Truman’s new music video for Tell Him, his collaboration with London-based newcomer Isabel, arrives with the kind of quiet force that lingers long after the screen fades. The track already carries a delicate tension, but the visual sharpens it, revealing the emotional architecture beneath the song. It is less an illustration than an expansion, turning vulnerability into something tactile and lived in.
Directed by Saul Abraham, the film leans into restraint. Adolescent boys deliver the lyrics straight to the camera, their expressions unfiltered in a way that feels almost confrontational. Isabel’s presence threads through the track like a soft counterpoint, grounding the emotion even when the imagery shifts. These performances sit alongside tender fragments of Truman with his grandmother, Patricia Palmer, moments that seem borrowed from memory rather than made for the frame.
Truman captures the emotional core of the piece with disarming precision. “The song is all the words that sad adult men choke on, the deeper voice of their gut as they sink pints and sink into their assigned seats at the bar.” The boys in the video echo that idea, caught in the early rehearsals of self-protection. He adds, “The video shows an early moment in time when men are learning to mask, dressing up in a false self.”
On release day, Truman shared a message that illuminated the spirit behind the project. “A message to the team: you were the bones, brains, and flesh of this video. I simply sat and enjoyed getting into the skin of the idea.” He acknowledged Saul Abraham's vision and the contributions of James Jacob, David Foulkes, Keri Rothwell Douglas, and Richard Fearon, recognising the collaboration that shaped the piece.