Liam Pethick and Nic Minns collaborate to direct a thrillingly energetic promo for the stellar team-up of Martin Garrix and Ed Sheeran.The video for Repeat It spans a series of docu-style vignettes and big stage shows, and also incorporating historical footage of the artists to build a celebration of their respective careers and an eventual collaboration.It's a visual that benefits hugely from the long working relationship that Pethick has developed with Ed Sheeran, filming him in numerous situations, over the past few years."The brief from Ed and Martin was simple: start with their reunion in Santiago and trace their lives backwards over the last 10 years until we arrive at where the song first began," he explains. "From the start, Nic and I wanted to reimagine what an archival music video could feel like; not something purely historical, but something alive and intimate. That led us to build the visual language around split screens, archival textures, and tactile flat-lay moments, almost like flicking through a museum of their lives together, while using carefully matched movement and compositions to draw parallels between their worlds and connect the two stories visually."A big part of making it work was leaning into the natural chemistry between the pair. Having worked with Ed for years, there was already a level of trust and understanding there that allowed us to capture moments that felt genuine rather than overly directed."Pulling together a decade of archive was a massive undertaking (combined with flat-lay shoots at the artists’ homes, two intense days filming in Santiago, long editing days, and an all-nighter to deliver the film the day after the show) but it became one of those projects where the chaos, collaboration, and commitment from everyone involved all aligned in the best way possible. Huge credit to Dan Matthews, Lewis Jones, and the wider team for absolutely slogging it out with us on this one."A vibrant, stirring promo for two of the world's biggest music acts, and a great watch.

Jazz spoken-word artist ana monet has collaborated with B Ray to create a video that reflects the poetry and the harsh reality of her song Working Class Musicians, with a smart combination of cutout and model animation.monet begins by saying 'Though it be a labour of love, a labour it is.' And the video closely follows her lyrics, about everything that happens when her and and her band are not performing. And it enhances the message with more smart observations. As well as the incessant travelling, by all kinds of modes of transport, the video observes the minor but unavoidable indignities that are part of the 'working class musician's' reality - including writing songs on the subway, having instruments mishandled by airport security and manning the merchandise desk after a sparsely attended show. Ultimately, beyond the drudgery, there are moments of actual music, played live in front of an appreciative audience, making it all worthwhile. Sort of. It's presented here as a brief respite, and as the band board another bus, the cardboard city around them is crushed flat. They have to keep moving, keep performing, to pay their bills. It finishes with monet repeating 'Playing to live...' Nicely done, and rather illuminating.

Will Worden earns his wings in Archie Macpherson's tender promo for his latest release. The video for Broken Wings opens with a retro-styled vignette of Will and actress Jenaya Okpalanze flying high, before quite suddenly, Will is plummeting to earth... Traversing a range of landscapes with unpredictable weather and no way home, it's a mix between a music video and a journey/adventure film, with plenty of standout visual moments. Leaning into a sense of anachronism, with vintage textures contrasted against Will having a quick vape as he walks around, it's a brilliant, singular vision, and a fitting tribute to Will's grandfather: Col. Al Worden, Command Module Pilot of Apollo 15.

Charli XCX revels in an increasingly hellish Fashion Week in a scintillating spectacle created by director duo TORSO.With much of the same frenetic energy and brilliantly chaotic choreography in TORSO's previous collaboration with Charli, the terminal and runway at Charles De Gaulles airport in Von Dutch is replaced by another type of runway here. It's an end-of-days fashion show where Charli is the primary and often only runway model. The film opens with an appearance from former Vogue Paris editor-in-chief Carine Roitfeld, setting the tone immediately: “Fashion won’t save us. But let’s go on the runway and walk.” A manifesto-like statement that captures the video’s intention.The camera drifts somewhere between fashion documentary and pop nightmare, following Charli through a series of saturated tableaux populated by models, stylists, photographers and figures from across the fashion industry. TORSO build on the aesthetic they previously developed for Von Dutch; SS26 is shot like an adrenaline-fuelled sprint, blurring the line between fashion performance, cultural satire and dystopian pop fantasy. Between tense backstage moments, couture silhouettes, orchestrated chaos and blinding camera flashes, Charli moves through a world where glamour becomes a survival mechanism. The aesthetics of Fashion Week are transformed into a fully apocalyptic spectacle. And she is the star of the show, walking a fine line between celebration and mockery...