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We’ve seen how powerful the iPhone 15 Pro lineup can be, thanks to Apple , and people didn’t even realise it until the end. And, of course, we’ve seen stars like and K-pop group shoot their music videos with the help of iPhones.  This time, it’s a little closer to home, with the being Vietnamese singer Nguyen Thao Linh’s new song “ ”. As the only female contestant in the top 8 finalists of the national reality TV competition Rap Viet, Nguyen (stage name “tlinh”) is a rising singer-songwriter from Hanoi, Vietnam.  “Don’t Make It Complicated” is particularly special as it was shot for the Year of the Dragon, and tlinh herself was born in the Year of the Dragon. The music video was directed by Bao Nguyen, a Vietnamese-American filmmaker whose past work has been in the New York Times, HBO, NBC, Vice, and ARTE and played internationally in numerous festivals and museums, including MoMA and the Smithsonian.  The music video also excellently showcased the iPhone’s incredible video stabilisation when in Action Mode, with Bao chasing after tlinh in one scene on foot while holding the iPhone. He gushed: “With the iPhone, Action mode has blown my mind. We had this great chase scene, and the camera was shaking. But when we were watching the playback, I was amazed at how stable the image was.” While Bao credited existing features like Cinematic Mode and Action Mode, the new 5x optical zoom lens also played a big part in the production. “It was really important to use 5x Optical zoom to re-emphasize when tlinh’s character had a bit of insecurity with her relationship, almost go into her mind in many ways,” he mused. For an even better view of how things went down behind the scenes, a BTS video was directed by Phương Vũ and Lâm Đạo Đạo, two well-known directors in Vietnam. Without spoiling too much, the BTS video of how “Don’t Make It Complicated” was shot.