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Todd Terje's "Leisure Suit Preben" Video Pays Tribute to Porny Video Games and It's Great
It's rare these days that a music video thoroughly captures the aesthetic of a musician while indulging the quirk necessary for potential virality or meme-fication.
Jennifer Lopez May Luh Papi, But She Does Not Luh Music Video Patriarchy
"I Luh Ya Papi" serves as an appropriately twisting and turning history lesson for an art form as counterintuitive as the music video.
Shut Up Because Florida Georgia Line's "This Is How We Roll" Is a Total Fucking Banger
This is how we ro-oh-oh-oh-oh-oll.
Dean Blunt's Video for "Mersh" Is Brilliantly Half-Assed
Dean Blunt managed to capture the druggy melancholy of modern videos with a girl, some weed, a bummy couch, and a static camera.
Haim's Regular Ass Dance Moves in "If I Could Change Your Mind" Are Perfect for Dancing Alone In Your Apartment
Directed by Warren Fu, the charming video will only make you love the Haim sisters more.
YMCMB's Video for "We Alright" Takes on 'The Wolf of Wall Street'
Completing the circle by making a rap video based on 'The Wolf of Wall Street,' a movie that shows business fuckheads acting like bigger assholes than similarly-ballin' rappers.
Casino's "Killin Shit" Video Radically Reimagines 'Spring Breakers'
“Killin' Shit” still captures the darkness and energy of Korine's movie, reflecting its freewheeling maximalist energy, but it doesn't play its hedged hipster post-everything game for even a moment.
Cry with Your Computer While Watching Jerome LOL and Holly Herndon Music Videos
“Have you ever updated your Flash player? It is so sad. What happens to version 11.4?”-Liz Lemon, crying very hard.
Future Islands Drop a Red State Compassion Bomb with “Seasons (Waiting On You)”
People should be in love, yeah? Yeah.
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings' Plainspoken Cancer Catharsis, “Stranger To My Happiness”
It's a deceptively modest performance clip, full of sensitive hand-held camera work and intuitive no-frills editing.
Ke$ha Confounds Slut-Shamers With “Dirty Love”
In the age of the selfie, "Dirty Love" exudes a thrilling, down-to-earth sex appeal.
The Best Music Videos of 2013
2013's best videos found transcendence through #DGAF camerawork, rickety animation, DIY special effects, and Tumblr gif jacking.