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The queen Missy Elliott has shared a new single and video, “I’m Better.” The song is a minimal slapper that finds Missy going in with a vintage-Migos triplet flow and harmonizing with herself, and the hook comes courtesy of Lamb. The visuals find the legend and a team of dancers hitting choreographed steps underwater in a swimming pool. Check the method below.
Craig McDean, the director behind Rihanna’s NSFW video for ‘Kiss It Better’, has spoken about the artistic influences behind the video.
McDean is a photographer and filmmaker, who has previously shot Rihanna for magazines such as T and Vogue. In a new interview with The Fader, he opens up about the process of making the ‘Kiss It Better’ video and the leftfield ideas he and creative partner Masha Vayukova had for the clip.
The T cover film was shot in 45 minutes with one light, and a handheld camera. ‘Kiss it Better’ was shot in L.A. four months later over a very long night,” McDean is quoted as saying. “That said, the music video was based off some of the same ideas, which come from surrealism and dadaism. It all comes from you as a person, your inner inspiration and ideas you’ve had inside for a lifetime.”
McDean also spoke about the prominent use of dice in the video, saying: “Me and Masha watch the same kind of films, we look at a lot of books and art and it all merges together on the set, which is a great playground for visual experiments. Sometimes it’s all about combining things that might not make any sense, [like] subconsciousness and dreams. Dice is such a graphic and surrealistic object so it came into play.”
The ‘Throwback Thursday’ videos have been off and on over the last two years, but this is only because they need to be the right ones. I remember it was 2002, and I was in the back of a friends car, getting a ride home from school from some friends, when “I Know What You Want” came on New York’s ‘Hot 97’, and I screamed at the driver not to change the station. The silky melody and sultry bass lines of the song had me instantly hooked, and the song has been literally my favorite hip hop song ever since. Check the method and reminisce.
Jidenna heads to the West Coast in the remix video for his summer hit “Classic Man.” Once he touched down among the palm trees, he links up with Grammy winner Kendrick Lamar.
The remixed visual features appearances from Janelle Monáe, Ty Dolla $ign, and Hit-Boy make cameos. If you’re feeling the groove, both “Classic Man” and the remix will appear on the six-track EP Wondaland Presents: The Eephus, which drops Aug. 14th. The disc will also feature Janelle Monáe and Jidenna’s hit “Yoga.”
Ciara turns up the heat in the steamy video for her Jackie single “Dance Like We’re Making Love,” which premiered on Sony’s Times Square billboard. The R&B chanteuse reunites with Dave Meyers, who directed her video for “Lose Control” with Missy Elliott. Ciara is fully re-embracing her sex-goddess status. In the new video for Jackie single “Dance Like We’re Making Love,” Ciara does just that, chilling seductively — yes, she can make chilling look seductive — in a pool, dancing around a beautiful mansion with her lover, and slowly shedding her clothes as she makes her way to the bedroom.
This is the fourth single from P. Reign’s EP ‘Dear America’ featuring Meek Mill and fellow Canadian PARTYNEXTDOOR. The EP is now available on iTunes.
Meek reps for his team, while PND puts on for his hometown of Mississauga.
Pharrell Williams has reunited with electronic music masterminds Daft Punk and filmmaker edgar wright to present the music video for the track ‘gust of wind,’ off his latest album G I R L. Of course it wouldn’t be a pharrell masterpiece without him and daft punk challenging the laws of gravity; throughout the clip he walks through a vibrant forest with groups of interstellar gymnasts performing choreographed maneuvers while two enormous stone helmets hover around him before final takeoff.
When you’ve got a song called “Krazy,” setting the video for that song inside a mental hospital is kind of the least crazy thing you can do, at least short of making an American Psycho parody. But that’s what Lil Wayne and director Colin Tilley did for their “Krazy” video. The song is one of the better recent Wayne efforts, and even though the video is all full of cliches — padded cells, straightjackets, multiple Waynes to indicate schizophrenia, a supporting cast of dead-eyed mental patients — Wayne sells the whole concept through sheer lunatic charisma. It’s tough to imagine any A-list rapper making a more believable lunatic than this guy. Wayne’s forthcoming album Tha Carter V still doesn’t have a release date.
The Aussie illustrator Andrew Archer (sounds like a super-hero secret identity) developed and illustrated the style boards for the music video of ‘Lost You’ by Zed Dead x Twin Shadow. The vivid, colorful, imaginative visuals, capture the vibe of the song to a T. Kudos also to Director Danny Palmer / Grandson & Son.
Justin Timberlake said it was always a dream to make a song with Michael Jackson. Now, not only is their song “Love Never Felt So Good” a reality, but so is a music video. Four minutes long, the video is an obvious homage to Jackson, who died in 2009, complete with clips from his past music videos and dancers’ imitating his dance moves. “Love Never Felt So Good” is part of the album “Xscape,” featuring Jackson’s singing along with some of the biggest singers today, including Timberlake and Mary J. Blige. “Even when Michael was alive, we never stopped working on the song ‘Xscape,'” producer Rodney “Darkchild” Jerkins said. “It was one of those songs where he specifically said to me, ‘It has to see the light of day one day.’ Jerkins said fans will be happy with the result. “Everyone did a really great job on this project,” he said.
Jennifer Lopez flips the script by objectifying men in the music video for her French Montana-assisted single “I Luh Ya PaPi.” In the Jessy Terrero-directed clip, Jenny From The Block, gathers a plethora of shirtless men for a day on chillin including cruising on a yacht and hanging out by a pool.
When we say ‘The greatest video of all time’, we’re only half serious. When it comes to the history of music videos, there are entries like Michael Jackson’s “Thriller”, (or “Remember The Time”) that were more short films than what we typically consider music videos now a days. There are also those music videos that inspired us, like Christina Agulara’s “Beautiful”, videos that reminded us what innocent love was, (Rihanna ft. Drake – What’s My Name), and videos that blew our minds visually, like Michael and Janet Jackson’s “Scream”… the most expensive music video of all time (to date). But Lil Jon and DJ Snake have pushed the boundary in an entirely different direction. The brand new “Turn Down For What” video has none of the aforementioned traits. It doesn’t necessarily inspire us, reassure our confidence, or change our outlook on our own lives. However, this video is still one of the most original, ratchet, beautiful, hilarious, and memorable pieces of music-related film we’ve ever seen. It starts on a roof in some third-world country, and moves down floor by floor as more people catch the “turn up”. The party grows the more floors people punch through, until the police catch the turn up. Check the method below…. PREPARE YOURSELVES.
Ashanti has released the music video for “I Got It,” featuring an assist from Rick Ross. The clip, shot in Miami, features the singer looking sexy in the club. She’s joined by Rozay, along with Birdman and producer L.T. Hutton.
Back in August, Beyoncé sent fans into a frenzy after she was spotted shooting a music video at Brooklyn’s Coney Island amusement park. Well here is the visual and it’s for her sexy, lover’s lullaby song, “XO.” In the Terry Richardson-directed clip, Queen B is seen having a great time with friends as she dances, rides roller coasters and go carts, and enjoys the scenery. “XO,” produced by The-Dream, Ryan Tedder, Hit-Boy, and Beyoncé, has an airy and freeing vibe.
Working with clients from Beijing to the Bay Area, support for the projects I’m involved with is paramount. M.O.E. the group comprised of Mulah and Spudd, released a video for their single ‘Brah I Go’ recently, and to my total surprise, a piece of an interview I did wound up as the intro to the video. Check out M.O.E.’s new video for ‘Brah I Go’ featuring a little spot from yours truly.
Pharrell Williams finally comes through with an official music video for his very catchy song “I’m Happy.” This is off of the Despicable Me 2 soundtrack.
Rihanna premieres the music video for “What Now,” the fifth single from her latest album, Unapologetic. Directed by Darren Craig, Jeff Nicholas and Jonathan Craven, in the short, shot in Phuket, Thailand, a goth-inspired Rihanna looks “demented” while singing in a dimmed room.
“It’s going to be kind of eerie, very creepy because ‘What Now’ is one of those songs that you can get really boring with the visual,” states Rihanna in the BTS. “Everybody is probably expecting a narrative video and a love story of some sort, and something really soft and pretty. It is kind of soft but it’s really a little demented.”
Pusha T gathers a few sexy women for his dark music video “Sweet Serenade,” which sees the Virginia emcee aggressively rapping about the life that he made while celebrating his success. In the Colin Tilley-directed steamy visual, Pusha chills on a beach chair surrounded by bikini-clad, alluring women; one making the booty clap on a stripper pole. Brown lends his support by crooning the smooth chorus.
“‘Sweet Serenade,’ it doesn’t sound really sweet, it’s pretty dark, so to capture that, we came and shot on the beach at nighttime. It gives it that eery feel, but still soothing,” states Pusha.
Sky Ferreira has unveiled the music video for her new single “You’re Not The One”. Directed by Grant Singer, the visuals see the singer performing in a club-like environment before waking up confused and bruised in a field the next morning. The track comes from Sky Ferreira’s debut album Night Time, My Time, which is currently available for pre-order in the lead up to its official release on 29 October, 2013.
The People’s Champ Paul Wall is back with the second leak off his upcoming mixtape ‘Check Season’. This time he goes solo for ‘Po Up’. The first release was the DJ Mustard produced ‘Gettin Tho’d’ featuring Kid Ink and YG.
Miley Cyrus is featured in Big Sean’s latest video for his song, “Fire” and the rapper explained why he chose the former Disney darling to star in the clip. “A special video for a special song,” he Tweeted on Friday night. “I got Miley Cyrus for this video because she’s somebody who’s had a personal evolution as a lot of us have had.” Adding, “Besides all the personal stories I tell in the song, there are so many other ways people can make it through the fire. I think Miley did a great job as a metaphor for strong women, being strong person after heartbreak (hence the burning pic that could symbolize her old romance), or maybe even deeper problems but in the end remaining as elegant as a rose,” he wrote.
Having spent six hours filming in a Manhattan art gallery, Jay Z’s performance art film for “Picasso Baby” is set to premiere Friday August 2. As a first look at what’s to come, released was a 30 second trailer that gave a peek at the unconventional video, which is said to go beyond the realms of a music video and lean more so towards the territory of a short cinematic film. Citing his interpretation of concerts and performances as a form of performance art, the trailer provides a peek at the art space and fan enthusiasm that compose the film. Look for the debut on HBO on August 2.
After releasing a remixed version of “How Many Drinks,” the power duo of Miguel and Kendrick Lamar return with the visual accompaniment to the song. The music video preserves a sense of classic R&B, with Miguel truly channeling his inner all-around showman – performing nifty leg twists while boasting an expansive vocal range. Kendrick and Miguel seem to have a great deal of fun in the video, which serves as a suitably mellow parallel to an already silky track.
This is off of last year’s hit “R.E.D” Album. Grammy winning Ne-Yo shoots the video in club with French Montana for the remix to his hit single, “Let Me Love You.”
Tyga released an official music video for his song “Dope” featuring Rick Ross on his VEVO YouTube channel. The video is just over five minutes long and it features a high speed car chase. The video begins with Tyga walking up to a parked car and shooting the driver. Tyga then gets into his own car and drives away. Right as he drives away cops begin to follow him and a high speed chase around the city begins. The rest of the “Dope” music video switches between scenes of the car chase and Tyga rapping inside a mansion with Rick Ross. The song “Dope” is the lead single from Tyga’s upcoming third studio album, “Hotel California”.
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