April 2013
New Release: Sean Kingston feat. Chris Brown and Wiz Khalifa "Beat It"
Posted by Doug Klinger on April 29, 2013 in New Releases
The one sure sign that winter is over is the release of the first major pool-side hip-hop music video. This year, the switch from cold to hot weather is marked by the release of the music video for Beat It by Sean Kingston featuring Chris Brown and Wiz Khalifa, directed by Colin Tilley.… Read More
Behind The Scenes: I/O- "Wasted My Time" Directed by BRTHR
Posted by Doug Klinger on April 29, 2013 in Behind the Scenes
Its not every day that you find an artist and director team so committed to a project that theyd be willing to shoot for three days straight in freezing cold Long Island and sell their DSLRs to fund the project. But for the video Wasted My Time, I/O and the… Read More
The Most Popular Music Videos Released This Week (4/26)
Posted by Doug Klinger on April 26, 2013 in Most Popular Music Videos
It wont always happen this way, but this weeks most popular video, the Andreas Nilsson directed Play Hard by David Guetta featuring Ne-Yo and Akon, was also one of our favorite videos of the week. But this blog post isnt about favorites, this post is about popularity (to see our… Read More
Video Chats: Austin Peters on 'Forever' and 'Don't Save Me' by Haim
Posted by Doug Klinger on April 25, 2013 in Interviews
Were all inspired by Destinys Child in one way or another, it just manifests differently from each of us. For director Austin Peters and the girls from Haim, it came through in location and dance move choices in their videos for Forever and Dont Save Me. In these videos, we… Read More
Video Chats: Ian & Cooper on 'Back To Me' by Joel Compass
Posted by Doug Klinger on April 24, 2013 in Interviews
Since being first invented by visual graphics artist Kevin Burg and photographer Jamie Beck in 2009, cinemagraphs have been seen all over the internet on sites like Imgur, Tumblr, and ReactionGifs.com. They even have their own subreddit, which is where we found the music video "Back To Me" by Joel Compass,… Read More
Winning SXSW with Saman Kesh and Sarah Park
Posted by Doug Klinger on April 22, 2013 in Interviews
No one was more convinced that they wouldnt win the music video competition at SXSW than Saman Kesh. Not only did he think there were better videos than his, he has won already, in 2010 for Luv Deluxe by Cinnamon Chasers, so in his head that was enough to keep… Read More
On Muse's Twitter Music Video Q&A
Posted by Adam Fairholm on April 22, 2013 in News
Muse released this interesting video for "Panic Station" earlier today, and as they announced the video, also announced that they were going to do a Twitter Q&A so their fans and the general public can ask questions. The result was hilarious (helped by the fact that the video is ridiculous),… Read More
The Most Popular Music Videos Released This Week (4/19)
Posted by Doug Klinger on April 19, 2013 in Most Popular Music Videos
This week, we introduced IMVDb Charts, a new feature that tracks all the views and social media shares of every video in our database. There are lots of fun things that we can do with that data, and one that were most excited about is our Top New Videos chart,… Read More
Video Chats: Abraham Vilchez-Moran on 'Come Aboard' by Sydney Wayser
Posted by Doug Klinger on April 19, 2013 in Interviews
Its rare for a director to have an underwater mermaid specialist in their back pocket, but thats one of the luxuries that director Abraham Vilchez-Moran has in his relationship with underwater photographer Chris Crumley. Although this isnt a feature that works in every music video, when the artist youre working… Read More
Introducing IMVDb Charts
Posted by Adam Fairholm on April 18, 2013 in Site News
Today we're excited to introduce a new feature that we've had in the works for a while - IMVDb Charts! Billboard is taking online views into account for their charts, and iTunes publishes their top-selling music videos, but we felt like there wasn't a place for top charts dedicated to… Read More
Video Chats: Chris Ullens on 'Sex' by Slugabed and 'Vengeance Rhythm' by Two Fingers
Posted by Doug Klinger on April 17, 2013 in Interviews
In addition to the music video competition, you will occasionally find music videos represented in other places at SXSW. For example, director/animator Chris Ullens had two of his music videos screen at SXSW this year, with his video for "Sex" by Slugabed as part of the music video section, and… Read More
Video Chats: Bryan Schlam on "Alive (Pegboard Nerds Remix)" by Krewella
Posted by Doug Klinger on April 16, 2013 in Interviews
After the release of the "Alive" video by Krewella, director Bryan Schlam decided to cut together a remix version of the video, for fun, which included some previously planned visual effects by BEMO. These effects, despite being cut from the original video, ended up working out enough for Krewellas management… Read More
Sprockets Music Video Festival Submission Deadline
Posted by Doug Klinger on April 15, 2013 in News
Last month, we interviewed Danielle Robarge, director/producer of Sprockets Music Video Festival, which will be held on June 15 in Athens, GA. The early entry date for music video submissions has already passed, but youve still got a few more hours before the late entry deadline to digitally submit your… Read More
Video Chats: Warren Fu on "Soothe My Soul" by Depeche Mode
Posted by Doug Klinger on April 12, 2013 in Interviews
Music video ratios usually range from 16:9 to extremely wide. However, director Warren Fu took it all the way past 4:3 and used a square aspect ratio for the sexy and disorienting "Sooth My Soul" by Depeche Mode. We talked to Warren about the concept behind the video, his new technique called… Read More
Video Chats: Andrew Thomas Huang on "Brennisteinn" by Sigur Rós
Posted by Doug Klinger on April 12, 2013 in Interviews
Last year, both Sigur Rós and director Andrew Thomas Huang released some amazing music videos. Sigur Rós released 16 videos as part of "The Vaktaru Mystery Film Experiment," and Andrew released the visually epic "Mutual Core" by Bj?rk, a labor-intensive project that took over 5 months to create. Now, Sigur… Read More
Video Chats: Choreographer Tallie Medel on "Cry Like A Ghost" by Passion Pit
Posted by Doug Klinger on April 11, 2013 in Interviews
"Do you think you could cry and grind at the same time?" There's no room for subtleties when casting for the lead role in a music video like "Cry Like A Ghost" by Passion Pit. So when Daniel Scheinert (of DANIELS) asked Tallie Medel to star in the video, thats… Read More
New Release: Tyga feat. Wiz Khalifa and Mally Mall "Molly"
Posted by Doug Klinger on April 11, 2013 in New Releases
We're not positive, but were pretty sure the song Molly by Tyga feat. Wiz Khalifa and Mally Mall isnt about their missing female friend. We have a strict drug testing policy here at IMVDb, so none of us have ever tried any drugs (we've never even done a marijuana), but based on what we've… Read More
Interactive Music Video: "Girls Like Me" by TV Girls
Posted by Doug Klinger on April 10, 2013 in Interactive Music Videos
Last week, we interviewed Eli Stonberg of fourclops about their video for "Live Your Life (TWINSMATIC Remix)" by Yuna. Today, we've got some more fourclops news because Eli and Jeff Greco are back with a sweet interactive video for Girls Like Me by TV Girl that lets you (and your Facebook friends) make cameos in the video. The interactive feature… Read More
Video Chats: Kate Moross on Her Collaborations with Jessie Ware
Posted by Doug Klinger on April 8, 2013 in Interviews
Over the past year, director and designer Kate Moross has collaborated with singer-songwriter Jessie Ware on all things visual - from logos, to print campaigns, to several of her music videos. Along with Jessie and the styling team at Silver Spoon Attire, Kate has directed nearly all of her music videos, starting with "Running released early last… Read More
Video Chats: PJ Raval on "Big Shot" by CHRISTEENE
Posted by Doug Klinger on April 5, 2013 in Interviews
One of the best parts about watching music videos in an audience is getting to hear the different reactions out of people. And during the music video screening that we attended at SXSW, no video seemed to evoke as many different reactions from people as did Big Shot by CHRISTEENE… Read More
Video Chats: Eli Stonberg of fourclops on "Live Your Life (TWINSMATIC Remix)" by Yuna
Posted by Doug Klinger on April 5, 2013 in Interviews
Music videos are inspired by lots of different things, but its rare to find one that was inspired by 5th grade science fair projects. However, in "Live Your Life (TWINSMATIC Remix)" by Yuna, thats exactly where directors fourclops turned when coming up with the effects for the video. We talked… Read More
Video Chats: Dylan Knight on "Fall Over" by BANKS
Posted by Doug Klinger on April 4, 2013 in Interviews
The debut music video for an up and coming artist is one of the first opportunities they have to really establish an image for themselves. In "Fall Over," the first music video for BANKS, the way director Dylan Knight approached the piece was to create the ideal environments for BANKS… Read More
New Release: Nicki Minaj feat. Lil Wayne "High School"
Posted by Doug Klinger on April 4, 2013 in New Releases
A word of warning: if Nicki Minaj and Lil Wayne are hanging around your mansion and your pool, keep a sharp eye out for them stealing from you and leaving in a helicopter. That's the central lesson behind the new video for High School by Nicki Minaj featuring Lil Wayne, directed by Benny Boom and produced… Read More
Video Chats: DJay Brawner on 'Hands And Faces' by The Used
Posted by Doug Klinger on April 3, 2013 in Interviews
Sometimes, a director needs to actually see whats in their head in order to help visualize the concept, even if that means doing ballerina moves in their living room, which is exactly what director DJay Brawner did while brainstorming the idea for Hands And Faces by The Used. We talked… Read More
Video Chats: Kyle Padilla on 'Like Home' Nicky Romero Feat. NERVO
Posted by Doug Klinger on April 3, 2013 in Interviews
"Like Home" by Nicky Romero and NERVO is Kyle Padilla's first video as a solo director, and an ambitious one. It includes motorcycle stunts, an artist's first attempt at music video lip syncing, and, of course, directing an actor acting as a director. We talked to Kyle about writing personal… Read More
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