Crystal Murray - Starmaniak | Music Video of the Week

Crystal Murray “Starmaniak” is a vivid and unsettling portrait of a city where attention slips into hostility. The video creates a world that feels both familiar and strangely heightened. Crystal Murray moves through the street with a magnetism that draws attention, envy and unease, all of which gather around her with growing intensity.

Director Charlotte Wales shapes this environment with sharp focus and a painterly sense of composition. The crowded streets, the lingering close ups and the quiet menace in the background all serve the narrative with deliberate precision. Every gesture and glance adds to the discomfort that slowly blooms as the story unfolds.

The strength of “Starmaniak” lies in its quiet build up. Each moment shifts the mood a little further, creating a steady rise in tension. It shows how quickly the atmosphere around a person can turn.

CREDITS

Director: Charlotte Wales

Production Company: Colors

Music Artist: Crystal Murray

Director of Photography: Jake Scott

Creative Director and Stylist: Stephanie Galvani

Image Production Director: Yasmine Elle

Artist Manager: Luce Vargues, Le Bureau des Artistes

Co Founder and Executive Producer: Julie Mathieu, Dienguss

Executive Producer: Archie Pearch

Producer: Biba Thomas and Ersan Bekardes

Line Producer: Kevin Cheung

Production Coordinator: Maggie Curtin

Project Manager: Matt Le Goff

Prop Van: Zana Shapiri

First Assistant Director: Alex Copland

Second Assistant Director: Alex McAllister

Third Assistant Director: Alex Lawlor

Runners: Kelland Thomas Smith, Peg McMillan, Hannah Schupp

First AC: Tom Taylor

Second AC: Russel Torode

Steadicam: Rick James Lewis

Gaffer: William Pope

Production Designer: Elena Isolini

Art Director: Theresa Bates

Props Master: Marco Turcich

Art Assistants: Tracy Sada, Gabriel Healy, Ciara Reddy, Katherine Spence

Key Assistant Stylist: Pili Mateoss

Styling Assistants: Mia Yates, Dahlia Ichaou

Nail Assistant: Janel Grant

Make Up Artist: Cat Urquhart

Make Up Assistants: Rubys Artistry, Sogol Makeup

Hairstylist: Charlotte Moore Hair Assistants: Alice Schneidau, Jay Doan

CAST

Crystal Murray

Girl Gang 1: Tilly Scarlett

Girl Gang 2: Mia Ward

Girl Gang 3: Elise Clinton

Business Man: Andrew Rolfe

Costume Man: Alex Grant

Granny: Jane Philips

Kids Gang 1: Alexandre De Assuncao

Kids Gang 2: Mason Young

Kids Gang 3: Lennie Peacock

Kids Gang 4: Vivien Dawe

Kids Gang 5: Mali Robson

Background: Amaziah, Alistaire, Andra, Michael, Fadhillah

STUNTS AND WELFARE

Stunt Supervisor: Marc Cass

Chaperones: Katie Farmer, Kevin Spearshott

SOUND

Sound Recordist: Ben Hyderman

Audio Engineer: Lucas Simn

POST PRODUCTION

Post Production: Firm Studio

Editor: Antonin Brones

Assistant Editors: Mathias Toselli, Emilie Lesgourhgues

Post Producer: Camille Huguenin

Head of Post Production: Coco Pone

Grade: Jason Wallis

Colour House: Electric Theatre Collective

Title Designer: Nathaniel Morris

Postwoman: Anneka Gouldbourne

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