All it takes is one music video to make an impact on the industry. Director Carmela Makela knows that first-hand, as her self-funded debut music video for “Ain't Nobody” by Atmosphere has caught the attention of labels, directors, and video commissioners alike. We talked to Carmela about getting to direct… Read More

The last time we talked to director and animator Galen Pehrson, he told us he wanted to make music videos that are “outside of the really, really rigid box that music videos have been set in.” After creating videos for artists like Death Grips and screening his work in museum… Read More

In the music video for “KV Crimes” by Kurt Vile, director Tom Scharpling imagines a world where Kurt is a king with a taste for fast food hoagies, swing sets, and listening to other people play his music. Like most of Tom’s videos, “KV Crimes” features the artist doing more… Read More

It has been an interesting week for music videos, you guys. The most popular videos from this week include a dude smoking weed out of an instrument, aggressive kidnappers in animal masks, and easily the most annoying Lonely Island song of all time – in a good way? A bunch… Read More

The dating world is difficult, you guys. So difficult, that even if you’re Brian Dales, lead singer of The Summer Set, you might have to turn to speed dating to find the one for you. This all plays out for us in the video for “Boomerang,” directed by Hannah Lux… Read More

Yesterday, we released an interview with director Amos LeBlanc about his video “Asphyxiation” by Autoerotique. We felt we needed to have more coverage on this video. We were stumped as to what to post, until we realized that this video included the top 10 music video gifs of all time.… Read More

A few weeks ago, we headed over to Running Rebel Studios in Brooklyn to check out Jason Ano and Aaron Cohen on set of “My Mother And My Music.” While the shoot itself was pretty simple, with Jason shooting Aaron perform with a couple of lighting and camera setups, Jason… Read More

Sometimes, it’s a challenge to find the meaning of a music video. It takes several viewing and maybe even some deep discussion with a friend to figure it all out. Other times, there are videos like “Asphyxiation” by Autoerotique, directed by Amos LeBlanc, where you get it right away, and… Read More

Last month, Pro Era released the music video for “School High,” directed by Fredo Tovar and Scott Fleishman of Aplus Filmz. Fredo and Scott, who are based out of LA, traveled to New York to shoot the video with Joey Bada$$, Kirk Knight, CJ Fly, and the rest of the… Read More

Sometimes a video is so weird, that it begins to make perfect sense. That is what happens with “Aunt Betty” by Middle Class Rut, directed by Lance Drake – a video that is so out there from start to finish that when it’s over you just think, “That is exactly… Read More

Church and music aren't that far apart, especially when it's the kind of church that encourages spontaneous physical outbursts when meeting in a small room. In the the new video for "Counting Stars" by OneRepublic, music and church are truly not that far apart - that's as far as we'll… Read More

A few months ago, we introduced the IMVDb Moderator Program, where we somehow convinced a bunch of awesome folks to help us check your music videos credits in exchange for nothing but “Thanks, guys!” comments over Google+. Because of their help, we now accept videos and credit submissions much faster,… Read More

When a good editor gets their hands on some raw footage, they're not only able to cut together that footage into something that makes sense, they're able to add something unique to the project. Mandy Brown is an editor who is frequently turned to by directors like Isaac Rentz, David… Read More

One day after Joel Compass’s music video for “Back To Me” won two MVPA Awards (for Best International Video and Best Directorial Debut for directors Ian & Cooper), Joel releases the equally dark video for “Fucked Up,” directed by Ryan Patrick. This video features an ambitious concept as Joel moves between, time, space,… Read More

It was a short week for a lot of us, but not for music videos. They didn’t need a fifth day to fit in a week's worth of twerking, camera mugging, and sexy dodgeball. Jessie J's "WILD," directed by Emil Nava, comes in at the top of the list, generating nearly… Read More

Combining time lapse with stop-motion, the video for “Analog Or Digital” by Wildlife Control required band members Neil and Sumul Shah to perform in a complicated, full-day shoot on San Francisco's Ocean Beach. Most complicated shoots like this might require some convincing by the director to get the band on… Read More

In the video for “Cindy + Me” by Caged Animals, director by Carlos Lopez Estrada brings us to a world where a group of baboon scientists run a series of tests on Caged Animals singer Vincent Cacchione - creating likely the only type of animal testing that PETA would be… Read More

Eelier this week, we headed over to ACME Studio in Brooklyn to check out director Nicolas Heller and D-Pryde on set of the video for “Lifted.” We knew we were in for a crazy afternoon when as we were walking into the building, several pretty ladies dressed in all white… Read More

The internet popularity meter doesn’t always reflect quality. But wow, this week you got it right, internet. So many of the videos in this week’s list are not only popular, but they are also so, so awesome. The week started off strong with YouTube comedy week setting the pace early… Read More

Anyone who has ever wondered what the members of a band do after they break up will get that question answered in the music video for the song “Leave The World Behind” by Lune, who teamed up with Swedish House Mafia to remake their 2008 song. The stunning video, directed… Read More

Convincing a family member to be in one of your music videos is actually more difficult than it sounds. Of course they’re supportive, but the only people who usually want to be in front of a camera are the type of people who want to be in front of the… Read More

With all of the compromises that usually have to be made to get a music video finished, sometimes a director just needs to put their foot down. Director Malia James did that when finding a location for the video for "Demon Dance" by Surfer Blood, a dark but funny video… Read More

If you’re anything like us, the first time you heard She & Him (the musical duo made up of Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward) you went, “Whaaat? I didn’t know Zooey Deschanel could sing like that, you guys!” And now, you get to have the same reaction to her abilities as… Read More

In the video for “Around The Block” by Pretty Lights featuring Talib Kweli, director Anthony Dickenson focuses on the technical process of creating music and visuals - the wires, knobs, interfaces, and the human element that goes into creating sound and visuals. Pretty Lights is stationed at his setup, recording… Read More

Last night, Kanye West released the song “New Slaves” by projecting the music video onto the side of 66 buildings across the world. One of the projection locations, on the side of the Museum of Design & Arts near Columbus Circle in New York, was close enough for us to… Read More