THE PROMONEWS PODCAST - Talking Music Videos

We talk to Eoin Glaister about the past ten years of directing music videos and making people laugh. Eoin’s credits include brilliant promos for Joji, Beirut, Glass Animals, Aquilo, Kele Okereke, Mentis, and his new one for La Priest - where a woman falls in love with a fatberg. We find out how he gravitated towards comedy, how he developed a knack for making trilogies - and why he thinks that a dog is a director’s best friend.  

Useful links:

Eoin Glaister

http://eoinglaister.com/

https://stinkfilms.com/artist/eoin-glaister/

Let The Machines Do The Work - Let Me Be The One

https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2013/08/22/let-machines-do-work-let-me-be-one-eoin-glaister/21178

Catfish & The Bottlemen - Fallout

https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2014/06/26/catfish-and-bottlemen-fallout-eoin-glaister/27209

Aquilo - I Gave It All & Losing You

https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2014/11/27/aquilo-i-gave-it-all-losing-you-eoin-glaister/30453

Aquilo - Silhouette

https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2017/01/25/aquilo-silhouette-eoin-glaister/45739

Glass Animals - Pork Soda

https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2017/03/08/glass-animals-pork-soda-eoin-glaister/46650

All We Are - Human

https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2017/04/25/all-we-are-human-eoin-glaister/47506

Kele Okereke - Streets Been Talking’

https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2017/10/05/kele-okereke-streets-been-talkin-eoin-glaister/49905

Beirut - Landslide

https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2019/01/15/beirut-landslide-eoin-glaister/56805

Joji - Sanctuary

https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2019/06/24/joji-sanctuary-eoin-glaister/59400

Carnage ft Terror Bass - Holy Moly

https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2019/08/23/carnage-ft-terror-bass-holy-moly-eoin-glaister/60397

Joji & Jackson Wang ft Swae Lee - Walking

https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2019/11/01/joji-jackson-wang-ft-swae-lee-major-lazer-walking-eoin-glaister/61546

Mentis ft Kate Wild - Excuses

https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2021/08/09/mentis-ft-kate-wild-excuses-eoin-glaister/72297 

LA Priest - It’s You

https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2023/03/17/la-priest-its-you-eoin-glaister/8081A

The director of videos for Bree Runway, Dodie, Shaybo and Jorja Smith, Lucinda Chua and more, Tash Tung talks about bringing her intimate style to the pop video genre, exploring themes of identity and heritage, working with choreography, shooting live performance, and her ambitions for the future.

Bree Runway - All Night

https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2019/08/22/bree-runway-all-night-tash-tung/60400 

Bree Runway ft Maliibu Miitch - Gucci

https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2020/07/27/bree-runway-maliibu-miitch-gucci-tash-tung/65815

Sega Bodega - Kisses 2 My Phone

https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2018/11/15/sega-bodega-kisses-2-my-phone-tash-tung/56075

Medusa ft Goodboys - Piece Of Your Heart

https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2019/04/10/meduza-ft-goodboys-piece-your-heart%E2%80%99-tash-tung/58196

MK - Body 2 Body

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdbRtGVnwkc

Dodi - Live In The Attic

https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2022/10/07/dodie-live-attic-tash-tung/78662

Shaybo ft Jorja Smith - My Sister

https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2021/09/09/shaybo-ft-jorja-smith-my-sister-tash-tung/72726

Lucinda Chua - Golden

https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2022/10/31/lucinda-chua-golden-tash-tung/78943

One of the UK’s leading music video directors, Joe Connor, talks about his career to date working with the likes of The Maccabees, Coldplay, Elbow and The Rolling Stones, how he made the leap from experimental theatre to experimenting with film, his preference for beauty over grittiness, and venturing into state-of-the-art virtual production for his new Ellie Goulding video.  

Useful links:

Joe Connor

https://www.josephvconnor.com/

https://www.roguefilms.co.uk/directors-roster/joe-connor

Band Of Skulls - Bruises

https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2012/01/17/band-skulls-bruises-joe-connor/11464

Feeder - Idaho

https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2012/08/16/feeder-idaho-joe-connor/14472

The Maccabees - Marks To Prove It

https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2015/04/09/maccabees-marks-prove-it-joe-connor/33175

The Maccabees - Something Like Happiness

https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2015/06/22/maccabees-something-happiness-joe-connor/35035

Gabrielle Aplin - Sweet Nothing

https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2015/08/12/gabrielle-aplin-sweet-nothing-joe-connor/36040

Kelvin Jones - Call You Home

https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2015/08/26/kelvin-jones-call-you-home-joe-connor/36334

Elbow - Magnificent (She Says)

https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2016/12/16/elbow-magnificent-she-says-joe-connor/45279

Coldplay - Everglow

https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2017/03/21/coldplay-everglow-joe-connor/46913

Sam Smith ft Logic - Pray

https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2018/05/11/sam-smith-ft-logic-pray-joe-connor/53060

The Rolling Stones - Living In A Ghost Town

https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2020/04/27/rolling-stones-living-ghost-town-joe-connor/64534

Rag N Bone Man - Alone

https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2021/07/28/rag-n-bone-man-alone-joe-connor/72093

Breathe

www.roguefilms.co.uk/director-showreels/breathe

Ellie Goulding - Like A Saviour

https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2023/02/09/ellie-goulding-saviour-joe-connor/80299

Director Charlie Di Placido and DoP Olly Wiggins have worked together on numerous projects including several of the long-running campaign of choreography-based videos for British neo-soul act Jungle. Charlie and Olly reveal some surprising secrets about Jungle videos for Heavy California, Casio and others - and also their work with Labrinth, Nines and Dreya Mac.

Useful links:

Jungle - Happy Man (Directors Cut)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRAjssFYXik

Jungle – Heavy California

https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2018/08/22/jungle-heavy-california-josh-lloyd-watson-charlie-di-placido/54477

Jungle - Cherry

https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2018/08/22/jungle-cherry-josh-lloyd-watson-charlie-di-placido/80052

Jungle - Casio

https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2019/01/25/jungle-casio-josh-lloyd-watson-and-charlie-di-placido/61414

Kojey Radical - 20/20 (2019)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jcb2o4kg0L4

Labrinth - Something’s Got To Give

https://vimeo.com/390209502

Nines - Crop Circle 2 Intro

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDFu-MTXh9k

Nines - Crabs in a Bucket Film

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYNmS305_VQ

Jungle – Good Times/Problemz

https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2022/06/06/jungle-good-timesproblemz-j-lloyd-charlie-di-placido/76710

Dreya Mac x Felix the 1st - Own Brand (Baddie)

https://vimeo.com/668387711

Loop Talent: 

https://looptalent.co.uk/

Our latest guest has been one of the busiest directors in UK music videos in 2022. Charlie Sarsfield has worked with numerous artists in the past year - including Mabel, George Ezra and Louis Tomlinson - sometimes on several occasions. We talk to him about his work, his zest for directing, and strategy for juggling between jobs - and continuing his career in the face of a devastating health emergency in 2020: the loss of his sight in one eye.

Kojey Radical - GANGSTA

https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2021/11/22/kojey-radical-gangsta-charlie-sarsfield/73937

Kojey Radical ft Knucks - Payback

https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2022/01/25/kojey-radical-ft-knucks-payback-charlie-sarsfield/74673

Kojey Radical ft Cashh & King Promise - Born (Remix)

https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2022/07/19/kojey-radical-ft-cashh-king-promise-born-remix-charlie-sarsfield/77409

Mabel, 24kGoldn - Overthinking

Co-director: Filfury

https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2022/05/24/mabel-24kgoldn-overthinking-charlie-sarsfield-filfury/76545

Mabel - LOL

https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2022/07/26/mabel-lol-charlie-sarsfield/77489

Mabel - About Last Night (Album Experience)

https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2022/08/05/mabel-about-last-night-album-experience-charlie-sarsfield/77758

Yungblud - Tissues

https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2022/09/06/yungblud-tissues-charlie-sarsfield/78196

George Ezra - Dance All Over Me

https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2022/10/03/george-ezra-dance-all-over-me-charlie-sarsfield/78592

Louis Tomlinson - Out Of My System

https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2022/11/07/louis-tomlinson-out-my-system-charlie-sarsfield/79113

Louis Tomlinson - Silver Tongues

https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2022/12/13/louis-tomlinson-silver-tongues-charlie-sarsfield/79716

Noel Paul is back. After a four year hiatus from directing music videos the Brooklyn-based director has been making up for lost time with his work for Ezra Furman, Eden, Let’s Eat Grandma and others. We talked to him about a career which began in the late Noughties, hanging with supercool Josh Tillman, aka Father John Misty, living in Beirut for several years, and revealing some of the secrets of the Black Midi ‘Sugar/Tzu’ video which won the Best Cinematography prize at this year’s UKMVAs.

Useful links:

Noel Paul

http://friendlondon.tv/directors/noelpaul

http://noelpaul.com/

Father John Misty - Hollywood Forever Cemetery Sings

https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2012/02/06/father-john-misty-hollywood-forever-cemetery-sings-noel-paul/11720

Bat For Lashes - Laura

https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2012/08/06/bat-lashes-laura-noel-paul/14299

Electric Youth - Run Away

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvnCO9lAMEo

Mashrou’ Leila - Aoede

https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2016/04/21/mashrou-leila-aoede-noel-paul/40854

Father John Misty - Goodbye Mr Blue

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVD5Rw0FOpA

Eden - Balling & Sci-Fi

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70rOZV_7crg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPMbS0xbolk

Rae Morris & Fryars - Go Dancing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2BTtPtCV-w

Lets Eat Grandma - Happy New Year & Levitation

https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2022/01/06/lets-eat-grandma-happy-new-year-noel-paul/74465

https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2022/03/29/lets-eat-grandma-levitation-noel-paul/75631

Black Midi - Sugar/Tzu

https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2022/07/15/black-midi-sugartzu-noel-paul/77360

Ezra Furman - Forever

https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2022/05/19/ezra-furman-forever-sunset-noel-paul/76491

We talk to director Ali Kurr on what she’s learned from 10 years of making music videos, her rules on working with new artists, on winning pitches, not having a definable directing style, making a porn film - yes, really - and finding success through her longterm collaboration with singer Rina Sawayama, which recently reached new heights with the videos for This Hell and Hold The Girl.

Useful links:

https://www.darkroomworld.com/ali-kurr

Connie Constance - Lose My Mind

https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2016/08/02/connie-constance-lose-my-mind-ali-kurr/42737

Poppy Adjudha ft Kojey Radical - Spilling Into You

https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2017/11/14/poppy-ajudha-ft-kojey-radical-spilling-you-ali-kurr/50411

Big Spring - Buzzards Leave The Bones

https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2016/01/06/big-spring-buzzards-leave-bones-alessandra-kurr/38830

Yonaka - Bubblegum

https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2017/11/23/yonaka-bubblegum-ali-kurr/50680

Rina Sawayama - XS

https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2020/04/30/rina-sawayama-xs-ali-kurr/64485

Rina Sawayama - Bad Friend

https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2020/06/01/rina-sawayama-bad-friend-ali-kurr/65045

Sports England - This Girl Can ‘Me Again, Again’

https://www.darkroomworld.com/ali-kurr?pgid=kpm916wq-ecedc4c6-96ab-402e-8d56-7b17d07884a6

Bree Runway - Little Nokia

https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2020/10/05/bree-runway-little-nokia-ali-kurr/67005

Rina Sawayama - This Hell

https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2022/06/23/rina-sawayama-hell-ali-kurr/76973

Rina Sawayama - Hold The Girl

https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2022/08/10/rina-sawayama-hold-girl-ali-kurr/77819

From emerging as a director in the early 2010s, Aoife McArdle has explored the boundaries of narrative filmmaking in music videos, commercials and longform - most recently on AppleTV’s psychological thriller-cum-black comedy Severance. We talk to her about her roles as director and producer on the series and how her background in music videos - working with Jon Hopkins, U2 and Coldplay, among others - has informed her later career.

Useful links:

Severance

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11280740/

https://tv.apple.com/ (subscription required)

Little Comets - The Isles

https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2010/09/15/little-comets%E2%80%99-isles-aoife-mcardle/6333

Clock Opera - Lesson No.7

https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2011/11/17/clock-opera-lesson-no-7-aoife-mcardle/30242

Jon Hopkins - Open Eye Signal

https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2013/04/30/jon-hopkins-%E2%80%98open-eye-signal%E2%80%99-aoife-mcardle/18330

U2 - Every Breaking Wave

https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2015/02/13/u2-every-breaking-wave-aoife-mcardle/31850

Kissing Candice

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5225428

Coldplay - Trouble In Town

https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2020/03/17/coldplay-trouble-town-aoife-mcardle/63853

Honda - Ignition

https://smugglersite.com/europe/commercials/aoife-mcardle/honda-ignition

We talk to Rick Joaquim, the Johannesburg-born Director of Photography who is now establishing himself in the UK. Rick learned his craft in South Africa, on music videos and more, before moving to London with his family at the start of 2021. The discussion covers his career in South Africa and the challenges of starting again in his new home, his breakthrough with videos for KSI, Clean Bandit and others, and insight into his meticulous working process.

Useful links:

Rick Joaquim

https://www.rickjoaquim.com/

https://looptalent.co.uk/portfolio/rick-joaquim-sasc/

https://www.instagram.com/rickjoaquim/

Nasty C - Palm Trees

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaKJF6yELQw

Toya Delazy - Funani

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxGJVORKs6s

OLI - Think About It

https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2021/06/07/oli-think-about-it-heini-susanne/71267

KSI x Lil Wayne - Lose

https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2021/08/23/ksi-x-lil-wayne-lose-troy-roscoe/72468

Nova Twins - Antagonist

https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2021/11/16/nova-twins-antagonist-jack-willoughby/73839

Clean Bandit ft A7s - Everything But You

https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2022/03/17/clean-bandit-ft-a7s-everything-you-eric-myers-jack-patterson/75429

Pip Millett - Downright

https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2022/05/27/pip-millett-downright-kc-locke/76290

Over the last couple of years Milo Blake has made a real impact in British music videos, directing acclaimed videos for a new generation of music artists such as Louis Culture, Lava La Rue, Willow Kayne and Obongjayar. He talks about how his spirit of experimentation and versatile approach, exploring bold ideas and techniques, has gelled with a new wave of UK music talent across different music genres.

Useful links:

Milo Blake

https://www.spindle.co/directors/milo-blake/

Louis Culture - Being Me

https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2020/05/05/louis-culture-being-me-milo-blake/64673

Lord Apex & V Don - UK Sh•t

https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2020/09/10/lord-apex-v-don-uk-shit-milo-blake/66566

Kamal - About The Party

https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2020/11/17/kamal-about-party-milo-blake/67908

Lava La Rue - Magpie

https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2021/03/02/lava-la-rue-magpie-milo-blake/69717

Willow Kayne - Two Seater

https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2021/05/19/willow-kayne-two-seater-milo-blake/70977

prxs - Child In Red

https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2021/09/29/prxz-child-red-milo-blake/73079

prxs - Girl

https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2021/11/23/prxz-girl-milo-blake/73941

Obongjayar - Tinko Tinko (Don’t Play Me For A Fool)

https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2022/03/28/obongjayar-tinko-tinko-dont-play-me-fool-milo-blake/75578