"Gosh" is a song by English

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producer

Jamie xx James Thomas Smith (born 28 October 1988), known professionally as Jamie xx, is an English musician, DJ, record producer and remixer. He is known for both his solo work and as a member of the English indie pop band The xx. He has been describe ...

, 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

Romain Gavras Romain Gavras (; born 4 July 1981 in Paris, France) is a French filmmaker. He is known for directing Jamie xx's video "Gosh", Kanye West's video " No Church in the Wild" and M.I.A.'s video " Bad Girls". He also directed Justice's " Stress" and ...

, 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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in China, and it features the actor Hassan Koné and 400 pupils from the Xiaolong Martial Arts School. Upon its release, the video was met with universal 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 of variable duration, that integrates a music song or a music album with imagery that is produced fo ...

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

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, Best Music Video , , - , Rober Awards Music Poll , Best Promo Video , , - , rowspan=8, 2017 , Berlin Music Video Awards , Best Cinematography , , - , rowspan=3,

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Release history

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References

External links

"Gosh" music video"Gosh" music video (Version 2)
{{authority control 2015 singles 2015 songs Jamie xx songs Songs written by Jamie xx Young Turks (record label) singles