"Gosh" is a song by English

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producer

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, released as a single on 4 May 2015.

Release

On 25 March 2015, Jamie xx premiered "Gosh" and "Loud Places" on

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Music videos

The official music video for "Gosh" was released on 27 April 2015 through

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. It was directed by Erik Wernquist. The music video depicts the terraforming and colonization of Mars over the course of time, ending on a fully terraformed planet.

Second music video

A second music video, directed by

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, was released on 1 July 2016 on

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. It was uploaded to

on 4 October 2016. The video was filmed around the Eiffel Tower replica of the

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housing estate in the city of

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, and it features the actor Hassan Koné and 400 pupils from the Xiaolong Martial Arts School. The video was met with acclaim.

Accolades

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UK Music Video Awards The UK Music Video Awards is an annual celebration of creativity, technical excellence and innovation in music video A music video is a video that integrates a song or an album with imagery that is produced for promotion (marketing), promotiona ...

, Video of the Year , , - , Best Alternative Video , , - , Best Color Grade , , - , Best Styling , , - , Best Cinematography , , - ,

Camerimage The International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography Camerimage () is a festival that celebrates and awards cinematography and cinematographers. The festival is held in Toruń, Poland, at the end of November every year. It spans the cou ...

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Release history

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References

External links

"Gosh" music video"Gosh" music video (Version 2)
2015 singles 2015 songs Jamie xx songs Songs written by Jamie xx Young (record label) singles {{2010s-electronic-song-stub