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.
Over 6000 years of video are uploaded to youtube per year. Sometimes, a brilliant labor of love is released into this hard world and the wind blows before it can hit everybody's radar. Lost & Found is a spotlight on…
Each week, FRINGE MUSIC FIX culls the latest music video releases, carefully selecting the most bizarre, provocative, and remarkable videos from across the world. Sit back, relax, and open your minds eye; things are about to get interesting. The following…
Its no surprise that the week after the VMAs, the most popular video features the three ladies who opened the show: Jessie J, Ariana Grande, and Nicki Minaj. Their video for Bang Bang, directed by Hanna Lux Davis, was a…
The first guests on our inaugural podcast episode back in in February 2011 then called The FilmedInsert Podcast was director Mike Diva (who joined us along with PDFlo and Josh Harraway). One of the things we talked about…
Hannah Lux Davis has become the go-to director for the post-VMA pop star blockbuster music video. Last year, she was in New York the day after the VMAs directing 23 by Mike WiLL Made It feat. Miley Cyrus, Wiz Khalifa,…
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*Good Ass Job was supposed to be the name of Kanye's My Beautiful, Dark, Twisted Fantasy and it felt appropriate.PRESS PLAYWhat it do IMVDB heads!It's ya boy CB aka Kenan Thompson's stunt double aka Yung Long Read. Apparently IMVDB felt…
Hiro Murais newest music video for #CAKE by Shabazz Palaces centers around a deserted, broken down city that has been taken over by giant heads and snakes. The video follows a young man running through the city as he encounters…
Juicy J pretty much owns the southern style club bangers lane. A fan of the finer things in life, Juicy J has turned his love of lean, stayin fly, and tearing da club up into a remarkably successful career than…
What's gucci my hittas?!?!Did you watch the MTV Video Music Awards last night? I didn't. I mean...if Yeezy ain't there, then why bother?Here's my recap of the VMA's...First of, shout out to Jackson Hunt for winning Best Cinematography for Beyonce's, "Pretty…
Last night we did what we do every year at IMVDb - dutifully watched the MTV Video Music Awards. It's the most talked about night dedicated to music videos - a big venue for the format. Not only do all…
Each week, FRINGE MUSIC FIX culls the latest music video releases, carefully selecting the most bizarre, provocative, and remarkable videos from across the world. Sit back, relax, and open your minds eye; things are about to get interesting. The following…
40 million. Thats how many times Nicki Minajs music video for Anaconda was watched this week. Thats over 6 years worth of time spent watching Nicki Minaj shake her butt and spray herself with whip cream over the past 2…
This year, as we are accustomed to doing, we shall liveblog the MTV VMAs. We'll be around most of the day updating with interesting bits and pieces, but our official start in 8pm EST. (function() { var lb24 = document.createElement('script');…
Did you guys know that butts rule the internet? Its true. Exhibit A of this claim is Nicki Minajs newest music video for Anaconda, directed by Colin Tilley. Released just two days ago, the video has already racked up over…
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Hi IMVDB heads! Its your boy Chris Black aka Yung John Coffey aka Gulluh Guluh Island! The good folks at IMVDB have decided that it would be a good idea to give me a column (send all hate mail to…
Its impossible to make a music video that takes place on a dark highway without drawing comparisons to Karma Police by Radiohead. Thats why its no surprise that a lot of the articles covering director Hiro Murais new video for…
Like blogging about music videos? Well we have a blog platform, and we're opening it up to those who love music videos and love writing about them.The IMVDb blog runs off a custom blogging platform that is integrated with our…
Director Lance Drake gives us a taste of what life would be like in a video game in the video for Wasted Love by Steve Angello. The lyrics of the song, sung by Dougy Mandagi of The Temper Trap, talk…
Last month I gave a talk at the Sprockets music video festival in Athens, GA, and one of things I covered is the idea of the triple-faceted nature of music videos. Music videos are the only art form that simultaneously…
Each week, FRINGE MUSIC FIX culls the latest music video releases, carefully selecting the most bizarre, provocative, and remarkable videos from across the world. Sit back, relax, and open your minds eye; things are about to get interesting. The following…
Odds are, are some point in the last week you Googled the words what is the ice bucket challenge? This search was likely inspired by the sudden increase of videos on your Facebook or Vine feed of your friends dumping…
If you like weapon wielding lady pop stars in your music video, this is week is your jam! It's your jam because both of the top two videos this week feature deadly divas including Ariana Grande with rocket boobs…
In most cases, garage sales are the worst. Theyre full of people trying to get way too much money for their old garbage and other people trying to pay way to little for the one pair of nice shoes that…
Lil Wayne has always been down to play with the idea that he is a little off. He's had albums with titles like I Am Not a Human Being, and a few months ago he was definitely the most unhinged…
There was a time in the mid/late 2000s where we finally could easily upload and distribute videos on the internet (thanks, YouTube), and we were binging on all the things that we could share. For a while we all decided…
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