Jonas Akerlund

The trigger warning (no pun intended) at the top of this video is well earned as Madonna and director Jonas Akerlund swing back and forth between explicit depictions of literal murders on the dancefloor and whether an artist should offer blissful escape, or directly confront the issue.

A performance that starts simple and claustrophobic in stately b&w, before pulling back the curtain to let main Queensman Josh Homme strut his stuff like he's the star in a black metal version of Busby Berkeley.

Ke$ha returns with a rightous mix of anger, despair, redemption and transcendence in this epic video that starts with a nightmare and ends with salvation and a promise that this is just the beginning. 

This might seem like a standard "what if Metallica was a Scandinavian Death Metal band" video, but remember that it's directed by Jonas Akerlund, and keep your eye on those decapitated pig heads. 

Beyonce goes very big with Lemonade, a visual album that mixes the personal with the universal with the political in a nearly hourlong special consisting of poetry, music and visuals.

In terms of the visual, the biggest stamp seems to come from director Khalil Joseph, but the longform also has set-pieces (aka: songs) directed by Jonas Akerlund,, Melina Matsoukas, Jonas Akerlund, Mark Romanek, Todd Tourso and Dikayl Rimmasch.

Rock 'n' Roll debauchery is always in style, as seen in this video for The Struts which splits the difference between Stonesy hotel room swagger and the Sex Pistols hitting The Thames for the Queen's Jubilee.

Wanna see the star-studded new Madonna video starring Her Madgesty alongside Nicki Minaj, Beyonce, Katy Perry, Miley Cyrus, Kanye West, Diplo, Chris Rock and others? Well, you best be a TIDAL subscriber, or at least not burned through your free trial yet since that's the only place you can see it for now.

And before you bitch about it, remember: a) she's a TIDAL owner/partner/artist, and b) she's Madonna, so she can do as she pleases.