{"id":2251781,"date":"2026-01-26T21:38:39","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T21:38:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2251781"},"modified":"2026-01-26T21:38:39","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T21:38:39","slug":"new-directed-by-series-explores-the-making-of-music-videos-and-kicks-off-with-maisie-peters-spotify","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/new-directed-by-series-explores-the-making-of-music-videos-and-kicks-off-with-maisie-peters-spotify\/","title":{"rendered":"New \u2018Directed By\u2019 Series Explores the Making of Music Videos and Kicks Off With Maisie Peters \u2014 Spotify"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Music videos play a huge part in how fans connect with their favorite songs, but the craft that goes into them has largely stayed out of the limelight. Today, as we continue to grow the video experience on Spotify, we\u2019re launching <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed By<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a new documentary-style series that gives viewers a front-row seat to the making of a music video.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Created in partnership with Android, the series traces a music video\u2019s journey, from early storyboard sketches and location scouts to the final day on set. Across three episodes, each featuring a different artist and director, it pulls back the curtain on the technical and creative decisions that bring a song\u2019s visual identity to life.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The first episode, available now, follows British pop artist<\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/2RVvqRBon9NgaGXKfywDSs?si=e3d6e6c3df644daf\"> <b>Maisie Peters<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and director<\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jamesogram.com\/\"> <b>James Ogram<\/b><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">as they develop the videos for her latest songs, \u201c<\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/track\/7hoPbfGuOZe6FKBlwB2d21?si=46e4ec828c6f44f0%5C\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Audrey Hepburn<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d and \u201c<\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/track\/0kHP8fxSPNPP40kRHtnfLB?si=33920178fd574a9b\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You You You<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stream the episode below.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Inside Maisie Peters\u2019 \u201cAudrey Hepburn\u201d &amp; \u201cYou You You\u201d Videos | Directed By\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"624\" height=\"351\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/episode\/5OE2KiFEP71qMjok9Yzbpf\/video?_branch_match_id=1544319625560119774&amp;_branch_referrer=H4sIAAAAAAAAAx3JMQqAMAwF0BtZXAVx8CBC7a%2FNUBN%2BAtLFswu%2B9bUI8yUlNw2ZqqQixBkoecDEtWD%2Bqw4j3LeXqCDlvo5MfRxc90bt%2BAD8XIFwSQAAAA%3D%3D&amp;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2><b>Spotlight: James Ogram<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">James is a London-based director and U.K. Music Video Award nominee known for creating distinctive visuals for artists including <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/4DLjEphXbW7qIhX4iwmNEe\"><b>Fat Dog<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/5rxf4rjZ5lyhKt7DWM5dLL\"><b>Lauren Auder<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. He\u2019s also worked alongside Academy Award\u2013nominated cinematographers like <\/span><b>Robbie Ryan<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, bringing a technical precision to his films that balances his personality with an eye for emerging talent.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For the Record<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> caught up with James to discuss the inspiration behind Maisie\u2019s music videos and what he aims to bring to every project.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>How did you and Maisie build the vision for \u201cAudrey Hepburn\u201d and \u201cYou You You\u201d?\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maisie and her team put together some words that made the thematic intentions behind these songs and her album really clear. I took what she gave me, listened to the songs, then spent time writing down ideas until I had a vision of what the videos should look like. Once I have the images in my head, I tend to feel like I\u2019m heading down the right path.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Beyond the inspiration Maisie provided, what else influenced those music videos?<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><b>Sean Price Williams<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2019 <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Sweet East<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by was very much in mind when I was first conceptualizing these videos. That movie is tonally very different, but some of the scenes visually inspired me, including one where a character sings to herself in a bathroom. There\u2019s a lot of ideas in that film, some that are beautiful in their simplicity and others that are very eccentric. It makes for an interesting piece of work to explore.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>What\u2019s most important to you when creating a music video?\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First and foremost, I want to make something that feels right for the song and for the artist, something that will augment the experience of listening to the music. Then I try to weave in my own interests because I want to feel like I\u2019m making something that\u2019s mine. Trying to bring both of these into a music video isn\u2019t always easy, it\u2019s something of a balancing act.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>If you could give one piece of advice to aspiring music video directors, what would it be?\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The best advice I ever got was to make stuff. Start with low-budget videos created with your friends. Make it the best it can be and repeat. Eventually, someone might give you a little bit of money and you can make something more ambitious. Then, that might inspire someone else to give you a little more and so on and so on, until one day you\u2019re Steven Spielberg. I\u2019m still working on this process.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Watch More on Spotify<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed By<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2019s debut comes as Spotify continues to expand music videos to additional<\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.spotify.com\/2025-12-09\/music-videos-beta-premium-us-canada\/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">markets<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">giving fans new ways to experience an artist\u2019s world beyond the music. And we\u2019re just getting started. New episodes, created in partnership with Android, will explore other artists\u2019 creative processes and reveal how directors use Google Gemini to capture, refine, and execute their ideas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dive into the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/spoti.fi\/directedbyepisode1spotifypress\">first episode<\/a> of <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed By<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> featuring Maisie Peters and James Ogram now, then check out the official music videos for her songs \u201c<\/span><\/i><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/track\/3hq1tdeZ9u7XOuBevINwLf?si=896df3d9fcb44727\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Audrey Hepburn<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d and \u201c<\/span><\/i><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/track\/2XbpFvqHMdwOAFJVoPDQA0?si=13b98c2e28b64e77\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You You You<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u201d Stay tuned\u2014new episodes will be released in February and March. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source newsroom.spotify.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Music videos play a huge part in how fans connect with their favorite songs, but the craft that goes into them has largely stayed out of the limelight. 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