Colourist

Vlad Barin

In Anna Brooks nostalgic promo for Isabel, we&nbsp;see the artist viewing frames through a vintage handheld slide viewer - with each picture magically transporting us to a dreamy vignette.&nbsp;"The concept for the video came from a love of the static photograph," Brooks explains.&nbsp;"I love how images can be sources of reflection, nostalgia and ambiguity. Growing up, we used to have a 35 mm projector at home. I used to find the whole experience so magical and tactile. When I found an original '90s version on eBay I knew it needed to feature in the video."I loved the idea of the music itself having the power to bring Isabel to life and break through the picture. As she performs in her own wonderland, her partner's remains locked in that moment only breaking the illusion through a blink or a glance."The evocative promo boasts a vintage, effervescent aesthetic,&nbsp;care of DoP Adam Singodia and colourist Vlad Barin (both previous guests of the Promonews Podcast) and was shot on 16mm.&nbsp;"Shooting on 16mm film was a no-brainer and felt like the perfect medium for the concept, keeping it all within the same analog world," says Brooks.[imgtoken data:1]&nbsp;

United Kingdom

Annie Alvin

Lola Cookman

Mike Coley

Dom Strachan

Izzy Brooks

Anna Brooks

Ben Ransley

Adam Singodia

Emily-jane Sheppard

Ollie Pearson

Aida García Vega

Luca Chirico

Laura Aguilera

Miles Watson

Work Editorial

CHEAT

Gideon Prins

Shaq Taylor

Isabel 'Slow Heat' by Anna Brooks

Isabel-'Slow-Heat'-by-Anna-Brooks

Elsa is stuck in an unhealthy relationship from which she longs to escape, in Leo T Buckley's heartwrenching promo for As You Please.&nbsp;At the height of an explosive argument, time stops and the artist takes her chance, running through pedestrians, cars and cyclists all frozen in time - only to end up exactly where she started.This vicious,&nbsp;Groundhog Day-style cycle&nbsp;plays out twice before she finally finds solace.With a gentle touch and evocative, poignant narrative elements, Buckley has created a painfully relatable promo that offers an optimistic glimmer of hope at the end.&nbsp;[imgtoken data:1]

Talent Talks

Lisa Fox

Terri Higgins

Leo T Buckley

Emily Lucienne

Mrmr Films

Katie Iles-spencer

Ali King

Katie Lambert

Thomas Barber

Onur Ozden

Jess Summer

Elikem Agbesi

Elsa 'As You Please' by Leo T Buckley

Elsa-'As-You-Please'-by-Leo-T-Buckley

Dir. Lx&nbsp;directs a slick performance promo for Unknown T featuring Knucks.&nbsp;The video for Right Hand blends dreamlike art direction with opulent locations and playful performances, creating an effervescent energy that bursts off the screen.&nbsp;Dir. Lx channels his frenetic, textural style into every scene of the video, jumping between narrative and conceptual snapshots with flair.&nbsp;

Emily Davies

Leah Abbott

Dir. Lx

Achille Patou

Lucky Light

Greatcoat Films

Quinn Titsworth

Ferencz Radnai

Toby Leary

Sandra Spethmann

Simon Oxley

Micheal Newton

Oriane Playner

Nadym Benbakar

Antonin Rubagotti

Salome Carlsen

Daniel Afonso

Lamine Diakite

Stéphanie Villey

Lee Delves

Island Records

UK Rap

Unknown T ft Knucks 'Right Hand' by Dir. Lx

Unknown-T-Ft-Knucks-'Right-Hand'-by-Dir.lx

Directing duo TEARJERKER direct a touching exploration of love and relationships, in their seventh promo for The Academic.&nbsp;The loved-up video for My Very Best is the third in a trilogy for the group's latest album, and is set against the backdrop of the annual Matchmaking Festival in&nbsp;Lisdoonvarna, Ireland.Anchored by farmer Willie Daly - the third in a line of traditional matchmakers - the video is a hopeful, heartwarming tale which documents the hope and bravery of people attending in anticipation of making a match.&nbsp;[imgtoken data:1]Evoking a sense of timeless love, the duo blended a modern and vintage aesthetic, using an old Sony DV camera and Arri Alexa Mini. The Academic themselves appear in a performance shot in a community hall, tying the whole thing together in their own energetic way.Hope and Ronan&nbsp;of TEARJERKER had come across a sign for&nbsp;Europe's Largest Singles Festival while taking a road trip along the Wild Atlantic Way on the West Coast of Ireland a couple of years ago with a bunch of friends. They had stopped to take a photo next to the sign."Sadly it was cancelled that year, but we knew we'd be back to capture it one day," explains Hope. "There is something so brave and hopeful about the people going there with the anticipation and nervousness of finding a match, we wanted to document that feeling. "We took a tiny film crew there and we've truly never seen anything like it. It's an Irish match-making festival so there was a lot of boozing and the endorphins were high. We witnessed some pretty X-rated moments that didn't quite make it into the final cut.[imgtoken data:2] "All the friends from the photo with the sign are all in relationships now, so maybe there really is something in the air in Lisdoonvarna."The directors add that their long working relationship with The Academic has changed the way they make music videos.&nbsp;"There's such trust and respect between everyone working on the projects. The themes are often the same — youth, heartbreak, hope, big dreams in a small town — but we’ve tried to mix genres and form. We want each one to feel different.”

Ireland

Orla Griffin

Erinrose Arthurs

TEARJERKER

Kate Philips

Great Guns

Michael Whitham

Owen Mccauley

George Barnes

Pol Gill Dir

Eibhin O’mianain

Joe Millar

Shauna Taggart

Ollie Davis

Capital Records

Rock

Indie

The Academic 'My Very Best' by TEARJERKER

The Academic - My Very Best

One of the pivotal young British voices today, Pa Salieu's new&nbsp;freestyles Mista and Lennon are accompanied by a visual directed by Mickey Voak and shot by Thomas English, outside the court where he was recently on trial.The video, filmed outside of Warwickshire Combined Court, sees the young Midlands musician depict his frustrations with the court system and the personal impact that the passage of time has had on him. Pa’s best friend Fidel Glasgow was murdered during the incident back in 2018 but no one has been charged with this offence. This video was produced and shot with less than 48 hours notice and sees Pa express himself through a powerful performance.[imgtoken data:1]The video is comprised of two separate scenes, shot solely in black and white. The first a gritty guerrilla down-the-barrel&nbsp;one-shot captures Pa’s raw emotions and heartfelt sentiments. The second, shot inside a moving vehicle, captures Pa in a pensive and reflective state as he his driven away from the courtroom.Given the nature of the shoot, Voak, English and the production team at Stadium&nbsp;were working through the various challenges and time pressures. But the combination of the location and Pa Salieu's&nbsp;lyrics make for a absorbing four minutes of unfiltered performance captured in this gripping visual.

Ray Okudzeto

Mickey Voak

STADIUM

Will Stuetz

Thomas English

Ryan Hawkins

Agnieszka Kocinska

Jack Foster

Warner Bros Records uk

Pa Salieu  'Mista/Lennon Freestyle' by Mickey Voak

Pa-Salieu--'Mista-/-Lennon-Freestyle-'-by-Mickey-Voak

Global disaster looms in Dan Searle's action-packed promo for Architects.In the video for Tear Gas - once again directed by the band's co-founder and drummer -&nbsp;the group play panicked scientists manning planet earth's main control centre, as disaster threatens life as we know it.&nbsp;Intercutting between a playful narrative - where 80s wigs and satire take centre stage - and a slick performance in an enigmatic industrial setting, it's a new look for Architects, and they wear it very well indeed.&nbsp;

Zuzana Skurtys

Luke Temple

Dan Searle

Jamie Whymark

Kode

Phil Penfold

David Wright

Nathan Killham

Alice Hopgood

Dan Gibling

Tommy McMahon

Benjamin Smith

Chris Cole

Haelwyn Adams

Rob Brandon

Jesse Malisa

Metalcore

Architects 'Tear Gas' by Dan Searle

Architects-'Tear-Gas'-by-Dan-Searle

Alfie&nbsp;Templeman is on the run from a gang of blue morph-suit hitmen, in Joel Barney's whimsical promo for Colour Me Blue.In a surreal game of cat and mouse, Alfie is chased through the sleepy streets of his hometown, Bedford, in a concept inspired by Edgar Wright&nbsp;and early Noughties music videos.&nbsp;The laidback&nbsp;style is a perfect match to Templeman's playful persona, and encapsulate the summer vibes of the track.&nbsp;

Declan Price

Emma Holt

Freddie Kemp

Joel Barney

Ozzi Sanderson

Sonder

Cheyenne Miller

Joe Harvey

Oscar Ginn

Arthur Attenborough

Rebecca Doctor

Eddie Hooks

Sam Preeves

Awal

Indie Rock

Alfie Templeman 'Colour Me Blue' by Joel Barney

Alfie-Templeman-'Colour-Me-Blue'-by-Joel-Barney

Simon Lane directs a second, one-take live performance for Bastille's slot on&nbsp;The Late Late Show with James Corden.Give Me The Future gets a sci-fi inspired post apocalyptic treatment set within a beautifully faded art deco theatre.&nbsp;Frontman Dan Smith traverses the enigmatic location, revealing backup singers and then the rest of the group performing&nbsp;in the main section of the venue.&nbsp;The burnt orange lighting evokes an otherworldly&nbsp;Martian vibe, and the dystopian styling elevates this aesthetic.&nbsp;

Simon Lane

Jake Bishop

Up The Game

Vini Curits

Jack Maddison

Josh Connolly

Toby L

Gary Kent

Kai Newton

Republic

Bastille 'Give Me The Future' (Live for The Late Late Show) by Simon Lane

Bastille--'Give-Me-The-Future-(live)'-by-Simon-Lane

Gabriella Kingsley follows up recent ArrDee collaboration&nbsp;<a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2022/03/10/arrdee-come-go-gabriella-kingsley/75330">Come And Go</a> with a cinematic promo for Early Hours.&nbsp;The video is the second chapter of a two-part narrative for the artist's debut mixtape release, Pier Pressure, and spans a handful of intimate vignettes of the pair enjoying each other's company.&nbsp;Kingsley showcases a more raw and vulnerable side of ArrDee, which his audience haven't seen before, and the use of subtle time-bending effects creates a dreamlike vibe which matches the themes of new love and romantic connection.&nbsp;

Eleanor Grace Hann

Liyanne Marie

Ola Christian

Ruth Minkley

Kiera Liberati

Polly Hartley

Gabriella Kingsley

Ersan Beskardes

Rebecca Williams

Irresistible Studios

John Hassay

Jovan Lawrence

Jomar O'Meally

Harriet-Kate Mckean

Matt Nelson

Elliot Ruby

Phillips Nortey

Pete Muncey

Eve Carreno

Nevzat Altinisik

Hannah Sorcha

Gary Coogan⁣⁣

The Quarry

Peter Welton

ArrDee 'Early Hours' by Gabriella Kingsley

Arrdee-''early-Hours''-by-Gabriella-Kingsley

Francis Wallis directs a playful performance promo for Kawala, featuring the group in a perpetually expanding universe of parallel rooms and scenarios.The video boasts a fun, conceptual aesthetic which more than lives up to the name of the track, inspired by the&nbsp;Droste effect. It's&nbsp;put to excellent use here, with a contemporary, slick twist, which feels suited to the cinematic world built within the video.&nbsp;With a trippy edit and brilliant performances all-round, the concept has the right balance of effects and live-action, and feels really fresh.&nbsp;"The lyrical content immediately made me think of the Droste-style effect, which is basically the effect of a picture recursively appearing within itself," explains Wallis.&nbsp;"Creating this visual landscape for our chorus meant that we could repeat our scenes rhythmically, bringing a hypnotic sense of repetitiveness within our variations that felt perfectly suited to this track."Most importantly this felt like a great way to highlight that sense of disorientation and at times claustrophobia that often comes when relationships are on the rocks or at the end of their course in the way that Jim sings about."[imgtoken data:1][imgtoken data:2]

Sarah Asmail

April Hughes

Patricia Humm

Francis Wallis

India Bradshaw

OB Management

FAMILIA

Ailsa Robertson

James Duffy

Isusko Garcia

Llwellyn Harrison

Irys Steel

Robyn Rowan

Jack Singer

Homespun

Szabolcs Moradi

Cabbage Film Factory

Kawala 'Hypnotized' by Francis Wallis

KAWALA - Hypnotized (Official Music Video)

Emmanuelle Soffé directs Poppy Ajudha's Playgod, a powerful pro-choice statement prompted by the recent Alabama abortion bill and other pressures on women’s freedom across the globeThe song questions the right of men to lay claim to women’s bodies, and Soffé's video&nbsp;grounds Ajudha’s anger in a series of low-lit scenes, with a chorus of women exploding into movement in time with the song’s ferocious chorus, making a physical expression of women’s grief and rage.Elsewhere, scenes depicting Ajudha in Virgin Mary-esque stylings show the grief that even Mary herself feels for Christian ideologies being warped in the name of ‘God’, while a glitter-laden performance from the singer depicts the sanctity of the female body.[imgtoken data:1]"When I first heard this track, with just a few hours to write a script, it struck me that the most powerful way to approach a video concept for a song like this was through simple and raw expression of emotion," says Soffé. "An expression of the emotion that we, as women, feel when we watch things like the Texas Heartbeat Act unfold on our screens. The horror and the grief we feel on behalf of our sisters (and trans/non-binary siblings) on the other side of the planet. The anger, the rage, the frustration, the helplessness. And the way that these powerful emotions unite us, bind us together, make us stronger and ever more determined for change."At its essence, the concept for this video is about Releasing. Releasing our and the collective trauma; a method of communicating not (just) with words, but with the heart."

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