To Do List – Cousines Like Shit
Styled like 70s crime films, the video stages the fight against performance pressure: to-do lists burn, time clocks explode, and self-optimization is sabotaged.
Director's Biography
Clemens Niel is a freelance director and DoP on music videos, short films and documentaries. Living and working in Linz, he is the recipient of multiple awards, including the Austrian Music Video Award, the London Music Video Award, and the Toronto International Music Video Award. Director's Filmography (Selection)
To Do List – Cousines Like Shit (2025) - Majnoon – Daffodils (ft. Mona Matbou Riahi) (2024; CE25) - The Dream – Oh Alien (2023; CE24) - Toothpaste – Oh Alien (2023; CE23) - Cruel Hearted / Maybe Someday – Mile & Flip (2022; CE23 CREATIVE REGION Music Video Award) - Busy – Sharktank (2022) - Ego – Dives (2022) - Pressure – Mile & Flip (feat. Siska) (2022; CE22) - Tauchen (Dive, 2021, with Domink Galleya Tendl; CE21) - Oben bleiben (Stay Up, 2019, with Dominik Galleya Tendl; CE19) - MC – TTR Allstars (2018, with Dominik Galleya Tendl; CE19)
To Do List – Cousines Like Shit (2025) - Majnoon – Daffodils (ft. Mona Matbou Riahi) (2024; CE25) - The Dream – Oh Alien (2023; CE24) - Toothpaste – Oh Alien (2023; CE23) - Cruel Hearted / Maybe Someday – Mile & Flip (2022; CE23 CREATIVE REGION Music Video Award) - Busy – Sharktank (2022) - Ego – Dives (2022) - Pressure – Mile & Flip (feat. Siska) (2022; CE22) - Tauchen (Dive, 2021, with Domink Galleya Tendl; CE21) - Oben bleiben (Stay Up, 2019, with Dominik Galleya Tendl; CE19) - MC – TTR Allstars (2018, with Dominik Galleya Tendl; CE19)
Local Artists 2026
Director Clemens Niel
Austria 2025
color
3 minutes
Music Video Screenplay Clemens Niel
Cinematography Thomas Guggenberger
Editing Clemens Niel
Music Cousines Like Shit
With Hannah Breitfuss, Laura Breitfuss, Clara Maria Fickl, Ebrahim Eskandari
Producer(s) Clemens Niel
Additional Credits
Assistant Camera, Lights Leonie Zettl Mood Operator Clara Maria Fickl Additional Pyrotechnics Gregor Woschitz Domas Schwarz Special Effects Clemens Niel