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.
First music videos for artists are difficult - the artist needs to be introduced to an entire market via one concept, and the video can often stick in the public's head as their mental image for that artist. For instance,…
It was a tough week for music videos, you guys. The two most popular music related videos to be released this week werent much videos at all, but lyric videos, so they don't count in our end of the week list.…
In "Replay", Zendaya's first single off of her upcoming album, the singer/dancer/actress walks into an empty, dingy dance studio and starts dancing by herself. As the song progresses, we see her in two fanicer stage setups - one set up…
If you are compiling a list of music video performances that look like they were really uncomfortable to shoot, I've got a great entry for you. It's the tune that I think is one of the most fondly-remembered singles of…
Hey remember Duffy? Back in 2008 or so Duffy and Adele were kind of a "wave" (do two people constitute a wave?) of ladies from Europe who had strong voices and one name. Adele had "Chasing Pavements" and Duffy had…
Hey you want to know something weird? Before today I'd never seen a John Mayer music video. Not even one one, and I don't really know how that happened. It's not like I'm not a John Mayer fan - when…
Warning: if you are afraid of doctors of have a fear of drowning, you may want to sit this one out. The new video for "This Is Gospel" by Panic! at the Disco plays out like a nightmare as Brendon…
Music videos are sometimes just a good excuse to do some really weird stuff. I'm not talking about the stuff that is overtly and self-conciously odd, I'm more thinking about the stuff that, when you are watching it, you go…
OMG! Cameras Everywhere has had a pretty crazy summer. For the first time, rather than holding a single weeklong summer camp in California, they held three weeklong summer camps, with one in Los Angeles, one in New York, and one…
Super groups come in all shapes in sizes, but there is only one super group that can get away with song titles like "Sex Never Felt Better", and that is TGT, a group made up of Tyrese, Ginuwine, and Tank.…
Its Friday, you guys! You know what that means. It means its time to grab a cronut and sit back with the top 10 most popular music videos released this week. At the top of the list is the amazing…
One shot music videos are hard. They usually depend on the charisma and camera presence of one artist, and can fall pretty flat or just seem lazy if not done right. However, when it works, it works really well. For…
Director Colin Tilley is a frequent collaborator with Jason Derulo, having directed videos for his songs "The Other Side" (2013) and "It Girl" (2011), among others. Tilley's latest video for Derulo, "Talk Dirty To Me", features silhouetted dancing in front…
Movies and music videos go together really well. If you have a song on your film soundtrack, why not make a music video and then put some clips in there of your movie? But allow me to take it a…
Sunday afternoon, we noticed a lot of tweets and Facebook posts directing us to the new Mumford & Sons video for "Hopeless Wanderer". People were very careful not to reveal the concept of the video, but since it's been out…
Based on our music video watching history, there seems to be a sort of "sweet spot" in an artist's career where they are up for pretty much anything in the music video department. Maybe they are looking to try something…
Have you ever sat down and really listened to "Rude Boy" by Rihanna? It's one of my favorites because it was on top 40 radio at the time of its release, and it contains lyrics like "Come here rude boy,…
From the first public mention of Justin Timberlakes The 20/20 Experience projects, there has been a buzz around them that hasnt stopped, even nearly six months after the release of the first album. From interactive campaigns, to a weeklong residency…
The first frame I ever saw of Lily Allen in a music video made me a fan. In the opening shot in 2009's "Smile", I'm almost positive she's eating an Aero bar - my favorite chocolate bar. Allow me to describe…
Here we are again, the end of another great week of music videos. Some people might think the word "end" is a reference to the frequency of butt-related videos that appeared in this weeks most popular list, and they would…
If you are a group of girls trying to levitate one of your friends at a birthday sleepover and you actually succeed, there is the question of what to actually do next. In the case of "The False Alarms" by…
Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo spent a lot of his early career being a brooding front man. He had one of his legs extended to match the length of the other in the mid-90s, for example. That's a great brooding front…
Its white cycs, motorcycles, and booty drums in "Get Like Me" by Nelly featuring Nicki Minaj and Pharrell Williams, directed by Colin Tilley. Shot with some of Tilleys signature camera movements, the mostly black and white video features splashes of…
Hip Hop videos are rich with tradition. Whether its rap hands, mean mugging, or random dudes everywhere, there are music video elements that have appeared in every era of hip hop. In the video for "Hive" by Earl Sweatshirt, director…
Perhaps you've heard of The Beatles, a well-known musical group from the 1960s. The Beatles were innovators in a lot of areas, of course, and they are sometimes identified as pioneers of the first modern music videos for the clips they…
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