A few weeks ago, the internet was taken my storm by 8-year-old Sophia Grace’s debut music video, "Girls Just Gotta Have Fun," directed by Matt Alonzo. The video features Sophia in her signature tutu (made famous through Sophia’s many appearances on The Ellen DeGeneres Show), packing as much sass as… Read More

The last time director Filip Sterckx worked with the band Willow, it was for the video "Sweater" and featured lead singer Pieter-Jan Van Den Troost walking through a world made from projecting computer animation on the wall and floor. Their newest collaboration, "Remedy," uses projections a bit differently, as a… Read More

When Ciara and Nicki Minaj get together in skin-tight white jumpsuits, good times are sure to follow. This theory is proven over and over again in the Hannah Lux Davis directed “I’m Out,” in which Ciara and Nicki perform in a futuristic-looking space, doing dance moves that are guaranteed to… Read More

Any week we can feature a disco ball coming out of a man's afro as our screen shot of the week is a great week for music videos. M.I.A. topped out this week's list of most popular new music videos with "Bring The Noize," which gained close to 3 million… Read More

The internet is kind of freaking out today because for the first time in almost a decade, Pixies have released a music video. That video, for the song “Bagboy,” directed by LAMAR+NIK (Jesse Lamar High and Nik Harper), features a bag boy running amuck in a house, smashing things and… Read More

In "Global Girlfriend" by Solar Year, director Allie Avital Tsypin (of BANGS) follows actress Tania Asnes through an otherworldly spa as she relaxes under water, sips tea, and gets a head massage. The dreamlike video matches the mood of the song perfectly, and this is clearly an example of a video… Read More

In the video for "Homeless Romantic" by the British artist Itch ft. Adam Lazzara (of Taking Back Sunday), a gang of kids take over an abandoned, graffiti-filled warehouse, and they're there to mess shit up. Director Hannah Lux Davis mixes in intense performances by Itch and Lazzara with scenes of the group waving… Read More

Snoop Dogg's ability to cross generations and age groups has made the once hardcore MC the type of artist you can now turn to when you need to have a fun rap song for your animated Dreamworks movie about racing snails. That rap song, “Let The Bass Go,” for the… Read More

There is a lot of crazy stuff on YouTube. Like the channel csknives, aka Cold Steel Knives, which features founder Lynn Thompson and a bunch of other dudes slicing things in half with giant swords and sometimes slightly less giant swords. We’ve been watching Lynn chop pigs and meat filled… Read More

Last month, we were on set with Nicolas Heller and D-Pryde on set of “Lifted,” and it was one of the most fun sets we’ve ever been on. There was money flying through the air, a dude dressed as a penguin, and lots of bubbles. It turns out, this translated… Read More

In “Somebody To Die For” by Hurts, director Frank Borin follows Theo Hutchcraft as he performs around Christian imagery in desolate and broken down environments. Theo encounters several characters through his performance, including a bright blue nun, a man giving blessings from a toilet, and a dude in front of a… Read More

Performance segments in music videos can serve a variety of purposes. They can show how awesome the band is, how sexy they are, how cool their dance moves are, and sometimes, they are able to add something to the song that wouldn’t be there in an audio recording of it.… Read More

Often times when making a music video, you have to make some initial concessions. For example, if you’re making a music video with a large cast, in one shot, completely hand-held with your arms in front of an actress, you might not be able to use a heavier camera to… Read More

Tomorrow, June 23, OMG Cameras Everywhere will be hosting a screening at Museum of the Moving Image in Queens, NY. They will be showing all of the music videos and shorts that the 12 Bronx-based campers of OMG NYC made alongside of directors Isaac Ravishankara, Hiro Murai, Warren Fu, Sophia Peer, Austin Peters, Ian Perlman, BRTHR,… Read More

We’re really proud of the weeks music videos, you guys. With the top four of the five most popular videos this week also chosen by us to be IMVDb Picks, we feel personally responsible for the success of these videos. So, you're welcome. This week we were able to enjoy… Read More

Director Michael Lawrence has shot a lot of videos in a variety of exotic locations. From Indonesia to upstate New York, Michael has the ability to capture a location and make it a character in its his videos. For his most recent video, "Rat" by Wise Blood, Michael traveled to… Read More

As we mentioned last month, OMG! Cameras Everywhere, the music video director-run nonprofit that offers free music video workshops to kids, is holding three summer camps sessions this year in New York, Los Angeles, and London. The first session, held in The Bronx, NY, is this week, and we’ll be… Read More

If your music video reminds viewers a TV show, it's good news if it's a show that costs $6 million an episode to create. One of the most ambitious videos of the year so far, "Reload" by Sebastian Ingrosso, Tommy Trash, and John Martin, with its dragons, action sequences, and… Read More

Mykki Blanco has one of the most unique sounds and images in hip-hop music right now. His latest music video, "The Initiation," features Mykki crawling through the streets, rapping in Latin though a face on the top of his head. Known for his amazing use of visual effects and motion… Read More

It’s the final weekend of Spectacle: The Music Video’s run in New York City, but if you haven’t made it out yet, there is still plenty of time and cool stuff for you to check out before it closes on Sunday, June 16th. Spectacle is a museum exhibit dedicated to music… Read More

Last week, we were all introduced to Ivy Levan through her music video for "Hot Damn," a video that generated a lot of attention, especially for a relatively new artist. Directed by Daniel Carberry, the video depicts Ivy as a powerful female figure and an expert level camera mugger, two things we… Read More

When the same director makes a new version of an already good music video, it’s best to add something special to make sure it stands out. In this case, the director is Pete Lee, the music video is “The Magic Clap” by The Coup, and the something special is Patton… Read More

It’s rare that a video production creates a meme, but that’s exactly what happened when a photo from the set of “No New Friends” by DJ Khaled, showing Drake leanin’ in a Dada outfit, hit the internet. The image of Drake has been so popular, that it actually has it’s… Read More

One of our favorite features of this year’s Los Angeles Music Video Festival was their Life’s a Pitch contest, in which four directors (or director duos) were given the opportunity to pitch music video ideas to the band Five Knives for their song “The Rising.” Of the four directors who… Read More

Director NORTON knows a thing or two about dancing. His video "Killer Shoes" (an unofficial video for "Devotion" by Kap Bambino) features a pair of low top converse dancing aggressively throughout the city. For his latest video, “Dancing Out” by French Horn Rebellion, he hangs onto the dancing, but trades… Read More