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Las Bandas Be Brave

Oliver Jennings creates another surreal and entertaining world for Dizzee Rascal, continuing his collaboration with the legendary UK rapper.The video for Switch and Explode sees&nbsp;Dizzee as a literal punching bag for David Haye, at a fitness class, and back in his classic debut album artwork - the Boy has become the Old Man In Da Corner - amongst a series of other playful vignettes.A blend of old-school ideas and modern technology, the video ponders the rise of robots and drones&nbsp;whilst keeping things cheeky and relaxed - classic Dizzee.&nbsp;It's the third hugely impressive&nbsp;collaboration between Oliver Jennings and Dizzee, packed full of big visual moments,&nbsp;on tracks from the new album&nbsp;Don't Take It Personal.[imgtoken data:1]&nbsp;[imgtoken data:2]&nbsp;

United Kingdom

Jakob Grierse

George Blomiley

Jermaine Robinson

Oliver Jennings

Talor Hanson

Melissa Massey

Jealous Films

John Moule

Sachin Parmar

Miguel Carmenes

Alex White

Sam Fullerton

Gary Kent

Harry Coleman

Felix Wildey

Kailey Walker

Alexandre Nerzic

Creative Outpost

Gino Fernandez

Ben Imber

Grime

Dizzee Rascal 'Switch and Explode' by Oliver Jennings

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Nicholas Lam returns to music videos with&nbsp;an R-rated cyberpunk anime western, where Samurai meets Cowboy,&nbsp;for J Hus featuring CB - and it's a stunning feat.The video for Cream stars the two rappers as anime swordsmen, fighting their way through a dystopian future full of shadowy organisations and super-villains.&nbsp;Lam worked with two talented animation teams - Tier S in Serbia and Point Five Creations in Taiwan -&nbsp;and the result is&nbsp;a riotous, ultraviolent actioner, with an impressive dramatic build and superb animation work. From dynamic fight scenes through to imaginative world-building, the video is an early highlight of the year.Perhaps one of the most ambitious music videos of recent times, in fact.&nbsp;A&nbsp;must-watch, which leaves a lasting impression.[imgtoken data:1]&nbsp;[imgtoken data:2][imgtoken data:3]

Galya Pugach

Chui Ling Chiu

Keung Hoi Sum

Alice Chin

Tommy Ng

Gabriela Sa

Breno Vargas Rohr

Ian Dominic Alejo

Lorenzo Varisco

Mateja Mahovic

Tier-s

Point 5 Creations

Nicholas Lam

Hound Content

Daniel Millar

Andrea Saavedra

Isaac Rice

Missy Galandia

Black Butter Records

J Hus ft CB 'Cream' by Nicholas Lam

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Following their superb collab on <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2023/11/21/dizzee-rascal-how-did-i-get-so-calm-oliver-jennings/84284" target="_blank">How Did I Get So Calm</a>, Oliver Jennings reunites with Dizzee Rascal to create a punchy video inspired by the early days of grime&nbsp;for his latest release What You Know About That.Featuring UK rap legends D Double E and JME, the video pays homage to the style, camera moves and nuance&nbsp;of iconic early grime videos - as Dizzee and guests reminisce about the old days -&nbsp;but reimagined for the future.Boasting multi-format visual setups (with plenty of grainy, early 2000's vibes), the video is a clash of past and present, presenting as an anachronistic visual mashup of the years Dizzy has been making music.&nbsp;Slickly executed with a perfect balance between slick studio footage and BTS-style setups, the video is a whirlwind of performance and technology - and impossible to tear your eyes away from.[imgtoken data:1]&nbsp;[imgtoken data:2]

Sereeta Venkanah

Sachin Parmer

Marti Guiver

Nacho Guzman

Roman Strijbos

Chris Phillips

Dizzee Rascal ft JME & D Double E 'What You Know About That' by Oliver Jennings

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Geerten Harmens and Olivier Bink co-direct a beautifully-shot, VFX-augmented performance promo for grime legend Ghetts&nbsp;featuring Skrapz.&nbsp;The video is a feat of visual effects and experimental AI, intricately woven with&nbsp;live action studio footage.&nbsp;Blending conceptual art and performance, the video strikes the perfect balance between traditional ideas and new technology.Cleverly focusing on the idea as a whole, rather than calling&nbsp;direct&nbsp;attention to the post-production, the video feels modern, heightened and deftly executed - and a perfect complement to the track.&nbsp;[imgtoken data:1][imgtoken data:2]

Toni Blaze

Geerten Harmens

Olivier Bink

Nathan James Tettey

Conrad Russell

Henry Gill

John Mouratis

Sam Barnham

Ben Eeley

Oona Milka Eloranta

Joe Munro

Hanna Hincapie

Warner Records

Ghetts ft Skrapz 'Twin Sisters' by Geerten Harmens, Olivier Bink

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Oliver Jennings directs a superb comeback promo for Dizzee Rascal, depicting the artist's cool demeanour in the face of a variety of chaotic situations.&nbsp;From a giant ball crushing his sports car to a boardroom full of annoying kids, Dizzee is calm and collected, letting situations play out whilst he stays at peace in his own lane.&nbsp;Beautifully shot by DoP Miguel Carmenes, with dazzling VFX work by Ben Imber, Gino Fernandez and team, the video is classic Dizzee - offbeat, frantic and memorable in the best way possible.A slick reminder to keep our heads on and our minds at peace in an increasingly frustrating world.Having said all that... look what they did to Dizzee's car![imgtoken data:1][imgtoken data:2]

Jakob Gierse

Ben Imber / Gino Fernandez / Jacob Van Pelt / Justin Hwang / Jo Skitz

Dizzee Rascal 'How Did I Get So Calm' by Oliver Jennings

Dizzee-Rascal-'How-Did-I-Get-So-Calm'-by-Oliver-Jennings

In this introspective promo for Shaé Universe directed by Slane, the R&amp;B artist&nbsp;ruminates on love and regret, staring out at silent night-time streets from the back of a taxi..Featuring Kojey Radical as the love interest, the video switches up at the halfway mark, where the pair argue and reconnect under vivid red lights, before sharing the taxi journey home.&nbsp;Putting performance at the centre of the concept, Slane keeps things slick and straightforward&nbsp;in terms of cinematography and blocking, lending a sense of heightened realism to the story.&nbsp;

Alice Gilfillan

Slane

David Gourlay

James Wood 

Papaya Films

DEEGEE

Stanislaw Proszowski

Daniel Kelly

Pilar Muro

Oscar Ginn

Alex Hudson

Recel Wynsley Tonelada

Tim Nathan

Simon Lane

Nielsan Bohl

Doma Works

Shaé Universe 'Passenger Princess' by Slane

Shae-Universe--'Passenger-Princess'-by-Slane

Billy Howard Price and&nbsp;Jacek Zmarz co-direct a playfully haunting promo for rock band Creeper - with buckets of blood.&nbsp;Inspired by gothic visuals and vampire films, the video for explores the narrative of main character Mercy, an innocent yet violent girl who is revealed to be not quite what she seems."We knew from the start of this project that we’d be telling a gory vampire story; that had been the only real brief from the band going into it,"&nbsp;directors Billy &amp; Jacek mention.&nbsp;"The main challenge as we approached the shoot was finding a way of making such a story fit into the remits of our respective visual realms without it feeling too silly or pastiche."[imgtoken data:1]Switching between bloody set-pieces and&nbsp;evocative character vignettes, the video is seamlessly blended by an eccentric core performance.&nbsp;"Time has always felt like the central tenet of the Dracula story and of vampire movies as a whole; how do love, hunger and isolation playout over hundreds and hundreds of lonely years if you’re a Nosferatu,&nbsp;a creature of the night or one of the undead?" they continue.&nbsp;&nbsp;"The main conclusion we arrived at thinking about these themes was that it must ultimately be quite boring to be a vampire. So, our chief concern shooting this video became contrasting the grandiose, Gothic imagery of classic vampire movies with a more banal, dry domesticity. A bored teenager at home daydreaming about drinking blood; Harold &amp; Maude meets The Hunger. "This was a particularly fun one to make as we got to reference a lot of the movies we’d grown up watching on repeat, when we ourselves were very bored, but sadly very much mortal teenagers."

Isabelle Cooke

Billy Howard Price

Jacek Zmarz

Scott Nelson

Boxed Off

Charlotte Clutterbuck

John O'Riordan

Paulina Kehlet

Harley Nolan

Pundersons Gardens

Rock

Creeper 'Teenage Sacrifice' by Billy Howard Price, Jacek Zmarz

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Lewis Cater directs an enchanting promo for&nbsp;LA-based artist, producer and multi-instrumentalist, Laufey.&nbsp;In the video for Bewitched, Laufey romanticises in an old movie theatre, becoming the star of her own love story. In beautifully lingering shots, we see the relationship between the artist and her love interest grow, interwoven with magical performance shots in the theatre.&nbsp;Set on the streets of West London, this is a tale full of feeling, bewilderment, longing and the thrill of falling for someone.&nbsp;DoP&nbsp;Adam Singodia brings the magic of the track to life with stunning lighting and dreamlike camerawork, allowing the ethereal nature of memory&nbsp;and first experiences to manifest on screen.&nbsp;

Jenny Meister

United Talent

Lewis Cater

Henry Richmond

Zebrafish Media

Austin Gomez

Kian Altmann

Adam Singodia

James Norbury

Ty Hack

Dominika Besińska

Lluc Mestre

Elena Diaz

Lindsey Mazur

Jacob Mckee

Forager

The Frender

Max Colt

Lucas Aurelio

Awal

Laufey 'Bewitched' by Lewis Cater

Laufey - Bewitched (Official Music Video)

Tyler Childers is a grassroots country artist from Kentucky who provides an alternative voice&nbsp;in a genre associated with conservative values, and worse. And following the race-baiting ugliness of Jason Aldean's Try That In A New Town&nbsp;song and video, Childers' video for In Your Love - directed by Bryan Schlam -&nbsp;could hardly be more timely.It's a love story, set in the Appalachians in the 1950s, of two gay Kentucky miners. Starring&nbsp;Colton Haynes (WB's Arrow) and James Scully (Netflix's You), this is a tale that is touched with tragedy, but crucially one that sends a message of the power of love surmounting all obstacles, and the paramount importance of tolerance.The script for&nbsp;In Your Love&nbsp;was written by Kentucky Poet Laureate Silas House - a friend of Childers - and Jason Kyle Howard. They then worked with Bryan Schlam&nbsp;on how to best adapt this unique story for the screen. It's the second time Schlam has worked with Childers - and bucked expectatations -&nbsp;having already directed the video for Angel Band (Jubilee Version). The In Your Love video also weaves in a performance by Childers and his band The Food Stamps, into the narrative.&nbsp;For House, it was important to not only depict the strife of growing up LGBTQ in an intolerant society, but also the joy and complexity of rural lives. For Schlam, the challenge was in how to do justice to the emotional core in such a short amount of time.[imgtoken data:1]"I knew we only had three minutes and forty-five seconds to put this story together, so every single shot, every single beat, and every action had to have purpose," says Schlam.&nbsp;"I wanted to move the audience in a way a traditional music video wouldn't be able to."After locking actors Colton Haynes and James Scully to star in this romantic tale, Schlam could lean into a more narrative storytelling world in order to truly bring the emotional truth of the song to life. To stay as accurate as possible to its time and Appalachian setting, Schlam worked diligently with the team at his production company home, Brooklyn-based Ghost Robot - including&nbsp;producer Whitney Wolanin and production supervisor Loren Greene - to source authentic locations and period detail."I spent so much time working through archival footage of miners in '50s and '60s," he says. "Just looking at every single detail from exact helmets, to the tools they used, to how dirty their clothes and faces were."After sourcing the perfect farmhouse and bar location, a limestone cave roughly an hour outside of Nashville stood in for the central coal mine. When it came to making the mid-century setting immediately recognizable, period specific cars and costumes became key components.[imgtoken data:2]Schlam brought in stylist Samantha Roe for everything wardrobe related; from the actor's midcentury attire to Tyler and the band's aesthetic in the video. Production designer Amanda Alberto was also key in providing key hand props, and diligently removing contemporary background details and supplementing what was already there.Director of photography Doug Porter was instrumental in shaping the narrative look of the video. Having also worked&nbsp;Tyler and Schlam on the Angel Band (Jubilee Version) video, Schlam praises Porter's ability to bring their creative vision to life. “By now, we have developed a shorthand that helped us pull off the shoot and give the frames emotion and life in such a tight schedule.” Tyler Childers has been previously outspoken on social matters such as racial injustice and police brutality. By centering a same-sex couple, In Your Love&nbsp;has predictably inspired strong reactions, but the most popular social media comments by far have been overwhelmingly positive. There's also been a swarm of reaction videos of TikTok, with fans filming themselves crying after being deeply moved by the video.For Schlam, this emotional reaction from fans has been particularly gratifying: "People are truly connecting to this inclusive message on another level," he says.&nbsp;"To be able to collaborate with Silas and Tyler on a story that lets people know they're loved, recognized, and welcome is a true gift – nevermind the opportunity to make a music video with such a strong message about empathy and humanity behind it."

United States

Bryan Schlam

Ghost Robot

Whitney Wolanin

Kacie Barton

Loren Greene

Doug Porter

Amanda Alberto

Samantha Roe

Nichole Lim

Harriet Greenspan

Matt Osbourne

Company 3

Colton Haynes

James Scully

Country

Tyler Childers 'In Your Love' by Bryan Schlam

Tyler Childers - In Your Love (Official Video)

Director Blythe Thomas shows why Diplo may be a great producer but should never be let near a kitchen, in the cinematic&nbsp;promo for Heartbroken, featuring Jessie Murph &amp; Polo G.&nbsp;In a neon-lit diner, we see Murph sit down in a booth having a heart to heart with a boy, as Polo G performs across the room.&nbsp;Diplo runs around the kitchen, embodying his role as a chef, until the whole thing quite literally goes up in flames. But the couple remain in the booth, unaware of the danger around them, finally working past their issues.&nbsp;There are probably a hundred better places to have such a conversation, especially given the firey circumstances,&nbsp;but it's a heartfelt concept with great performances and a captivating aesthetic - what more could you ask for?&nbsp;

Jenna Demaio

Van Van Alonso

Taisha Suero

Blythe Thomas

Jagger Corcione

Cara Braglia

Dreambear

Bryan Younce

Julia Swain

David Wesley Gelb

Spencer Mang

Carlos Ariel Lopez

Loren White

Bradley Crawford

Surpreeze

Columbia

Electronic

Diplo ft Jessie Murph & Polo G 'Heartbroken' by Blythe Thomas

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Max Moore and Code Orange frontman Jami Morgan direct a stirring performance promo for Take Shape.&nbsp;Featuring&nbsp;Smashing Pumpkins icon Billy Corgan, the video is a stylised nightmare which boasts a menagerie of haunting imagery.There are colourful, abstract moments which contrast the grungy aesthetic, and this dichotomy feels reminiscent of late 90's MTV, which perfectly fits the vibe of the track.&nbsp;Packed full of punchy vignettes, it's a hypnotic ride that toes the line between dream and nightmare and leaves a lasting impression. Just try not to think of Billy Corgan's flesh mask when you're trying to get to sleep tonight...&nbsp;

Caroline Dorn

Jami Morgan

Max Moore

Evan Mcgillivray

Tuff

Chad Dougherty

Eric Robbins

Djay Brawner

Max Rose

Eugena Neumann

Kevin Guild

Jacob Perry

Rebekah Vanderlinden

Christina Guerra

Derek Hansen

Afx Creative

Nic Torres

Eric Shade Balderose

Code Orange ft Billy Corgan 'Take Shape' by Max Moore, Jami Morgan

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When young singer-songwriter Claud Mintz met Paul Rudd at a Taylor Swift concert, Claud revealed to the Avengers star that he'd written a song about him (called Supermodels). After hearing the album and loving it, Rudd then agreed to star in his next video - for A Good Thing, directed by Christina Xing.So here's Rudd, as a rather hapless postman, attempting to deliver a&nbsp;special package for Claud. That's just the prelude for a charming performance featuring Claud and a rapidly unravelling knitted sweater...&nbsp;