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.
Stealing a mysterious bag from a giant house - after likely killing a few people - is just the beginning of the story for the two ladies in "Alarm" by Wise Blood, directed by Keith Musil. We never do find…
When it comes to making a one shot music video, all the elements need to be in place on both sides of the camera for the video to work out. For the Wild Nothing video for "Only Heather," directed by…
Whenever I hear someone talk about clearing a sample, I think back to the 2001 The Avalanches album Since I Left You. The Avalanches were was an Australian eletronic group that basically created an album almost entirely out of samples,…
It's a well-established fact that Zooey Deschanel is America's main exporter of charm. She charming things up in your movies (even your Christmas movies), your TV Shows, and even in your commercials. Additionally, ever since she and M Ward met…
As we predicted, people continued to release music videos this week. Some people even released two. The good news is we got them all, counted up the views, and determined that these are the top 10 most popular for this…
It's kind of annoying when an old music video I know exists but just doesn't seem to be online. Many acts or labels that went defunct before the age of music videos may not really be motivated to put high…
Yesterday, there are lots of Keith Urban fans that were upset at Good Morning America. They were upset because Keiths new video for "Little Bit Of Everything," directed by Isaac Ravishankara, was supposed to premiere during the broadcast, but was…
Recent Doomsday signee Elliott Sellers has been one of the most consistent directors of 2013. His use of effects always help to establish a distinct tone or narrative in his videos, and are rarely used to simply look cool. His…
Its rare that a story about a dude murdering people and putting the in the back of his car will make you laugh, but that is exactly what happens in "Toe Cutter - Thumb Buster" by Thee Oh Sees, directed by John…
Here's something that might make you feel old: "Hey Ya!" came out a decade ago. "Hey Ya!" was released so long ago that Andre 3000 could reference polaroid pictures in his song and people generally said "oh yeah, I know…
Colin Tilley is Tyga's music video director of choice for Hotel California - the fourth Tilley-directed video for Tyga's album was released today for "Show You" featuring Future. For this installment, Tyga is taking some time to relax on Catalina…
Good times come in the form of bike rides and barnyards in "Talking Dreams" by Echosmith, directed by Clea DuVall. The video is full of warm colors and summertime vibes there is even a lemonade stand. In their last…
Shake The Baron is quickly gaining notoriety for their incredibly polished promos. Self-confessed serial storyteller Alex Amoling took on the challenge of making the video for the all important title track from Ghost Hits, taking a more bruising approach when retelling the story…
Yesterday, Fastball released their first music video in more than a decade. This is notable to me because All the Pain Money Can Buy was the first CD I ever bought, and that is 100% because of their awesome music…
2013 has been a great year so far for Alex Lee and Kyle Wightman, also known as BRTHR. Each of their five videos released this year has been more complex and ambitious than the one before it, and each has…
Being a Rufus Wainwright fan means always being somehow aware of what Rufus Wainwright wants in his career at any given time. The son of folk singers Loudon Wainwright III and Kate McGarrigle, Rufus spent roughly a decade (1998 -…
Juicy J continues his run of strip club-themed hits with the Benny Boom directed "Bounce It," featuring Wale and Trey Songz. The Academy Award Winner/guy behind "Bands That Make Her Dance" has been making an impact on the hip-hop industry…
We here at IMVDb pay close attention to the distribution of music videos online. While we mainly use two trusted sources of online video that house most of the world's music videos - YouTube and Vimeo - we also recognize…
Fred Durst did a reddit AMA yesterday afternoon. In the early hours of the AMA, the top comment was simply "lol" (this has since been deleted), so Durst faced a bit of an uphill battle for a while with the…
Alright, bring it in team, take a knee. We want to start by thanking all of the music videos that came out this week for giving us their full effort. It was a really popular week for music videos, with…
Doug(las) Klinger, Content Director for IMVDb, is a big Eminem fan, so I didn't tell him I was writing about Eminem today for our Music Video Relapse post because he'd probably tell me to pick "Toy Soldiers" or something super…
"Silent Treatment" by Welsh alternative rock band The Joy Formidable is an intensely personal song, and the band have released an equally personal video for the song, directed by ArchEnemies. The black and white video features one person - vocalist/guitarist…
Somewhere along the path of his career, Weird Al stopped really parodying music videos. I don't know why. If you'll recall, when Weird Al used to parody a song, he parodied the music video as well, as if the music…
Broward countys own Ace Hood lets everybody know that hes outchae in We Outchea, featuring Lil Wayne and directed by Colin Tilley. The gritty video shows Ace, Wayne, Birdman, DJ Khaled, and a bunch of other badass looking people in…
Mr. Killums - El-Ps drug, sex, and violence addicted squirrel puppet - has a very storied music video history. Weve been fans of Killums since he appeared in two of our favorite videos from last year, El-Ps "The Full Retard"…
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