuPaul before the disco beat of this surefire smash kicks in. And eyebrows&nbsp;are soon being raised...[imgtoken data:1]There is dancing. There are some extraordinary outfits. There's rowdy behaviour. And there is some very suggestive things going on, including a scene that may possibly be inspired by Frankie Goes To Hollywood's video for Relax!Throughout is the stunning array of costumes and looks, and Sam's playful and sexy performance, which dazzles in every vignette. They are clearly having the time of their lives.&nbsp;Bringing together so many different layers and inspirations - including a knowing nod to Steven Klein's&nbsp;promo for Gaga's Alejandro&nbsp;- the video oozes self-love and an excitable confidence, and is the perfect release to complement Gloria, Smith's just-released new album.It just ticks all the boxes it's supposed to tick - and that is really down to the genius of Tanu Muino. She just knows what a pop video like this should do, and achieved it, from start to finish.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

United Kingdom

Lane Casting

Ben Reardon

Tanu Muino

Robert Katz

UnderWonder Content

James Hackett

Nikita Kuzmenko

Frank Borin

Fred Bonham Carter

Alexa Haywood

Chris Kelly

Sam Rawlings

Ben Cascillo Roger

Luke Bradley

La Horde

Sorcha O'raghallaigh

Nick Royal

Ryo Narushima

Neil Moodie

Grace Ellington

Miranda Joyce

Vinnie Hobbs

Vh Post

Company 3

Joseph Bicknell

Roma Onufriychuk

Tilt

Ivanna Borin

Alexa Haywood at Free Agent UK

Just Fred

Hannah Cooper

Spencer Graves

Sam Smith 'I'm Not Here To Make Friends' by Tanu Muino

Sam Smith - I'm Not Here To Make Friends

Henry Scholfield gets back together with Dua Lipa for a kind of sequel to the MVA-winning, near-billion viewed global smash New Rules.&nbsp;Once again Scholfield visualises the singer&#39;s internal argument with a consummate display of choreography and camera trickery. And this time there are, appropriately, two Duas. There&#39;s the stronger defiant Dua and her softer confused counterpart, figuring out how to deal with a lingering ex. And both are flanked by mirror-imaged dance squads.The constantly moving camera brilliantly merges the two groups, in a video that Scholfield conceptualised with Moseart - that&#39;s Paul &lsquo;Stromae&rsquo; Van Haver and his creative director Luc Junior Tam.&nbsp;&ldquo;I wanted the conflict between Dua&rsquo;s two alter-egos to become an emotional exchange in their movement,&quot; says Scholfield.&nbsp;&quot;I had the chance to work with the fantastic Marion Motin, to create a choreography that is something you sense/feel rather than just watch. Dua and I devised a way to make her two alter egos opposing, and she did an amazing job at personifying them in her performance, without missing a step... literally.&ldquo;For the concept, we wanted to embody the sense of empowerment in the track, whilst going beyond the literal breakup context. A visual of the internal struggle, showing the two sides of Dua&rsquo;s emotive state, like an argument with someone you love. The strong Dua at first berating then eventually persuading her weaker alter ego that they both don&rsquo;t give a f***.&rdquo;

Henry Scholfield

Campbell Beaton

Caviar

Mosaert

Katie Dolan

Pau Castejón

Marion Motin

Lorenzo Posocco

Leanne Flinn

Francesca Brazzo

Anna Cofone

Louise Hinton

Glassworks

Joe Billington

Daniel de Vue

Johnny Rayner

Sam Jackson

Dua Lipa 'IDGAF' by Henry Scholfield

Dua Lipa - IDGAF (Official Music Video)

Filmed on the vast George Lucas Stage at Elstree Studios, Charles Mehling delivers a stripped down and atmospheric promo for rising star Emeli Sandé, focusing on her performance to excellent effect with great spot lighting from DP Max Goldman. 

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Charles Mehling

Ben Sullivan

Max Goldman

Bikini Music Videos

Phil Barnes

Grant Freeman

Reuben Garrett

Bay Garnett

Claire Rothstein

Claudia Wass

Simone Grattarola

Emeli Sandé 'Next To Me' by Charles Mehling

Wizard-Sleeve’s-Get-Down-Tonight-by-Thomas-Goldser

Emeli-Sandé-'Next-To-Me'-by-Charles-Mehling

In it's first week, the TV advert became the most viewed music TVC on YouTube.

Trudy Bellinger

Merge

Francesca Barnes

Angus Hudson

Faye Sawyer

Louise Teasdale

Claudia Wass @ TVC

Prime Focus

Dan Millar

Mike O'Keefe

Ben Rogers

Rhydian’s O Fortuna by Trudy Bellinger

It also marks the return of Andy Delaney and Monty Whitebloom - aka Big TV - to videos. Andy and Monty recently joined Alexa Haywood's Free Agent UK for music video representation, and they took over delightful Battersea Park to help the leggy singer Love Again, with Alex Melham adding the rich, glossy photography.

Big TV

Dab Hand Media

Alex Melman

Warren Meneelly

Framestore

Adrian Seery

Tim Nash

Alesha Dixon’s To Love Again by Big TV

And if you don't mind me saying, it's a surprisingly slick and good-looking affair too, with Peter as the Catholic borstal boy with a girl on his mind.
Yes, he plays it pretty straight. Amazing.

HSI London

Douglas Hart

Michael Choudhury

Will Bex

Ben Crook

Nicola Brown

Peter Doherty’s Broken Love Song by Douglas Hart

It's not everyday you can call upon one of the finest actors on the planet to grace your music video. So it's not surprising that Arni and Kinski's video for The Guillemots is all about his performance. 
Sir Ian McKellen plays an ageing bureaucrat who lets his mind wander long enough to face up to the futility of his non-life.

Crossroads

Arni and Kinski

Jon Adams

Paul Laufer

Gareth McEwan

Sonny Sheridan

c/o Method Studios LA

Ross Anderson

The Guillemots' Falling Out Of Reach by Arni & Kinski

Okay, it's not a video but... well, actually it is, a very stylish and beautiful one. It just happens to be for a fashion show - Stefano Pilati's menswear collection 08-09 at Yves Saint Laurent. It played last week in Paris on three huge screens - hence the triptych design, and a most un-music promolike luxurious feel. 

Could this be a bit of a trendsetter (And can you still say trendsetter) Surely no self-respecting fashion show can do without it's own video now. Catwalks - so last season...

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