Ellie Goulding - Anything Could Happen

What this video is

Released August 17, 2012 as the lead single from Ellie Goulding's second studio album Halcyon, 'Anything Could Happen' arrived at a peak moment of UK electropop crossover into the US mainstream. The song was written and produced by Goulding and Jim Eliot of Kish Mauve, and features backing vocals from the London Community Gospel Choir. The video's surreal coastal imagery — a car crash, levitation, a mermaid-like…

Why it matters

A landmark of the 2012 UK electropop wave, 'Anything Could Happen' peaked at No. 5 on the UK Singles Chart and reached No. 47 on the Billboard Hot 100, topping the US Hot Dance Club Songs chart. The music video exemplifies the era's shift toward high-concept, director-driven pop videos with…

The director

Italian-Canadian film director, photographer, and music video director born 1965 in Pescara, Italy; raised in Hamilton, Ontario. Studied at Ontario College of Art and Design. Began as a fashion photographer before transitioning to music video direction.…