2025 UK Music Video Awards

2025 UK Music Video Awards
Date	30 October 2025
Location	Magazine London, London
Most nominations	FKA twigs (9)
Website	www.ukmva.com
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The 2025 UK Music Video Awards are scheduled to be held on 30 October 2025, in London, with the purpose of recognising the best in music videos and music film making from United Kingdom and worldwide delivered between August 2024 and August 2025. ^[1] The ceremony will take place at Magazine London for the fourth consecutive time. ^[2]

Nominations were announced on 30 September 2025. FKA twigs led the nominations with nine (including six for her music video "Eusexua"), followed by A$AP Rocky and Little Simz with five each, Sabrina Carpenter, Doechii and Wolf Alice, all three with four, and Travis Scott with three. ^[3] Jazz music videos are now included in the R&B / Soul categories while the awards for Best Low Budget Video and Best Casting in a Video were introduced.

Video of the Year

Video of the Year
To be announced

Video Genre Categories

Best Pop Video – UK	Best Pop Video – International
FKA twigs – "Eusexua" Lola Young – "One Thing" Charli XCX – "party 4 u" FKA twigs – "Perfect Stranger" Elton John – "Step into Christmas" PinkPantheress – "Tonight"	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 – UK	Best R&B / Soul / Jazz Video – International
Sekou – "Catching Bodies" Joy Crookes – "Mathematics" Celeste – "On with the Show" Obongjayar – "Sweet Danger" Oscar Jerome – "The Fork" Celeste – "This is Who I Am"	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 – UK	Best Dance / Electronic Video – International
Maribou State – "All I Need" Disclosure – "Arachnids" Leon Vynehall – "Cruel Love" Rival Consoles – "Gaivotas" Mura Masa – "Jump" Rival Consoles – "Soft Gradient Beckons"	Dom Dolla – "Dreamin" DJ Snake featuring J Balvin – "Noventa" Bad Bunny – "Nuevayol" DJ Snake with Amadou & Mariam – "Patience" Tommy Cash – "Untz Untz" Didi Han – "Youth"
Best Rock Video – UK	Best Rock Video – International
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"	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 – UK	Best Alternative Video – International
The Irrepressibles – "Destination" Novo Amor – "Earth Defender" Geordie Greep – "Holy, Holy" Bakar – "Lonyo!" FKA twigs – "Striptease" Gunship – "Tech Noir 2"	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 – UK	Best Hip Hop / Grime / Rap Video – International
AJ Tracey – "3rd Time Lucky" Little Simz featuring Obongjayar & Moonchild Sanelly – "Flood" Pozer – "Habits" Kae Tempest – "Statue in the Square" Fuse ODG – "Sundiata" Little Simz – "Young"	Travis Scott – "4x4" Doechii – "Anxiety" Clipse and Kendrick Lamar – "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	Best Rock / Alternative Video – Newcomer
Addison Rae – "Aquamarine" Louis Culture featuring Tora-i & Richie – "Babe" The Chainsmokers – "Helium" Danna – "Khe Calor" Olivia Dean – "Nice to Each Other" Isabella Lovestory – "Vanity"	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	Best Hip Hop / Grime / Rap Video – Newcomer
Tinie Tempah x Skepsis – "Eat It Up" Prince 95 – "Electronic Talk" Confidence Man featuring Jade – "Gossip" Tommy Holohan x Megra – "Show Me the Sky" Jorja Smith – "With You" Kettama & Interplanetary Criminal – "Yosemite"	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"

Technical and Craft Categories

Best Performance in a Video	Best Casting in a Video
Doechii – "Anxiety" Doechii – "Denial Is a River" FKA twigs – "Eusexua" Little Simz featuring Obongjayar & Moonchild Sanelly – "Flood" Sabrina Carpenter – "Manchild" Talking Heads – "Psycho Killer"	Disclosure – "Arachnids" Sekou – "Catching Bodies" Clipse and Kendrick Lamar – "Chains & Whips" Alabaster Deplume – "Invincibility" Hannah Holland – Last Exit on Bethnal Bakar – "Lonyo!"
Best Production Design in a Video	Best Styling in a Video
Jisoo – "Earthquake" Igor Klepnev – "Gun" OK Go – "Love" Sabrina Carpenter – "Manchild" Cults – "Onions" A$AP Rocky – "Tailor Swif"	Wolf Alice – "Bloom Baby Bloom" FKA twigs – "Eusexua" Yung Lean – "Forever Yung" Haim – "Relationships" Fuse ODG – "Sundiata" A$AP Rocky – "Tailor Swif"
Best Cinematography in a Video	Best Cinematography in a Video – Newcomer
Travis Scott – "4x4" Travis Scott – "Drugs You Should Try It" FKA twigs – "Eusexua" Little Simz featuring Obongjayar & Moonchild Sanelly – "Flood" Sabrina Carpenter – "Manchild" A$AP Rocky – "Tailor Swif"	Guitarricadelafuente – "Babieca!" Madeleine Rose Witney – "Behind Those Eyes" Common Saints – "Equinox" Blondshell – "Event of a Fire" Son Lux – "Flickers" Marina Satti – "Lola"
Best Colour Grading in a Video	Best Colour Grading in a Video – Newcomer
Billie Eilish – "Birds of a Feather" Jackson Wang – "High Alone" Birnir – "LXS" Bad Bunny – "Nuevayol" Rubel – "Ouro/Reckoner" Conan Gray – "Vodka Cranberry"	Joy Orbison – "Bastard" Rüfüs Du Sol – "Break My Love" Trees Speak – "Forever Chemicals" Sigrid – "Jellyfish" Rizzle Kicks – "New Sport" Chase tha Worst featuring Yorke, Dan Parties & Tara Salerno – "Tiefs"
Best Editing in a Video	Best Editing in a Video – Newcomer
Disclosure – "Arachnids" FKA twigs – "Eusexua" Sam Fender – "People Watching" Damiano David – "Silverlines" Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – "The Skin of My Yellow Country Teeth" Fortuno – "Wanna Believe U"	Tinie Tempah x Skepsis – "Eat It Up" Alabaster Deplume – "Invincibility" Clovis – "Les Cigales" Partiboi69 & Skream – "Pound Town" The Knocks featuring Powers – "Stay Gold" Kettama & Interplanetary Criminal – "Yosemite"
Best Choreography in a Video	Best Visual Effects in a Video
Wolf Alice – "Bloom Baby Bloom" FKA twigs – "Childlike Things" FKA twigs – "Eusexua" Little Simz featuring Obongjayar & Moonchild Sanelly – "Flood" Jungle – "Keep Me Satisfied" Bakar – "Lonyo!"	Izzy Spears – "Bum" Jisoo – "Earthquake" Don Toliver featuring Doja Cat – "Lose My Mind" Archy Moor – "Robbery Rings" Yamê – "Solo" A$AP Rocky – "Tailor Swif"
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"

Special Video Categories

Best Live Video	Best Special Video Project
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 tot Space" Yamê – "Solo" Amie Blu – "Swimming in Pity"	Ariana Grande – Brighter Days Ahead Kojey Radical – Don't Look Down Yamê – Ebem Hannah Holland – Last Exit on Bethnal Maxo – Mars is Electric John Grant – The Art of the Lie

Individual and Company Categories

Best Director	Best New Director
Colin Solal Cardo Damian Kulash Jr. Gabriel Moses Jordan Hemingway Vania & Muggia	Alex Acy Fa & Fon India Rose Harris Jake Erland Luna Carmoon Melchior Leroux
Best Producer	Best Executive Producer
Ayomide Alli Biba Thomas Chris Murdoch Ernest Bouvier Jason Baum Maggie Curwin	Alex Brinkman Alice Wills Dom McKiernan Hugo Legrand Nathan Morgan Clement Nathan Scherrer
Best Production Company	Best Creative Commissioner
Division Freenjoy Iconoclast Object & Animal Prodco Stink Films	Jake Crossland (Partisan Records) John Moule Kat Cattaneo (Sony Music) Kirstin Cruickshank Louis Danchwerts (Polydor) Michael Lewin (Sony Music)
Icon Award
To be announced

References

1. "UK Music Video Awards 2025 Opens for Entries". LBB Online. 30 September 2025. Retrieved 30 September 2025.
2. "The UK Music Video Awards launches its call for submissions". British Cinematographer. 11 June 2025. Retrieved 30 September 2025.
3. "UK Music Video Awards 2025 nominations announced awards ceremony". Music News. 30 September 2025. Retrieved 30 September 2025.

External links

• Official website