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.
Capturing the energy and vibrant colors of a street market, "Light Me Up" by Birdy is a fun and mischievous video directed by Sophie Muller. 17-year-old singer/songwriter continues her sting of collaborations with the music video legend, and the video…
Averaging at least two music video releases a month in 2013, director Colin Tilley is one of the most active directors in the industry. All of Colins videos from this year have been massive, cinematic efforts, and "No Games" by…
Last night's YouTube Music Awards were, uh, interesting. While hosts Reggie Watts and Jason Schwartzman were pretty terrible, the live music videos were a lot of fun, and for that we can thank the show's creative director, Spike Jonze. Hopefully…
It didn't take long before the first annual YouTube Music Awards went completely off the rails. Approximately 15 minutes in, hosts Reggie Watts and Jason Schwartzman delivered the first award of the night to Macklemore and Ryan Lewis with Rashida…
Do you guys remember in that movie Friday when Chris Tucker convinced Ice Cube to smoke weed because he didnt have a job? What a great movie. Well, that movie is a lot like this list of the most popular…
British producer Naughty Boy's debut record, Hotel Cabana, is a concept album based on a luxury hotel where musicians come to perform. The latest video from the album, "Think About It" directed by Lance Drake, features rapper Wiz Khalifa and…
Being media savvy has long been an asset for artists. In the past, it was more about being savvy about the press and other print and video coverage. Now, of course, there is a far greater range of skills you…
Warning: This post contains spoilers. "Promises" by Cloud Control is a dark video about a beautiful woman whose not-so-beautiful husband seems to have just been murdered, and she appears to be significantly involved in the crime. Directed by Keith Musil,…
When you are watching a film or TV, there is always a small chance that Shaquille O'Neal will appear. While other sports stars settle for a failed Boca Raton, FL restaurant (I'm looking at your Wilt Chamberlin and Pete Rose),…
If you guys are fans of Vine, you are probably familiar with Simon Rex, who took to the medium pretty soon after its initial release. He's recently stopped making vines it seems, but he used to make a lot of…
"All I Know" by Washed Out centers around two friends, Victor and Laslo, on a road trip inspired by Victors recent breakup. Told mainly from the perspective of Laslos handycam, the video tells the story of two young dudes having…
Its happened, you guys, we did it! For the second week in a row, a novelty music video was the most popular video released. How awesome is that? Last week, it was a song about food, and this week, its…
Warning: This post contains spoilers. There are a few mysteries "Heart Attack", the new video from Enrique Iglesias, directed by Colin Tilley. One of them is what happened to his hand, which for most of the video is bandaged with…
I read an article today proposing a handful of reasons why todays TV is better than movies. While I do, for the most part, agree with the idea, I wont go into detail about that (but you can read the…
Warning: This post contains spoilers. One thing music videos can do that no other medium really can is present a story fragment - something that could be part of a full narrative, but the viewer only sees a piece of.…
After releasing a series of videos with a darker, black and white style to them, The 1975 released the Adam Powell directed "Sex" in July, a more narrative video that is also in color. Despite not really resembling a typical…
IMVDb is the music video database, so obviously one thing we need to do really well is display music video credits for people, companies, and artists on their pages. The first incarnation of our page credit display was a simple…
Back in the very early days of IMVDb (then FilmedInsert), pretty much any music video we came across was new to the database, so we just would search for "music video" on Vimeo and YouTube and go to town. One…
"Come To Me" by Goo Goo Dolls is a song about the positive moments in love that are so significant that if feels like things have started over moments like starting a new relationship, getting married, having kids, and…
Quick - name two of your favorite things that are much better when done painfully awkwardly. If you are like me, you probably answered "balloons dropping" and "zooming in on someone". To me, there's nothing more fun than a bunch…
"Free Your Mind" by Cut Copy is the story of a huge, charismatic cult leader, played by Alexander Skarsgård of HBOs True Blood, who is loved by all but one man on the compound. Director Christopher Hill worked closely with…
From around the mid 1990s to the mid 2000s, Johnny Cash and Johnny Cash's estate managed to pull off one hell of a rebranding. For those who only really know the post-American Recordings Johnny Cash, you may not be familiar…
Music videos come in all shapes and sizes. This week, there were so many cool music videos in so many different shapes, that there is no way to list them all in this one blog post. We can however list…
In the new music video for "A LIGHT THAT NEVER COMES" by Linkin Park x Steve Aoki, the artists at Ghost Town Media created a virtual city on a pretty epic scale - 50,000 buildings divided into 7 districts, each…
Thursday proved to be a game changer for FRINGE MUSIC FIX's best music videos of the week, with the top two videos both coming out that evening. Also, no honourable mentions this week, keeping it simple with the top 5…
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