Dua Lipa - Break My Heart

What this video is

Released on 25 March 2020, just two days before the full Future Nostalgia album, 'Break My Heart' arrived at the precise onset of global COVID-19 lockdowns, lending its lyrical theme of domestic retreat an unintended cultural resonance. The video's maximalist production — filmed in January 2020 in Sofia, Bulgaria before the pandemic took hold — stood in vivid contrast to the restrictions that would define 2020…

Why it matters

A definitive artifact of the 2020 neo-disco and retro-pop revival. The video translates Future Nostalgia's sonic agenda — disco-funk, dance-pop, and 1980s house elements — into a coherent visual language. Its fast-cut slide-clip structure directly invokes 1990s pop video conventions while its…

The director

British commercial and music video director. Developed a long-term creative partnership with Dua Lipa, directing her videos for 'Lost in Your Light' and 'New Rules' (both 2017) and 'IDGAF' (2018), in addition to 'Break My Heart' (2020). Known for…