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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The video for "Disconnected" by The Reflections follows the path of a New York City subway car as it travels through a world of colorful flashing lights and shapes. Director Ellen Frances shot the video between midtown and City Hall…
Last week, we talked about reaching a database related milestone when we crossed 9,000 videos listed on our site. Today, we celebrate a content related milestone as we welcome Carlos Lopez Estrada to our Video Chats series, our first Grammy…
Reporting the news, making out with a babe, and killing yourself are just a few things that are less important than helping Jim Turner push his car in After The Wait by WIN WIN. Directed by Bo Mirosseni, this hilarious…
We all cope with life in different ways. Some people go to therapy, some take medication, while others build giant men out of golf balls to keep them company. As unusual as that last one may seem on paper (or…
Tyrese is one of the most talented dudes in the game. Every time you turn around, hes starring in a new movie, or hanging out with a sexy lady, or singing an even sexier song. Thats why when the Matt…
Most roommates share the couch and common space with each other, and thats about it. But it doesnt have to be that way. A roommate relationship can result in a lot more than arguments over who forgot to take the…
Nothin But A G Thang by Snoop and Dr. Dre is among the most iconic videos in hip-hop, if not pop culture in general. So when Game wanted to recreate it for his Celebration music video, he turned to director…
Last week, LAMAR+NIK (directors Jesse Lamar High and Nik Harper) released Magnolia by Lushlife, a music video that features 188 different handmade cardboard word-heads. We talked to Jesse and Nik about the process behind making the heads, how they were…
All photos by Gabe Koplowitz Roller blading, recording the sound of mushrooms, smoking weed, and throwing ninja stars at balloons on the wall. These are just some of the activities that the two girls in the video for "Harps" by…
If you were ever afraid as a child of what happens in your room after you fall asleep, we highly recommend the video for Black Marble's "Cruel Summer." Set as a play, the black and white video manages to pack…
RZAs directorial film debut The Man with the Iron Fist is almost guaranteed to be awesome. It features martial arts, is co-written by Eli Roth, and stars Russell Crowe, Lucy Liu, and RZA himself. The soundtrack seems just as awesome, with…
At the beginning of this year, Joey BADA$$ and David M. Helman both individually caught our attention with great videos that seemed to have come out of nowhere. We started keeping up on Davids work when his music video for Blu Doin'…
Last month, Sky Ferreira caught our attention when she released music videos for Everything is Embarrassing and Sad Dream, both directed by Grant Singer. Since we are The Music Video Database, it is literally our job to get excited about…
The videos by Cassandra Lee Hamilton have been described in a variety of ways. Stereogum calls them cute, Cassandra herself calls them demented pop, and at least one Vimeo user calls them the work of a DIY master. In her video for Break My…
In his music video for Backlines by Stars, Hank Friedmann takes the already difficult task of directing a music video and makes it roughly a billion times harder on himself. In addition to writing, editing, and directing this video, Hank…
Recording a good cover of a song from the 80's or early 90's is almost a sure-fire win for a band. They get to introduce themselves to a wider audience, as well as to pay homage to an old school jam. If…
Weve all been bullied. No matter who you are, there was a time in your childhood when you encountered a shitty kid, and that shitty kid was mean to you. As an adult, your days of being bullied are likely…
In a Big City is the first single from the new Titus Andronicus album "Local Business." For the video, director Isaac Ravishankara creates a world where time appears to move around a beardless Patrick Stickles as he walks through New Jersey. We talked to…
Back in May of this year, the Museum of Contemporary Arts Los Angeles hosted Rebel, an exhibit produced by by James Franco and inspired by the motorcycle culture that James Dean was a part of during the making of Rebel Without a Cause.…
El-P knows what it takes to promote an album. As a hip-hop producer, artist, and co-founder of the record label Definitive Jux, El-P has experience in every step of the creation, release, and marketing of an album. For his latest…
Back in 2006, Kevin Slack directed his first music video for The Gaslight Anthem. This wasnt only his first music video for the band, but his first music video ever. As Kevins career grew, he continued directing music videos for…
Photo by Alyssa Shakur. Brooke Candy first caught our attention a few months ago when she appeared in the music video for Genesis by Grimes. At that point, she was a pink-haired, sword-wielding mystery to us, but that all changed last week.…
Anyone who has seen our promotional video FilmedInsert Takes LA knows that director Dugan ONeal is an amazing and hilarious actor (and also knows that the name of this website used to be FilmedInsert). Dugan has been featured in several…
Director Saman Kesh is no stranger to telling multilayered stories in his music videos. His ability to incorporate complex narrative elements in his work, while maintaining the organic and open structure that make music videos so unique, makes for some of…
The Masses describe themselves as a collaboration of directors and artists united by a passion for music and driven by unique and diverse cinematic visions. So, it is no surprise that director Chris Coats, who started in The Masses Lab…
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