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.
Hey, do you like space? People are talking a lot about space right now because of the new Alfonso Cuarón film Gravity, which is apparently very good and also about space. Let it be known that we here at IMVDb…
An Open Letter To This Weeks Music Videos Dear Music Videos, Great job this week. Because of you, there was a battle between two heavy weights for the top spot, with Rihannas "Pour It Up" squeaking past "Work Bitch" by…
While this week may have showed a slight decrease in the overall number of music video releases which came across our screens, it certainly did not lack in quality. The following are my picks for this weeks best music videos…
Trying to recreate the energy of a live performance isnt always easy, but its exactly what director Corydon Wagner does for Rags & Ribbons in their video for "Rubikon." With the help of choreographer André Zachery, Corydon combines paint, dancers,…
In the last 15 years I have probably heard around 6,000 songs specifically about being in a club. The issue is, I have never been in a club, and I honestly don't know how to find one or what to…
Last month, we talked to director Phil Mucci and Huntress lead singer Jill Janus about their "Zenith" music video. The sexy, high-energy video has been one of our favorites of the year, so we were really excited when Phil sent…
The new video for "High Roads" by Cults starts with a shot that travels through Cults members Madeline Follin and Brian Oblivion, as well as a TV screen and a wallpaper pattern. At the end of the video, we're shown…
With the massive publicity surrounding the end of Breaking Bad and the announcement of the spin off Better Call Saul, Bob Odenkirk is becoming a household name really fast. He of course played Saul Goodman in Breaking Bad, (a character without which I don't think the…
"Work Bitch" by Britney Spears is a song all about needing to work in order to achieve all the things that you want, like having a hot body, driving a Lamborghini, and living in a big mansion. Ya know, the…
There a fine line between trying to be "weird" and just being genuinely strange, and it's a line that makes and breaks a lot of music videos that decide to go down the "weird" path. It's like trying to be…
Over the course of our Indiegogo campaign for IMVDb Production, I've been writing about some of the features we have planned. Today I'm going to talk about one feature that very nearly didn't make it into the feature list: IMVDb…
Collaborating with directors like AG Rojas, Diane Martel, Adam Powell, and That Go, cinematographer Michael Ragen has shot some of our favorite music videos this year. The videos include a variety of different styles and shooting environments with the one…
Of the several things we're concentrating on here at IMVDb, data intake is one of the most difficult challenges. Around a year ago we started taking credits via a single web form, and since then we've had about 6,000 submissions.…
Arcade Fire like to mix it up in the promotional department. They put out more interactive music videos than any other band we can think of, announce albums in replies to random fans, and use graffiti as viral marketing. This…
We made it guys, another week of music videos in the books. Looking back, Im surprised we even made it to the end. Its no surprise that Mike WiLL Made Its "23" was the most popular music video this week,…
As our Indiegogo for IMVDb Production goes on, we're blogging about some of the features that we're planning on including in the first release. Today, we're talking about our planned analytics & connections feature. On an average day at IMVDb,…
When I was in high school in South Florida, one of my jobs was working for a company that did live event entertainment. There was the odd wedding, but mostly it was bar/bat mitzvahs every weekend. I know, I know…
Greetings fellow music video enthusiasts! Welcome to the first installment of FRINGE MUSIC FIXs Weekly Top 5 presented by IMVDb. Let me start by introducing myself. My name is Adam Alexander, and I am the founder of the facebook music…
In "This Is What It Feels Like," we find BANKS seductively performing in a house as a storm brews outside. As the storm moves past the windows, the lighting in each room shifts and shadows from the raindrops move along…
It's a post-apocalyptic world and wolves have taken over the city in the animated video for "Hijack" by Tgya ft. 2 Chainz. The Colin Tilley directed clip begins with giant wolves running loose, smashing into cars and buildings as they're…
A big part of what we do here at IMVDb is catalog music video credits. We've seen close to 20,000 videos come across our computer screens in a short period of time, and from those videos we've collected over 61,000…
Sure, music videos can be lofty artistic statements, but sometimes music videos are the perfect vehicle for some awesomely dumb stuff. Today we're watching one of my favorite dumb-but-hilarious music videos, "Sharks" (2012) by LA Font, directed by Hank Friedmann.…
Skylar Grey gets lucky in a variety of different ways in the music video/Nissan commercial for her cover of Daft Punks "Get Lucky," directed by Declan Whitebloom. Part of Vevos original #NissanTracks series, the video allows Skylar to embody several…
In "Romantic Dreams" by Deftones, director Brett Novak follows pro skateboarder Jason Park around downtown LA at night to capture some beautiful images of Jason as he maneuvers through the concrete. Focusing just as much on negative space it does on…
Combining VFX and puppeteering in the video for "Young Rut" by PAPA, director NORTON gives life to a pair of pants and a shirt who fall in love with each other. Drawing inspiration from Disney films, as well as from…
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