Ed Sheeran is putting his support behind Ukraine with his new music video for “2Step”.
03.04.2022 - 03:13 / variety.com
Thania Garcia There are very few people that can claim to have stamped the collective visual consciousness the way Ukrainian director Tanu Muino has. Her colorful and undeniably memorable iconography is what led her to be nominated alongside Lil Nas X for best music video at the 2022 Grammys for “Montero (Call Me By Your Name).”Muino’s career has skyrocketed these past few years, despite the cultural, physical and emotional stagnation caused by the pandemic. The Odessa native has produced some of pop culture’s most notable music videos for big names like Lizzo, Cardi B and, most recently, Harry Styles, for his new single “As It Was.”Muino also recently shot and directed Foals’ “2am” music video in Ukraine earlier this year.
“It’s my favorite to shoot in Ukraine! Because it’s my team,” she says. “It was the beginning of January and things were calm. You could still go outside and it was the normal, usual Ukraine life… Everybody was so happy.
Things are different now for sure.”It’s now been a little over a month since Russia began its military invasion of Ukraine. Muino says she’s “in a way gotten used to” — or, rather, accepted — the reality of the nightmare. She routinely checks in on her friends and family who are still living in her hometown of Odessa, keeping as focused as one could under the stress.
“It’s about keeping positive for me,” she explains, “I’ve been working to help our people because I can do it. Most people can’t do it, but I am in the position where I can do it.”Muino updates her social media regularly, involving her network of friends from all over the world and utilizing the reach of her social media platforms to share credible links and donation sites. “I need to translate what’s happening, what’s
.Ed Sheeran is putting his support behind Ukraine with his new music video for “2Step”.
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