Paloma Faith - Gold

What this video is

Released 29 October 2020 as the second single from Paloma Faith's fifth album Infinite Things, 'Gold' arrived during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, a period of collective isolation and longing for communal experience. The video's deliberate choice to film on location in Hackney — Faith's lifelong home borough — transforms the post-industrial urban landscape into a site of joyful, defiant community. The abandoned…

Why it matters

The video is a notable exemplar of 2020s British empowerment pop visual language: theatrical costume maximalism, community-scale choreography, and urban-location production values fused with a distinctly queer-inclusive, anti-conformist directorial sensibility. David Wilson's approach — honed…

The director

English music video director and animator from Wells, Somerset, based in London. Studied Illustration at Brighton University and completed a foundation course in Art and Design at St. Martin's. Represented by Riff Raff Films (UK) and The Directors Bureau…