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Tanu Muino brings us the first outstanding British music video event of 2023 with Sam Smith's unabashed, splendidly theatrical and joyfully outrageous video for I'm Not Here To Make Friends.Exuberant,&nbsp;eccentric, and defiantly brazen, this sees Sam Smith dispensing with any last vestige of previous public incarnations and embracing their queer superstar status with gusto - but also with a healthy self-knowing nod and a wink.Sam arrives by helicopter to a historic countryside manor, joining&nbsp;a gregarious crowd to engage is an extravagant costume party for the ages, over an inspirational sample of RuPaul before the disco beat of this surefire smash kicks in. And eyebrows&nbsp;are soon being raised...[imgtoken data:1]There is dancing. There are some extraordinary outfits. There's rowdy behaviour. And there is some very suggestive things going on, including a scene that may possibly be inspired by Frankie Goes To Hollywood's video for Relax!Throughout is the stunning array of costumes and looks, and Sam's playful and sexy performance, which dazzles in every vignette. They are clearly having the time of their lives.&nbsp;Bringing together so many different layers and inspirations - including a knowing nod to Steven Klein's&nbsp;promo for Gaga's Alejandro&nbsp;- the video oozes self-love and an excitable confidence, and is the perfect release to complement Gloria, Smith's just-released new album.It just ticks all the boxes it's supposed to tick - and that is really down to the genius of Tanu Muino. She just knows what a pop video like this should do, and achieved it, from start to finish.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

United Kingdom

Morgan Kennedy

Lane Casting

Ben Reardon

Tanu Muino

Robert Katz

UnderWonder Content

James Hackett

Nikita Kuzmenko

Frank Borin

Fred Bonham Carter

Alexa Haywood

Chris Kelly

Sam Rawlings

Ben Cascillo Roger

Luke Bradley

La Horde

Sorcha O'raghallaigh

Nick Royal

Ryo Narushima

Neil Moodie

Grace Ellington

Miranda Joyce

Vh Post

Company 3

Joseph Bicknell

Roma Onufriychuk

Tilt

Ivanna Borin

Alexa Haywood at Free Agent UK

Just Fred

Hannah Cooper

Spencer Graves

Sam Smith 'I'm Not Here To Make Friends' by Tanu Muino

Sam Smith - I'm Not Here To Make Friends

Russian director Lado Kvataniya directs a next-level promo for Cardi B, featuring Kanye West and Lil Durk.&nbsp;Boasting an elevated sci-fi inspired concept, seamless visual effects and futuristic styling, the video which brings together three of the most talked about artists in the industry today.&nbsp;From the performances to the VFX through to the colour grade, everything here is glossy and cinematic, and a lot of fun to watch.

United States

Lado Kvataniya

Brien Justiniano

2001 Films

Jeremy Sullivan

Hip Hop

Cardi B ft Kanye West & Lil Durk 'Hot Shit' by Lado Kvataniya

Cardi-B-'Hot-Shit-Feat.-Kanye-West-&-Lil-Durk'-by-Lado-Kvataniya

Tanu Muino directs a fiery performance promo for&nbsp;Rosalía.The charismatic video is a celebration of&nbsp;movement, with several dance setups seamlessly interweaved&nbsp;through&nbsp;snappy transitions.The cast of performers give their all, breathlessly roaming from one scene to the next, whilst a subtle flurry of VFX adds an extra layer of experimentation to the concept.&nbsp;

Karen Saurí

Saul Levitz

Alvaro Riesgo

Rosalía 'Chicken Teriyaki' by Tanu Muino

Rosalía-'Chicken-Teriyaki'-by-Tanu-Muino

Normani and Cardi B embrace their&nbsp;wild side in Tanu Muino's latest visual spectacle.&nbsp;Paying homage to the dazzling&nbsp;excess of 90's promos, the video is punctuated by gorgeous set design, mesmerising choreography and exuberant styling... all the things an iconic pop video needs.&nbsp;Normani and Cardi are no stranger&nbsp;to high concept visuals, and their performances are the glue that binds the mindblowing array of aesthetics and styles encapsulated within the four-minute runtime.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Jack Winter

Braden Anderson

Scott Moody

Max Colt

RCA Records

Kollin Carter

Alternative

Normani X Cardi B 'Wild Side' by Tanu Muino

Normani-X-Cardi-B-'Wild-Side'-by-Tanu-Muino

Cardi B bids farewell to 2020 in the mindboggling Tanu Muino-directed promo for Up.&nbsp;Switching from seductive graveyard setups to 90s-esque graffiti backdrops, the video is a tour de force of creativity - and creative product placement -&nbsp;boasting something energising and unique in every frame.&nbsp;Intertwining top-notch performances with breathtaking set pieces and noteworthy art direction - care of&nbsp;Brandon Mendez - the visual embodies the spirit and excess of the golden age of the genre, with plenty of contemporary twists to keep it fresh.It's a Cardi video par excellence from&nbsp;Tanu Muino, who is quickly establishing herself as one of the top pop video directors around.&nbsp;

Tay Hawes

Kevin Murphy

Jonas Morales

Brandon Mendez

Dave Hussey

Kareem Johnson

Cardi B 'Up' by Tanu Muino

Cardi-B-'Up'-by-Tanu-Muino

Cardi and Megan get wet and wild in Colin Tilley's mind-boggling video for WAP.Like Nikki's Anaconda to the power of ten...

Colin Tilley

Whitney Jackson

Boy In The Castle

Jamee Ranta

Ev Salomon

Elias Talbot

JaQuel Knight

Sunset Edit

Atlantic Records

Cardi B ft Megan Thee Stallion 'WAP' by Colin Tilley

Cardi B - WAP feat. Megan Thee Stallion [Official Music Video]

Post Malone comes back from the dead in Colin Tilley's 50's Western-inspired video for Goodbyes.&nbsp;After getting killed in a tense knife fight, Post Malone rises from the dead in a creepy graveyard, and cracks open a Bud Light. It's been a tough couple of days... Stumbling back through the streets, he returns to&nbsp;town to find his love interest at the bar with another man.Cinematic and packed full of&nbsp;inspired set pieces, the project is a unique spin on the Western genre and an entertaining interpretation of the track. Malone is on great form throughout, shuffling like a&nbsp;zombie&nbsp;and diving headfirst into his character, whilst Young Thug shines in his short cameo.&nbsp;

Roisin Audrey Moloney

Niko Philipides

Joe Labisi

Chris Beltran

Ann-marie Hoang

Maxi

Dan Karp

Kathryn Newton

Kate Miller

Post Malone ft Young Thug 'Goodbyes' by Colin Tilley

Post-Malone-'Goodbyes'-by-Colin-Tilley

Ostensibly this is a DJ Khaled video in which Rihanna is one of the featured artists. But as Tony Antoniades, writer of the currently most thumbed-up comment on YouTube, puts it: &quot;This should just be Rihanna ft. The others﻿&quot;.Could&nbsp;be the best Rihanna video ever.&nbsp;

Claudia Rivas

London Alley

Luti Media

DJ Khaled ft. Rihanna, Bryson Tiller 'Wild Thoughts' by Colin Tilley

Dj-Khaled---Ft.-Rihanna,-Bryson-Tiller-'Wild-Thoughts'-by-Colin-Tilley

Future and Amber Rose drive through a poverty-stricken suburban war zone in a very expensive Bentley for some reason in Colin Tilley&#39;s latest directorial outing.Harrowing, cinematic shots of crime and the dissolving of a society are intercut with Future trying his best to get a handle on the situation, only to be distracted by the advances of one Amber Rose in the passenger seat. Eventually Future decides that he should step out of the car and join the revolution. Tilley does a great job of atmospheric, tense world building here, giving the impression that the chaos is much more far-reaching than we can see.

Tommy Labuda

Future 'Mask Off' by Colin Tilley

Future - Mask Off

If someone had told me last year, as I watched Colin Tilley pick up his UKMVA for Video of the Year that he&#39;d be directing a video for Rick Ross and Skrillex starring Jared Leto as The Joker then I&#39;d have completely believed you, because this is the music video industry and anything can happen.So here we are -&nbsp;Tilley takes his previous hip-hop video cool and gives it the Hollywood comic book movie treatment. It&#39;s a bizarre mashup of supervillainy and gang culture and having Leto in his Suicide Squad&nbsp;character&nbsp;in the video is a nice variation on the movie song&nbsp;tie-in trope of just splicing in arbitrary footage from the film.

Andrew Lerios

Skrillex

Luga Podesta

Brandon Bonfiglio

Rob Witt

Ricky Gausis

OB Management

Skrillex & Rick Ross 'Purple Lamborghini' by Colin Tilley

Skrillex & Rick Ross - Purple Lamborghini [Official Video]

Well nobody&#39;s gonna accuse anybody of being subtle here, but that&#39;s absolutely no bad thing.Colin Tilley takes Fergie and a heap of other, rich, powerful and successful Mums (including Ciara, Kim Kardashian West, Chrissy Teigen, and Alessandra Ambrosio) and puts them centre stage in this sexy, cartoonish and brilliantly brash video.Set inside a colourful 50s pastiche in which MILFs of all creeds dominate the social landscape and attractive shirtless men are nothing but subservient and bewildered lackeys. We&#39;re treated to huge sets such as &#39;Milf Spa&#39;, &#39;Milf Shake Diner&#39; and &#39;MilfVille&#39; all of which look incredible, and feature enough milk-based innuendo to classify this video as unsuitable for vegans, probably.Don&#39;t let the gloss and the in-your-face hyperactive style fool you though, seeing a woman publicly breastfeed in a mainstream pop video is a huge statement, which will hopefully really annoy some sexists.

Kathy Angstadt

Pop, Hip Hop

Fergie 'M.I.L.F. $' by Colin Tilley

Fergie - M.I.L.F. $

Swedish producer Alesso has released I Wanna Know, paired with a fitting narrative video&nbsp;directed by&nbsp;Colin Tilley,&nbsp;which follows an unusual unrequited love story.It takes place on the set of a movie or video starring Alesso, located in a classic American diner - but centres on&nbsp;Alesso&rsquo;s motorcycle&nbsp;stuntman. As the talented stunt rider arrives on set he catches the eye of the stunning female lead.&nbsp;Then it looks like he might be making a good impression on her&nbsp;as he&#39;s brought in for the action sequences and all the dangerous and tricky takes -&nbsp;including a painful&nbsp;motorcycle skid.But at the end of the day, it&#39;s&nbsp;Alesso who gets the&nbsp;final kiss...&nbsp;

Trevor Durtschi

Corey Jennings

Alexander Delgado

Def Jam

Dance, EDM

Alesso ft. Nico & Vinz 'I Wanna Know' by Colin Tilley

Alesso - I Wanna Know ft. Nico & Vinz

Continuing his 2016 cultural renaissance, Craig David shows up on this Katy B track directed by Jeremy Rall. It's a clean, stylish performance video complete with cityscapes, muscle cars and&nbsp;some of the cleanest mirrors I have ever seen. Plus it's one of those&nbsp;rare instances where projected visuals come off looking&nbsp;great.

Jeremy Rall

Ben Griffin

Prime Zero

Nicole Acacio

Chyyanna Lee

Young Chang

Damian Fyffe

Jonathon Levi Powell

Jessi Hunte

Narbeh Tatoussian

Vhpost, Blacklist Digital

Ailsa Robertson

Lark Creative

Katy B, Craig David, Major Lazer 'Who Am I' by Jeremy Rall

Katy-B,-Craig-David,-Major-Lazer-'Who-Am-I'-by-Jeremy-Rall

Colin Tilley directs a blockbuster for No Chill, taking Skrillex and Vic Mensa into the heart of Tokyo&#39;s creative underground, in a relentless&nbsp;blast of vibrant colour, neon, bodies and outsider attitude amid the Japanese capital&#39;s unmatched urban aesthetic.It&#39;s a gripping thrill-ride, with excellent work by editor Vinnie Hobbs making sense of Skrillex and Mensa&#39;s Far East adventure.

Skrillex & Vic Mensa 'No Chill' by Colin Tilley

Following the robust,&nbsp;cinematic&nbsp;video for&nbsp;<a href="http://www.promonews.tv/videos/2015/07/01/kendrick-lamar-alright-colin-tilley-little-homies" target="_blank">Alright</a>,&nbsp;Colin Tilley teams up with Kendrick and friends&nbsp;to create&nbsp;this sexually charged&nbsp;comedy for&nbsp;These Walls. The eight-minute long video boasts some stellar lighting, cinematography&nbsp;and production design and is highly amusing from start to finish.A forewarning though, if you&#39;ve got kid on your lap or your mother in the room: it is mainly set in a brothel full&nbsp;of strippers&nbsp;and is not particularly safe for work. The narrative is set off when a jailed&nbsp;man tells his cellmates about the night before, blaming Lamar for his incarceration...&nbsp;&nbsp;

Clark Muller

Gloria FX

Mark Bridges

Interscope

Alex Delgado

Kendrick Lamar feat. Bilal, Anna Wise & Thundercat 'These Walls' by Colin Tilley & The Little Homies

Kendrick-Lamar-Ft-Bilal,-Anna-Wise-&-Thundercat-'These-Walls'-by-Colin-Tilley

Rita Ora and Chris Brown play two neighbours who simply can&#39;t resist one another. Colin Tilley delivers this rather sexy number for Body On Me, featuring steamy performances from both the artists.

Luga Podesta, Brandon Bonfiglio

Bryan Younce

Rita Ora Ft Chris Brown 'Body On Me' by Colin Tilley

Rita-Ora-Ft-Chris-Brown-'Body-On-Me'-by-Colin-Tilley

Colin Tilley has created one of the videos of the year&nbsp;for Kendrick Lamar&#39;s Alright, a landmark work for the summer of 2015.&nbsp;It&#39;s an epic, nearly seven-minute long piece, featuring the&nbsp;exceptional&nbsp;cinematographic eyes of two DoPs - Rob Witt and Corey Jennings &ndash;&nbsp;and thrillingly high energy shots involving street parties,&nbsp;burning cars and&nbsp;joyrides of reckless abandon. We are immersed into&nbsp;Kendrick Lamar&#39;s hyperreal world, which casts the&nbsp;city as a bitterly oppressive environment that leads its residents to a life of&nbsp;vice,&nbsp;hussle and the pursuit of&nbsp;hope. But despite that, Lamar supplies irrepressibly&nbsp;positive energy.It&nbsp;begins with an intro exploring inner-city violence and subsequent police brutality, paired with&nbsp;his monologue&nbsp;shedding light on his past struggles with growing up in a&nbsp;ghetto,&nbsp;as well as&nbsp;his subsequent&nbsp;ethical struggles with becoming an influential figure. And the&nbsp;hopeful feeling Lamar is trying to capture&nbsp;is expressed in the exhilirating sequences&nbsp;where he&#39;s physically rising&nbsp;above the ground.This device&nbsp;doubly serves as a visual expression of&nbsp;feeling uplifted, away from your past struggles&nbsp;as well as a (perhaps unconscious)&nbsp;Christian symbol, which has him rising in a saintly manner away from temptation and sin.&nbsp;Then comes the&nbsp;finale, culminating in the strongest form of&nbsp;Christian symbolism around: that of tragic martyrdom.&nbsp;

Hoodyfx

The Little Homies

Hip-Hop

Kendrick Lamar 'Alright' by Colin Tilley & The Little Homies

Kendrick-Lamar-'Alright'-by-Colin-Tilley

Director Colin Tilley is no stranger to directing racy music videos. After all, who can forget <a href="http://www.promonews.tv/videos/2014/08/27/nicki-minaj-anaconda-colin-tilley" target="_blank">Anaconda</a>?And Colin&#39;s latest for&nbsp;Carnage&#39;s&nbsp;I Like Tuh is nine minutes&nbsp;of utter mayhem that&nbsp;would debatably have a similar, if not more intensified reaction&nbsp;were it attached to a pop-star of Minaj-proportionate appeal. Led by a cast of&nbsp;caricatural drug-dealers, the video is a sucker-punch of over-the-top&nbsp;violence,&nbsp;drug use, twerking and exploding heads.&nbsp;Not exactly safe for work... you&#39;ve been warned!

Justin Folger

Chris Ramirez

Joseph Labisi

Ultra

Carnage 'I Like Tuh' by Colin Tilley

Carnage - "I Like Tuh Feat. ILoveMakonnen" (Official Music Video)

Colin Tilley&#39;s promo for Ella Henderson&#39;s single Mirror Man starts as a simple performance piece and a narrative on male narcissism then becomes increasingly alluring as some nifty smoke fx are applied to the proceedings...

Ben Richardson

Mike O'Keefe

Sony

Ella Henderson 'Mirror Man' by Colin Tilley

Ella-Henderson-'Mirror-Man'-by-Colin-Tilley

This promo for the track Blessings, regroups&nbsp;hip-hop powerhouses:&nbsp;Big Sean, Drake and Kanye West. Director Darren Craig decided to push for a dark, solemn and somewhat reverent video as a backdrop for their rap through which they count their blessings, dismiss&nbsp;the haters, and talk fame and fortune.DoP Joseph Labisi - whose recent credits Nicki&nbsp;Minaj&#39;s Only, and&nbsp;Prince Royce&#39;s Stuck On a Feeling&nbsp;-&nbsp;achieved the look&nbsp;at&nbsp;1 Big Stage in Glendale, California.&nbsp;[imgtoken data:1]

Def Jam Records

Mildred Delamota

The Uprising Creative

Darren Craig

Jonathan Craven

Nathan Scherrer

Max Chyzhevskyy

Ryan Paterson

Big Sean 'Blessings' (feat. Drake and Kanye West) by Darren Craig

Big Sean - Blessings (Explicit) ft. Drake, Kanye West

Oh my goodness. Just after David Cameron announced his age rating scheme for online vids, Nicki Minaj&#39;s video for Anaconda&nbsp;arrives,&nbsp;like manna from heaven for enthusiasts for censorship or &#39;classification&#39; of music videos.And it will be interesting to think what women&#39;s groups who claim that sexism and racism is endemic in the industry will make of this one - coming from a woman of colour who appears to be exercising full control of her career direction.Needless to say, it&#39;s a fantastically, eye-poppingly saucy piece of work, directed by Colin Tilley...

Jeff Panzer

Nicki Minaj 'Anaconda' by Colin Tilley

Nicki-Minaj-'Anaconda'-by-Colin-Tilley

Promonews Podcast

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