The Most Popular Music Videos Released This Week (7/11)
Posted by Adam Fairholm on July 11, 2014 in Most Popular Music Videos

If you're looking to feel things, this week in music videos was a good one for you. Want a feel-good girl power tune with dancing? Good news - Fifth Harmony has a jam for you, "Bo$$," and it's the top music video of the week. Want a country ballad with… Read More
#tbt: Behind The Scenes of "The Denial Twist" (2005) by the White Stripes
Posted by Adam Fairholm on July 10, 2014

It's Thursday, everyone is throwing it back, and we're no different. This Thursday we have a pretty classic "making of" mini documentary that follows the production of Michel Gondry's video for "The Denial Twist" by The White Stripes. This video has two things going for it that make the behind… Read More
Making Sending Data To IMVDb Easier
Posted by Adam Fairholm on July 9, 2014 in Site News

Since we first launched our video submit form over a year and a half ago, we've received more than 11,000 video submissions to the IMVDb database. We've also received more than 20,000 individual credits and other pieces of data for videos that were already in the database.Since then we've created some extra tools… Read More
New Release: Wankelmut & Emma Louise "My Head Is A Jungle (MK Remix)" Directed By Elliott Sellers
Posted by Adam Fairholm on July 8, 2014

Laundromats are odd places - you go there with a bin of your dirty clothes, wash them, and stand around trying not to make eye contact with anyone. It's not even on my top 25 list of places that are likely to host dance parties. But at the Launderland Coin… Read More
The Most Popular Music Videos Released This Week (7/04)
Posted by Adam Fairholm on July 4, 2014

Welcome to the July 4th edition of the most popular music videos of the week. IMVDb is made in the USA so today we've been celebrating the holiday with an America playlist and this one that Doug made that I'm honestly surprised he was able to put together so fast… Read More
Personalized New Music Video Releases
Posted by Adam Fairholm on July 2, 2014 in Site News

Lots of music videos come out every day, and it's not easy to keep up (trust us). Normally you just go wading through a sea of videos to pick out the ones that interest you, but today we're introducing something that is the first step in making your IMVDb experience… Read More
New Release: 3LAU "How You Love Me" Directed by Lance Drake
Posted by Adam Fairholm on June 26, 2014

When you're a teenage guy in love, you tend to miss some red flags that would have caused you to rethink getting into a serious relationship with someone. Does her dad seem violent and unstable? Red flag. Does she guilt you into doing things you'd rather not? Red flag. When… Read More
New Release: Wolf Gang "Black River" Directed by James Lees
Posted by Adam Fairholm on June 26, 2014 in New Releases

One crucial thing for a band to have is a unique and/or cool rehearsal space. Usually this takes the form of a warehouse or sometimes just a space in a house, but in their new video for "Black River," the band Wolf Gang has everyone else beat by parking themselves… Read More
New Release: Benny Benassi "Let This Last Forever" Directed by Bryan Schlam
Posted by Adam Fairholm on June 25, 2014 in New Releases

If you aren't familiar with the world of synchronized swimming, the Aqualillies are who you call if you need awesome synchronized swimming in something - from videos to live events. Remember the Nicki Minaj pool scene in the Justin Bieber "Beauty And A Beat" video? That was the Aqualillies synchronized… Read More
The Most Popular Music Videos Released This Week (6/20)
Posted by Adam Fairholm on June 20, 2014

I'm a fan of when good things come back. For example, everyone likes when the McRib comes back. That's actually the only example I can think of right now, but that's not important. What is important is that this week we had a slew of awesome things coming back in… Read More
What We Learned From Damian Kulash of OK Go's Reddit AMA
Posted by Adam Fairholm on June 20, 2014

Yesterday OK Go's lead singer Damian Kulash did a Reddit AMA to promote their new music video, "The Writing's On the Wall." Here's what we learned!* Damian Kulash likes the Lego Movie.* Damian Kulash does not think that OK Go's music video work will overshadow their music, and he is… Read More
Making Sense of What YouTube's Music Service Means For Music Videos
Posted by Adam Fairholm on June 18, 2014 in News

Update 1: This article has been updated with new information from a CBS article that confirms that YouTube will remove videos from the free version of YouTube for non-compliant labels.Update 2: We added some information from TechCrunch that notes that Vevo music videos will not be removed from YouTube.Update 3:… Read More
We're Talking About Music Videos In The Digital Age at Sprockets In July
Posted by Adam Fairholm on June 11, 2014

One thing you may not know about IMVDb is that the whole site is developed out of the triangle area in North Carolina (the three cities of Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill). So I was really excited when I found out that there was a music video festival within driving… Read More
Lena Dunham Killed Our "Chandelier" Video Buzz on Seth Meyers Last Night
Posted by Adam Fairholm on June 10, 2014

I'm going to go out on record and say that I'm not a huge fan of Late Night with Seth Meyers. I know its early in its run, but what they've managed to create so far feels truly bizarre - and not in a good way. From the fact that… Read More
LA Film Fest Music Video Screening Ticket Giveaway
Posted by Adam Fairholm on June 10, 2014

Usually we watch music videos on laptops and iPhones, so getting to see music videos on the big screen is a rare opportunity. Getting to see a program of amazing music videos on the big screen is even better. Well, if you're in LA, you're in luck, because the LA… Read More
New Release: Itch "Another Man" Directed by Frank Borin
Posted by Adam Fairholm on June 6, 2014

Colorizing old black and white photos has become a new obsession for the internet over the last few years, but director Frank Borin takes it to another level in his video for "Another Man" by Itch, released this week. In it, Itch is falling asleep on the couch when a… Read More
Premiere: "Au" by Kaja Gunnufsen, Directed by Kenneth Karlstad
Posted by Adam Fairholm on June 6, 2014

A few weeks ago we posted some commentaries by the very talented Norwegian director Kenneth Karlstad, and today we're happy to post the North American premiere for his new video for Norwegian singer-songwriter Kaja Gunnufsen's new song "Au." (It previously premiered over at NBHAP.) The video is a beautiful black and… Read More
New Release: Neon Jungle "Louder" Directed by Colin Tilley
Posted by Adam Fairholm on June 5, 2014

The style of some music videos are really defined by where they're shot, whether its in the street of a particular neighborhood, in a giant rented mansion, or somewhere completely different. In "Louder," the new music video from Neon Jungle, directed by Colin Tilley, the location of choice is a… Read More
Music Video Relapse: "Bedrock" (2009) by Young Money
Posted by Adam Fairholm on June 4, 2014

Have you ever heard of those casino trade shows where you can go and see all the acts you might want to bring to your casino? They exist but I've never been to one because I don't own a casino.With the advent of the artist-owned record label that gets mentioned… Read More
New Release: Example "One More Day (Stay With Me)" Directed by Adam Powell
Posted by Adam Fairholm on June 3, 2014

If you (like me) are not a teenager living in England, you can live vicariously through some partying youths in the new music video for "One More Day (Stay With Me)" by Example, directed by Adam Powell. The video starts out with a voiceover about the teenagers' children watching them,… Read More
"Gangnam Style" Has Reached 2 Billion Views
Posted by Adam Fairholm on May 31, 2014

It seems like just a few months ago we were celebrating 1 billion views for the "Gangnam Style" music video, and here we are again. Earlier this evening Psy and HyunA horse danced into music video and internet history. YouTube brought out the dancing Psy graphic once again as well.http://imvdb.com/video/psy/gangnam-style Read More
The Most Popular Music Videos Released This Week (5/30)
Posted by Adam Fairholm on May 31, 2014

What month do they say comes in like a lion and out like a lamb? Or out like a lion, in like a lamb? Is that May? Well, May is going out lion style, with a week full of some pretty great music videos from artists like Jennifer Lopez, Foster… Read More
New Release: will.i.am feat. Cody Wise "It's My Birthday" Directed by Ben Mor
Posted by Adam Fairholm on May 29, 2014

So far we've seen lots of Vine stars take part in music videos, but we have yet to see something that tries to merge the two mediums together. Will.i.am and Cody Wise are breaking new ground in that area with "It's My Birthday," a Ben Mor-directed music video that is… Read More
Apple, Beats & Music Video Product Placement
Posted by Adam Fairholm on May 29, 2014

Yesterday it was announced that Apple is acquiring Beats Music & Beats Electronics for around $3 billion. Apple doesn't really make many large acquisitions like this, so it has the sort of people who pay attention to these sorts of things really interested in what it could mean for Apple's… Read More
Music Video Relapse: "Single Ladies" (2008) by Beyonce
Posted by Adam Fairholm on May 28, 2014

Last week, Lena Dunham made a bold proclamation - that we are in a "golden age" of dance music videos thanks to recent releases like "Chandelier" by Sia and the "We Exist" by Arcade Fire. (As Dunham pointed out, these are both choreographed by Ryan Heffington).It's true, we have been… Read More