October 2013

Meital Dohan "Give Us Back Love" (Meital Dohan, dir.)

Making a lyric video is essentially admitting your ambitions are limited. Usually made quick, on the cheap and with the mantra, "Don't worry, it's just a lyric video."

That's, of course, a waste — even if the piece is just a stand-in designed to buy you a few weeks until your amazing, fancy, sure-to-be viral video is ready for release.

But things could be better... And that's what this new feature LYRICAL is all about, spotlighting Lyric Videos that are able to more than just bridge a release gap, but actually move the needle...

Pet Shop Boys "Thursday" (Justyn Field, dir.)

PSB know the weekend isn't really a three-day affair for clubbers. Neil & Chris once again bridge the gap between the '80s-style disco that made them famous — along with some silly wardrobe (a.k.a. the glitterball headwear - maybe a nod to deadmau5?) —  and the attitude of today by recruiting young Brit Example to help with their latest, filmed primarily in Shanghai, China. Call this a modern-Oriental update of "On Our Own" — with, thankfully, no Trump in sight.

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