Belarus-born, German-based director and stand-up comedian Veronika Bolotina addresses the pressing issue of affordable housing in a very relatable fashion in her video for German duo Used.The video for Lazy Morning is set in a small Berlin apartment, into which a young woman drags her suitcases. She's a new arrival and guest of her friend, who is planning to stay a few days before finding her own place. But that's not quite how it turns out.The film follows the young woman's increasingly dispiriting and desperate attempst to find her own affordable flat from scrolling through ads, struggling to keep herself together with routine and self-care rituals, but dented by failure and exhaustion. With sensitive direction, a number of imaginative visual techniques and a strong central performance by Luna Baptiste, Bolotina keeps the viewer entralled throughout. By the end, you care about this character and what will happen next for her - and there's a suggestion we will find out. A promising debut.

Lewis Capaldi makes his long-awaited return with Survive, and a striking visual - dubbed the In Bloom Offical Video - directed by Charlie Sarsfield.Set inside a hauntingly grand, flower-filled manor, the video finds Capaldi surrounded by a sea of chrysanthemums as shafts of light cut through dusty windows, illuminating his deeply personal performance. It’s a striking metaphor for rebirth and resilience - themes that resonate not only in the lyrics, but in the emotional weight of Capaldi’s long-awaited re-emergence.Sarsfield’s direction crafts an intimate and immersive world - from the gentle bloom of flowers beneath Capaldi’s feet to the atmospheric interplay of light and shadow - creating a cinematic space for Capaldi’s voice to take centre stage. At his most open and powerful, Capaldi is joined by a full band, their performance grounded in a single, beautifully composed location that feels both timeless and deeply personal.In keeping with the integrity of the video, all flowers used on set were donated to local institutions following the shoot, including Royal Berkshire Hospital, The Old Vicarage Residential Care and Dementia Home, and The Orders of St John Care Trust (OSCJT). “We wanted to create a foundation that matched the beauty of Lewis's big bold comeback track," says Sarsfield. "It was a reflection of everything Lewis has carried with him over the last few years.“We wanted to build a world where he could tell that story without distraction - just his voice, surrounded by life pushing through the cracks.”

An intimate, tender music video by Ruby Harris for singer-songwriter Zoe Moon's love letter to her younger self.The film for The Letter - shot in Tāmaki Makaurau (Auckland, New Zealand) during the summer of 2023 - unfolds as a visual conversation between Zoe and her younger self, moving through a series of moments until they meet."The Letter began during a time of personal loss that left me searching for peace," explains Zoe Moon. "The visuals are an extension of that moment: a quiet processing of memory, conflict, and hope. "Set across sand and sea, the video features myself and four others, symbolising a family. We move through soft gestures of care and rupture, lifting one another, reaching, even contending over a single letter in the sand. It’s a non-objectifying way of presenting Blackness in Aotearoa — honest and real. It’s exactly what I needed when I was growing up here."The video was created by "A small and incredible crew," adds director Ruby Harris. "The edit by Nadia Darby cuts movement and water together seamlessly. For the underwater scenes we took a DIY approach, putting a Sony A7iii in a waterproof case and jumping in."Colourist (and DP) Devan Narsai brought everything together with the grade, making the footage across different cameras combine into one beautiful, emotional and playful world."