Case Study 003 Universal / M. Szczygieł All Work
Montenegro — Najdalej Gdzie Wzrok Sięgnie
Case Study 002 · 2020–present

Five years.
One voice.

Montenegro · Ibiza · Warsaw · Poland Universal / M. Szczygieł 50M+ views
Overview

The
long
arc.

Five years building the visual identity of a major Universal artist. Not one project — a long arc. Music videos. Lyric videos. Album covers. Photoshoots. Live sessions. One voice, across every output.

Each release pushed technique. FPV drone work on Pocałunek Lata — the technique used as a deliberate visual choice, not a gimmick. A lyric video for Spontan that became one of the most-viewed in Poland. A live session shot from the 46th floor of Warsaw's Skyfall tower, on a phone, with Samsung in the room but not in the way.

Client
M. Szczygieł
Universal Music Group
Role
Creative Direction
Production · Direction · Photography
Industry
Music / Entertainment
Locations
Montenegro · Ibiza
Warsaw · Poland
Duration
5 years
ongoing
— Where we started

The
before.

An artist with momentum but no settled visual language. Pop identity is dangerous territory — easy to chase trends, easy to land somewhere tacky, easy to optimise for the quick win.

The job wasn't to make a hit and move on. It was to build something that would still hold five years later. Understand the artist as a person, not a brief. Grow the visual language slowly. Refuse the cheap shortcuts.

By year five: a coherent body of work, a recognisable visual stem, an artist ready for whatever comes next.

01 Spontan — Lyric Video
Spontan — boat aerial, lyric video
Among the most-viewed lyric videos in Poland
Spontan
25M+ Views

First collaboration. Small budget, no precedent. We built one summery shot — the artist on a small jacht, water tilting until he's floating in the sky, lyrics drifting through. One image, three minutes. Became one of the most-viewed lyric videos in Poland.

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Spontan — frame 01
Spontan — frame 02
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Spontan — frame 05
02 Adrenalina — Ibiza
Adrenalina — Ibiza music video
Music video · Ibiza · International production
Adrenalina
20M+ Views

Music video shot in Ibiza. The track's energy demanded a full visual environment — sun, motion, distance from Polish winter. We built the production around being there, not faking it. 20M+ views.

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Adrenalina — frame 01
Adrenalina — frame 02
Adrenalina — frame 03
Adrenalina — frame 04
Adrenalina — frame 05
03 Pocałunek Lata — FPV
Pocalunek Lata — FPV music video
FPV drone music video · Cinema package
Pocałunek Lata
1M+ Views

Music video shot with FPV drone work paired with a cinema camera package. The technique used as a deliberate visual choice — the camera moves the way the song moves. Not a gimmick. The visual signature.

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Pocałunek Lata — frame 01
Pocałunek Lata — frame 02
Pocałunek Lata — frame 03
Pocałunek Lata — frame 04
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04 Teraz Tylko Na Mnie Patrz
Teraz Tylko Na Mnie Patrz — music video
Music video · Album cover · Original painting
Teraz Tylko Na Mnie Patrz
Concept-Led Release

The brief asked for a music video. The answer asked for an artifact. We commissioned a painting made specifically for this release — used on set as a real object, then released as the official album cover. The artwork is the artifact, not a backdrop.

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Teraz — painting in progress
Teraz — painting / album cover
Teraz — frame 01
Teraz — frame 02
Teraz — frame 03
05 Sky Session × Samsung
Samsung Sky Session — Warsaw skyline
Brand collaboration · 3 live sessions · Skyfall Warsaw
Sky Session
× Samsung

Three live sessions, filmed on the 46th floor of Skyfall Warsaw, shot on the newest Samsung phone. Brand collaboration inside the artist relationship — Samsung sat inside the work, not on top of it. The artist's voice still led.

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Samsung Sky Session — frame 01
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Impact & Results
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Combined views across releases. Five years. Four countries. One voice.
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25M+
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Direction first. Then we figure out how to make it.