On the heels of the March takedown of music videos uploaded by directors and production companies, Vimeo has introduced a set of tools to help manage copyright violations on the site. The system will scan uploads for copyrighted audio, but interestingly, instead of just taking it down it will present… Read More

Last night's Saturday Night Live finale was hosted by Andy Samberg, and even though he made it clear up front that Justin Timberlake was in Russia and would not be appearing for another "Dick in a Box" style Digital Short, the Lonely Island guys still had plenty of good material… Read More

If you would've told me last Friday that the next week of music videos would include a sentimental tribute to Eminem's mom directed by Spike Lee, a Michael Jackson video, and two videos with Pitbull in them, I'd be skeptical. But here we are, checking out a list of the… Read More

We talk about official songs and music videos for big sporting events pretty frequently here at IMVDb. It's a relatively recent phenomenon, and they are a great example of using the power and popularity of music videos to promote something. In the sporting world, the biggest music video player by… Read More

This week, Vincent Haycock's video for "West Coast" by Lana Del Rey was released, although the song is more than four minutes long, it only features a few people. On the beach, Lana is hanging out with Del Rey video veteran Bradley Soileau, but she is also seen riding in… Read More

Another music video week has come and gone, and now we're here to pick up the pieces. Cher Lloyd captured the top spot with "Sirens," a Darren Craig-directed video that was styled significantly different than anything we've seen from her before. Darren Craig is part of The Uprising Creative, which… Read More

If you were planning on submitting your music video to Sprockets 2014, there's still time! The deadline (the final deadline) is tomorrow, Wednesday April 30th. Fun fact: your music video doesn't have to have been released within a certain time period to be included in the program, so if you've… Read More

Hi. Good to see you again. It's Friday, so we're looking at the most popular videos that were released this week. This is the last thing I have to write before I go to Applebee's and meet up with some friends to order a Chicken and Shrimp Tequila Tango. Just… Read More

The Los Angeles Music Video Festival is currently accepting submissions for LAMVF 2014, the 4th year of the LA-based, amazing festival that includes screenings, panels, and more. The festival submissions are broken down into categories that cover a wide range of videos (Student, Narrative, Non-Narrative, Unofficial, Animated, and - for… Read More

One of our goals for 2014 is to get the information on IMVDb out into other parts of the internet. The information we collect on the site exists in bits and pieces all over, and there should be another use for it other than just on the site.So today we're… Read More

Most of the time on Music Video Relapse I am writing about a music video that is a classic for a good reason - either being iconic or just fondly remembered. Sometimes I write about a music video that was release relatively recently but I think needs a second look… Read More

As the popularity of DVDs decreases and digital distribution increases, one thing that I hope sticks around is DVD commentaries. This was a really neat feature that was never possible before: you could choose to watch a movie with the director or maybe an actor talking to you about it.… Read More

As we've covered on the blog before, ABBA has an interesting history with music videos, using the form back in the late 1970s to spread their music to overseas markets. The videos, while pretty primitive, are well-done for their time, and they are almost all on their ABBA Vevo account,… Read More

We had a great time last year at the Sprockets Music Video Festival in Athens, GA, and this year both Doug and I are headed down to Georgia to attend. Athens is uniquely suited to host a music video festival, with both a vibrant music and film scene contained within… Read More

When a video gets pulled off of YouTube, they usually tell you who made them do it. Usually it's a record label, but sometimes it's a random name. For instance, Iggy Azalea used to have a video called "Pu$$y," but it now says "This video is no longer available because… Read More

A few months after we started filmedinsert.com (which would eventually become imvdb.com), we decided a podcast would be a fun addition to the site. Our first episode was released in February 2011, and now a little more than three years later, we're releasing our 100th episode!Over the course of 100… Read More

Let's say you are in a crowd of people. How do you effectively communicate to them that you a.) know about IMVDb, and b.) like it? Trust us, we've tried every way. Pulling random people aside and explaining IMVDb to them is socially frowned upon. Handing out flyers is bad… Read More

One question that we started getting interested in a few months ago is "what is the quickest way to start watching music videos?" If this were days of music videos on MTV, you could just flip over to a music video channel and see what was on. Now, it's not… Read More

The 2014 Prism Prize for best music video was awarded to directed Emily Kai Bock last night, for her video for "Afterlife" by Arcade Fire. Prism Prize is an award selected by a jury of over 90 Canadian music and film industry professionals, and it recognizes something there is no shortage… Read More

Originally when we wrote about Vimeo's takedowns of music videos due to DCMA notices, we noted that on Vimeo's DMCA page, it mentions a three strikes rule that seemed very likely to come into play. Basically, if you have 3 or more DMCA takedown requests related to your account, your… Read More

The drag race is an iconic Hollywood film scene. They usually start out with a woman standing between the two racers to signal the cars to go, followed by an intense race. Usually it's between two characters in a film that have a score to settle, but in "Talkin' Bout"… Read More

If you visit IMVDb on a regular basis you may have noticed a big change that was launched in the middle of last week - a new version of IMVDb. We're really excited about it, not because it's the biggest update to IMVDb we've ever released, but what it means… Read More

People whose jobs revolve around throwaway "viral" stories hit pay dirt last week when someone noticed that a radio station in LA was playing Nelly's 2002 hit "Hot In Herre" over and over again. This is apparently relatively standard procedure for radio stations undergoing a format change (it has since… Read More

Over the weekend, it appears that many music videos that were initially taken down by Vimeo due to DMCA takedown notices have been reinstated. For instance, BREWER's upload for their Passion Pit "Carried Away" video is now back up. Also, David Wilson's video for "Take A Walk" by Passion Pit… Read More

The music video catalog of LA-based singer-songwriter BANKS has been in heavy rotation at IMVDb for the past year or so. Even without a full album to her name, BANKS has established a strong image as a natural performer throuh a set of videos featuring the singer. Her latest video,… Read More