UK Music Video Awards 2025 nominations announced

01 October 2025 - Press release

AWARDS CEREMONY: OCTOBER 30TH

  

FKA TWIGS MOST NOMINATED ARTIST AT THIS YEAR’S UKMVAS, ALONGSIDE MULTIPLE NOMINATIONS FOR A$AP ROCKY, DOECHII, LITTLE SIMZ, SABRINA CARPENTER AND WOLF ALICE

 

FKA twigs heads the list of multi-nominated artists for this year’s UK Music Video Awards, with 9 shortlist places overall, including 6 nominations for her (epic eight-minute) video for Eusexua – the most for any single video at this year’s annual celebration of global music video creativity.

FKA twigs leads a field of international artists at the 18th annual UKMVAs in terms of nominated music videos, followed by A$AP Rocky, Sabrina Carpenter, Doechii, Travis Scott, Little Simz and Wolf Alice.

ASAP Rocky’s video for Tailor Swif has garnered 5 nods, while the promo for Sabrina Carpenter’s global hit Manchild has 4 nominations. Both videos are helmed by directing duo Vania & Muggia, who are the second most nominated directors at this year’s UKMVAs, just behind Jordan Hemingway, the director of Eusexua and three other twigs videos recognised this year – for Childlike Things, Striptease and Perfect Stranger - and a Travis Scott clip.

Two Doechii videos feature in the shortlists, for Denial Is A River and Anxiety, scooping 4 nods between them. Wolf Alice also have 4 nominations - 3 for their Bloom Baby Bloom promo - while Little Simz’s videos for Flood and Young have 5 nods. Other UK artists with multiple nominations include AJ Tracey, Bakar, Celeste, Disclosure, Rival Consoles, Sam Fender, Sekou and Tinie Tempah. Among non-UK artists that have received multiple mentions in this year’s UKMVAs are Addison Rae, Bad Bunny, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, DJ Snake, Fontaines D.C., Jackson Wang, OK Go, Talking Heads, Travis Scott and French-Ghanian singer Yamê.

Award shortlists have been announced in 38 categories at this year’s UKMVAs, recognising the best work in music videos in the UK and around the world, and the creative and technical talent behind them, defined by music genre, craft and technical expertise and individual achievement.

The winners of this year’s UKMVAs will be announced at the awards ceremony on 30th October at Magazine London, when directors and production companies will be celebrated for their outstanding creative work alongside other filmmaking talent in areas including Cinematography, Colour grading, Casting, Production Design, Choreography, Styling, Editing, Animation and Visual Effects.

Among the hotly contested Best Video categories, FKA twigs faces competition from Charlie xcx (winner of the UKMVAs’ Video Of The Year last year with 360), Lola Young, PinkPantheress and Elton John (for Step Into Christmas, with Elton played by Cara Delevingne), for the Best Pop Video UK prize. Female artists also dominate the Best Pop Video International category, where Addison Rae, Billie Eilish, Chappell Roan, Sabrina Carpenter, and French breakout artist Theodora line up against Jackson Wang.

Vania & Muggia and Jordan Hemingway are in the shortlist for Best Director at the 2025 UK Music Video Awards together with Gabriel Moses, director of nominated videos for Travis Scott and Clipse, James Mackel, director and co-director of the Doechii videos, Wolf Alice director Colin Solal Cardo, and OK Go frontman and video director, Damian Kulash Jr.

In the Best New Director category British directors Fa & Fon, India Rose Harris, Jake Erland and Luna Carmoon face competition from Canadian breakout director Alex Acy and French auteur Melchior Leroux. The hotly-contested Best Production Company award, presented in association with Kodak, sees a face-off between last year’s winners Object & Animal, with DIVISION, Iconoclast, freenjoy, ProdCo and Stink Films.

Since its inception in 2008, the UKMVAs has grown into the leading global awards programme for music video creativity, the most important annual event in the calendar for the world of music video production. Tickets for the awards show at Magazine London on October 30th are on sale now at www.ukmva.com.

 

UK Music Video Awards 2025 – Nominations

Best Pop Video – UK in association with Cinelab Film & Digital

FKA twigs – Eusexua

Lola Young – One Thing

Charli XCX – party 4 u

FKA twigs – Perfect Stranger

Elton John – Step into Christmas

Pink Pantheress – Tonight

 

Best R&B / Soul / Jazz Video – UK

Sekou – Catching Bodies

Joy Crookes – Mathematics

Celeste – On With the Show

Obongjayar – Sweet Danger

Oscar Jerome – The Fork

Celeste – This Is Who I Am

 

Best Dance / Electronic Video – UK

Maribou State – All I Need

Disclosure – Arachnids

Leon Vynehall – Cruel Love

Rival Consoles – Gaivotas

Mura Masa – Jump

Rival Consoles – Soft Gradient Beckons

 

Best Rock Video – UK

Wolf Alice – Bloom Baby Bloom

White Lies – In the Middle

Sam Fender – People Watching

Sam Fender – Remember My Name

Wolf Alice – The Sofa

YUNGBLUD – Zombie

 

Best Alternative Video – UK

The Irrepressibles – Destination

Novo Amor – Earth Defender

Geordie Greep – Holy, Holy

Bakar – Lonyo!

FKA twigs – Striptease

Gunship – Tech Noir 2

 

Best Hip Hop / Grime / Rap Video – UK

AJ Tracey – 3rd Time Lucky

Little Simz ft Obongjayar & Moonchild Sanelly – Flood

Pozer – Habits

Kae Tempest – Statue in the Square

Fuse ODG – Sundiata

Little Simz – Young

 

Best Pop Video – International

Billie Eilish – Birds of a Feather

Theodora – Fashion Designa

Jackson Wang – High Alone

Addison Rae – High Fashion

Sabrina Carpenter – Manchild

Chappell Roan – The Subway

 

Best R&B / Soul / Jazz Video – International

SAINt JHN – Body On Me

Audrey Nuna – Mine

Amaarae – S.M.O

Yves Jarvis – The Knife In Me

Bricknasty – Vinland

Rimon – Where do we go?

 

Best Dance / Electronic Video – International

Dom Dolla – Dreamin

DJ Snake ft Balvin – Noventa

Bad Bunny – NUEVAYoL

DJ Snake with Amadou & Mariam – Patience

Tommy Cash – Untz Untz

Didi Han – Youth

 

Best Rock Video – International

Viagra Boys – Bog Body

Fontaines D.C. – It's Amazing To Be Young

OK Go – Love

Turnstile – Never Enough

Talking Heads – Psycho Killer

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – The Skin Of My Yellow Country Teeth

 

Best Alternative Video – International

Oracle Sisters – Blue Left Hand

Cero Ismael – Driving Round Looking For Unknown

Lorde – Hammer

Clairo – Juna

Cults – Onions

Geese – Taxes

 

Best Hip Hop / Grime / Rap Video – International

Travis Scott – 4x4

Doechii – Anxiety

Clipse, Kendrick Lamar, Pusha T, Malice – Chains & Whips

Doechii – Denial Is A River

A$AP Rocky – Tailor Swif

Paris Texas – They Left Me With A Gun / Sword

 

Best Pop / R&B / Soul / Jazz Video – Newcomer

Addison Rae – Aquamarine

Louis Culture ft Tora-i, Richie – Babe

Chainsmokers – Helium

Danna – Khe Calor

Olivia Dean – Nice To Each Other

Isabella Lovestory – Vanity

 

Best Rock / Alternative Video – Newcomer

Kean Kavanagh – A Cowboy Song

Lil Chick – Downpour

Fontaines D.C. – In The Modern World

Lowswimmer – IRL

Baxter Dury – Schadenfreude

Club Kuru – Sunshine Kiss The Water

 

Best Dance / Electronic Video – Newcomer

Tinie Tempah x Skepsis – Eat It Up

Prince 85 – Electronic Talk

Confidence Man ft Jade – Gossip

Tommy Holohan x Megra – Show Me The Sky

Jorja Smith – With You

KETTAMA & Interplanetary Criminal – Yosemite

 

Best Hip Hop / Grime / Rap Video – Newcomer

Rushy – Hooligan

Clovis – Les Cigales

Loyle Carner – Lyin

Lujipeka – Paulise

Archy Moor – Robbery Rings

Jme & 8syn – TMNT

 

Best Low Budget Video

Squid – Cro-Magnon Man

Swaggerboyz x Dillom – El Morocho, El Rubio y El Colo

Sam Akpro – Evenfall

Juan Duarte – Maquina Latina

Archy Moor – Robbery Rings

Jessica2010 – Week Ago

 

Best Performance in a Video

Doechii – Anxiety

Doechii – Denial Is A River

FKA twigs – Eusexua

Little Simz ft Obongjayar & Moonchild Sanelly – Flood

Sabrina Carpenter – Manchild

Talking Heads – Psycho Killer

 

Best Casting in a Video

Disclosure – Arachnids

Sekou – Catching Bodies

Clipse, Kendrick Lamar, Pusha T, Malice – Chains & Whips

Alabaster DePlume – Invincibility

Hannah Holland – Last Exit on Bethnal

Bakar – Lonyo!

 

Best Production Design in a Video

Jisoo – Earthquake

Igor Klepnev – Gun

OK Go – Love

Sabrina Carpenter – Manchild

Cults – Onions

A$AP Rocky – Tailor Swif

 

Best Styling in a Video in association with DAZED

Wolf Alice – Bloom Baby Bloom

FKA twigs – Eusexua

Yung Lean – Forever Yung

Haim – Relationships

Fuse ODG – Sundiata

A$AP Rocky – Tailor Swif

 

Best Choreography in a Video

Wolf Alice – Bloom Baby Bloom

FKA twigs – Childlike Things

FKA twigs – Eusexua

Little Simz ft Obongjayar & Moonchild Sanelly – Flood

Jungle – Keep Me Satisfied

Bakar – Lonyo!

 

Best Live Video

Jacob Collier & AURORA – A Rock Somewhere X The Seed (For Greenpeace)

Fred Again.. & Obongjayar – Adore U

Adrianne Lenker – Not A Lot, Just Forever

English Teacher – Not Everybody Gets To Go To Space

Yamê – Solo

Amie Blu – Swimming In Pity

 

Best Special Visual Project

Ariana Grande – Brighter Days Ahead

Kojey Radical – Don't Look Down Short Film

Yamê – Ebem

Hannah Holland – Last Exit on Bethnal

Maxo – Mars Is Electric

John Grant – The Art of The Lie

 

Best Cinematography in a Video

Travis Scott – 4x4

Travis Scott – Drugs You Should Try It

FKA twigs – Eusexua

Little Simz ft Obongjayar & Moonchild Sanelly – Flood

Sabrina Carpenter – Manchild

A$AP Rocky – Tailor Swif

 

Best Cinematography in a Video – Newcomer

Guitarricadelafuente – Babieca!

Madeleine Rose Witney – Behind Those Eyes

Common Saints – Equinox

Blondshell – Event of a Fire

Son Lux – Flickers

Marina Satti – Lola

 

Best Colour Grading in a Video in association with Studio RM

Billie Eilish – Birds of a Feather

Jackson Wang – High Alone

Birnir – LXS

Bad Bunny – NUEVAYoL

Rubel – Ouro / Reckoner

Conan Gray – Vodka Cranberry

 

Best Colour Grading in a Video – Newcomer

Joy Orbison – Bastard

Rüfüs Du Sol – Break My Love

Trees Speak – Forever Chemicals

Sigrid – Jellyfish

Rizzle Kicks – New Sport

Chase Tha Worst ft Yorke, dan PARTIES & Tara Salerno – Tiefs

 

Best Editing in a Video in association with Shift

Disclosure – Arachnids

FKA twigs – Eusexua

Sam Fender – People Watching

Damiano David – Silverlines

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – The Skin Of My Yellow Country Teeth

Fortuno – Wanna Believe U

 

Best Editing in a Video – Newcomer

Tinie Tempah x Skepsis – Eat It Up

Alabaster DePlume – Invincibility

Clovis – Les Cigales

Partiboi69 & Skream – Pound Town

The Knocks ft POWERS – Stay Gold

KETTAMA & Interplanetary Criminal – Yosemite

 

Best Animation in a Video

AJ Tracey – 3rd Time Lucky

Gonzalo Varela – Amanecer

Mac Miller – Balloonerism

Nap Eyes – Dark Mystery Enigma Bird

The Avett Brothers – Love Of a Girl

Gunship – Tech Noir 2

 

Best Visual Effects in a Video

Izzy Spears – Burn

Jisoo – Earthquake

Don Toliver ft Doja Cat – Lose My Mind

Archy Moor – Robbery Rings

Yamê – Shoot

A$AP Rocky – Tailor Swif

 

Best Director in association with Electric Theatre Collective

Colin Solal Cardo

Damian Kulash Jr

Gabriel Moses

James Mackel

Jordan Hemingway

Vania & Muggia

 

Best New Director

Alex Acy

Fa & Fon

India Rose Harris

Jake Erland

Luna Carmoon

Melchior Leroux

 

Best Executive Producer

Alex Brinkman

Alice Wills

Dom Mckiernan

Hugo Legrand Nathan

Morgan Clement

Nathan Scherrer

 

Best Producer in association with WPA

Ayomide Alli

Biba Thomas

Chris Murdoch

Ernest Bouvier

Jason Baum

Maggie Curwin

 

Best Creative Commissioner

Jake Crossland, Partisan

John Moule

Kat Cattaneo, Sony Music

Kirstin Cruickshank

Louis Danckwerts, Polydor

Michael Lewin, Sony Music

 

Best Production Company in association with Kodak

DIVISION

freenjoy

Iconoclast

Object & Animal

ProdCo

Stink Films

 

Video of the Year

To be announced on the night