Erik Henriksson

The Weeknd "Dancing In The Flames" (Anton Tammi, dir.)

The big news story here — besides it being the official return of one of the world's biggest artists — is that this clip doubles as a launch showcase for the new iPhone 16 Pro, which boasts next-level video capabilities that may give some bigger/fancier cameras a run for their money. Creatively, the music video is essentially the anatomy of a car crash in the midst of a rainstom, but with Abel perservering for as long as possible to reach a sort of transcendence.

Elliphant "Down On Life" (Tim Erem, dir.)

Elliphant - Down on Life

Katy Perry told me to watch this — ok, fine, I read her tweet about it — and she's onto something. Originally released back in December, this Elliphant video highlights some gorgous Icelandic landscapes, the lovely singer herself and two other ladies, a randy dog, some horses and perfectly askew filmic POV.