Black Bordello present an otherworldly music video for single, Acid Mary, directed by frontwoman Sienna Bordello and Natasha Kinaru. The band are known for their phantasmagorical aesthetics, with their films often featuring characters undergoing macabre metamorphoses. And it begins in a highly stylised drinking hall with chequered floors, where a number of shady characters sip whiskey and smoke over a poker game, like a scene from a classic movie.Raging with a Cure-esque guitar hook, meandering basslines and vocals reminiscent of Siouxsie Sioux, the track tells a littoral elegy about romance with a siren. In the video Sienna enters and delivers her sermon, soon breaking into an uncontrollable fit which launches her and her chosen victim into dark ominous waters, where their courting dance soon turns to ethereal brutality.

Rodrigo Inada, now working as a solo director, directs an extraordinary vision for Celeste, creating a world around the singer that's just as dramatic as her talent deserves.For the video for On With The Show, Celeste is a showgirl in an abstract, dreamlike version of a bygone age, trapped by her own persona, represented by the simple yet effective device of a life-like mask.Inada has created a complete vision - a forbidding world of shadows and light, brilliantly staged - from which the singer seeks to escape. The effect, coupled with Celeste's performance - she's a great singer, of course; comparisons with Billie Holiday are justifiable - is intense. "Set in a decadent cabaret... we find a showgirl (Celeste) who’s performance involves a mask, and she just been told by a mysterious man: 'it sees, you follow'," explains Inada. "From that moment a surreal journey starts, where the masked version of her is left with no reflection of her true self."When I was a kid the most terrifying thing for me was if one day I walked up to a mirror and I just lost my reflection. And I wanted to explore that on this video, what if one day your reflection just decided they don’t wanna be there for you anymore?"I just felt this story was speaking to me a lot in a way - that sometimes its just so easy to grasp on so many things in life but yourself - and it was really special collaborating with Celeste because for her this song was also about breaking free from expectations and performatic acts, and rather been yourself."This video was really special for me, because I finally got to work and collaborate with really amazing and talented friends. It was amazing and special that I finally got to work with [EP] Jean Mougin, and reunited with one of my favourite producers Chris Murdoch. I also got the chance to work with prodution designer Elena Isolini, a really close friend of mine, and she nailed it on the design of this video."Pierre de Kerchove and me have been collaborating so closely as well and he mastered the lights on the abstract stage we created. Aaron Saiki edited it, and Jackson Forsythe did creative direction with me. It’s just the best thing when you manage to work with your best friends. It feels so important for me in this new phase of a solo career."

JADE is on full display in India Harris' stirring promo for Plastic Box. Opening in a gallery setting, JADE is trapped behind glass whilst a crowd of onlookers watch on curiously. Eventually breaking out of her cage, she is whipped out into the world, launched into an electrifying display of pop performance vignettes. Boasting slick choreographed scenes, arresting beauty setups and a mix of lo-fi cutaways to align with the aesthetic of her debut, it's another high point for JADE, with terrific execution and vision from Harris.

British-Punjabi musical disruptor Raf-Saperra's infectious pop track Step Out has inspired a suitably vibrant visual by directing duo Amir Hossain and Soren Harrison - aka Bedroom - and Avleen Kaur that playfully crosses cultural borders.Reflecting his contemporary take on South Asian music that blends western music styles with traditional Punjabi singing, it's an intoxicating mix of East and West in one colourful and cartoon-like package. Raf pops into the beauty salon to celebrate the girls (of all ages) as they prepare for a big night out. Then he becomes the model in a fashion magazine wearing some outlandish clothes, but charming his fellow model - the girl from the salon. He's also the guy in the magazine ad for Fatboy breakfast cereal, before becoming a boxer in the ring and appearing at his press conference, where his favourite girl turns up as his interviewer. For Amir Hossain, one half of the Bedroom project, this was an important opportunity to articulate the blurred lines between his South Asian and British heritage and what that means to his directorial work. It marks a bucket list moment for the director and stands out as one of the director's strongest videos to date."For me, Step Out was just as much about pushing representation as it was about pushing culture," he says. "Growing up South Asian, you’re often boxed in, caught between tradition and perception. There aren’t many people who look like me breaking into these new spaces or showcasing that we can play in the same field as everyone else."With this video, I wanted to show a more layered identity: bold, modern, unapologetically brown. Something that breaks away from the stereotypes and can stand shoulder to shoulder with the work that’s always inspired me."Soren Harrison adds: "There are boundaries to be pushed in South Asian culture right now and the response we have gotten with the video shows us how important it is to be broadening the cultural limits. We wanted the life and colour of the song to breathe into the visuals and let Raf’s playful performance carry us from one set to the next."