HOPE ELLIOTT KEMP

"Authentic, naturalistic and thoroughly charming, the video avoids overly set-up situations or challenges. It just celebrates the imperfect world we live in, and the brilliant people we get to share it with."

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"Hope Kemp and Ronan Corrigan directed the visuals, with the spread of coronavirus disrupting their plans. Turning a negative situation into something positive, they recruited footage from fans and created a kind of DIY salute to the community that exists around The Academic."

CLASH MUSIC​

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"It's a beautiful video... I just think that every bit of it, right down to the final moment where everyone kisses and it says, 'stay home, stay safe’... It's beautiful."

TODAY FM

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"As for their music video? According to Fitzgerald, they had to scrap all their plans due to travel restrictions. The outcome has resulted in a DIY video shot in the homes of the band along with fans sending in videos of themselves isolating with their partners. The video has given the song a new meaning and breath of life and we all think it just adds to the track’s charm."

THE HONEY POP

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"The track is accompanied by a music video, directed by Hope Kemp and Ronan Corrigan. The clip is a timely piece, featuring couples enduring lockdown conditions all over the world."

ESSENTIALLY POP

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"The Academic have shared a video for the track expertly directed by Hope Kemp and Ronan Corrigan - with the lockdown putting a spanner in the works of a self-proclaimed 'really fancy' music video, they turned to fans (specifically couples) in lockdown across the globe, together and apart, and the result is overwhelmingly cute."
COOL MUSIC AND THINGS

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