I do believe Jon and I also believe my ears. It beats beating to death a tired conspiracy theory. Phil would have zero reason to lie, he's pretty open about things.

Them recording together isn't the hardest thing in the world when parts are recorded one at a time. Could they have filmed the video together, sure. Am I bothered that they didn't? Not really, I'm picking my battles on the things that bug me about the band when it comes to the pandemic. If we're going in order of importance things the band do the song and rehearsing together can't be avoided, miming to the video just falls into "it doesn't matter as much" territory and isn't worth the risk.