We speak to Simz’s long-time collaborator Jeremy Ngatho Cole at creative studio Yout about making the visuals for her new record, and his experiences of working with such an ambitious artist who sits outside the major label system
Created to mark 50 years since Talking Heads’ first gig, Mills directs Ronan in a jittery new promo for the band’s seminal song Psycho Killer
This year three Black Pencils were awarded to the design of the Paris 2024 Olympics, a surrealist music video for A$AP Rocky and an Excel spreadsheet-coded animation for Spotify
Music-related ephemera personally collected by The Clash’s Mick Jones is being presented in a London exhibition and accompanying magazine
A new book from art collective Mschf brings together its back catalogue of chaotic exploits for the first time. We speak to the team about what brands can learn from their subversive approach
Directing duo Mama (aka Mark Potoka and Matt Spicer) serve up a suitably subversive music video for a song about … peeling potatoes
The characters and storylines seen in two of the band’s 2024 music videos cross over in a third instalment, all directed by filmmaker Luna Carmoon
In the decade since People Just Do Nothing first graced our TV screens, the mockumentary about a pirate radio station in Brentford has evolved into a brand world spanning album releases, commercial partnerships, and even a feature film
The band have returned with an ambitious new promo for their song A Stone Only Rolls Downhill that marries digital devices and analogue movement
The music video for the track Building 650 involves three directors collaborating on a multifaceted portrait of Tokyo life and culture
The prolific music video director discusses defying age and expectations in her career, plus her experiences of being a female in a once male-dominated industry
Total mayhem, absurd panic attacks, personal tales and beautifully alive paintings: CR picks the ten best promos of the year