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.
Portugal. The Man lead singer John Gourley and director of photography Michael Ragen have a pretty close relationship. So close, that Michael has actually worked on all of the Portugal. The Man videos as either a DP, or as a…
One thing I hear a lot is people are bored of performance music videos. "Performance video" is almost a derogatory term, like store brand. The thing is, performance videos can be amazing videos, your artist just needs to be worthy…
The beautiful and dramatic animated music video for "Daydream/Wetdream/Nightmare" by Saint Motel centers around a Danish fisherman and his wifes troubled and unfaithful relationship. Director and animator Sidsel Wittendorff Sørensen landed on this narrative after listening to the song and…
I don't think you really lived through the late 90s/early 00s unless you attended some sort of gathering where someone made a video montage of pictures to "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)" by Green Day. They of course didn't…
Remember the band in Step Brothers that was playing at the Catalina Wine Mixer? Uptown Girl? Horatio Sanz, playing the lead singer of the band, claims they only play 80s Billy Joel songs as the crowd calls for obstensibly non-80s…
Last Sunday, before liveblogging the VMAs, we were with Survive This!, director Aaron Hymes, and Anthem Films on set of "Where I Belong." We were able to catch a bit of the narrative action and none of the rooftop performance,…
Before his death in 2009, actor David Carradines last on screen performance was for a short film that was based on an Ours song and directed by Michael Maxxis. This film was never released. Four years later, Ours lead singer Jimmy Gnecco…
If there was one moment that everyone seems to be talking about from last nights VMAs, its Miley Cyrus and Robin Thickes medley performance of "We Can't Stop," "Blurred Lines," and "Give It 2 U." While Miley is getting most…
Although Robin Thicke didn't win for any of the categories he was nominated for last night at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards, he still managed to be a part of the most talked about performance of the night with…
Just like last year, Doug and I are live blogging the VMAs! Join us here at 8:30pm EST and we'll get it going. Also, if you want to check out all the nominees, they're all here.
When Disturbed went on hiatus in 2011, front man David Draiman started Device and released a self-titled debut album. The first video to come from that album, Vilify, dropped in February, and the second, "You Think You Know", was released…
Phil Mucci continues to have the dark yet colorful metal music video game on lock. "Zenith" by Huntress is a hardcore trip into outer space and features vocalist Jill Janus as both a cosmic nun and as a sexy cosmic…
Its Friday, yall. Time for your weekly music video happy hour of the top 10 most popular videos of the week. "Applause" by Lady Gaga comes in at #1, winning the week by over 15 million views, one of the…
The new music video for "Taste of Disarray" by Hawaii-based band Ignite The Red begins with a woman (Justine Godfrey) staring out into sea and looking at a scrap of fabric with a strange symbol on it. Next, we see…
A concept that began with some test footage shot in an aquarium, "Nightlight" by Dungeonesse, directed by Ariana Natale, beautifully combines Jellyfish and an invented loft style bedroom in the middle of a warehouse in East Brooklyn. The video features Jenn…
At first we heard that 'N Sync were going to reunite for an appearance on the VMAs, and then we heard that they were not and it was just a rumor. This may or may not be a big deal…
Prior to signing with Athem Films, director Tim Hendrix took on a passion project with an idea that might have started out bigger than the budget. "Teenage Rhythm" by GRMLN is a high-energy video of high school students having fun…
Now that Lady Gaga has released the first music video for her third album, we are officially cleared to get nostalgic about early Lady Gaga. Remember The Fame before it was The Fame Monster? Back when every song came with…
You might not think a music video about pants and a shirt would be very interesting, but director NORTON and the band PAPA are about to change your opinion with the music video for "Young Rut." In this video, a…
Mansions are a staple, almost right of passage for rappers when partying in music videos. But making the mansion party music video your own is a daunting task, a task director Andrew Hines took on in A$AP Ferg's "Shabba" video,…
As part of our new features we launched last week, we launched a page to browse music videos by country, complete with a little map where you can click on various countries and see the music videos that have been…
Late last week, we launched a large update to IMVDb. All this week, we're going to be writing and tweeting about these new features and how you can use them. Today, we're checking out one of the main updates -…
"Everybody's Something" by Chance The Rapper is the fifth music video from his infectious mixtape Acid Rap. Starting with "Juice" at the beginning of this year, Chance has teamed up with director Austin Vesely on three of the five projects…
So here's a question: What is the most watched music video by a black solo artist? If you guessed something by Jay Z or maybe Rihanna, you'd be wrong. It's actually "Super Bass" by Nicki Minaj, #21 on our top…
Avenged Sevenfold takes a more subtle approach to the badass rock video with "Hail To The King," directed by Syndrome. Set in a white cyc with the members of Avenged Sevenfold dressed in black and tattoos, the setting of the performance portions…
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