Chase & Status - All Goes Wrong ft. Tom Grennan

What this video is

Released in mid-2016, this video arrives at a pivotal moment in British electronic music, when drum and bass acts like Chase & Status were successfully crossing into mainstream pop and indie audiences by pairing high-energy production with raw, soulful vocalists. Tom Grennan, a Bedford-born singer-songwriter talent-spotted via SoundCloud, represented an emergent archetype of the unpolished indie-soul voice being…

Why it matters

A landmark crossover moment for UK drum and bass, demonstrating the genre's commercial and emotional range when fused with indie-soul vocals. The video's narrative-first, performance-minimal approach was unconventional for electronic music of the era and signalled a maturing of music video craft…

The director

Glenn Paton is a British director and former producer. His debut short film H Positive (2015) preceded his transition into music video direction. All Goes Wrong (2016) for Chase & Status marked his first music video. He is associated with Black Dog Films.