Director

Vasilisa Forbes

Vasilisa Forbes continues her collaborative streak with Pale Waves, directing the theatrical promo for Clean.The video is set in a theatre, and explores the contrast between the intimate backstage world, (the inner-self) and ‘putting on a show’.Inspired by cabaret and Old Hollywood glamour, we see vocalist Heather backstage, draped in pearls and luxury styling, before appearing on stage with the band, playing to an empty room.&nbsp;Amplifying the dichotomy of reality and fiction, the video is peppered with surrealist moments - such as an homage to the iconic red rose sequence in American Beauty - and traverses the line between fantasy and the real world.&nbsp;

United Kingdom

Alessia Lendrum

OB Management

Lowkey Films

Rae Lemeshow

Tom Nowell

Ruaraid Achilleos

Vanessa Mc Donnell

Ella Ezeike

Joshua Jacobs

Andy Gonsalves

Josie Rafter

Ernest Tu

Joel Spence

Isabel Alsina

Ellie Bond

Rebecca Cawthra

Daniela Rotaru

Glassworks

Dirty Hit

Indie

Pale Waves 'Clean' by Vasilisa Forbes

Pale-Waves-'Clean'-by-Vasilisa-Forbes

Vasilisa Forbes follows up her video for Pale Waves' <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2022/05/18/pale-waves-lies-vasilisa-forbes/76477" target="_blank">Lies</a> with a starkly monochromic performance piece for Jealousy.The high-contrast cinematography is inspired by the work of taboo-busting Irish photographer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Carlos_Clarke#DVDs" target="_blank">Bob Carlos Clarke</a>, and gives the promo an editorial-meets-punk aesthetic.[imgtoken data:1]The minimalist art direction and expansive white cyc backdrops create a glossy, luxurious feel, which is perfectly balanced by the rougher textures and frenetic camerawork.&nbsp;"I wanted to take Pale Waves into a punk and minimal world," says Forbes.&nbsp;"Chains represent&nbsp;suppression and being held back by jealous thoughts and emotions - caging, carrying a weight, oppression and breaking bonds."

Joshanne Dar

Krunal Saadrani

Morgan Sinclair

Vanessa Mcdowell

Sam James Fullerton

Nacho

James Huth

Katie Dymmock

Coffee & TV

Laura Gamezzz

Indie Rock

Rock

Pale Waves 'Jealousy' by Vasilisa Forbes

Pale-Waves-'Jealousy-'-by-Vasilisa-Forbes

A sparky, colour-coded confection for Pixey by Vasilisa Forbes,&nbsp;bringing a summery Britpop vibe to the early summer of 2022 for Come Around.&nbsp;&nbsp;"I was inspired by the lead lyric in Come Around&nbsp;which referenced a sunny day, and immediately saw Pixey in a world of glowing light,"&nbsp;says Vasilisa Forbes.&nbsp;"Each set up is an ode to a sunny day, artistic recreations of what makes me happy -sunshine. Sunset gradients, hot white light, dawn, a deep blue sky, and Pixey herself as a sun-flower growing in the lush earth."Everything is circles and circular movement, repetition, rising and falling, dark to light, and a super-fast-fun edit."

Katya Borvis

Phoebe Butterworth

Edward Heredia

Howard Mills

Vanessa Mcdonnell

Nacho Munoz De Leon

Chenai Duru

Carlo Avena

Lauren Websterr

Dominic Phipps

Chess Club Records

Pixey 'Come Around' by Vasilisa Forbes

Pixie-'Come-Around-'-by-Vasilisa-Forbes

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;

Vanessa Mcdonnel

Samuel Fullerton

Nacho Guzman

Pale Waves 'Lies' by Vasilisa Forbes

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

Vasilisa Forbes directs a yearning promo for Phoebe Green.&nbsp;In the video for So Grown Up, Phoebe and her best friend Izzy relive poignant teenage nostalgia as they navigate the streets of their childhood home, Blackpool, re-enacting moments from their youth.The tender and mature lyrics reflect on their experience of unsavoury romance, hurt, the pain of reality, and the desire to remain child-like indefinitely. The&nbsp;bittersweet glow of&nbsp;wistfulness is met with a ‘coming-of-age’ narrative and the brutalist, coastal arcade mania of Blackpool.The hazy cinematography perfectly encapsulates the dreamlike nature of the concept, whilst the contrasting colour palettes - between the vibrant styling and grey, destaurated surroundings - heighten the dichotomy.&nbsp;

Micheal Newton

Danny Stoker

Chelsea Bernard

Laura Guilera

Alisa Chaplin

Maria Mclenaghan

Shannen Ward

Laura Taylor

Phoebe Green 'So Grown Up' by Vasilisa Forbes

Phoebe-Green-'So-Grown-Up'-by-Vasilisa-Forbes

Vasilisa Forbes explores overconsumption and excess in her satirical promo for retro power-popsters Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard.&nbsp;If you've never seen a singer&nbsp;force-fed junk food whilst being pinned down by sugary snacks, buckle up, you're in for a treat.&nbsp;Drowning in this sea of garbage and waste, we see the alternative indie group in a series of vibrant vignettes, shot in a mesmerisingly surreal fashion - with plenty of wide-angle lenses and awkward angles to elevate this effect.&nbsp;Forbes plays on the themes of the track by creating a literal world that echoes the issues staring us dead in the face, and does so in a tongue-in-cheek yet lamenting manner.[imgtoken data:1]&nbsp;

Connor O'Hara

Richard Bell

Rory Tilford

Simon Battensby

Josie Hunter

Brett Rayner

Communion Records

Alternative

Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard 'New Age Millennial Magic' by Vasilisa Forbes

Buzzard-Buzzard-Buzzard-'Buzzard-Buzzard-Buzzard---New-Age-Millennial-Magic'-by-Vasilisa-Forbes

Georgia Twinn embraces chaos&nbsp;in Vasilisa Forbes' destructive promo for You Shouldn't Have F****d With Me.&nbsp;Paying homage to iconic TV ads&nbsp;and MTV-era&nbsp;music videos, the concept follows Twinn as she wanders around&nbsp;an enclosed white set, destroying any obstacle in her path.&nbsp;Flickering with black strobes and overwhelmingly vibrant red lights, the aesthetic is bold, highlighting the same features in the artist's performance.&nbsp;If I were you, I wouldn't f**k with Georgia Twinn either.[imgtoken data:1]&nbsp;

Dayo Moshood

Joe Starrs

Carter Hewlett

Rushil Choudhary

Leo Olesker

Isabel Forbes

Michael Pearce

Wash

Mikael Nakkas

George Johnson

Danielle Barne

EMI Records

alternate pop

Georgia Twinn 'You Shouldn’t Have F****d With Me' by Vasilisa Forbes

Georgia Twinn - You Shouldn’t Have F****d With Me

Magical paper waves, a hot red sun, paper clouds and vibrant fishes... Vasilisa Forbes directs Imogen Heap in a setting worthy of a Japanese painting for Shurayo.Working with set-designer and builder Annemarieke Kloosterhof, Forbes has devised a an&nbsp;all-paper constructed set of the kind more normally seen in inventive animation than a live action video.For her collaboration with Guy Sigsworth, Heap stands on the deck a ship on&nbsp;the ocean&nbsp;wave, which passes from day to night and into&nbsp;a storm, and finally leads to a shipwreck. It's a distinctive achievement and&nbsp;Vasilisa Forbes says that she is she is very proud to create this delgihtful video, particularly her collaboration with&nbsp;Kloosterhof.&nbsp;"Talent, magic and a desire to create something otherworldly on a shoestring budget, made this video happen," she says.&nbsp;

Jesus Rubio

David Cawley

Annemarieke Kloosterhof

Lucy Upton-Prowse

Emese Kenez

Tash Hicks

CHEAT

Chiara Artioli

Alt-Pop

Imogen Heap, Guy Sigsworth 'Shurayo' by Vasilisa Forbes

Imogen-Heap,-Guy-Sigsworth-'Shurayo'-by-Vasilisa-Forbes

GIRLI returns with this entertaining song-and-dance interpretation of her violent moodswings directed by regular collaborator Vasilisa Forbes.

Jamie Gamache

Ezequiel Romero

Anil Duru

Courtney Andrews

Giovanni Mattei

Emily Megson

Hannah Teare

Yusuke

Sonia Bhogal

Pete Oppersdorff

Universal Music Operations Limited

Indie-pop

GIRLI 'Up And Down' by Vasilisa Forbes

Girli-'Up-And-Down'-by-Vasilisa-Forbes

Being young is a bumpy ride - an emotional highway, the constant battle between you and the outside world, trials and tribulations of love, new friendships, discovering and honing your identity, sexuality, persona, style and desires. It&#39;s a drive towards the future.And that&rsquo;s exactly how Vasilisa Forbes visualises Young, her latest video for GIRLI.

Gas&Electric

Matt Klemera

Undefined

Hélio Ribeiro

Anthony Neale

Phoebe Lettice Thompson

Eliot Mcqueen

Alysha Kostamo Mao

Alex Gregory

The Mill

Emily Ann Sonnet

PMR Records

GIRLI 'Young' by Vasilisa Forbes

Girli-'Young'-by-Vasilisa-Forbes

Miss Red whips up a storm of attitude in this grainy, strobetastic clip for Dagga, directed by Vasilisa Forbes.With a blitz of fetish-flavoured sexual energy, the Israel-born dancehall artist now MCing for The Bug, who produced the track, turns the tables on her alien-like&nbsp;male counterpart, breaks free from bondage and then encases him in her Black Widow spider web...

First Films

Peter Panoa

Miss Red

Lydia Karagiannopoulous

Danny Shooter

Kevin Martin

Pressure

Miss Red 'Dagga' by Vasilisa Forbes

Miss-Red-&-The-Bug-'Dagga'-by-Vasilisa-Forbes

From boy to man, the imposing Flowdan pounds the mean streets of Hackney carrying a boombox blasting out thunderous beats, in Vasilisa Forbes&#39;s powerful visual for The Bug&#39;s Bad.

Josh Birch

Tristan Kassam

Jonny Cliffe

Ninja Tune

Hip Hop

The Bug ft Flowdan 'Bad' by Vasilisa Forbes

The-Bug-Ft-Flowdan-'Bad'-by-Vasilisa-Forbes

GIRLI doesn&#39;t want to be patronised, okay? And she&#39;s found a fine foil in Vasilisa Forbes to get that message across.

Tanmoye Khan

Alysha Kostamo-mao

V Forbes

Bowl Babes - Marloes, Sukey, Faith, Aimee, Neil, Elise

Girli 'Hot Mess' by Vasilisa Forbes

Girli-'Hot-Mess'-by-Vasilisa-Forbes

Just in time for the&nbsp;Twin Peaks&nbsp;revival, Vasilisa Forbes brings us a music video for a deep house track by Jimpster that is very David Lynch.Set in a moody low-lit cabaret with a cast of mysterious characters, the visuals hark&nbsp;back to Lynch&rsquo;s 2001 classic Mulholland Drive. The story of a submissive doll-like woman driven to murder is&nbsp;set against a backdrop of blue, reds and purples in a visually rich promo that&#39;s full of symbolism and classic cinema inspiration.

Tom Roberts

Jackie Teboul

Chris Perry

Fede Molotov, Erica Gens, Matthew Faucher

Freerange Records

Jimpster ft Florence Rawlings 'Crave' by Vasilisa Forbes

Jimpster-'Crave'-by-Vasilisa-Forbes

Russian-born photographer/director Vasilisa Forbes directs a flamboyant, playful performance for newcomer Adam Prince King.When a video shot in 4:3 colours its pillarboxes&nbsp;pastel-pink, you know you&#39;re in for a bright, fun visual. Cutting between an array of dancers and shots of King in various excellent costumes, the simple performance setups manage to keep the video feeling alive, whilst inviting you to gaze in awe at King&#39;s DIY stylish world.

Satinder Gill

Clarissa Livock

Adam Prince King 'Flamingos' by Vasilisa Forbes

Adam-Prince-King-'Flamingos'-by-Vasilisa-Forbes

Alcatrz sought out Vasilisa Forbes to make the video for F Your Feelings&nbsp;after seeing her #waxchick series, a billboard story across various global cities which comments on the role of women in advertising.&nbsp;The aim was to create a story parodying the often misogynistic culture of contemporary pop and rap, and Vasilisa herself parodies the sexualised &#39;video hunny&#39; with relish. And with a lot of dildos...

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