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Gener8ion and Yung Lean win five at UKMVAs 2026

Gener8ion and Yung Lean had a big night at the UK Music Video Awards 2026, where Romain Gavras' video for Storm collected five trophies, among them Video of the Year. The ceremony took place at London's Roundhouse on Wednesday 4 November.

The clip also won Best Dance/Electronic Video – International, plus prizes for Best Choreography (Damien Jalet), Best Casting and Best Performance. The Roundhouse hosted the awards for the first time since 2021, with Ana Matronic, a founding member and frontwoman of Scissor Sisters, as host.

Irish hip-hop trio Kneecap went home with three awards for two different projects. Irish Goodbye was named Best Alternative Video – International and also earned Best Newcomer Colour Grading, while Sayonara took Best Editing.

Rosalía picked up two prizes for Berghain, which features Björk and Yves Tumor: Best Pop Video – International and Best Styling. Production company CANADA was named Best Production Company.

Aidan Zamiri was crowned Best Director after working with Charli xcx and A. G. Cook, and Tanner K Williams became Best New Director. A$AP Rocky won Best Hip Hop / Grime / Rap Video – International for Helicopter for a second year in a row, while Harry Styles' Aperture claimed Best Pop Video – UK. Fred again.. earned Best Live Video for the second consecutive year, together with Ezra Collective, Paco Amoroso and Ca7riel.

The night included a tribute to the late industry figure John Moule, who received the UKMVA Legend Award posthumously in recognition of his work for music video culture. Alex Kapranos of Franz Ferdinand, Mute Records founder Daniel Miller and Bonobo led the tributes.

In the individual industry categories, Emily Jeffery (Polydor) was named Best Creative Commissioner, Claire Stubbs Best Agent, Nnena Nwakodo Best Executive Producer and Chris Murdoch Best Producer, the latter for the second year running.

The full list of winners and footage can be found through the official UKMVA portal.

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