Category: Music Videos
“Beautiful” 2.0 and What’s Changed Since Xtina’s Original “Beautiful” Video
To commemorate the twentieth anniversary of Stripped—the album that Christina Aguilera carved out for herself to assure the masses she wasn’t just another “cookie-cutter” pop [Read More…]
“Sunset” Video: Caroline Polachek Lives Her Best Life in Barcelona While Channeling Beth Orton and “La Isla Bonita”
When one is as well-traveled as Caroline Polachek, it’s probably hard to be “impressed” by much of any milieu. After all, this is the girl [Read More…]
Tove Lo Turns Body Dysmorphia and an Eating Disorder Into A Danceable Anthem on “Grapefruit”
Perhaps if anyone was going to succeed at making such a hotbed, highly delicate issue danceable, it was bound to be Tove Lo. Having finally [Read More…]
If Brandy and Monica Continued to Hang Out After the Plot of “The Boy Is Mine,” It Would Be Ciara and Summer Walker’s “Better Thangs”
In the summer of 1998, there was scarcely anywhere one could go without hearing the contentious yet mellifluous lyrics of Brandy and Monica’s “The Boy [Read More…]
“Confessions of A Broken Heart (Daughter to Father)”: Xtina Pulls A Lindsay Lohan for “No Es Que Extrañe” Video
As though to prove that a girl needs to have “daddy issues” (that odious and blame-shifting term) in order to be driven into the devilish [Read More…]
Tanu Muino’s “Hold Me Closer” Video Uses Stunning Choreography and Mexico City Visuals to Compensate for Elton and Britney’s Absence In It
As Tanu Muino continues to make herself a force to be reckoned with as a music video director, carving out a name for herself in [Read More…]
“La Isla Bonita” Redux: “Hung Up on Tokischa” Video Continues Madonna’s Tradition of Catholic Imagery and Latino Fetishism
In 2005, when Madonna first repurposed the lines, “Time goes by so slowly for those who wait,” it still felt somewhat earnest. Even if she [Read More…]
M.I.A. Offers A Touch of Severance For “Popular” Video
As predicted, M.I.A. was never really going to make 2016’s AIM her “last” album. And it’s good to be vindicated about that because the world [Read More…]
Only Chill Vibes in the Building: There’s No Harshing Rema and Selena Gomez’s Mellow in the Video for “Calm Down”
Selena Gomez’s determination to come fully into her own as she embarks upon her thirties seems to be continuing with the release of a new [Read More…]
American Booty: Nicki Confirms That All the “Super Freaky” Shit Happens in Suburbia
With a song that speaks to sexual freakdom, no one should have been surprised that Nicki Minaj’s concept for the “Super Freaky Girl” video would [Read More…]