July 2011

• artist: Nicole Scherzinger
• song: "Wet"
• label: Interscope
• director(s): Justin Francis
• production co: HELLO!
• producer: Michelle Larkin
• exec. producer: Kerri Kleiner, Sheira-Rees Davies
• commissioner: Kathy Angtadt, Michelle An

Are you drinking the Kool-Aid yet on Cults? You might want to think twice — not because the hype is undeserved; in fact, the album is fantastic — but because there's not really a good history with Kool-Aid and cults, especially if you know what happened in Jonestown. Director Isaiah Seret inserts the band into historical footage from that infamous commune in Guyana where nearly 1,000 people committed mass suicide by consuming cyanide laced fruit punch. 

• artist: Anjulie
• song: "Brand New Bitch"
• label: Universal Republic
• director(s): Hannah Lux Davis
• prod co: London Alley Entertainment
• rep: Yell Productions
• producer: Brandon Bonfiglio
• DP: Tom Banks

Can it still be considered a fan video if it stars a model/actress and clearly made by a professional (or at least somebody who's good enough to go pro)? Does it matter, especially since it's kinda perfect (except for the lyric typo at the 1:12 mark)? --> watch "Simple Girl"

Dale Earnhadt Jr Jr"Simple Girl" (Warner Bros.)Tyler Rumph, DP/editor/titles | Dru Korab, motion tracking