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SZASZA's Chart-Topping Moment, Creative Collab, and Atlanta Tribute Night | Music News RoundupSZA BioSnap a weekly updated Biography.SZA’s last few days have been marked by both a historic chart moment and a creative collaboration that’s catching attention across music circles. The biggest headline is the abrupt end of a 35-year streak for rap in the Billboard Hot 100’s Top 40, triggered by Kendrick Lamar and SZA’s “luther” dropping off the chart entirely. Billboard changed its chart methodology, so “luther”—a 13-week No. 1 hit, and one of rap’s biggest cross-genre successes this year—was declared recurrent after falling below certain thresholds. Nearly every major music outlet, including The FADER and AOL, rep...
2025-11-0103 min
鳟鱼加冰@zun:秋天歌单 | 像加绒卫衣一样的音乐，紧紧包裹你@zun：不知道你们的城市秋天的气息浓不浓厚，最近杭州秋高气爽，温度、湿度和风力都非常宜人，我在骑车的时候扭动车把感受到了秋风在抚摸我的手指，很温柔。跟春风一样舒服，并没有感受到萧瑟，但是同时也想着，秋天果然要和另一个人一起分享呀，不然也会有点小孤单。因为最近在写情绪日记，所以对于秋天的一些感触会比以往深，因为每天都在有意识主动观察。如果想要在略有寒意的秋天听歌，那有饱满的打击乐铺垫或者有一串riff不断回荡的音乐一定会像加绒卫衣一样给你带来一些温度。
▶本期歌单
［00:00］Caroline Polachek - Door
［01:21］New Order - Your Silent Face
［08:02］slenderbodies - arrival
［12:42］生祥乐队 - 江湖卡夫卡
［16:52］交工乐队 - 非核家园进行曲
［22:02］瓦依那 - 好久不见（Live）
［28:10］The fin. - When the Summer Is Over
［33:29］八仙饭店 - 单身旅记（Live）
［38:06］Matt Maltese - madhouse
播客&歌单：鳟鱼加冰
封面&剪辑：zun
内容补充：
slenderbodies 'Arrival' by Savannah Setten://www.promonews.tv/videos/2019/08/23/slenderbodi
2023-09-0441 min
THE PROMONEWS PODCAST - Talking Music VideosThe Promonews Podcast - Eoin GlaisterWe 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/
2023-06-0952 min
THE PROMONEWS PODCAST - Talking Music VideosThe Promonews Podcast - Tash TungThe 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://ww...
2023-04-2739 min
THE PROMONEWS PODCAST - Talking Music VideosThe Promonews Podcast - Joe ConnorOne 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
2023-03-201h 05
THE PROMONEWS PODCAST - Talking Music VideosThe Promonews Podcast - Olly Wiggins and Charlie di PlacidoDirector 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...
2023-02-2740 min
THE PROMONEWS PODCAST - Talking Music VideosThe Promonews Podcast - Charlie SarsfieldOur 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...
2022-12-1541 min
THE PROMONEWS PODCAST - Talking Music VideosThe Promonews Podcast - Noel PaulNoel 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://friendlo...
2022-11-151h 02
What's My Frame67. Laura Scrivano // Director & WriterToday on What's My Frame? I'm joined by director and writer Laura Scrivano. I had the joy of meeting and working with Laura earlier this year on the set of WEDDING SEASON. Laura began her career in theatre; that ease of communicating with actors along with her composure and attention to detail while filming in an electric and at moments wild active casino was nothing short of impressive! Today we'll dive into what intrigued Laura about the HULU & Disney+ genre busting series as well as some behind the scenes stories.
Laura is an Italian-Australian filmmaker now based i...
2022-09-1254 min
THE PROMONEWS PODCAST - Talking Music VideosThe Promonews Podcast - Ali KurrWe 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 Ko...
2022-09-0646 min
THE PROMONEWS PODCAST - Talking Music VideosThe Promonews Podcast - Aoife McArdleFrom 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 - Th...
2022-08-0352 min
THE PROMONEWS PODCAST - Talking Music VideosThe Promonews Podcast - Rick JoaquimWe 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/
2022-05-3027 min
THE PROMONEWS PODCAST - Talking Music VideosThe Promonews Podcast - Milo BlakeOver 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
2022-05-1136 min
THE PROMONEWS PODCAST - Talking Music VideosThe Promonews Podcast - Andy MorahanThirty years ago, Andy Morahan was working with Guns N’ Roses, at the height of their fame and notoriety, directing a series of extravagant videos that still spark debate today. So in this episode we dive into Music Video History, as Andy takes us back to those wild times of big hair and big budgets, and how he created the most iconic guitar solo in music videos for November Rain. Andy also takes us back further to how he began his career, making some of the best loved British videos of the 80s - including classics for George Michael an...
2022-04-2640 min
THE PROMONEWS PODCAST - Talking Music VideosThe Promonews Podcast - Sam BrownSam Brown is a top British commercials director who cut his teeth making music videos in the Noughties and recently made a rare return to videos for none other than Adele. Sam tells us about the making of her video for Oh My God, an incredible technical feat that fuses numerous Adele performances together with brilliant use of motion control camerawork, and he reveals the remarkable ‘pre-visualisation’ process that was key to making it work.
Useful links:
Sam Brown
https://www.roguefilms.co.uk/directors-roster/sam-brown
Adele - Oh My God
2022-03-0836 min
THE PROMONEWS PODCAST - Talking Music VideosThe Promonews Podcast - Fred RowsonFred Rowson talks to us as he celebrates ten years as a music video director, and following his outstanding videos in 2021 for Years & Years, Little Mix and Wet Leg - aka “the loungewear trilogy”. During our entertaining chat Fred opens up about the ups and downs of directing music videos, and discusses his long working relationship with Olly Alexander of Years & Years.
Useful links:
Fred Rowson
https://blinkprods.com/talent/fred-rowson/
Police Dog Hogan - Shitty White Wine
https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2012/01/27/police-dog-hogan-shitty-white-wine-fred-rowson/11629
Years & Years - Foun...
2022-02-1440 min
THE PROMONEWS PODCAST - Talking Music VideosThe Promonews Podcast - Sam DaveySam Davey has been representing music video directors via independent agents OB Management since the mid-Noughties, playing a crucial role in bringing artists, labels and directors together, and involved in the making of hundreds of videos over that period. Winner of Best Agent at the UKMVAs 2021, we talked to Sam late last year about his work, what he looks for in directors, and how music video production looks right now.
Useful links:
OB Management
https://www.obmanagement.co.uk/
Beabadoobee - Last Day On Earth
Director: Arnaud Bresson
2022-02-0335 min
THE PROMONEWS PODCAST - Talking Music VideosThe Promonews Podcast - KC LockeKC Locke has become one of the UK’s most successful music video directors, working with many of the big stars of British grime and hiphop, including AJ Tracey, Aitch, Pa Salieu, and Stormzy, and making some standout music videos. He has also done it on his own terms, building an alternative to London-based music video production in his hometown of Manchester. So we got together with the Mancunian maverick to find out how it happened, and what makes him tick.
Useful links:
KC Locke
https://kclocke.com/
Iamddb - GAF...
2022-01-1246 min
THE PROMONEWS PODCAST - Talking Music VideosThe Promonews Podcast - Nathan James TetteyIn this episode we're talking to director and creative director Nathan James Tettey about his work with artists like Dave, Stormzy, Ghetts, Headie One and Fredo, exploring the importance of his close relationship with those artists in making some of the most-watched British music videos right now. Nathan also talks about working in a number of roles, including producer to video commissioner, before making the leap to directing - and his commitment to making the world of music video creation more diverse.
Useful links:
Nathan James Tettey
https://untoldstudios.tv/portfolio/nathan-james-tettey/
2021-12-201h 18
THE PROMONEWS PODCAST - Talking Music VideosThe Promonews Podcast - Regina MeessenIn this episode we look at a different aspect of music video creativity, talking to hairstylist Regina Meessen about her career, and distinctive contribution to music videos. Regina talks about her unusual journey to becoming a hairstylist on fashion shoots, commercials and music videos, her strength in working with Afro hair, and the importance of research on jobs for Anaiis, Krept & Conan and Joy Crookes - and having an almost telepathic understanding with some makeup artists.
Krept & Conan - Freak Of The Week
https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2015/05/18/krept-konan-freak-week-carly-cussen/34231
Sampha - Process
2021-11-1732 min
THE PROMONEWS PODCAST - Talking Music VideosThe Promonews Podcast - Olivia RoseIn this episode we talk to director/photographer Olivia Rose about her work, from chronicling London’s grime scene through her photos to her videos for Jorja Smith, Skepta, Lola Young and Sasha Keable. Olivia talks about how her passionate nature informs her work, the double-standards faced by women in the creative industries, exploring different sides of her character through her music videos - and her big plans for the future.
Useful links:
Olivia Rose
https://oliviarosephotography.co.uk/
https://www.instagram.com/oliviarosegarden/?hl=en
Jorja Smith - Bl...
2021-10-2949 min
THE PROMONEWS PODCAST - Talking Music VideosThe Promonews Podcast - Kasper HäggströmIn this episode we talk music videos - and comedy - with Kasper Häggström, the Norwegian director who has made wonderful promos in his signature comic style for Kelly Lee Owens, Flyte and now Radiohead. Kasper talks about the joy of working with heavyweight actor Michael Sheen for Kelly Lee Owens, the rigorous creative process that led him to Radiohead, and reveals his all-time favourite video.
2021-10-1438 min
THE PROMONEWS PODCAST - Talking Music VideosThe Promonews Podcast - Rik BurnellIn this episode we talk music videos with cinematographer Rik Burnell, who has been responsible for outstanding work for the likes of Willie J Healey, Dry Cleaning and Samm Henshaw. He tells us about the work he’s been doing over the past couple of years, his unconventional route to becoming a cinematographer - and not being that interested in cameras.
Useful links:
Rik Burnell, DoP
https://looptalent.co.uk/portfolio/rik-burnell/
Willie J Healey ’True Stereo’
https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2020/04/15/willie-j-healey-true-stereo-joe-wheatley/64284
TV Priest ‘Press Gang’
http...
2021-09-2835 min
THE PROMONEWS PODCAST - Talking Music VideosThe Promonews Podcast - Sophia Ray & Mayling WongIn this episode we talk with director Sophia Ray and producer Mayling Wong, who work together to create music videos for some of the UK’s favourite pop stars, like Little Mix, Mabel, Ella Eyre and Raye. Sophia and Mayling tell us what draws them to the world of Pop, the key to their strong partnership, and how they ride out the ‘stress express’ when the best laid plans go awry - including on their latest video for Sigrid.
Useful links:
Sophia Ray
https://www.partizan.com/director/sophia-ray/music-content
Music video...
2021-09-0846 min
THE PROMONEWS PODCAST - Talking Music VideosThe Promonews Podcast - Adam Singodia & Vlad BarinIn this episode we talk to up-and-coming talents in the adjacent fields of cinematography and colour grading: DoP Adam Singodia and colourist Vlad Barin (based at Cheat). We learn about their career paths so far and their collaboration on the video for The Academic’s Kids (Don’t End Up Like Me) by directing duo Tearjerker. How did they fulfil the directors’ brief to create a distinctive look of nostalgic Americana on a shoot that happened in Northern Ireland? They discuss the technical aspects of lighting and grading, and the impact of new technologies on their work.
Useful...
2021-08-1130 min
THE PROMONEWS PODCAST - Talking Music VideosThe Promonews Podcast - Lucrecia TaorminaIn this episode, David and Rob talk music videos with Lucrecia Taormina, a director and photographer who has directed bold and arresting work in videos for Ashnikko, Bree Runway, Steven Wilson, and more. Lucrecia talks about how moving to London from Buenos Aires and discovering her creative freedom through photography and then moving image, about the challenges of being a female director, winning an UKMVA Award for her first Ashnikko video, and pushing things further with her larger-than-life aesthetic.
Lucrecia Taormina
http://friendlondon.tv/directors/lucrecia-taormina#cat-musicvideos
https://www.lucreciataormina.com/
...
2021-07-3041 min
THE PROMONEWS PODCAST - Talking Music VideosThe Promonews Podcast - Salomon LigthelmIn this episode, David and Rob talk music videos with Salomon Ligthelm, a director who’s created beautifully-shot, emotionally-charged, gripping videos for the likes of Young Fathers, Daughter, Prince, and most recently for UK hip hop artist Little Simz. Salomon talks from his home in New York about his unconventional career path, being ‘a nomad’, developing direct relationships with music artists and making videos as a reaction to his high-end commercial work.
Useful links:
Salomon Ligthelm
https://prettybird.co/eu/talent/creatives/salomon-ligthelm/work/
https://ligthelm.work/
Young Fathers ‘Mr Marty...
2021-07-1334 min
THE PROMONEWS PODCAST - Talking Music VideosThe Promonews Podcast - RUFFMERCYIn this episode, David and Rob talk with RUFFMERCY, the Bristol-based animator/director who has made a unique contribution to music videos in the past decade. His unmistakable animation style has graced hip-hop videos for Run The Jewels, Danny Brown and others - and more recently for grime artist Ghetts and dance legends The Chemical Brothers.
The director talks about discovering hip-hop in the 80s, working at MTV in the 90s, bringing a new vision to US hip hop videos before making an impact at home in the UK, and retaining creative freedom to keep developing his dis...
2021-06-2341 min
THE PROMONEWS PODCAST - Talking Music VideosThe Promonews Podcast - Louis BhoseIn this episode of the Promonews Podcast, David Knight and Rob Ulitski talk about music videos with Louis Bhose, the director based at London-based production company Agile Films, and represented by OB Management. David and Rob chat to Louis about his videos for Loyle Carner, Bombay Bicycle Club, Maisie Peters and others.
Louis also talks about his career-change from musician to music video director, reveals his rules for directing pop stars in their videos, not being a fan of one-shot videos (and then challenging himself to make one), and which other director helped him write better treatments.
2021-06-1536 min
THE PROMONEWS PODCAST - Talking Music VideosThe Promonews Podcast - Lee FairweatherIn the debut episode of the Promonews Podcast, David Knight and Rob Ulitski talk about music videos with Lee Fairweather, director’s rep at London-based production company COMPULSORY.
Lee talks about COMPULSORY’s prolific output of music videos in the past year or so, including Stormzy’s Superheroes, directed by Taz Tron Delix, the Boy Pablo trilogy by directing duo Bedroom, and director Filmawi’s move into live music videos for Burna Boy. They also discover how Lee and COMPULSORY co-founder/EP Chris Toumazou bond over obscure late 20th century pop culture, and his own 'music video educatio...
2021-06-0333 min