Director of Photography

Stefan Yap

Meji Alabi and Leigh-Anne celebrate Nigeria's rich culture in the pulsating video for My Love, featuring Ayra Starr.&nbsp;Set against the vibrant backdrop of Lagos, Alabi's video for the ex-Little Mix star weaves elements of local fashion, dance, and the country's stunning landscapes into the narrative.&nbsp;The video features local actors and dancers, offering viewers a glimpse into the authenticity and diversity of Nigerian talent, creating a visual experience that perfectly complements the joyous essence of the song.&nbsp;It's a real&nbsp;tour de force,&nbsp;interweaving thrilling performance vignettes and&nbsp;energetic choreography&nbsp;at a truly ambitious scale - and great cinemagraphy from Alabi's regular collaborator Stefan Yap.It's quite a statement for the artist now stepping out as a solo performer - and demonstrating that she can really dance - working with a director reaching greater heights than ever before.&nbsp;[imgtoken data:1][imgtoken data:2][imgtoken data:3]

United Kingdom

Meji Alabi

Martin Roker

Ghandi El-Chamaa

Space To Create

JM Films

Jimi Adesanya

Trim Editing

Matt Newman

Jonny Tully

CHEAT

Artist Building

Warner Records

Shadeh Smith

Black Dog Films

Leke Alabi-isama

Stanley Igbegbu

Paul Osondu

Kevin Emecheta

Patience Ezeogo

Dominic Obada Promise

Leigh-Anne ft Ayra Starr 'My Love' by Meji Alabi

Leigh-Anne: 'My Love' (feat. Ayra Starr) [Official Video]

After setting the tone with <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2023/05/31/j-hus-its-crazy-tax-tron-delix/81783">It’s Crazy</a>, J Hus is back to business with&nbsp;infectious Afro-beat banger Militerian.Directed by TG Omori, the video sees Hus link up with Naira Marley, creating an&nbsp;undeniable dynamic which highlights&nbsp;their African pride.The use of primary colours play a huge role in the visual, with Naira surrounded by dancers in an all white room, contrasted with&nbsp;Hus draped in native garments, meeting with mysterious individuals.&nbsp; It’s a way of showing Hus as royalty, as he naturally glides through the vid guarded by foot soldiers, making the statement and he is king and has no plans of giving up his well deserved throne.Ambitious and grand in scale, the video moves at breakneck pace, with plenty of visual appeal from start to finish.&nbsp;

COMPULSORY

Kiran Mandla

Chris Toumazou

Maya Dufeu

Henry Cristerna

Akay Delano

Stephen Ofori

Amarjeet Singh

Anti

Liam Wallace-Cook

Jake Whitehouse

Toni-blaze Ibekwe

Rosa Connell

Anastasia Busch

Dasha Taivas

TG Omori

J Hus ft Naira Marley 'Militerian' by TG Omori

J Hus - Militerian ft. Naira Marley (Official Music Video)

KC Locke directs a frenetic&nbsp;promo for Mist x M1llionz, boasting&nbsp;dynamic studio performance set-ups and a high-octane car chase.&nbsp;While the video blends Locke's love for energetic camerawork with&nbsp;vehicle-based action shots,&nbsp;Jamil Shaukat's sharp edit brings everything together with artistic flair, keeping the&nbsp;perfect pace throughout.&nbsp;"Really enjoyed collaborating with Mist again and first time collaboration with M1llionz," Locke says. "I know Mist is a big petrolhead and the idea of a fast action car chase mixed with precision handheld performance always gets me excited."Always a&nbsp;good energy shoot when Mist is involved, and Mist &amp; M1llionz were a pleasure to work with."

KC Locke

Emily Davies

Jenny O'Sullivan

Marisa Garner Associates

Swords & Eagles

Nathan James Tettey

Nick Platt

Marisa Garner

Ben Plummer

Sean Kelly

Danny Usman

Martin Welsby

Jenny O’Sullivan

Jamil Shaukat

Vlad Barin

Warner Music

Mist X M1llionz 'Money Moves' by KC Locke

Mist-X-M1llionz-'Money-Moves'-by-Kc-Locke

Jax Jones and Fireboy DML coast along the London skyline - quite literally - in KC Locke's ambitious promo for Me and My Guitar.&nbsp;Soaring high above the city streets in a Bentley, we follow the artists on a celebratory lap of the airspace, intermittently switching to a high fashion performance vignette to keep things fresh.&nbsp;An eye-catching marriage of concept, performance and VFX, with a joyous, upbeat vibe to boot.[imgtoken data:1]"Loved working with Jax Jones on our first collaboration together!" says KC Locke.&nbsp;"Bringing my style to the concept of rags to riches showing a young Jax and young Fireboy dreaming of a better life and then transitioning to a bright future. Dream big and go make it happen is the motto.&nbsp;"Really enjoyed pushing the rules on this one.&nbsp;Having a Bentley fly over London was a logistical challenge between the car being lifted high in the air by a crane and having the artists sat on the floating car safely.&nbsp;Really happy with the results and big love to the whole team."&nbsp;

Aga Dziedzic

Andrew Rawson

Ameerjeet Singh

Arran Green

Beatrice Giustini

Jack Fontaine

Richard Bradley

Oliver Bingham

Alasdair Baines

Aida García Vega

Liam Meridith

Ashleigh Haines

Francesca Ingram

Charlie Morris

No.8

Polydor

Jax Jones, Fireboy DML 'Me and My Guitar' by KC Locke 

Jax-Jones,-Fireboy-Dml--'Me-And-My-Guitar'-by-Kc-Locke-

Stormzy is stuck in a loop in Meji Alabi's splendidly luxurious&nbsp;promo for Need You,&nbsp;featuring Ayra Starr and Tendai.&nbsp;In a lavish hotel full of high-end patrons, we see Stormzy and Ayra Starr head through a curtain into an enigmatic room, where a romantic encounter plays out. But then Stormz is back through the curtain into the main room, like he's just arrived, and it all begins again...In the main party, Tendai provides the entertainment for the rest of the guests, rounding off a&nbsp;tour de force&nbsp;of heavyweight performances.With a rich, opulent aesthetic and slick styling, it's a video packed full of striking&nbsp;moments, and a perfect complement to the track.&nbsp;Really classy&nbsp;stuff from Meji Alabi and his team.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Toby Barber

Jack Green

Ricky Labib

Kieran Daley-Ward

Gary Kent

Stormzy ft Ayra Starr & Tendai 'Need You' by Meji Alabi

STORMZY - NEED YOU ft. AYRA STARR & TENDAI

KC Locke takes his motion-control ambitions to the next level, in the dreamy promo for Lola Young's So Sorry.&nbsp;In a conventional greasy spoon caff - the ominously-named&nbsp;Cruel Cafe -&nbsp;we find&nbsp;Lola Young playing a variety of different characters, on both sides of the counter, in an interweaving tapestry of narratives and slick camera moves.&nbsp;Technically advanced and head-spinningly complex, the video is anchored by the artist's down to earth performance style and authentic interpretation of each character she inhabits.&nbsp;It's another innovative promo for KC Locke and team, whose collaboration with Manchester-based G6 Moco has taken things up a notch once again.[imgtoken data:1]"After experimenting with motion control in 2021 across various projects I had been waiting for the opportunity to use motion control with a full track system," explains Locke. "We designed this concept with that in mind and wanted to create a video which allowed our camera to move around a set freely while telling a visual story."I've wanted to work with Lola Young for a while now and this was the perfect project to link up on. Lola was a pleasure to create with and I feel like we made something great here. The song So Sorry&nbsp;had this feeling of different personalities [so] after pitching the concept of multiple Lolas in her own End Of The F*cking World-style cafe, we got to work on bringing this to life.[imgtoken data:2]"Between Christmas and New Year's Eve when traveling to Thailand for our holiday, myself and Jenny O’Sullivan (production designer) spent many hours planning and discussing the creative and building a world for Lola. While I spent&nbsp;hours planning out each and every second of the motion control moments, Jenny spent equal time designing Cruel Cafe&nbsp;from the ground up while working remote with her art and set building teams."Once I had the whole video mapped out on paper, Andy Rider (G6 MOCO) then began to pre-vis the entire video for us. G6 MOCO’s dedication and attention to detail really helped in this process of really understanding what I had envisioned."The set construction came together beautifully along with the lighting direction by Stefan Yap (DOP) and Nick Platt (gaffer and Drop City owner) - the set really felt like a real cafe and gave the perfect backdrop for Lola to bring these characters to life."

Lewis Nicholson

John Hassay

Ella Taylor Palfrey

Luke Goodrich

Alexandra Green

Richard Sloan

Sasha O'Neill

Alex Price

Alex Gregory

Lmntl Fx

Island Records

G6 Moco

Lola Young 'So Sorry' by KC Locke

Lola-Young-'So-Sorry'-by-Kc-Locke

KC Locke brings Jamaican reggae star&nbsp;Koffee to Manchester for an amazing high-speed adrenalin&nbsp;rush.The video sees Koffee performing Pull Up, the lead-off single from her new album, while hanging from a high-performance car, speeding and drifting around a container base. But topping even those spectacular shots is the final sequence with Koffee sitting on the boot of a car as it speeds down a deserted stretch of motorway.KC Locke says the idea was designed to demonstrate the artist's love for fast cars, and every shot clearly shows that Koffee is doing her own stunts on this - captured with considerable skill by Locke and crew in the following camera vehicle.&nbsp;[imgtoken data:1]"Shooting this video in Manchester means a lot to me and the whole Swords &amp; Eagles team," says Locke. "Being big fans of Koffee it was an honour to welcome her from Jamaica and shoot in our home city of the north."It was great working with her, and for the record Koffee does her own stunts!" he confirms."Hats off to [producer] Lewis Nicholson&nbsp;who pulled this logistical challenge together. I knew my treatment was ambitious but Lewis managed shut a container base for us&nbsp;- and close down an entire motorway, with Koffee sat on the back of a drift car. We are very proud to start the year with this!"

Leerana Roberts

Ella Taylor-Palfrey

Ollie Bingham

Lewis Evers

Rebekah Lockwood

Hannah Sorcha

Lisa Foo

Columbia Records

Reggae

Koffee 'Pull Up' by KC Locke

Koffee-'Pull-Up'-by-Kc-Locke

The latest episode in Greg Barth's ongoing collaboration with Easy Life is the&nbsp;whimsical video for Have A Great Day - and takes us back to the summertime and the English seaside.This one was inspired by the photography of Martin Parr, and shot on a windy day in Broadstairs, it transforms&nbsp;a typical British day at the beach into a slightly surreal experience.&nbsp;The video experiments with cyclical camera movements and a postcard gag,&nbsp;resetting the scene after each cycle. The characters get progressively messier - both in the literal and figurative meaning of the word - as they throw ice creams, start play-fighting and falling over themselves.&nbsp;The inspired blend of visual effects and live action creates a mesmerising aesthetic. Playful, characterful, and on the verge of chaotic - just like a day at the seaside. And its very Easy Life.&nbsp;

Greg Barth

Ramy Dance

Common People Films

H The Gee

Philips Nortey

Chris Steel

Benny Casey 

Connor Coolbear

Electric Theatre Collective

Shivam

Charlie Smith

Alternative

Indie pop

Easy Life 'Have A Great Day' by Greg Barth

Easy-Life-'Have-A-Great-Day'-by-Greg-Barth

KC Locke brings some iconic symbols of luxury living to a warehouse setting, adorning the performances of Raye, Russ Millions and wewantwraiths for production team Da Beatfreakz's Money Calling.As usual Locke gets excellent performances from the featured artists through a variety of punchy set-ups, but its Raye who stands out, adding charisma and glamour to the proceedings. It's one of the best of her many music video appearances.[imgtoken data:1]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"Da Beatfreakz, known for their big collab tracks, really did something special with this one," says Locke. "Working with Raye on this project was a great opportunity to give a contrast of femininity energy and dark beauty to a usually male-dominated drill genre of music. Raye is a natural performer and I feel together we really brought something special to the table."This is a great example of building relationships with artists and making the most of a shoot. Though the concept was simple I wanted the artists individual performances to stand out in their own unique way and feel crafted,raw and powerful."

Dan Jenner

Dan Miller

Nayaab Tania

Lauren Groves

Olly Fisk

Hashi Adbulkadir

Grime

drill

Da Beatfreakz ft Raye, Russ Millions & wewantwraiths 'Money Calling' by KC Locke

Da-Beatfreakzft-Raye,-Russ-Millions-&-Wewantwraiths-'Money-Calling'-by-Kc-Locke

Claire Arnold's latest video for Ashnikko&nbsp;depicts Ash in three paradisiacal settings while they perform to camera.“I wrote this song pre-pandemic when I was on vacation," Ashnikko has said about&nbsp;Panic Attacks In Paradise. "I had been working really hard, just going going going... When I actually stopped to be with myself and be still, I didn’t know what to do. I was having really horrible mental health problems and I ruined my vacation for myself; so I quite literally had a panic attack in paradise.”

Claire Arnold

Ben Pengilly

Ground Work

Aaron Z. Willson

Anna Butler

Elicia Lotherington

Devan Clarke-Sheward

Dan Howe

Massimo Filippi

Ellie Koslowsky

Finn Sullivan

Holly Wood

Claire Moore

John Allan

Georgia Olive

Tom Chick

Adam Clarke

Fatima Ouklilane

Butterscotch Post

Sam Seager

Parlophone

Ashnikko 'Panic Attacks In Paradise' by Claire Arnold

Ashnikko-'Panic-Attacks-In-Paradise'-by-Claire-Arnold

KLVDR let&nbsp;us in on Young T &amp; Bugsey’s latest side hustle - house flipping - in the high stakes promo for Big Bidness.&nbsp;At a location somewhere in suburbia, we see the artists joined by a team of girls, ready to break in and 'repossess' the contents of&nbsp;a multimillion pound mansion.&nbsp;DoP&nbsp;Stefan Yap keeps the cinematography fluid yet glossy, employing unique camera moves to keep the story moving at a breakneck pace.&nbsp;Punchy and playful, it's a great spin on similar concepts, and is anchored by strong performances from all the cast involved.&nbsp;

KLVDR

Bruno Loureiro

Pulse Films

Nnena Nwakodo

Rik Green

Edvin Dubrovskiy

Joe Mulvihill

Bernin Isaac

Jazz Bhalla

Zuzanna Skurtys

Tiyana Henriques

Chiara Giannettino

Joshua Dadson

Michael Vega

Lane Casting

Hip Hop

Young T & Bugsey 'Big Bidness' by KLVDR

Young-T-&-Bugsey-'Big-Bidness'-by-Klvdr

Mae Muller takes centre-stage in Tom Dream's '70's throwback promo for Swedish producer NEIKED's Better Days.&nbsp;Complementing the dreamy, upbeat production of the new single,&nbsp;we see Muller in a world of soft pastel colour schemes, whilst simultaneously embodying various characters on TV.&nbsp;From weather girl through to music presenter, Muller shows off her talents as both a performer and an actor, whilst cameos from fellow performers NEIKED and Polo G round off the concept with a glossy polish.[imgtoken data:1]“When I met with Tom Dream I knew he’d be able to make something great - and this is really what that is, something great," says&nbsp;NEIKED.&nbsp;"A big shout-out to Mae and Polo G for putting on a sick performance too. I have been working hard on my upcoming music this year and now is a perfect time to finally share the first piece of the puzzle."Mae Muller adds: “This is my favourite video I’ve done so far!! The pastel colours, to the set design, to the hair and make-up, I am literally quite obsessed with it.”

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