12th May 2025
Words: Megan Graye
Sam Fender has released a music video for his recent single, ‘Little Bit Closer’ featuring Owen Cooper. The young actor is best known for playing Jamie Miller in the Netflix hit series, Adolescence. The music video sees Cooper and series director, Philip Barantin reunite for the short film.
Fender’s new video features the actor going on a camping trip in the Lake District with a group of friends, where he contemplates his belief in God, expanding on the themes of the musician’s lyricism in the song. ‘Little Bit Closer’ features on Fender’s third number one album, ‘People Watching’.
“It’s so great to be working with Phil [Barantini] again,” said Fender on the making of the video, who previously had worked with the director on his song ‘Spit of You’. “I had no doubt he was the right director for this piece.”
“Phil called to say he’d asked Owen if he’d like to be in the video, and that Owen was keen,” he recalled. “I was elated that he could do it after seeing his incredible performance in Adolescence. Alongside Semera Khan [Creative Director] and the rest of the cast and team, they have created something beautiful,” he added.
You can watch the new music video for ‘Little Bit Closer’ here:
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