January 2012

WATCH IT: Nicki Minaj "Stupid Hoe" (Hype Williams, dir.)

Director Hype Williams and Nicki Minaj have a ball with this video for "Stupid Hoe," mixing up a wide range of bodacious set-ups without a care about what it all means. So don't ask, just enjoy that Hype seems to have found a new muse that lets him get as creative and confrontation as Missy Elliott did in her landmark debut, "The Rain." PS: The video is billed as explicit, but it seems to just apply to the lyrics. And if you're prone to flashing light seizues, this ain't for you. --> watch "Stupid Hoe"

QUICK CLIP: Bleached "Searching..." (Molly Schiot & Beau Leon dir.)

A video as pure and simple as the hooks in this poppy punk tune by sister act Bleached. A mix of cameras — Super 8, 16mm and 35mm — capture Jessica and Jennifer Clavin as they search their way around a horse ranch. And for all your pop trivia fans (and Pop-Up Video producers): One of the cameramen is Jon Gries, best known as Uncle Rico from Napoleon Dynamite. --> watch "Searching Through The Past"

WATCH IT: Justice "On'n'On" (Alex Courtes, dir.)

Director Alex Courtes takes his "Seven Nation Army" gag to the artistic levels of 2001 in this (inter)stellar Justice video. It's an infinite journey through space that hits upon Justice's main preoccupations — sex and death — before reaching an explosive conclusion. There's some  bits of nudity here, so click with caution. --> watch "On'N'On" (NSFW... kinda)

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