Production Manager

Theo Somers

Coming off the back of Meji Alabi’s recent Pull Up&nbsp;video comes&nbsp;his next Burna Boy video - and a collaboration with&nbsp;Jorja Smith on Gum Body.&nbsp;The understated performances and a straightforward narrative make this an easy watch, chilled and relaxed to match the vibe of the track - taken from Burna’s new&nbsp;album&nbsp;African Giant.&nbsp;The intermittent dance scenes drive the video forward with great energy, and the ghosting effects on the exteriors lend a slightly surreal 90s edge to the project.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Meji Alabi

Andrei Croitor

JM Films

Jimi Adesanya

Danny Ormerod

Olan Collardy

Ash Halliburton

Sam Hardy

Jonny Thorpe

Glassworks

Xiaoxuan Zhu

Atlantic Records

Emma Backman

Benjy Kirkman

Shadeh Smith

Black Dog Films

Burna Boy ft Jorja Smith 'Gum Body' by Meji Alabi

Burna-Bo-'Gum-Body-(feat.-Jorja-Smith)'-by-Meji-Alabi

Meji Alabi's latest video for Burna Boy - from the Nigerian artist's acclaimed fourth album African Giant -&nbsp;captures a vintage aesthetic with an array of vivid texture to accompany the lively Afro-fusion rhythm.The video, which also features models Aweng Chuol, Camille Munn, NyaLuak Leth, and Chanel Taylor, is Alabi's first production since signing with Black Dog Films in the UK and US.The hugely prolific London-based director has directed&nbsp;music videos&nbsp;for the likes of Skepta, A$AP Ferg, Goldlink, Burna Boy, Yungen, Kojo Funds, Raye, Tory Lanez, Popcaan, and Swizz Beats, and for African artists such as Tiwa Savage, Nasty C, Aṣa, Wizkid, and Davido.Working in a range of visual mediums including music video, photography, advertising campaigns, magazine editorials, and artist branding, Alabi (below) has blazed a trail in the past few years in bridging the gap between African and Western markets.[imgtoken data:1]&nbsp;

Nigeria

Joel Honeywell

Sonny Horwell

PC Williams

Leannah Carer

Afro-Beat

Burna Boy 'Pull Up' by Meji Alabi - now signed to Black Dog Films

Burna-Boy--'Pull-Up'-by-Meji-Alabi

Silent Tapes explore the complexities of teenage parenthood - the chaos, the craziness, the anger, and also the love - in their engrossing video for Everyone You Know.Much as the song&nbsp;reveals its intent as it goes along, things are not quite as they may seem at the beginning of the video for She Don't Dance. But at its core are some terrific performances, particularly by the girl playing the young mother, who juggles from clinging on to her precious youth with the responsibilities of her toddler daughter - a bright as a button presence in the video herself.&nbsp;Their mates may be hard-smoking ruffians (and why always so much smoking?) but this&nbsp;family unit is by no means as dysfunctional as you might think.

Theo Somers

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