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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Sometimes music video directors cant stay away. Even when theyre on vacation, when a good opportunity comes their way, they just cant pass it up. Like Matt Alonzo for example: near the end of 2012, he thought he was done…
Last year, director Noel Paul and Bat For Lashes went three for three when it comes to making awesome music videos (over here at IMVDb, we call that a hat trick). Each video that Noel directed for Natasha Khan (Bat…
One of the first things to cross our mind after watching director Nicolas Hellers Look Real High by Adrian Lau was, Man, thats a lot of weed! We also started to wonder whose job is it to get all of…
Our views on cinema seems to be changing, the once popular shoot-em-up style film seems a lot less entertaining after the recent events involving gun violence. With that said, there are still ways to find beauty within dark subject matter,…
When searching for a music video director, most people wouldnt think that LinkedIn is the best place to look. However, some really great music video directors, like Leah McKissock for example, apparently have LinkedIn accounts. We know this because that is…
Director Luke Gilford knows about directing videos that feature supernatural situations in real life settings. Both his videos for The Silicone Veil by Susanne Sundfør and & It Was U by How To Dress Well deal with these ideas. We talked…
Deadpanning (also know as the opposite of camera mugging) is an overlooked form of performance art in music videos. At IMVDb, we enthusiastically recognize and promote the art of deadpan, so we were excited when in late 2012 and early 2013, directing…
In 80s Fitness by Koan Sound, director Tim Hendrix introduces us to a colorful and twisted world full of violence, murder, and spandex (which apparently is more expensive than youd think). We talked to Tim about living in an editing…
One thing we always enjoy hearing about here at IMVDb is music videos where the artist and the director have a really collaborative, hands-on process. If a music video involves an entire band and director taking a day to hot…
Hip-hop videos have come a long way since the days when all you got was cars, money, and butts. But, is hip-hop ready for two old white dudes eating popcorn in a sauna? That question is answered by director Spaghetto…
The last time we talked to director Michael Lawrence, it was about his series of surreal and artistic videos for Emil & Friends, which were shot in Indonesia and are at times very autobiographical. Michaels latest video, "I Turn On" by Slam…
When director Matthew Boman isnt making crazy videos about the end of the world, hes making crazy music videos with the likes of Brooke Candy, BLOK, and Riff Raff. His latest video, PEPPERMiNT TiNT by the aforementioned Riff Raff, could…
When you direct an awesome music video for Aesop Rock that features motorcycles, dancing, and ballerinas, there is bound to be a lot of stories to tell about production. Add in the fact that this one shoot actually resulted in…
Jason Baum spent most of the past year producing music videos for awesome directors like Hiro Murai, Isaiah Seret, and Saman Keshavarz. Some of that time, however, was also spent hanging out with Zee Avi, and coming up with the…
Photo by Zoe Rain Unless youre from Seattle, you likely were introduced to Macklemore and Ryan Lewis this year through their awesome music videos for "Thrift Shop" and "Same Love." Despite the subject matter of these videos being completely different…
When director Isaac Rentz started to assemble the cast for Tegan and Saras Closer music video, it was important to him that they feel like real people on camera. Pulling inspiration from TV shows like My So-Called Life, and even…
Showing up drunk to your first meeting with an artist might not seem like the best way to start a working relationship. That is, unless youre working with Elliphant, in which case shell just laugh at you and then things…
Whenever a music video comes out that features anyone from Odd Future, we pretty much assume that at one point or another, things on the set just broke down into chaos. We clearly have a poor perception of reality because according to…
If my girlfriend was a pop star and I had to direct music videos for her, I would cover her in sweaters and blankets and film her from the neck up only. Luckily, director Ryan Andrews is nothing like me…
When director Abraham Vilchez-Moran booked the Good As You video by Eternal Summers, he knew he had to find the perfect location. Mainly, because he had already told the band that he had it (to his credit, he probably also…
When director David Lewandowski heard they would be making a live action version of the 1988 Japanese animated film Akira, he was very excited. However, after hearing about the film getting canceled, David decided to create much of what he…
When casting for the Benny Goodman video for his band Saint Motel, director and front-man A/J Jackson needed to find a talented, charismatic 6-year-old with the dance moves of a young Michael Jackson. We've never tried this, but it sounds…
Bands have been using talk show performances as a way to broaden their audiences for decades. If we had a band (which we dont, but still), no audience would be more coveted than that of The Whip Nicken Hour, the…
Photo by Michael Jeffe. Director Claire Marie Vogel has a very unique perspective on the music video industry. While most music video directors have a relationship with record labels in one way or anther, Claire actually works directly for Warner Bros…
The experimental film Solipsist by director Andrew Thomas Huang creates a psychedelic world that features colorful characters in a vibrant atmosphere that seem to be physically connected to each other and the world around them. For his music video for…
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