Here's how they pulled off the impressive visuals in Atoms For Peace "Before Your Very Eyes" with miniatures, 3D mapping, and what was likely Thom Yorke's least comfortable shoot since they almost drowned him in "No Surprises."
The ladies of Haim are heartbreakers, willing to kick their men to the curb without nary a warning. Which must be especially rough for Lonely Island + Girls guy Jorma Taccone, who plays the poor sap who was ready to put a ring on it.
David Bowie isn't known for stepping out of character — be it the all-encompassing guises of Ziggy Stardust or The Thin White Duke, or even the roles he played in previous videos for comeback album The Next Day — but "Valentines Day" is when the rock legend really faces us down. And it's intense. Armed with merely a guitar — a headless Steinberger, which hasn't been in style since, well maybe ever — and a stare that might even give old Jack Torrance the willies, Bowie shows how a simple, traditional video like this can be effective when the subject is worthy.
New Day, new month, new video from Alicia Keys, directed by world famous fashion photographer turned video director Indrani. The video is off her latest album, Girl on Fire, and features footage from a previously recorded iTunes performance.
After an approximately minute-long commercial/teaser for the new Wale album — in addition to whatever pre-roll ad YouTube might serve you — "Bad" gets down to the business of complicated relationships in NYC. Tiara Thomas provides the hook and guitar, but also notable is model/actrees Bria Murphy — eledest daughter of Eddie Murphy — who has a starring role in the video.
Worlds collide on both the Audio and video sides. Skrillex's EDM melds into the classic rock of The Doors while two Matrix-like characters get transported from a fantastical ocean environment and into our existing reality. --> watch " Breakn' A Sweat"
2Chainz wants a big booty ho for his birthday, and that is what he gets in this collabo track with Kanye West. Director Andreas Nilsson overdelivers on the booty, while also retaining his bizarro edge that he cultivated on videos for alt acts like Yeasayer and Miike Snow. --> watch "Birthday Song"
