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Scott Cunningham

Little Simz and Dave Meyers. Yes, it's happened - and it's amazing. This is an utterly brilliant video, for Simz's Gorilla. Unquestionably one of the best of the year so far.Dave Meyers does what he has done so well for so long: bringing a book full of jawdropping visual ideas and executing them to perfection, with the considerable assistance of a great team. But at the end of the day, you just get the sense that this would not work half as well without the sheer high voltage charisma of the artist otherwise known as Simbiatu Abisola Abiola Ajikawo.Little Simz is just fantastic in this. It's a&nbsp;vehicle that is worthy of&nbsp;her talent, and just shows how great she is. In fact, it takes her&nbsp;to the next level.&nbsp;It just demonstrates that in terms of British artists at the moment, she really has no peer.So presumably she's headlining the Pyramid at Glasto this weekend, right...?[imgtoken data:1][imgtoken data:2][imgtoken data:3]

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Sina Pars

NuCalifornia

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Dave Riggio

Pergrin Jung

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Ann-Marie Hoang

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Ar’Tavia Harris

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Greg Scruton

Cabin Edit

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Dante Pasquinelli

Ethos Studio

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Bianca Bhagat

Hip Hop

Little Simz 'Gorilla' by Dave Meyers

Little Simz - Gorilla (Official Video)

Dave Meyers directs a high-concept fairytale fantasy for&nbsp;Megan Thee Stallion's team-up&nbsp;Dua Lipa.Based on a concept by Megan Thee Stallion, the video follows two men as they wander into an otherworldly forest, before encountering the artists as you've never seen them before.&nbsp;Dark, sultry and enigmatic, the pair are introduced in the throws of a chaotic abode, which has gyrating legs for doors and a neverending spiral of spiky teeth lining the walls inside.&nbsp;The video only gets more absurd and visually complex from there, and the sheer scale of the concept - and the staggering amount of VFX&nbsp;work - pays off in an explosion of glossy set pieces and first class performances.&nbsp;It's jawdropping work - but that is what we have come to expect from the&nbsp;remarkable Dave Meyers and the brilliant team around him.&nbsp;[imgtoken data:1]

United States

Jamie Rabineau

Tara Sheree

Brian Bell

Tyler Evans

François Audouy

Laurieann Gibson

Alyssa Oh

Lucas Prevost

Megan Thee Stallion & Dua Lipa 'Sweetest Pie' by Dave Meyers 

Megan Thee Stallion & Dua Lipa - Sweetest Pie [Official Video]

Chris Martin and Selena Gomez are worlds apart in this evocative promo for Let Somebody Go, directed by Dave Meyers.&nbsp;We see the artists in a distorted New York cityscape, surrounded by an environment&nbsp;that steadily&nbsp;contorts into a surrealist dreamworld.&nbsp;Building upon themes of loss and moving on, we see Martin and Gomez tread the same path in seemingly parallel worlds, coming together for a short moment in a freefall, before parting again at the resolution of the video.&nbsp;The distinctive black and white style achieves a balance of French New Wave-era aesthetics and a dizzying display of visual effects prowess, resulting in a visual that is powerful and timeless.&nbsp;

Yoann Bourgeois

Marie Vaudin

Brian Simpson

Jack Kanner

Janae Abraham

Coldplay X Selena Gomez 'Let Somebody Go' by Dave Meyers

Coldplay X Selena Gomez - Let Somebody Go (Official Video)

Hannah Cooper

Paul McLoone

George Nelson

Ben Mankin

Jack Carter

Tim Wiley

Alison Dominitz

Emma Lipop

Lisa Farrall

Lauren Kay

Nathan Rodgers

Stefan Sonnenfeld

Ingenuity Post

Jumanah Shaheen

Dan Curwin

Asylum Records

Ed Sheeran 'Bad Habits' by Dave Meyers

Ed-Sheeran--'Bad-Habits'-by-Dave-Meyers

Dave Meyers and Chris Martin&nbsp;push the boundaries of VFX - and celebrate dance via the Ambiguous Dance Company and choreographer Boram Kim, in the blockbuster video for Coldplay's 80s-tastic Higher Power.This is state of the art green-screen technology happening here, completed with typical elan by a team at Mathematic in Paris. Unquestionably one of the biggest blockbusters of the year so far.&nbsp;&nbsp;

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Ben Piety

Dave Dean

Koji Kojima

Brian Lofthouse

Patrick Tatopoulos

Peter Andrus

Galen Hooks

Marta del Rio

Ryan Burke

Barney Burman

Charlie Le Mindu

Beth Fenton

Sienree Du

Brittany Sullivan

Coldplay 'Higher Power' by Dave Meyers

Coldplay - Higher Power (Official Video)

Tanu Muino directs a bold, innovative promo for Lil Nas X that has courted a whole heap of controversy - and not entirely for the reasons it intended.&nbsp;The video for Montero (Call Me By Your Name) is a&nbsp;tour de force&nbsp;of 3D art, larger than life set pieces and a truly mesmerising performance,&nbsp;and is presented with an important message of freedom from the trailblazing artist.With it's huge CGI build and characterisation of Lil Nas in a number of roles, Muino has created an extraordinary fantasy world to showcase the artist's unapologetic attitude, with Paris-based Mathematic doing the heavy-lifting in terms of&nbsp;VFX work.Nas starts on a journey, where he encounters various version of himself. Ultimately he&nbsp;descends from the heavens&nbsp;straight into Satan's lap, where he gives a&nbsp;sultry lapdance, all the while celebrating and embracing who he is - and blocking out the naysayers and haters.The unintended controversy comes with the sequence of Nas's descent on a pole to Satan's lair, and its similarities to elements of FKA Twigs' Cellophane video by Andrew Thomas Huang. After a series of <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/news/2021/03/30/andrew-thomas-huang-cries-foul-over-lil-nas-xs-montero-video/70167" target="_blank">anguished posts on social media by Huang</a>, Lil Nas X has now acknowledged the close similarity of the sequences in the two videos, in&nbsp;<a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CNEAOPCFaHb/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link" target="_blank">an Instagram post</a> on March 30th, in which he describes Cellophane as a "masterpiece."&nbsp;i want to show love to&nbsp;@fkatwigs&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;@andrewthomashuang&nbsp;! the “cellophane” visual is a masterpiece.i want to say thank u to twigs for calling me and informing me about the similarities between the two videos, as i was not aware they were so close. was only excited for the video to come out. i understand how hard you worked to bring this visual to life. you deserve so much more love and praise.

Tanu Muino

Marco De Molina

UnderWonder Content

Frank Borin

Braden Anderson

Vanessa Manlunas

Mathematic

Alexa Haywood at Free Agent UK

Saul Levitz

Ivanna Borin

John Richoux

Electropop

Lil Nas X 'Montero (Call Me By Your Name)' by Tanu Muino

Lil-Nas-X-'Montero-(call-Me-By-Your-Name)'-by-Tanu-Muino

Ariana makes it to the Oval Office...

Whitney Jackson

Tino Shaedler

Company 3

Adam Avitabile

Ghost VFX

Mod Creations

Ariana Granda 'positions' by Dave Meyers

Ariana Grande - positions (official video)

Drake visits Nike HQ to play ball with some buddies...

Matt O'Connor

Eric Shoonover

Cabin Editing Company

Drake ft Lil Durk 'Laugh Now Cry Later' by Dave Meyers

Drake - Laugh Now Cry Later (Official Music Video) ft. Lil Durk

Dave Meyers directs an emotional and pertinent&nbsp;visual for Anderson Paak's Lockdown.Reflecting on racial injustice, police brutality and the global pandemic, the video is an introspective exploration of how society has reached its tipping point, and a call for systematic change.&nbsp;Featuring cameos from&nbsp;Dominic Fike,&nbsp;Andra Day, Jay Rock, Syd of the Internet and .Paak's son Soul Rasheed, amongst others,&nbsp;Lockdown is made up of several performance vignettes, stylised in a subtle way with offbeat angles and composition, but pared down from some of Meyers' more fantastical work. The intimate performances are the focus here, and the video ensures&nbsp;the issues at hand remain centre-stage.&nbsp;The animation at the end of the video, detailing the names of those killed through police brutality, is a striking wake up call: "The People Are Rising". All cast and crew salaries were donated to Beam, Dream Defenders and Color Of Change.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Robin Day

Max Dean

Will Urie

Spencer Graves

Jasmine Benjamin

Contemporary R&B

Anderson .Paak 'Lockdown' by Dave Meyers

Anderson-Paak-'Lockdown'-by-Dave-Meyers

Missy Elliott builds upon her brilliantly absurd videography with the Daniel Russell-directed Cool Off - featuring&nbsp;Missy and friends making performance art in a modern art museum.&nbsp;As a&nbsp;protegé of Elliott's frequent collaborator Dave Meyers, Russell has a deep understanding of the visual language and&nbsp;qualities that make a Missy Elliott video so fresh and punchy: high-energy performance, surreal concepts, cutting-edge styling. This video encompasses all of the above, with Russell's own flair thrown in.&nbsp;With a trademark beat and catchy refrain, the visual depicts Elliott as an art exhibit, on-display alongside a group of glitching, floating characters. Within moments, everyone breaks into breathless choreography, introduced by a complete change in colour palette and super-vibrant styling.&nbsp;Elliott doesn't disappoint with her performance - a quickfire flow, dynamic movement&nbsp;and impressive balance... which will all make sense when you watch it (and particularly to anyone old enough to remember Weebles... ed.)&nbsp;Drawing&nbsp;upon the groundbreaking visuals&nbsp;of her early mainstream work, the track and video capture a sense of nostalgia, whilst contemporising the themes and adding a unique perspective to the mix.&nbsp;

Daniel Russell

Jeff Kopchia

Jamar Hawkins

Rome Williams

Daniel Guarino

Mike Cruz

Marcus Cooley⁣

June Ambrose⁣

Kellon Williams

Alexandra Butler

Jarrett Fijal

Bonch Post

Jr Strickland

Mildred Delamota

Atlantic Records

Missy Elliott 'Cool Off' by Daniel Russell 

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Camila Cabello fights her way out of the studio system in Dave Meyers' rollicking comic history of Hollywood's Golden Age for My Oh My.Opening on the set of a 30s-style gangster film, Cabello plays the damsel in distress one times too many, and flips out when the director calls cut before she gets a chance to show her violent side. Begging with a bunch of suits back at the studio, she takes her career into her own hands when they deny her a role as an action movie heroine.&nbsp;The black and white visual is soaked in the glamour and nostalgia of old Hollywood, paying homage to the time period through everything from high contrast lighting to the Art Deco-inspired set dressing. And the introduction of Dababy keeps the story powering forward, offering Camila a way out of her predicament.DoP Scott Cunningham utilises whip pans and rapid camera movement to keep up the pace and intensity, and the art direction takes us through the decades, building to an explosive climax - in Cinemascope and Technicolor -&nbsp;when Cabello finally gets her way, echoing&nbsp;Kill Bill&nbsp;and other badass female action films&nbsp;we take for granted in contemporary cinema.&nbsp;With plenty of his offbeat humour on-screen, Meyers also appears in a rare cameo as a scriptwriter, rounding off a brilliant cast of no-nonsense, greedy business-types. Cabello is brilliant as always, diving headfirst into the multifaceted role and making the whole thing believable. Magical work from an ambitious creative team.&nbsp;

Rock Paper Scissors

Stefan Sonnenberg

Ingenuity Studios

Fuliane Petikyan

Camila Cabello ft. Dababy 'My Oh My' by Dave Meyers

Camila-Cabello-Ft.-Dababy-'My-Oh-My-'-by-Dave-Meyers

Harry Styles becomes engulfed, and emotion dovetails perfectly with technical brilliance, in Dave Meyers'&nbsp;video for Falling.

Harry Lambert

Bryan Younce

Columbia Records

Harry Styles 'Falling' by Dave Meyers

Harry-Styles--'Falling'-by-Dave-Meyers

The mythology of an imaginary island and its folklore is&nbsp;explored in Harry Styles' epic video for Adore You, directed by Dave Meyers."In all the seas, in all the world, there has never been a land quite like the isle of Eroda. Shaped unmistakably like a frown, it is home to an all but forgotten fishing village that has had perpetual cloud cover for as long as anyone can remember."The inhabitants of Eroda aren't happy people. The gloomy depression causes&nbsp;people to have a permanent "resting fish face", and are fiercely superstitious, wary about anything that threatens their lives or mindsets.&nbsp;Into this inhospitable setting comes a boy born&nbsp;&nbsp;with a dangerously bright smile, who inadvertently causes havoc whenever he opens his mouth.&nbsp;Styles takes on the role of the boy, who befriends a fish and takes care of it through an escalating number of crazy situations. As he wrestles with his own emotions and the impatient inhabitants of Eroda, will he get a happy ending?It's a hugely ambitious and beautifully executed video, where the attention to detail to styling, wardrobe and production design - and dozens of VFX shots -&nbsp;help to bring the imaginary world to life.&nbsp;Meyers brings what has become his trademark brandof humour in his 'second coming' as a music video director. He is never afraid to explore the absurd whilst still keeping it grounded and emotionally affecting. Great stuff.

Jo Coombes, Ellen De Faux, & Tom Gardner

Chris Shafer

Laura Ellis Cricks

Verity May Lane

Chris Afzal

Adam Parker & Nathan Scherrer

Tom Gardner

Harry Styles 'Adore You' by Dave Meyers 

Harry Styles - Adore You (Official Video)

Travis Scott, he of the diamond teeth, takes a surreal trip through a dark, chaotic world in his latest collaboration with Dave Meyers.It's a classic execution by Meyers of the ideas presented by Scott for Highest In The Room.&nbsp;Figments of Travis's&nbsp;imagination flit in and out, whether he has his head in the clouds, is taken hostage and tortured, is at a strip club or is precariously walking a steel beam on an unfinished skyscraper.

Fresh Carreras

Mike Alberts

Keith Bronsdon

Freya Bardell

Cactus Jack

Randy Donaldson

Travis Scott 'Highest In The Room' by Dave Meyers, Travis Scott

Travis Scott - HIGHEST IN THE ROOM

Yeehaw! Lizzo continues her charm offensive in this zesty video for Tempo, directed by Andy Hines and co-starring the legendary Missy Elliot.It’s late at night, and everyone’s heading to Lizzo’s diner. The star and her entourage gather in the parking lot for a gravity defying routine that features, amongst other things, twerking low-riders, burning wheels and flying passengers. But as always, it’s Lizzo that commands the camera.From the get-go, the video is testament to a star so naturally charismatic, she makes a flute solo look aspirational. And then, to top it all off, Missy Elliot backflips out of a car bonnet - an image you didn’t know you needed until you've see it.Tempo looks both contemporary and loveably old school, like it could have existed in any era of hip-hop. The video is rendered in bold,&nbsp;broad strokes of red and blue, achieved through harmonious styling, makeup and production design.Lizzo for President!

Andy Hines

Nic Neary

Jeff Powers

Julia Zsolnay

Richard Volsky

Andrew O'Conner

Jemel McWilliams

Josh Hegard

Keith Hamm

Sean Coleman

Arcade Edit

Flawless Post

Alexx Mayo

Shelby Swain

June Ambrose

Trap

Lizzo ft. Missy Elliott 'Tempo' by Andy Hines

Lizzo - Tempo (feat. Missy Elliott) [Official Music Video]

Mendes and Cabello, lost souls in a hot city,&nbsp;have a short-lived romance in this sun-soaked vignette by Dave Meyers, his latest collab with Camila.This style of sexually-charged crossover is so well worn, it almost qualifies as a genre. See SparkNotes on Madonna, Drake, Xtina and Rihanna. But watching this video, which is by no means provocative, it may occur to you how safe previous incarnations of this genre have tended to be. Despite being billed (and widely misremembered) as sizzling, risqué videos, they now seem incredibly coy about their subject. Namely, sex. Strong eye contact does not a romance make.In Señorita, Cabello sings about going “back to the hotel”, and then she and Mendes do just that. They have a one-night stand, and are confused about the encounter afterwards. Which feels oddly refreshing. Thanks to their chemistry, and a commitment to the subject of their song, the video sets a new bar for its form.

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Sabrina Elizondo

Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello 'Señorita' by Dave Meyers

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