Music videos seemed like a much bigger deal during the MTV era (of course) with some astronomical budgets in order to get airtime and then there was a late 90s/early 2000s period before youtube really took off where you had your auteurs like Gondry & Chris Cunningham & the Shynola people in europe & Hype Williams doing all those shiny r’n’b & rap videos
Seems like video is something of a forgotten artform with streaming being so dominant these days but there’s some absolutely cracking more recent videos out there making full use of all the computer tech & 4k/8k lushness as well as the more traditional techniques
Here’s a few post-2010 ones that I love
A recent auteur is the amazing Nadia Lee Cohen
Her edgy kitsch is brilliant and quite a bit subversive
This from 2016 is a recent fave
And this (possibly NSFW) from 2017 is …eye catching
The video that inspired this thread though is one that came out 2 days ago
Domi & JD Beck are two teenage jazz protegés of Thundercat. This video is directed by Andersson .Paak and is like a mini Atlanta episode with none other than Mac Demarco in full prosthetics playing the lead role. The whole thing is genius, the concept, the execution, the art direction & of course the music. Brilliant stuff
And this just rules, so basic but simple genius
Also, I was flicking through tidal at the weekend to show this Gondry classic to my eldest
And the algorithm showed me that the Chemical Brothers are still spending money on classy videos. This by Dom&Nic looks awesome on a big 4k telly
Beck is also spending and investing in the video artform too
This by Edgar Wright obviously owes a lot to Gondry (and to the Monkees ‘Head’) but really builds nicely and is very dynamic & visually impressive
And then this is quite the visual takedown of teenage party life with a modern twist on Joan of Arc
So, this thread is for your favourite music videos from any era you like but I am especially interested in more recent stuff
Chat encouraged. What eye candy are you enjoying?