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Matilda Harding-Kemp directs a riveting performance&nbsp;promo for Laurel Smith's Vampire Romance.Featuring an elevated, horror-tinged concept, the video - following up Harding-Kemp's impressive video for <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2022/10/10/laurel-smith-everybody-bleeds-matilda-harding-kemp/78684" target="_blank">Everybody Bleeds</a> -&nbsp;sees the artist perform in the middle of a pentagram in several&nbsp;vivid vignettes.[imgtoken data:1]"For Vampire Romance the idea was to create a haunting, atmospheric scene that played with contrasts in colour, light and shadow," says Harding-Kemp.&nbsp;"Laurel’s performance drives this video in the centre of a giant pentagram."&nbsp;Straightforward and unfussy in concept, the video gives Laurel Smith room to bring her own unique vibe to the performance, which toes the line between mysterious and ethereal, whilst retaining a contemporary, alt-pop sensibility.

United Kingdom

Matilda Harding-Kemp

James Dearden

Carrie Sutton

Blindeye Films

John Leahy

Sebastian Hinds

Mike O'Connor

Jack Lightfoot

Bronte Carter

Daisy Oldershaw

Louis Catlett

Stef Perry

Joe Walker

Alt Pop

Laurel Smith 'Vampire Romance' by Matilda Harding-Kemp

Laurel-Smith--'Vampire-Romance'-by-Matilda-Harding-kemp

Mihai Feflea directs a high-spirited&nbsp;promo for Penguin Cafe.&nbsp;In 1972, the founder of Penguin Cafe Orchestra, Simon Jeffes (father of Arthur Jeffes, who founded Penguin Cafe) was hallucinating from fish poisoning, and imagined the Penguin Cafe as&nbsp;"a magical haven within the concrete jungle." This&nbsp;video aims to bring all these facets to life.The juxtaposition of warm, playful character work and grey city landscapes is immediately captivating, with some of London's best-known brutalist structures appearing in the backdrop of the visual.&nbsp;Josie Cronk's cinematography emphasises the distinct worlds represented in the video: the neon world at night, the natural light of day and&nbsp;the&nbsp;warm tungsten lights in the café. These worlds are a unique yet familiar&nbsp;part of everyday life, and feel immediately comforting yet complex, much like the soundscapes in the track and musical genre.&nbsp;

Elodie Chiper

Olivia Jessop

Oliver Whitworth

Mihai Feflea

Full House Films

Will Churchill

Josie Cronk

Robert Raths

Jake Arnold

Ben Casciello-rogers

Katy Clare Brooks

Andi Chu

Electric Theatre Collective

Tomas Howser

Erased Tapes

Experimental

orchestra

Penguin Cafe 'Welcome To London' by Mihai Feflea

Penguin Cafe - Welcome to London (Official Music Video)

Mihai Feflea directs a&nbsp;one-shot tour de force for Penguin Cafe, the new incarnation of legendary 70s/80s cult avant-pop band Penguin Cafe Orchestra.Deeply inspired by the dream world of Japanese magical realism, in the video for In Re Budd, the camera&nbsp;weaves around the room as the performance unfolds in a wonderfully meditative manner, capturing different perspectives of the musicians and their instruments.Each member of the band is&nbsp;wearing a Penguin head - maintaining the identity&nbsp;of the original group and their referencing their <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=penguin+cafe+orchestra+album+covers&amp;source=lnms&amp;tbm=isch&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwiW1rj0ksL-AhVqQUEAHZqjACIQ_AUoAXoECAEQAw&amp;biw=1419&amp;bih=606&amp;dpr=2.2" target="_blank">surreal album covers</a>&nbsp;- for a song named in tribute to composer and ambient music pioneer Harold Budd.&nbsp;[imgtoken data:1]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

Ben Casciello

Allan Opio

Chamber Jazz

Penguin Cafe 'In Re Budd' by Mihai Feflea

Penguin Cafe - In Re Budd (Strings Version) (Official Music Video)

Kassandra Powell directs an absorbing comeback promo for Bimini, which shows that you can find glamour in the most unlikely places.&nbsp;The&nbsp;video for Rodeo opens with Bimini on a mechanical bull, shining bright as lights refract from the&nbsp;abundance of reflective monochromatic textures.&nbsp;Quickly bringing the concept back down to Earth, we realise this whole setup is in a typical British pub, and the punters are as about as apathetic to Bimini's performance as they come. But whilst most glare&nbsp;disapprovingly as Bimini continues to do her thing, one character breaks out of their passive state to get absorbed into the otherworldly trance of the music.&nbsp;The contrast of glossy pop concept and&nbsp;stoic public is a brilliant visual dynamic, and DoP&nbsp;Luke Dryden's cinematography captures the perfect balance of these two opposing styles.[imgtoken data:1][imgtoken data:2]

Lewis Walker

Sarah Adewunmi

Dan Kreeger

Mia Maxwell

Kassandra Powell

Elliot Zelmanovits

Alexa Haywood at Free Agent UK

CAMP 

Al Rice

Luke Dryden

Francesca Woods

Sue King

Ben Eeley

Miti Lebrere

Alan Scott

Lauren Bell

Iliana Mavroeidakou

Byron London

Sara Faulkner

Homespun/Stitich

Myles Bevan

Time Based Arts

Sony Music Entertainment

Bimini 'Rodeo' by Kassandra Powell

Bimini - Rodeo (Official Video)

Matilda Harding-Kemp directs a powerful promo for new artist Laurel Smith's Everybody Bleeds, depicting a surreal dreamworld outside the confines of a party.The video explores themes of empowerment, violence and rebellion, slickly visualised with style and flair, and Harding-Kemp has created a hard-hitting and refreshing visual that stays in the mind."Life experiences good or bad become a part of us and that’s something we have to grapple, fight and grow with," she says. "We wanted to portray this aspect of reality through a sense of metamorphosis where the more the video progresses the more Laurel’s reflection changes until she doesn’t recognise herself. To me, subtle moments like this feel quite close in representing that transient journey.[imgtoken data:1] "This psychological narrative is driven from Laurel’s subconscious as she escapes a party and ends up finding her power again. When we fall into Laurel’s dream world where time-freezes, all the girls have weapons to protect themselves in some way."This feels like quite a rebellious image that links to the contrast in the lyrics of being a ‘good girl’ and a ‘bad one’ as women are stereotypically told to be in line and sweet. So it was fun playing with that and showing female energy in an empowering way."

Matilda Harding-kemp

Steffan Perry

Company 3

Laurel Smith 'Everybody Bleeds' by Matilda Harding-Kemp

Laurel-Smith--'Everybody-Bleeds'-by-Matilda-Harding-kemp

Directing duo Constantine //&nbsp;Spence direct a thrilling promo for VAAL.&nbsp;The enigmatic video plays out as a hypnotic fever dream, a visual cacophony of nightclub gazing and haunting abstract cutaways.Leaving any sense of narrative to the imagination, the video instead focuses on the intensity of emotion created by the music, and remains beautifully uncategorisable throughout.&nbsp;"For this video we really wanted to play into the intensity of Song Zero - the innate feeling of overriding threat"&nbsp;say&nbsp;Constantine // Spence. "We wanted the video to feel walk the line between the beautiful and impending threat."For us it was all about focusing in on the small moments that usually go missing on a frantic night out. Eliot is at the heart of this film - we view all these moments through their gaze."

Brydie Perkins

Constantine // Spence

Polly Millner

Theo Hue Williams

OB Management

OB Productions

Jack Cullis

Morgan Sinclair

Sam Holmes

Chelsea Bernard

Bedouin Records

VAAL 'Song Zero' by Constantine // Spence

VAAL - Song Zero (Official Video)

Theo Watkins directs an effervescent performance promo for Easy Life, featuring Benee.&nbsp;The video for OTT combines maximalism and nostalgia, in a visual clash that is as garish as it is amusing.&nbsp;"We set out to make an uber-saturated, 90's-style greenscreen performance video that looked like it had been found at the bottom of MTV's scuzzy VHS archive - using the term 'over-the-top' as our guiding star in pretty much all respects," explains Watkins.&nbsp;I think we can all agree that goal was achieved - and then some.&nbsp;

Jaime Jarvis

Lucy Bonner

Theo Watkins

Marco Grey

Richard Scott

Christos

Maya Man

Emma Regan

Dan Moran

Indie

Easy Life ft Benee 'OTT' by Theo Watkins

Easy-Life-Ft.-Benee-'Ott'-by-Theo-Watkins

Vasilisa Forbes directs a stylish performance promo for UK rock outfit Pale Waves.Interweaving her fashion sensibilities with portraiture-style vignettes, Forbes uses lighting and art direction to visualise the compelling track.&nbsp;Shot in a studio, the video for Lies spans three contrasting setups which each&nbsp;offer a conceptual take&nbsp;on the lyrics.[imgtoken data:1]"(The track) spoke to me of heartbreak and frustration, yet with punchy empowerment," says Vasilisa Forbes.&nbsp;"I wanted to create a striking performance-focused video for Pale Waves with Heather at the forefront; in a lighting and colour driven studio environment."A blue diamond shape is repeated through a performance cube where we mirror ceiling and floor, and a diamond studio formation ‘inversion’. Shadows and mysterious lighting-tonality speak to me of ‘LIES’ - covering up, hiding, sinister details...thoughts taking place in the shadows."Playfully the heart motif is presented and repeated through the use of blood-red tones, and heart cut-out lighting frames."&nbsp;

Joshanne Dar

Vasilisa Forbes

Alessia Lendrum

Lowkey Films

Krunal Saadrani

Vanessa Mcdonnel

Samuel Fullerton

James Huth

Ellie Bond

Rebecca Cawthra

Katie Dymmock

Coffee & TV

Laura Gamezzz

Pale Waves 'Lies' by Vasilisa Forbes

Pale-Waves-'Lies'-by-Vasilisa-Forbes

Following the warmly nostalgic video for <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2022/01/21/metronomy-things-will-be-fine-juliet-casella-thibaut-caesar%C2%A0/74645">Things Will Be Fine</a>, Metronomy reunite with directors&nbsp;Juliet Casella &amp; Thibaut Caesar for the gleeful Right On Time.&nbsp;The band situate a dreamworld where they go skydiving, and then landing to enjoy a picnic and a spontaneous performance.&nbsp;Wonderfully art directed, the whimsical set design feels like a vintage kid's TV show, with bright colours and a menagerie of wacky props - which also happen to float around on their own.&nbsp;Anchored by playful performances and an overtly joyous tone, the video is an escape from the real world just momentarily, to enjoy a more innocent, laidback fantasy.And if you want to know more about how Casella &amp; Caesar and Metronomy created their skydive/picnic fantasy, check out the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sicuQeJO0kM" target="_blank">behind the scenes video</a>.

Juliet Casella

Thibaut Caesar 

Joseph J. Goldman

Tara Sadeghi

Aaron Z. Willson

Natalia Maus

Because Music

Steve Wingrove

Adam Singodia

Lou Alvarez

James Duffy

Briony Albert

Oliver Hogan

Anna Inglis Hall

Holly Adamthwaite Wood

Jamie Hodgson

Work Editorial

Phil Wood

Glassworks

Jonny Thorpe

Ground Work

Metronomy 'Right On Time' by Juliet Casella & Thibaut Caesar 

Metronomy - Right on time (Official Video)

Samuel Douek directs a warm and reflective promo for Mabel's Time After Time.&nbsp;You've probably heard Mabel's cover of the Cyndi Lauper classic on the McDonald's Christmas commercial this year, which depicts the story of a girl who outgrows&nbsp;her imaginary friend, before a trip to a McDonalds restaurant&nbsp;jogs her memory.&nbsp;The visual interpretation in the official music video is quite different, opting for a real-life, heartfelt concept which ponders love and loss,&nbsp;remembering those who are no longer with us, whilst looking forward to the future.&nbsp;The genuine emotion&nbsp;and intimate setup of the vignettes makes for a profound viewing experience, whilst Mabel's performance is spot-on as always.&nbsp;

Samuel Douek

Zoe Gunn

Elle Lotherington

Tyson Douglas

Kieran Brown

Tilda Bonham Carter

Simone Beyene

Rio Sreedharan

Hila Karmand

Ben Rogers

Gramercy Park Studios

Robson Yeo

Lisa Foo

Polydor Records

Fingal Green

Mabel 'Time After Time' by Samuel Douek

Mabel-'Time-After-Time'-by-Samuel-Douek

In his second video for DJ/producer prxz, following <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2021/09/29/prxz-child-red-milo-blake/73079" target="_blank">Child In Red</a>, Milo Blake directs&nbsp;a poetic re-interpretation of the Grim Reaper shepherding a lost soul from limbo, in his promo for Girl.&nbsp;Shot entirely in a six minute&nbsp;continuous take, this one-shot film follows this version of the Reaper as she moves through an abandoned aftermath and interacts with the Soul.The abstract interpretation of the concept creates an aura of mystery which heightens the drama of the piece - with a great use of the East London location and in particular a giant electric pylon tower that straddles the road, its frame picked out in Adam Singodia's black and white cinematography.[imgtoken data:1]The excellent central performances by Emma Aldija as the Reaper and&nbsp;Maddie Millar as the Soul are also noteworthy,&nbsp;keeping viewers engaged with hypnotic, otherworldly movement and spontaneous choreography, captured by Steadicam operator Mike Vega.&nbsp;

Milo Blake

Jordi Estapé

Spindle

Nosisa Majuqwana

Danny Rumbelow

Dan Howe

Charlotte Toon

Harry Davidson

Mike Vega

Mouthpiece

Awal

prxz 'Girl' by Milo Blake

Prxz-'Girl'-by-Milo-Blake

JLS are back! And to emphasise the significance of the comeback of this hugely popular singing group - who had their original heyday in the early Noughties - Ian Roderick Gray has the band travel through time, to indicate that&nbsp;they rate up with the great singing groups of all.&nbsp;Gray takes us on a journey through the history of pop, with JLS performing their comeback single Eternal Love as performing on TV at different points along a timeline, from the Sixties to the present day, via the Seventies and MTV-era Nineties.&nbsp;Each era is recreated with admirable attention to detail - particularly in the style and quality of the TV coverage - and this really works in order to make its bigger point about the timeless appeal of JLS - who indeed look and sound in fine fettle.&nbsp;[imgtoken data:1]

Ian Roderick Gray

Emily Vincent

Luke Goodrich

Matthew Emvin Taylor

Lea Aubigne

Steve Cameron

Zenon Clements

Georgia

Kai Sawyerr

Nadia Altinbas

CHEAT

Marisa Garner

JLS 'Eternal Love' by Ian Roderick Gray

Jls-'Eternal-Love'-by-Ian-Roderick-Gray

Walid Labri directs a fresh promo for Big Zuu's Navigate.&nbsp;Using a car-mounted camera as the main focus of the concept, we see a unique perspective of Zuu's journey, following him as he cruises through London, meeting friends, catching up with acquaintances - and even hopping out to do some ad-lib performing.&nbsp;Conceptually tight and reflective of the track's lilting beat, it's an enjoyable and memorable showcase for Navigate.&nbsp;

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