The power trio of The Weeknd, SZA, and Travis Scott each take turns on the Iron Throne in this a song of ice and fire for new GOT soundtrack, For The Throne.
Jonas Brothers retake their thrones as pop royalty with this lavish comeback video, shot at the famed English country estate Hatfield House with their real life better halves Sophie Turner, Priyanka Chopra and Danielle Jonas all sharing in the opulent spotlight.
Shawn Mendes and Khalid let some powerfully impressive Youth show the way forward in this epic music video co-written by Marjory Stoneman Douglas students Emma Gonzalez and David Hogg and starring an array of inspirational young people in the great melting pot of NYC.
Actor Brandon Routh lives a Don Draper'esque double life as he balances the appearances of a happy homelife with Sugarland's Jennifer Nettles and something on the side with Taylor Swift.
Spoiler Alert: Encouraging your lover to take the $1 million offer to sleep with the one-eyed dude's boss will never end well. Even if you happen to be Drake, and even if there's a wicked double-cross a'foot. So it goes in this 20+ minute mini-movie that incorporates multiple tracks from Views, and which makes "Smooth Criminal" seem unambitious.
Twenty-five years ago, when he himself was twenty-five (!!!!), Lenny Kravitz debuted with a plea for all of us to let love rule. Twenty-five years later, Lenny learns that love is a dangerous thing in, by far, his steamiest video ever — and that's including "Black Velveteen".
Shot by Anthony Mandler in Paris — partially in Lenny's own residence there.
Lana Del Rey's "Tropico" is more ambitious that almost any other music video you've seen this year — and not just because it's 30 minutes long. Director Anthony Mandler and Ms. LDR create their a sort of Pop Bible here, starting with creation and a Garden of Eden, with Jesus, John (Wayne), Marilyn (not Manson) and Elvis (certainly not Costello) peering down from up high.
And that's just the first couple minutes before the Fall... The rest is much more sinful, believe me.
Consider this a must-watch, especially if you have an appetite for a proudly blasphemous and cracked artfilm that should tickle fans of Tony Scott and Oliver Stone's more visionary works.
There's a last days of Xanadu vibe here, with Jay Z and Justin Timberlake all alone at the top of the world, surrounded by the baubles that come with great wealth and success — an effect that's further emphasized by the periodically slurred-down audio.
And it could be a good case study into whether people care about where or how they watch videos, so long as all the sharing/embedding features they expect are supported.
Anthony Mandler continues to be the go-to director for the new generation of pop divas and this video for Selena Gomez is a good example of how he's able to mix-up introspection with wide open vistas and exotic, yet familiar touch.
Taylor Swift is a regular girl doing regular things - hanging out with her bestest friends, going to the beach and acting age-appropriately silly. Of course, not every 'regular' girl gets a weekend beach house in Malibu and Anthony Mandler creating an artfully Instagram selfie look for the whole thing. The vibe is fun and light with no boys allowed until the joyous party at the very end. Personally, I couldn't help wondering where the stylist got all the hats.
