Directed by Samuel Douek, the visual for Heartbreak Anthem is set in a futuristic, burlesque-inspired world and follows the three members of the British girl group as they perform on stage as “The Winged Fatales”.
The video was was filmed in East End’s historic Wilton’s Music Hall. Speaking with GAY TIMES, Douek – who directed the incredible visual for Little Mix’s latest single Confetti – said the video was inspired by Angela Carter’s Nights at the Circus, which he calls one of his “all-time favourite” books. “The novel is about a woman who is hatched from an egg with wings and runs away with the circus.
It’s a feminist tale about freedom and immediately sprung to mind when I first heard the track,” he says. As a fan of all-things sci-fi,