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 spans over 20 years. Whether it’s writing songs for Academy… Read More

40 million. That’s how many times Nicki Minaj’s music video for “Anaconda” was watched this week. That’s over 6 years worth of time spent watching Nicki Minaj shake her butt and spray herself with whip cream over the past 2 days. It is by far the most popular video of… Read More

Did you guys know that butts rule the internet? It’s true. Exhibit A of this claim is Nicki Minaj’s newest music video for “Anaconda,” directed by Colin Tilley. Released just two days ago, the video has already racked up over 37 million views, and it now holds the record for… Read More

It’s impossible to make a music video that takes place on a dark highway without drawing comparisons to “Karma Police” by Radiohead. That’s why it’s no surprise that a lot of the articles covering director Hiro Murai’s new video for “Gold” by Chet Faker reference the 1997 Jonathan Glazer classic.… Read More

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 about a person giving all of themselves to the one… Read More

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 ice water on themselves. You soon learned that the Ice… Read More

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 and Iggy Azalea and Rita Ora rocking Kill Bill style… Read More

In most cases, garage sales are the worst. They’re 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 are actually worth buying. They also attract hoarders by the… Read More

Sinéad O'Connor has been in the game for over 25 years, dating back to 1987 with the release of her first album The Lion and the Cobra. In her newest music video for "Take Me To Church," she looks back on her career and life as a musician, reflecting on… Read More

We’ve been big fans of OMG! Everywhere for several years now. If you haven’t heard of OMG! Everywhere, it’s a non-profit run by music video directors that offers free summer camps to kids in New York, Los Angeles, Oakland, and London. The directors serve as counselors and collaborators, and work… Read More

It’s the end of the day on Friday, y’all! That means it’s time to put on a pair of comfortable shoes, let your hair down, and head over to Applebee’s for happy hour. But first, you gotta get your weekly taste of popular music videos. You should start with the… Read More

What would you do if you lost everything? If you just woke up tomorrow morning on a mattress in an empty lot, shirtless, dirty, and disoriented. Dancer Phillip Chbeeb finds himself in that situation at the beginning of the video for “Don’t” by Ed Sheeran, directed by Emil Nava. We… Read More

Full disclosure, I don’t think I’ll ever have as much fun in my life as the dudes in The Fall Four have in the video for “Siren Song.” In three minutes, director Kyle Cogan manages to pack every single fun activity that I wish I had the time, energy, or… Read More

We should start this week off by saying that we’re already at Applebee’s getting drunk at happy hour, so if this post is a little rambley and incoherent, blame it on the 2-4-1 house wines. At the top of the list this week is "Chasing The Sun" by Hilary Duff,… Read More

Only a couple of days after “Roar” by Katy Perry moved into the top 10 most watched music videos of all time, Katy is back with the release of her latest music video for “This Is How We Do,” directed by Joel Kefali. The video pays homage to modern pop… Read More

LA-based singer/songwriter BANKS teams back up with director Barnaby Roper on the video for her new single “Beggin For Thread.” The sexy, black and white video has many stylistic similarities to BANKS and Roper’s last collaboration, “Brain,” with this video also featuring dust-covered dancers whose choreography matches perfectly with the… Read More

Well guys it almost happened. It really looked like Weird Al was going to have his second consecutive week at the top of the most popular list. Unfortunately, Pharrell and Miley had different plans, because half way through today their video for “Come Get It Bae” passed Al’s “Lame Claim… Read More

“Do You” by Spoon opens on front man Britt Daniel hopping into the driver seat of an old school Plymouth. As the video progresses, we realize that his face is busted up and hell has broken loose around him. Although everything outside the car is out of focus, we’re still… Read More

Back when I was in middle school, a girl’s coolness was determined by how many Lisa Frank folders she had. Pretty much the only thing I knew about girls as a fifth grader is that they loved bright, colorful, kitten and unicorn covered school supplies. Hannah Lux Davis brings the… Read More

Director Shane Drake pairs uplifting imagery with Aloe Blacc's silky vocals in the video for “Hello World (The World Is Ours).” Shot in Detroit, the video opens on shots of worn down buildings found around the once beautiful American city. We are shown several young men and woman, each of… Read More

“Let My Soul Bleed” by Gene is a dark and in-your-face track that is a lot more avant-garde than what most people expect from a rap song. After collaborating late last year on the music video "Gorgeous," Gene again teams up with director Abraham Vilchez-Moran on the video for “Let… Read More

Last week, director Ryan Staake released the music video for “Freak” by Steve Aoki, Diplo, & Deorro, a hilarious and sexy video that at first appears to be a lot more NSFW than it actually is. We asked Ryan do go behind the scenes on the video and show us… Read More

Last month, we came across Dom’s Sketch Cast, a web series by artist Dominick Rabrun that features him simultaneously interviewing and drawing a variety of subjects, including writers, directors, and other artists. Of the cool people Dom talks to, a few have been music video directors, and after seeing his… Read More

Focusing on high contrast and limited camera movement, Lance Drake’s music video for “Clockwork” by Illangelo features a lot of elements that you don’t expect to find in a cool music video these days. Despite that, it’s easily one of the coolest videos of the year, landing a spot on… Read More

Psst, hey kid. Yeah, you. You like music videos? You do? Well kid, I got some music videos for ya if you’re interested. You are? Good, good. Thing is, these aren’t just any music videos, kid. These are the most popular music videos released this week. I’m talkin about videos… Read More