October 2013

Commercial Break

RedFoo at Airport Security and Miley in a Box for this "MTV EMA spot" (Mickey Finnegan, dir.)

Miley Cyrus in a remake of Boxing Helena? Not quite, but she is the surprise in this airport teaser for the 2013 MTV EMA Awards which also stars show host RedFoo and his package.

The MTV EMAs will air live in Europe on Sunday, November 10 with a US airing on MTV at 7pm ET that same day.

Best Video Nominees are as follows...

  • Justin Timberlake “Mirrors” (Floria Sigismondi, dir.)
  • Lady Gaga "Applause" (Inez & Vinoodh, dir.)
  • Miley Cyrus "Wrecking Ball" (Terry Richardson, dir.)
  • Robin Thicke f/ T.I. and Pharrell “Blurred Lines” (Diane Martel, dir.)
  • 30 Seconds to Mars “Up In The Air” (Bartholomew Cubbins, dir.)

... and performers include Katy Perry, Kings Of Leon, The Killers and Icona Pop.

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Snak The Ripper "You Don't Know Me" (Aaron Mallin, dir.)

After hearing the song, it was very clear musically, "You Don't Know Me" was much different than the rest of the album. With label changes and other things happening in his life, the video needed to set a tone and have an introspective feel. Snak has a very animated personality and his previous videos have been over the top, so our goal was to strip down everything and essentially focus on the performance and photography. We hope you enjoy it. 

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Steel Panther "Party Like Tomorrow Is The End Of The World" (Rob Riggle, dir.) NSFW

There's really only two things separating this from actual '80s metal videos:

  1. The inclusion of boobs, blow and other NSFW touches
  2. Irony

Satirical hard rockers Steel Panther enlist Rob Riggle to direct and star in this imaginary bash to celebrate the last day of the world with a guest list that includes Steve-O, MMA fighter Chuck Liddell, Breaking Bad actor RJ "Junior/Flynn" Mitte and Ron Jeremy, of course.

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Cloud Control "Promises" (Keith Musil, dir.)

It might take a rewatching or two to piece together the mystery here — which is a smart trick for a music video — but you'll realize right off the bat that something is eerily wrong as a woman wakes up to an empty bed and then stumbles through a drunken date with a young man who looks very much like the prime suspect in a local murder spree...

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Justin Timberlake "TKO" (Ryan Reichenfeld, dir.)

Don't go assuming that the footage of Justin Timberlake getting dragged behind a car is a metaphor. Based on what happens between the pop star and his break-up/make-up sex partner, it's clear that she's ready to make sure he goes down for the count.

PS: In a nice twist of pop legacy — I woudn't call it a coincindence since everyone involved is too smart not to realize this angle — Timberlake's co-star is Riley Keough aka Elvis Presley's granddaughter.

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