Adam Levine gets cinematic with director Peter Berg (Friday Night Lights, Hancock) in a video for "Maps" that's possibly geared toward those who miss the gory old days of ER.

A whole lotta everything this month — funny, dark, NSFW, offensive, inventive, massively popular and largely unseen. Without further ado, here are The Videostatic Best Music Videos of the Month:

Best Music Videos of June 2014

• OK Go "The Writings On The Wall" (Aaron Duffy, Damian Kulash, Jr. & Bob Partington, dir.)
• Joywave "Tongues" (Daniels, Zak Stoltz, dir.)
• FKA Twigs "Two Weeks" (NABIL, dir.)
• Jack White "Lazaretto" (Jonas & Francois, dir.)
• Illangelo "Clockwork" (Lance Drake, dir.)
• Nicki Minaj f/ The Game "Pills N Potions" (Diane Martel, Geoffrey Lillemon, dir.)
• Digitalism "Wolves" (Nelson De Castro, dir.)
• Ulrich Forman "I Got You" (Garnier / Le Gallo, dir.)
• The Roots "Never" (Dano Cerny, dir.)
• Zeds Dead "Lost You" (Grandson & Son, dir.)
• Porter Robinson "Lionhearted" (Jodeb, dir.)
• Capital Cities "One Minute More" (Brewer, dir.)
• Dye x Egyptian Lover "She's Bad" (Dent De Cuir, dir.)
• Steve Aoki, Diplo and Deorro "Freak" (Ryan Staake, dir.)
• Benny Benassi "Let This Last Forever" (Bryan Schlam, dir.)
• Arctic Monkeys "Snap Out Of It" (Focus Creeps, dir.)
• Mastodon "High Road" (Roboshobo, dir.)
• Benin City "Bus" (Andrea Youth, dir.)
• Kevin Drew "You In Your Were" (Samir Rehem, dir.)
• Guided By Voices "Bad Love Is Easy To Do" (Mike Postalakis, dir.)
• ASTR "Blue Hawaii" (Luke Choi, dir.)
• Kimbra "90's Music" (Justin Francis, dir.)
• Wild Beasts "Mecca" (Kate Moross, dir.)
• Grouplove "I'm With You" (Cameron Duddy and Harper Smith, dir.)
• Passenger "Scare Away the Dark" (James Lees, dir.)
• Itch "Another Man" (Frank Borin, dir.)
• PSY f/ Snoop Dogg "Hangover"
• One Republic "Love Runs Out" (Sophie Muller, dir.)
• Liars "Pro Anti Anti" (Yoonha Park, dir.)
• Washed Out "Weightless" (David Altobelli, dir.)

If this looks like the perviest music video you've ever seen, it's only because you're a pervert. 

A literal, yet imaginative take on the lyric "inside your head" is just one of many tricks at play in this clip for Canadian singer Andee.

There are advantages to having a telekinetic high school girlfriend — namely, her virtue can remain intact while ecstasy is reached without any contact — so long as you realize there's a downside to her reading your thoughts and being able to kick your ass without any hands.  

In and out we go into the eyes of various night owls in this video from director Nelson DeCastro, who won last year's Saatchi & Saatchi x OK Go video directing contest...

As is the case with many directors, Cameron Duddy can tell a good story. And since it's a long story — but a good one, I promise — I'll skip a big introduction. Let's just say you've undoubtedly seen some of his videos for Bruno Mars, AWOLNATION, Grouplove and beyond... And despite the occasional tall tale — another common director's trait — there's also some unvarnished truth. For instance, ask him why his one-take music video for "The Lazy Song" has overr a half BILLION YouTube views, his answer is, "I have no fucking clue." (Although, on second thought, maybe he's just protecting his trade secrets, like any good director would)

Read on for our conversation, which takes lots of twists and turns along the way...