Director's Representation

Mouthpiece

A chess match transforms into&nbsp;a big musical production number in Iris Luz's scintillating collaboration with PinkPantheress - featuring&nbsp;US singer&nbsp;Destin Conrad as the eponymous Romeo.We start in reality as Pink enters a chess tournament&nbsp;that's taking place in a South London community hall - and where Pink proceeds to demolish the opposition, The Queen's Gambit-fashion. Destin is playing on another table, and they can't help give each other the eye, indulging in some flirting while winning their separate matches.And then, when they come together to play each other,&nbsp;it turns into a full-on musical fantasy: the chessboard is the dancefloor, the chess pieces becoming dancers, and this musical - with Pink performing&nbsp;next to a giant Queen chesspiece - plays out as Pink and Destin start the game in the real world... where Pink quickly takes control.Building on the excellent previous videos of her current Fancy That album campaign, Pink's signature style, and love of strong patterns - black and white checks and tartan - is slickly woven into the lighthearted narrative. Every element is delivered to a high level, and works to frame the singer and her message.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;It's a great addition to the PinkPantheress canon and an exciting step forward for Iris Luz, following her recent videos for the likes of Victoria&nbsp;and George Riley.&nbsp;[imgtoken data:1][imgtoken data:2]

United Kingdom

Elena Isolini

Jack O'Mullane

Renäta Fabri

Milena Agbaba

Iris Luz

Ayomide Alli

Partizan

Imran Malik

Mark Lane

Tuomas Nurmi

Lauren Mills

Scarlet Green

Rose Lucas

Gary Kent

Bertie Wood

Milo Brown

James Burns

Simon Donnellon

Geri Docherty

The Quarry

Andi Chu

Electric Theatre Collective

Warner Bros. Records Inc.

Oscar Stewart

Will Cousins

PinkPantheress 'Romeo' by Iris Luz

Pinkpantheress-'Romeo'-by-Iris-Luz

<h3>The Spindle director’s debut music video pays tribute to&nbsp;a modern TV classic. She explains how it happened, and why it needed to be as faithful to the original&nbsp;as possible. On-set photography by Amaka Lin.&nbsp;</h3>Bonnie MacRae was stepping into uncharted territory with her video for singer-songwriter Chloe Slater's song Harriet. Firstly, she had not made a pop promo before, for anyone. And secondly, this was going to be a homage - and not just referencing that work. She was aiming for, in many ways, a complete copy. And the pressure was on, as the original was something that many people know - and seriously love.The brief was to recreate scenes from <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/p089g8rs/normal-people" target="_blank">Normal People</a>, the TV adaptation of Sally Rooney's acclaimed novel, ostensibly to highlight the often-noted resemblance between Chloe Slater and Daisy Edgar-Jones, the female lead actor in the show. But such is the emotional pull that the drama has upon&nbsp;MacRae (and many others) she became determined to go 'all in' -&nbsp;to an extent that the likeness between the show and the Harriet video is considerable. At times even uncanny.&nbsp;&nbsp;[vidtoken data:0]This is a departure for MacRae, an up-and-coming director from Dundee who has been building her reputation with work in its own distinctive style.&nbsp;She signed with London-based production company Spindle earlier this year, having made her mark with two short films that tackle important topics with an appealing irreverence:&nbsp;Mind Yersel', about suicide, has been used by the NHS for training healthcare professionals;&nbsp;<a href="https://www.spindle.co/work/endometriosis-uk/" target="_blank">All Up There</a>,&nbsp;about the condition of endometriosis,&nbsp;won a YDA Award and has been recently developed into an awareness campaign for the charity Endometriosis UK.Her latest short, <a href="https://www.spindle.co/work/happy-birthday-daniel/" target="_blank">Happy Birthday Daniel</a>, co-produced by&nbsp;Spindle, is a tongue-in-cheek&nbsp;character comedy (it stars&nbsp;Lizzie Davidson of BBC's Such Brave Girls and Rhea Norwood of Netflix's Heartstopper) that's just starting its festival run.&nbsp;And a TV project also in development is further evidence of MacRae's status as an exciting breakthrough talent.But when Promonews spoke to her, the Harriet video had just been released - and not surprisingly, our conversation was all about that.&nbsp;<blockquote>I wanted it to be exact to the point that you’d have to do a&nbsp;double-take.</blockquote>PROMONEWS: Bonnie, how did this&nbsp;project start for you? &nbsp;BONNIE MACRAE: I was initially asked to pitch on the video about a month before the shoot, I’d known of Chloe’s music and had seen her come up across my Instagram feed a few times but this was both our first instance of working together – and my first ever music video.When did the idea emerge to re-create scenes from Normal People?BM: That was brought to the table as part of the initial brief. In the comments section of nearly every social media post of Chloe’s, you’ll find people comparing her to Daisy Edgar Jones. I think for Chloe, it almost started out as a bit of a joke, and then combined with her love for Normal People, it felt like a really creative and original way to address the resemblance.[imgtoken data:1]Above: Chloe Slater on set of the Harriet video<blockquote>I think for Chloe, it almost started out as a bit of a joke.&nbsp;</blockquote>It then became a collaboration between us both, figuring out what scenes to draw inspiration from, how we would land that balance between humour and something a little bit deeper, relating it back to the lyrics of the song, getting to the root of why Chloe penned it in the first place and channelling that into the visuals.&nbsp;[But] It’s one thing saying you can recreate something and [another thing]&nbsp;actually being able to do it; that was a little mini-stress I realised after winning the job. I decided right from that point that if we were going to make this, it should be as precise as possible, otherwise it could fall a bit flat. And then that’s when we started to work really specifically.[imgtoken data:2]Above: Bonnie MacRea (right) with Chloe Slater on set&nbsp;Why did you pick those&nbsp;particular scenes from the show?BM: With the very first brief, Chloe sent across a few scenes that she really wanted to include, which just so happened to be the same ones that stuck out so vividly in my mind. There’s obviously so many to choose from, but I wanted to make sure we were recreating the ones that felt the most visually iconic.For example, I knew I wanted to recreate Connell’s bedroom with that recognisable wallpaper and duvet as on first glance, I think even those who aren’t huge fans of the show will see it and can put two and two together and identify it as Normal People. The same goes for those grey school uniforms, and that long French braid in Marianne’s hair – instantly recognisable snippets of the show that also felt in alignment with the song and its lyrics.[imgtoken data:3]Above: Chloe Slater with co-star Gus Steele on setHave you attempted anything like this before?BM: Never. This was a completely different production experience to anything I’ve worked on before. The original show is shot in a way that doesn’t creatively come naturally to me. It’s framed in a way that I perhaps wouldn’t have shot it, so it was fascinating to have to almost mould my own work around someone else's in that way.Usually when you take inspiration from something you don’t take it quite so literally. It was a new experience having to brief our HODs to so rigorously match every single detail as closely as possible. It was also daunting because it is my first music video, and this is a world I really want to be in, so I put a bit of pressure on myself to do it well. We worked hard in pre-production to find specific props and wardrobe items and similar locations, but you never really know until the camera rolls and you look at the monitor for the first time, if it’s actually going to pay off.&nbsp;I’m so glad to say that I think it did![imgtoken data:4]<blockquote>It was fascinating to have to almost mould my own work around someone else's.</blockquote>What were the biggest challenges in making it happen?BM: The main challenge was that we had a small budget and one day to shoot four of the show’s most iconic scenes all over South London. But that to me was also the best part. It felt like a real achievement by the end of the day to see what we had managed to do and I also think being restricted both time and money-wise naturally makes you all the more creative.One of the other main challenges was recreating our locations, specifically our interior sets – Connell’s bedroom and the pool setup for instance. We shot in this massive house that 1. Had a pool that really felt similar to that of the original show but 2. Didn’t have any rooms that were boxy and contained like we needed.[imgtoken data:5]It meant we had to build a tiny bedroom within a bedroom and our amazing production designer&nbsp;Lucie Brooks Butler&nbsp;and her team really smashed it in such a small space of time. Lucie came up with the smart idea of bringing in a tall wardrobe and wrapping half of it in our wallpaper to try and emulate that original bedroom composition.[imgtoken data:6][imgtoken data:7]I also really wanted to be as specific as possible. I wanted it to be exact to the point that you’d have to double-take to figure out if you were watching the music video or the real thing. Specificity was really the main working practice across all departments – we set out to find the exact same bedroom wallpaper, the same school tie, the exact replica of Connell’s chain, the same GAA ticket stubs pasted to his bedroom walls.What aspects of the re-creation are you happiest with?BM: I’m really delighted with the supermarket scene. We shot in this small Polish shop on Streatham High Street that ended up feeling very similar to the show, and Chloe is actually wearing the exact dress Daisy wears which is a nice easter egg too.[imgtoken data:8][imgtoken data:9]Our brilliant 1st AD, Dom Asbridge, would be holding up my iPad next to the monitor so that we could watch the show play out alongside what we were shooting. I got super specific with both Chloe and Gus in even the smallest of movements – if Marianne takes her earphones out and that lasts three seconds, let’s make sure we take the same amount of time ourselves. If she raises her right arm at a certain angle to grab a jar off the shelf, let’s try and have Chloe reach that same position.I’m also really proud of how we recreated the bedroom scene. It was honestly very weird putting both Chloe and Gus into position and seeing the show come to life in front of us all. We even got particular in the tiny art details around the room that no one will probably ever notice or think twice about. For example, we managed to source the exact same vintage plate that sits on the side of Connell’s desk – you can actually barely see it in frame in the show or the music video but it’s very satisfying for me knowing that little details like that made it in there.[imgtoken data:10]<blockquote>Being restricted both time and money-wise naturally makes you all the more creative.</blockquote>I also really love our field scenes when they’re in their school uniforms – to me that set up is Normal People and to watch that play back in the edit for the first time and see how close we got was really fun. Who knew a little field in Croydon could masquerade itself as rural Sligo?What’s the primary purpose of doing this – humour, or something deeper? Or is it just to highlight Chloe’s rather uncanny likeness to Daisy?BM:&nbsp;I think it’s a bit of both. Addressing the uncanny likeness I think demands a bit of humour. This is a homage to the show and while we worked really hard to get that replication right, we also aren’t trying to take it too seriously.[imgtoken data:11][imgtoken data:12]I think it’s such a smart idea from Chloe in using the show as a vessel to form this world around ‘Harriet’. So many (including myself) are also still so obsessed with&nbsp;Normal People, even though it came out a good few years ago now, to me it still feels so relevant.Why do you think Normal People resonates so much?The show came out as such a crazy time -&nbsp;at the very start of lockdown when everything was a bit scary and unknown. I binged it almost all in one go - 1. Because it felt nice to have something to escape into and distract myself from and&nbsp;2. The show offered up this totally immersive world that I’d never experienced before.[imgtoken data:13]Above: cast and crew at the end of the Harriet shootI also think that to take an amazing novel like&nbsp;Normal People&nbsp;and to then adapt it so successfully is maybe quite rare. The way the show is shot literally feels like Sally Rooney’s writing. It’s really visceral and I think that makes it so relatable and true to real life in a way most TV fails to do.If you had the chance to do another Chloe/Daisy comparison video, which of Daisy’s other TV shows or movies would you pick?&nbsp;BM: We actually joked about this on set. Maybe my new thing is directing lookalike music videos… I haven’t actually seen it but I know Daisy was in Twisters.&nbsp;So I’d like to see how we’d fancy our chances of replicating a devastating tornado on a similar budget in a day in the same field in Croydon.&nbsp;• Bonnie MacRae is based at Spindle and represented for music videos by Claire Stubbs at Mouthpiece. See her work at Spindle <a href="https://www.spindle.co/directors/bonnie-macrae/" target="_blank">here</a>

Bonnie MacRae

Spindle

BTS: Bonnie MacRae on Chloe Slater's Harriet | 'Normal People still feels so relevant.'

Chloe Slater - Harriet (Official Video)

Daniel Sachon's tumultuous video for Demi Lovato unveils a reimagined Demi, free from the scars of her past and untouched by the chaos around her.The promo for Fast counterintuitively has the singer as the calm centre at the heart of a storm, walking through a nighttime city scene engulfed in hysteria. With a large cast of extras, there is craziness at every turn, orchestrated by Sachon with an admirable eye for detail within the overall concept.&nbsp;Throughout this impressively-mounted production - shot on a studio backlot -&nbsp;Demi emerges in complete control, setting the tone for her new chapter.&nbsp;Her final glance at the camera is the only acknowledgment of the outside world, intentional and poised.[imgtoken data:1]

Marla Weinhoff

Ckc Projects

Lauren Johnson

Maggie Kimball

Daniel Sachon

Vladen Ponomar

Good World Creative

Steven Gottlieb

Isaac Marziali

Jasper Wolf

Brandon Creed

Christopher Pepe

Jason Quan

Kenny Taylor

Brad Powers

Eric Ugland

Dumaine Babcock

Charissa Kroeger

Emilie Aubry

Church Edit

Myles Bevan

Studio RM

Rick Lancaster

Max Colt

Island Records

Demi Lovato 'Fast' by Daniel Sachon

Demi Lovato - Fast (Official Music Video)

Iris Luz captures the thrills and contradictions of hyper consumption and modern femininity, in her whirlwind promo for singer George Riley.In the video for More, Riley is hounded by paparazzi while running through West London laden with shopping bags. So far, so Y2K tabloid.It breaks down into joyful chaos as Riley throws her bags up in the air and dances in a fountain, a moment of crazy, guerilla-shot&nbsp;abandon to register with the drum n bass track.Blending naturalistic scenes of the city with larger than life fantasy, it's a vibrant, breezy visual, capturing the frantic pace of day to day life with a moment of pure ecstasy - and more than a hint of irony. Much more.&nbsp;

Claudia Celeste

Toby Leary

Shy Mason

Dasha Taivas

Liv Ay

Trim Editing

Daniela Rotaru

Thea Dagnaud

Time Based Arts

George Riley 'More' by Iris Luz

George-Riley-'More'-by-Iris-Luz

Apparently Chloe Slater's fans have been saying it for years. So now the singer-songwriter has decided to fully embrace their observation that she has a striking resemblance to actress Daisy Edgar-Jones in her new video by Bonnie MacRae. And the result is almost spooky - you may believe you are watching <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/p089g8rs/normal-people" target="_blank">Normal People</a> all over again.In the video for Harriet, MacRea does not so much reference Edgar-Jones's breakthrough role as to recreate some of the acclaimed TV drama's most memorable scenes&nbsp;with eerie precision. Only this time, 'Marianne' is usually singing to 'Connell' - played by Gus Steele, who also looks like Paul Mescal, but not quite as much as Chloe looks like Daisy.The beauty of MacRae and Slater's wholly invested approach is&nbsp;that, counter-intuitively, even if you're not that familiar with Normal People, you can pretty much enjoy this on its own account. But for the many avid fans of the show, it's a proper&nbsp;treat - albeit one that may seem almost uncanny.

Lucie Brooks Butler

Tanya Johnson

Chris Anthony

Johnny Woodman

Michael Lewin

Dale Heely

Courtney Bennett

Mayling Wong

Dom Asbridge

James Wicks

Jessica Timbs

Sara Hassan

Charles Gamble

Cabin Editing Company

Dominic Phipps

Company 3

Gus Steele

Chloe Slater

Awal Recordings

Singer-songwriter

Chloe Slater 'Harriet' by Bonnie MacRae

Harv Frost returns with another spectacular promo for The Last Dinner Party - a surreal Soho-set Western for the first release from the band's second album.&nbsp;The video for This Is The Killer Speaking transforms London streets into a Western-style town, complete with its own dive bar, fashion and... ethereal centaur. Okay, maybe that's a new addition.&nbsp;[imgtoken data:1]In the same ambitious, stylish and often surreal aesthetic as Frost's previous collaborations with the band, it's a fresh vibe and a great introduction to the follow-up to their acclaimed debut LP&nbsp;Prelude To Ecstasy.&nbsp;HARV FROST:"Returning to work with TLDP was a dream, after collaborating together on the videos for the first album and our short for the album&nbsp;Prelude To Ecstasy. We have built such a rich mini-cinematic universe that was a joy to dive back into.[imgtoken data:2]"This time it was about doing something different, we wanted to burn the book on what we have done previously, and create something that combines all we have learnt from our previous videos."The pitch for the video was ‘the band wreaks Western-style havoc in Soho’ so I knew from the start it was going to be a challenge in itself - around the band’s availability we could only shoot on a Thursday morning for the Soho scenes, so that meant lots of curious passers-by&nbsp;and stopping traffic.[imgtoken data:3]"This a complete contrast from the locked-off controlled environments we were used to shooting in for previous videos, it posed a new kind of challenge. Thanks to 1st AD master Rose Lucas and the rest of the crew we managed to pull it all off while causing a bit of a scene."For this video my references were stooped in classic spaghetti westerns like Fistful of Dollars, Django and The Good, The Bad And The Ugly,&nbsp;but wanted to give them this acid-western feeling and shoot them in a way that felt modern without being too pastiche. It was about carving out our own style.[imgtoken data:4]"The challenge was making something that felt unlike past TLDP videos that still kept that DNA. That theatricality and character but with a new lick of paint, a darker palette and an even a bleach blonde wig for Abigail. And in typical Last Dinner Party fashion, a western without horses, but rather, a centaur!"Always such a privilege to work with this powerhouse of a band, and to kick off the campaign for their second album."

Théïa Maldoom

Ella Kean

Suzanne Holland

Rubina Vita Marchiori

Harry Crum

Harv Frost

Lottie Lindsay-Beavan

Kode

Theresa Adebiyi

Riaz Ahmed

Fraser Rigg

Nathan Killham

Nahal Ashrafithe

Tom Colli

Anil Duru

Sinan Yilmaz

Matthew Hollis

Sasha Hilton

Hannah Godley

Natasha Lawes

Grace Sinnott

Eden Read

The Assembly Rooms

Tim Smith

Rascal

Covert

Alternative

Indie

The Last Dinner Party 'This Is The Killer Speaking' by Harv Frost

The Last Dinner Party - This is the Killer Speaking (Official Video)

Dora Paphides brings the Noughties vibe in this evocative performance promo for Sugababes.&nbsp;The video for Shook blends slick performances by Mutya, Keisha and Siobhan with frantic lo-fi snapshots of city streets&nbsp;- and a starring role for a big white&nbsp;truck emblazoned with&nbsp;the Sugababes logo."At the centre of this chaos is one iconic image: a towering white delivery truck, branded boldly with SUGABABES," explains Dora.&nbsp;"It’s more than a prop — it’s a symbol. A moving monument to the band being cemented as icons.&nbsp;This truck barrels through the video like the band themselves: unmissable, larger-than-life, and impossible to ignore."It's all brought together in a super-fast edit to reflect the feeling of being completely&nbsp;Shook by this latest banger by the 'Babes.&nbsp;

Hannah Knowles

Angelica Wolanska

Justin Hamilton

Neil Stuart

Dora Paphides

Christopher Broomfield

Natasha Duursma

Tara Leonard

Dan Huntly

Alasdair Banes

Niels Halle

Jason Goh

Devon Maz

Buki Ebiesuwa

Georgina Graham

Roisin Donaghy

Carina Etae

Dani Rotaru

Sugababes 'Shook' by Dora Paphides

Sugababes - Shook (Official Music Video)

Daniel Broadley directs an absorbing promo for Sam Fender's collaboration with Olivia Dean, combining&nbsp;footage of the pair performing on Fender's recent stadium tour, synced to their recorded track.&nbsp;Captured via multiple cameras at the concert&nbsp;at The London Stadium and Fender's 'homecoming' show at St. James's Park in Newcastle, it's a cinematic showcase of&nbsp;live performance, that starts as Sam introduces&nbsp;Olivia to co-perform this song.&nbsp;With sweeping shots of an ecstatic audience and a healthy dose of slow-mo, it's an elevated visual that both encapsulates the&nbsp;tumultuous energy of a Fender gig, and also the tenderness of the song.&nbsp;Lovely work.&nbsp;

Daniel Broadley

Semera Khan

Rock

Sam Fender ft Olivia Dean 'Rein Me In' by Daniel Broadley

Sam Fender — Rein Me In (feat. Olivia Dean) [Official Video]

Shot over a period of three&nbsp;weeks in India, taking in eight cities - Pune, Chennai, Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Mumbai, Shillong, Kolkata and Old Delhi - and all 'shot' by Ed Sheeran himself (on Snorricam) comes the video for Sapphire."We decided to shoot a music video for Sapphire whilst on tour [in India]," explains Dan Curwin, Ed Sheeran's longtime video commissioner, who also produced this video.&nbsp;"Every day was a new challenge and we covered an enormous amount of locations."From a Bollywood backlot to the rooftop of the old spice market in Delhi, to riding a scooter, a beach, going on a river boat, a dive bar, a chai shop, riding in a rickshaw, football and cricket, and more. Everything was a last minute hustle and total chaos. What could [possibly] go wrong?&nbsp;:)"[imgtoken data:1][imgtoken data:2][imgtoken data:3]

Ollie Ireland

Liberty Shaw

Hilary Owen

Liam Pethick

Dan Curwin

Nic Minns

Johnny Tully

No.8

Atantic Records

Ed Sheeran 'Sapphire' by Liam Pethick

Ed-Sheeran-'Sapphire'-by-Liam-Pethick

A street corner comes to life in Taz Tron Delix's uplifting showcase for BRIT-winning singer-songwriter Myles Smith.In the video for Gold, Smith is front and centre among a growing group of revellers on an LA street intersection. It's a bright, colourful and resoundingly upbeat scene to reflect the surging joy in the song. And the setting also allows Smith's&nbsp;unassuming personality to emerge on-camera&nbsp;in a charming fashion.

Annabel Bennett

Charlie Morris

Wendy Hou

Auden Albloosh

Taz Tron Delix

Amanda Mcdonnell

Kat Cattaneo

Shane Moore

Ava Rikki

Dave Gelb

Evan Brown

Ali Pensyl

Shawn Mccloskey

Gino Varisano

Hanna Hamilton

Fre Howard

Ali Ciotto

D-fran

Whitehouse Post

Alex Gregory

Harbor Picture Company

Myles Smith 'Gold' by Taz Tron Delix

Myles Smith - Gold (Official Video)

Loyle Carner embarks on a dreamlike journey in the self-directed video for the lead-off track from his forthcoming hew album.Loyle (real name, Ben Carner-Loyle) is tucked up in a child-sized bed as the video for Lyin' starts. As water begins to drip onto his head, the bedsheet becomes a device to set him on his travels. He finds himself in bed in the sea, then back asleep, waking up, leaving a public bathroom and entering a rush hour crowd of commuters and then - in a moment of brilliance -&nbsp;rising above everyone else.[imgtoken data:1]Eventually he finds himself walking into a crowded theatre and onto the stage where his bedroom is the set - and he walks back into the room.&nbsp;Throughout, Loyle is talking about the pressures and pleasures of fatherhood - a central theme of the new album&nbsp;hopefully!&nbsp;So the video is itself a surreal exploration of fatherhood, where both&nbsp;inner child and grown-up self are still figuring things out. It leaves things open-ended and unresolved, a cue for the viewer to get closer to Loyle Carner's new music.&nbsp;&nbsp;