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Nicci Power

Ahead of his full-scale reunion with Take That, Robbie Williams releases a one-off single with former bandmate Gary Barlow, with the acoustic Shame.

Shot in Chatsworth, California for the cowboy bar and exterior scenes, and Malibu Creek State Park for the rural locations, Williams and Barlow reignite their epic 'bromance'...

Vaughan Arnell

Donnie Masters

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Drew Downes

Robbie Williams & Gary Barlow’s Shame by Vaughan Arnell

For the big orchestral ballad from his Reality Killed The Video Star album (and Official Sports Relief single), Robbie is back with his old mucker Vaughan Arnell, who casts him as a lonely astronaut on solo voyage to a space station above Earth in this excellent video for Morning Sun.
With some exquisite lighting and photography from DoP Max Malkin, SFX and added space footage, the drama builds throughout the musical break right up to splashdown.

Adam Somner

Max Malkin

Bruce Shibley

Shinko Lura

Paul Harrison

Robbie Williams’ Morning Sun by Vaughan Arnell

And Vaughan Arnell - on something of a comeback trail of his own, having kept away from videos for the past couple of years - supplies the properly big statement that was needed. 
Bodies distils elements from some of those Robbie/Vaughan collaborations of old - Angels, Let Me Entertain You, Millennium, Rock DJ, Supreme, etc - into something that's right for the times. Great locations, Rob looks great, and the old cheekiness starts to emerge on the wing of a crumbling jet. 


Vaughan Arnell on the making of the video for Robbie's Bodies

"It was interesting seeing Rob five years on from the last time. He was in good shape - much more relaxed than he used to be, in fact. We had specific points to hit - there's a little bit of Steve McQueen in there, with the bike. What was great was that we had lots of the same old crew working on it. 
"It was a two day shoot and completely mental. We shot at this airport in the Mohave Desert which they call the graveyard. It's where they store planes, and basically it looks like an airport, and there's a part where they break up planes. You can just land a Jumbo, roll it round on the sand and start breaking it up. What's really frightening was pressing your finger into the fuselage of a plane with the insulation taken out, and the metal would dent. There was a lot of spooky stuff around. 
"They wanted to keep the comedy angle down a bit, and that's his real missus, Ida, in the beach buggy. And we timed it all so we only had half an hour to do the performance. We saved it for the wing-walking bit, and caught it at sunset.
"The whole point of the video is that everyone has forgotten about Rob, what he's really about. And people have been comparing him with Take That, which is wrong. So you see him in the desert, all unshaven. Then he gets himself together.
"There's certainly a lot riding on this - they [Robbie's management] are paying for it themselves, they are really counting on it. So you've got to get it right."

Nicci Power

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