Miguel - All I Want Is You ft. J. Cole

What this video is

Released June 14, 2010, 'All I Want Is You' ft. J. Cole was Miguel's debut single and the lead single from his debut album of the same name on Jive Records, produced by Salaam Remi. It arrived at a pivotal transitional moment in R&B, when the genre was moving away from the polished mainstream dominance of artists like Usher, Chris Brown, and Ne-Yo toward more introspective, alternative sensibilities. Miguel—drawing…

Why it matters

This video is a primary document of the alt-R&B/PBR&B origin moment—Miguel's debut situating him at the vanguard of a movement that would redefine the genre across the 2010s. The cinematic, low-light intimacy of the visual treatment signaled a departure from the high-gloss performance-spectacle…

The director

Alexandre Moors (b. 1972, Suresnes, France) is a French filmmaker and music video director who relocated to New York City in 1998. Raised near Paris, he developed his visual sensibility through the local graffiti scene before transitioning into graphic…