Music / First LookMabel stars in new video collaboration with Tate ModernThe 20-year-old R&B artist has written a new song for a video collaboration with the iconic London art gallery commemorating the opening of their new buildingShareLink copied ✔️June 16, 2016MusicFirst LookTextDazed Digital Mabel – the 20-year-old singer and songwriter (and youngest daughter of pop trailblazer Neneh Cherry) making some of the most exciting, singular R&B right now – has recorded a new song as part of a collaboration with Tate Modern. The up-and-coming artist was commissioned by Tate Modern to create a video project commemorating the opening of the iconic London art gallery’s newest building. The video was directed by choreographer Holly Blakely (who has previously worked with artists like Florence + the Machine and Jessie Ware), and features some supremely sensual dancing set to a song written by Mabel especially for the collaboration. The inspiration for the video project was Gustav Metzger’s 1965 piece Liquid Crystal Environment, an immersive light display using heat-sensitive liquid crystals exhibited at the Tate Modern. “As a kid I adored music videos with choreography,” Mabel explains, “Destiny’s Child routines were often rehearsed with my sister and then we forced our family to watch multiple performances. I wanted to try to do an up-to-date version of that, using Metzger’s Liquid Crystal Environment and the incredible Tate Modern building as our setting.” The new Tate Modern, created by architects Herzog & de Meuron, opens to the public tomorrow (June 17). Read our profile on Mabel, discussing her pop parentage, poise, and perfectionism. Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.READ MOREWhy listening parties are everywhere right nowA night out with Feng, the ‘positive punk’ of UK UgDoppel-gäng gäng gäng: 7 times artists used body doublesWesley Joseph is the Marty Supreme of R&B (only nicer) How Turnstile are reinventing hardcore for the internet ageWill these be the biggest musical moments of 2026?Rising singer Liim is the crooning voice of New York CityFrench producer Malibu is an ambient antidote for the chronically online10 musicians to watch in 202610 great albums you may have missed in the last three monthsZukovstheworld on the UK Ug scene: ‘It’s modern pop music’The only tracks you need to hear from December 2025