Doug Klinger and Jason Baum talk about the notable music videos from 2021.
Interviews with music video directors and industry professionals, new release highlights, and IMVDb site news.
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If your music video reminds viewers a TV show, it's good news if it's a show that costs $6 million an episode to create. One of the most ambitious videos of the year so far, "Reload" by Sebastian Ingrosso, Tommy…
Mykki Blanco has one of the most unique sounds and images in hip-hop music right now. His latest music video, "The Initiation," features Mykki crawling through the streets, rapping in Latin though a face on the top of his head.…
Last week, we were all introduced to Ivy Levan through her music video for "Hot Damn," a video that generated a lot of attention, especially for a relatively new artist. Directed by Daniel Carberry, the video depicts Ivy as a powerful female…
When the same director makes a new version of an already good music video, its best to add something special to make sure it stands out. In this case, the director is Pete Lee, the music video is The Magic…
One of our favorite features of this years Los Angeles Music Video Festival was their Lifes a Pitch contest, in which four directors (or director duos) were given the opportunity to pitch music video ideas to the band Five Knives…
Director NORTON knows a thing or two about dancing. His video "Killer Shoes" (an unofficial video for "Devotion" by Kap Bambino) features a pair of low top converse dancing aggressively throughout the city. For his latest video, Dancing Out by…
All it takes is one music video to make an impact on the industry. Director Carmela Makela knows that first-hand, as her self-funded debut music video for Ain't Nobody by Atmosphere has caught the attention of labels, directors, and video…
The last time we talked to director and animator Galen Pehrson, he told us he wanted to make music videos that are outside of the really, really rigid box that music videos have been set in. After creating videos for…
In the music video for KV Crimes by Kurt Vile, director Tom Scharpling imagines a world where Kurt is a king with a taste for fast food hoagies, swing sets, and listening to other people play his music. Like most…
Sometimes, its a challenge to find the meaning of a music video. It takes several viewing and maybe even some deep discussion with a friend to figure it all out. Other times, there are videos like Asphyxiation by Autoerotique, directed…
Sometimes a video is so weird, that it begins to make perfect sense. That is what happens with Aunt Betty by Middle Class Rut, directed by Lance Drake a video that is so out there from start to finish…
BANKS has followed up her dark and stormy debut video for "Fall Over" with an equally emotional music video for "Warm Water." The similarities are understandable as she has again collaborated with Dylan Knight, who we got to know after…
Combining time lapse with stop-motion, the video for Analog Or Digital by Wildlife Control required band members Neil and Sumul Shah to perform in a complicated, full-day shoot on San Francisco's Ocean Beach. Most complicated shoots like this might require…
Convincing a family member to be in one of your music videos is actually more difficult than it sounds. Of course theyre supportive, but the only people who usually want to be in front of a camera are the type…
With all of the compromises that usually have to be made to get a music video finished, sometimes a director just needs to put their foot down. Director Malia James did that when finding a location for the video for…
What would a rapper and a comedian do if you gave them $5,000 and told them to make a music video? If you think the answer would be to get pizza with Childish Gambino, dress up like a chicken, and…
The Uncluded, the genre-crossing duo comprised of Aesop Rock and Kimya Dawson, has been on a music video tear recently, already releasing four videos off of their debut album Hokey Fright, which was released last week. Likely our favorite video…
For their last music video, Wasted My Time by I/O, director duo BRTHR spent three days running around Long Island, packing in multiple locations with multiple setups all within a short period of time. For their latest video, Bounce by…
Right behind Psy on the list of recent artists who have used music videos to propel their careers would have to be Macklemore X Ryan Lewis. Despite being named to XXL magazines 2012 Freshman Class, it wasnt until the success…
There comes a time in every music video where the money runs out. Even on music videos with six figure budgets, eventually someone ends up working for free, or for much less money than they deserve and the only thing…
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…
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…
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…
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"…
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…
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