Director Hannah Lux Davis knows how to strike the right chord with big pop stars. In her newest video for “On My Way” by Lea Michele, Hannah takes the Glee star and places her in situations that feel super fun and carefree, giving Lea the freedom to be sexy and… Read More

This morning, Sia made her television debut on The Ellen DeGeneres Show by recreating her “Chandelier” music video alongside 11-year-old dancer Maddie Ziegler. Maddie is once again fantastic, and Sia gives a spirited performance despite being turned away from the camera and audience – an element that at first seems… Read More

In the Vimeo description for for “The Rule” by Faces On Film, director Carlos Lopez Estrada describes the music video as “a tale of loss and redemption.” Carlos’ second music video released this week, “The Rule” is literally a split between live footage and Cameron Clark’s 2D animation, with every shot of… Read More

The gorgeous video for “My Silver Lining” by First Aid Kit is a collage of horror movie effects - like ghost trails, moving furniture, and dolly zooms - set in a bright and unexpected location. While the ghostly influence is undeniable, the video isn’t at all dark, in fact it… Read More

For music video editors, there is no such thing as too much screen. However, in the age of 16:9 monitors, the best solution for editors has always been to move their work onto two, sometime three monitors to get the job done. While it’s worked, this solution kind of sucks.… Read More

One of our favorite things about director Carlos Lopez Estrada is his ability to bring beauty in otherwise violent circumstances. Whether it’s bullet holes full of yarn, or a zebra that bleeds confetti, Carlos always finds a way to turn dark situations into something magical. In his latest video for… Read More

Last night on The Tonight Show, musical guest tUnE-yArDs performed "Water Fountain," the first single off of their new album nikki nack. The performance, which also featured The Roots, was inspired by the Joel Kefali-directed music video for the song, which itself was inspired by Pee-Wee's Playhouse. Merrill Garbus rocks the same… Read More

Can you guys believe we’re at the end of another week in music videos? It seems like just last week that we were talking about last week’s videos, and now, here we are, talking about this week’s videos. What a time to be alive! Shakira and Anthony Mandler decided they… Read More

“Salute” by Little Mix is a song about strong woman who do cool, tough things while still looking fly. The song has a military vibe to it, complete with jody calls and a “Taps” sample - and it has ladies anthem written all over it. Directed by Colin Tilley, the… Read More

So far, Brooke Candy’s career has played out almost exclusively through music videos. She first caught the world’s attention in 2012 when she was featured in Grimes’ “Genesis” video, and then a few months later formally introduced herself through the Matt Boman-directed “Das Me.” Since then, Brooke has blessed us… Read More

There were lots of popular music videos flying around this week, you guys. In fact, half of the top 10 came in at over a million views, with "Marilyn Monroe" by Pharrell Williams topping the week with nearly 5 million. That’s a lot of views! In addition to views, the… Read More

Tune-Yards' video for "Water Fountain" is what do you get when you mix director Joel Kefali, lead singer Merrill Garbus, and the soul of Pee-Wee’s Playhouse into a music video. Vibrant, fun, and full of fantastic animation, “Water Fountain” seems aesthetically and tonally inspired by Pee-Wee’s Playhouse, but is able… Read More

In “Senile” by Young Money, director Collin Tilley creates surreal worlds for Tyga, Nicki Minaj, and Lil Wayne, each with their own uniquely outlandish elements and characters. Tilley often tackles colorful and flashy music videos like this one, but he always seems to have the most fun when paired with… Read More

Over the past few years of IMVDb, we’ve counted down the top 10 music video GIFs of all time on five occasions. After some discussion, we realized that music video GIFs need to be looked at more frequently (specifically, weekly), and so we’ve decided to dedicate one day of each… Read More

There is this thing that happens in hip hop where if you do a music video with Hiro Murai you’re required to just keep making awesome music videos with him. It’s a trend that was established by Earl Sweatshirt with “Chum” and “Hive,” and has now moved onto Childish Gambino… Read More

It was neck and neck all week, but despite being racecar themed, “Summer” by Calvin Harris came just short of “Magic” by Coldplay for the most popular video of the week. Don’t worry Calvin, we still got madd respect for you. We also got madd respect for the rest of… Read More

Can you all just do me a favor at take a few minutes to get funky with me here at the end of the day on a Friday? Can you do that for me please? We’ve all had a long week, work's been shitty, Tina from accounting has been a… Read More

Last night on The Tonight Show, Stevie Nicks recreated her 1981 music video “Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around,” with Jimmy Fallon playing the part of Tom Petty. The trick to recreating a performance video like “Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around” is in the subtleties, and from the slow fades, to the… Read More

After releasing a fairly simple video for “Midnight” earlier this year, Coldplay is back with a much larger production for their “Magic” music video. The video begins with the words “a Jonas Åkerlund film,” and that’s no exaggeration as everything about this video feels like a film, more specifically a… Read More

Let me give you guys a word of advice: no matter where you are, if you ever see Queens of the Stone Age frontman Josh Homme with a group of Asian business men, you need to get the fuck out of there as fast as you can. If you stick… Read More

Last month while at SXSW, we caught up with Meg Myers to chat with her about her videos for “Desire” directed by Jordan Bahat, and “Heart Heart Head” directed by Elliott Sellers. Having already talked to both Jordan and Elliott about their videos, we were excited to get Meg’s perspective… Read More

There are a few ways to approach the music video for an emotional ballad like “Still” by Katy B. There are some directors who may have tried to go with a more literal interpretation of the lyrics, showing two former lovers still thinking about each other having being apart from… Read More

This week is one of those rare occasions where the most popular music video of the week is also one of our favorites, with "Ragga Bomb" by Skrillex feat. The Ragga Twins coming in at over 3 million views. Don’t get us wrong, we love all music videos, but man… Read More

Back in January, we were invited down to Miami by Vilas Entertainment to spend the day on set of “Dangerous” by Before You Exit, directed by James Davis II. While there, we took a few photos of the action, shot some video, and only walked into one glass door while… Read More

Indonesian recording artist Agnez Mo has been making her name in the US pop scene since releasing her self-titled debut English-language album last year. Now, with the premiere of the “Coke Bottle” music video, she can cross “receiving the Colin Tilley treatment” off her list of US pop star requirements. From the… Read More