The music video was directed by the group and was uploaded to YouTube on 5 December 2013 . It has since received more than 520 million views . The video was filmed in Tokyo , Japan and features Haruka Abe as a Japanese fan . During the video , Abe lip-syncs to Jess Glynne 's vocals . The band comments : " The video is about a Japanese fan of the band who becomes delirious and has hallucinations of band members and our logo appearing unexpectedly in her daily life as a chef . Filming in Tokyo was an amazing experience : we spent almost a week there and everyone was so helpful . We made it ourselves as always , which was quite scary as we 've never produced anything so far away before . We had a bit of trouble filming the scene on the train though . Turns out it 's considered incredibly rude to make noise on a train so when we started dancing around to the track in the carriage with the extras , it did n't go down well ! Got shouted at . " On 16 January 2014 , the group performed " Rather Be " in BBC Radio 1 's '' Live Lounge '' , together with a cover version of Lorde 's " Royals " . They performed it as part of their sets at the Summertime Ball , Glastonbury and T in the Park . They also performed at the 2015 Brit Awards nomination launch party along with their new single " Real Love "
2015 Brit Awards
2015 Brit Awards
Rather Be