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Hear65's music video guide (September 2025) — Quis, Yung Raja, Temple Code, Coming Up Roses, Mary Sue & more

Hear65's music video guide (September 2025) — Quis, Yung Raja, Temple Code, Coming Up Roses, Mary Sue & more

When it comes to music, music videos are important supplements to what we can hear as they stimulate our visual senses in a way that sound cannot.

From creative homemade projects to cinematic works that beg to be seen on a big screen, all forms of music videos are released by Singapore's talented musicians seeking to extend the stories told in their songs every month. In this monthly series, we will be rounding up the latest releases from our sunny island that might fly under the radar. 

Check out Hear65's guide to local music videos for June and contact us at hello@hear65.com to submit your music videos!


Quis - 'We Can Save The World!!!'

Quis return with a bold and buoyant anthem in 'We Can Save The World!!!', the theme song for the local sci-fi comedy of the same name. Fusing nostalgic J-pop/rock energy with earnest storytelling, the single is a rallying cry for everyday heroism, inspired by the film’s quirky tale of a jaded bureaucrat and a self-proclaimed alien. “The story about saving the world, not through grand plans or heroic actions, but simply by helping the person sitting right next to you, was something that really resonated with me,” shares bandleader Sean Lim. Co-written with composer Sulwyn Lok, the track doubles as a tribute to found family and small acts of kindness—infused the film’s spirit of rebellion and camaraderie.

Yung Raja feat. Jay Park, Equipo - 'missed call'

Yung Raja and Jay Park finally link up on ‘missed call', a sultry Tamil Soul jam laced with house and Afro influences. Trading verses in a whisper-like tone, the duo dives into the emotionally charged space between connection and disconnection in the digital age. Over a hypnotic groove reminiscent of Drake’s ‘Nokia’, Raja unpacks the tension of unspoken words and missed signals, while Jay Park slides in with melodic depth, turning a silent phone screen into a metaphor for love, loss, and longing. The collab now also comes with a stunning MV directed by A Good Feeling / Mohammad Izzadely.

Temple Code - 'Love Junk'

The music video for 'Love Junk', the debut single by Singapore-based indie electronic pop duo Temple Code, is a hypnotic, emotionally layered visual that matches the band’s moody synth-pop sound and post-punk textures with haunting cinematography and a looping, fragmented narrative. Directed and written by Joant Úbeda, the video (which stars Aidan Sim, Neo Jialing, and Oliver Davies) brims with atmospheric flair and a clear narrative ambition that echoes the introspective tone of the song.  As Úbeda shares, the video is “an attempt to play with a circular narrative and blend reality with the experiences our emotions force upon us”—a concept born directly from the song’s lyrics and its deeply personal undertones.

Coming Up Roses - 'Gotta Lose It All'

Coming Up Roses deliver a powerful live performance in the video for 'Gotta Lose It All', capturing the emotional grit and raw urgency of the track in real time. “This is a song about feeling lost to the point where you just don’t recognise yourself anymore,” the band explain. “However, somewhere deep down, is the desire to keep going and rediscover who you were or want to be. Sometimes that means relinquishing all the things you hold on tightly to in order to gain control of a situation.” Frontwoman Emily Sera’s commanding stage presence and visceral vocals drive the performance, making it clear that even in their most vulnerable moments, the band is holding nothing back. The track appears on their double A-side single with 'Hello Miss Anxiety', taken from their debut album How Did We Fall So Far?, out now via INH Records.

Yaung - 'FLOATING'

A self-taught rapper and composer from Singapore, Yaung has made waves for his ability to craft rap narratives grounded in grit, ambition, and culture. In 'FLOATING', Yaung blends cinematic flair with heartfelt introspection in a track that’s both chill and charged with meaning. The music video is directed by Yaung and Dawn Zheng and produced by SHABBA. Here, Yaung also makes history as the first Southeast Asian artist to feature an Aston Martin Vantage in a music video — a sleek symbol of how far passion and persistence can take you. It’s a stylish, self-made celebration of art, life, and staying true to your vision.

Mary Sue and the Clementi Sound Appreciation Club - 'Haste'

In Mary Sue and the Clementi Sound Appreciation Club's hauntingly immersive music video for 'Haste', fragments of sonic memory and somatic movement collide in mesmerising fashion. Shot by Gareth Christopher, and edited by Siew Png Sim with footage from Crawling Under Tiger (a transdisciplinary live activation that reimagined a birthday bash of three deities through a sino-futurist frame), the MV showcases evocative choreography by Loy, Jack Lim, and Leo Yee bathed in the spectral wash of night vision. ‘Haste’ is lifted from the album Porcelain Shield, Paper Sword, while Crawling Under Tiger was an acclaimed SCAPE-funded Experimentation Ground project presented under the comma Creative Arts Festival 2025.

Mary Sue and the Clementi Sound Appreciation Club - 'Snake Head/Crabs'

Mary Sue and the Clementi Sound Appreciation Club are on a music video roll this month! Helmed by alma.mpl and produced by movie / television studio CYCLOAX, this grainy, film-shot double feature for 'Snake Head/Crabs' is a mesmerising exercise in lo-fi quotidian surrealism — echoing the ancestral memory and grounded poetry that makes Porcelain Shield, Paper Sword such a remarkable LP. From band members donning ceremonial Chinese opera masks to its striking focus on the songs' deep lyricism, this two-part visual sharpens the album's raw and atmospheric and mythos.

Mary Sue and the Clementi Sound Appreciation Club - 'Thief and the Bell'

We have not one, not two, but three music videos from Mary Sue and the Clementi Sound Appreciation Club! This one for 'Thief and the Bell' is a languid and tender visual journey shot by Anthony De Rose. Set against the song’s dreamy, delicate tones, the video juxtaposes film-grain vignettes of everyday life in Singapore with crisp digital footage of New York City’s streets. This contrast of textures and geographies creates a meditative rhythm, blurring the line between intimacy and distance, familiarity and foreignness. Much like the track itself, the video unfolds with quiet beauty—less a narrative than a mood piece.

lullaboy, Stephanie Poetri - 'live with it'

lullaboy has teamed up with 88rising’s Stephanie Poetri for his latest emotionally raw single 'live with it'.T his duet marks a poignant milestone: his first with a female artist. 'live with it' dives into the wreckage of a failed situationship, with lullaboy playing the antagonist and Stephanie the heartbroken voice. "In this song, I am playing the person I never want to be," explains lullaboy. "Telling this story was really difficult because relational affairs are such a sensitive topic, but I hope I can provide comfort to the victims and a wake up call to the offenders." The collaboration, born from a songwriting camp in LA, is the sixth release from lullaboy’s upcoming album hotels & heartbreaks.