November 2013

Lady Gaga "Dope (YouTube Music Award version)" (Spike Jonze, Chris Milk, dir.)

There's not a director credit on this one. Instead, this in-character Lady Gaga performance is "documented" by Spike Jonze and Chris Milk. It's raw, bravely unstyled — yet, clearly "styled," if you know what I mean — and perhaps gunning to steal that up-close "real" emotional focus from Miley Cyrus.

Watch "Dope" via YouTube

VEVO Unveils Site Relaunch: Now with Director Credit Chyrons

It's VEVO 3.0 with the site launching a total revamp in terms of its interface and backend.

The homepage does away with the poster image style, in favor of something a bit more like a blog or Facebook page with lots of content featured as you scroll down... The player itself is different, with director credits displayed by default in the lower left chyron — mouse over that area and it'll appear — something I'm sure most production folks probably love.

Also new is a trifurcation of VEVO TV. Now instead of a one feed to fit all tastes, there are now three channels: Hits, Flow (R&B/Rap) and Nashville. That's right: No rock, since perhaps research shows that most rock fans are still on America Online (ouch).

Techcrunch has more on the under-the-hood imporovements — it's now built on Node.js instead of a Microsoft .NET stack — but let's all be honest: You all just care that director credits are now on-screen by default, right?

1WayTKT "Breaking Bad" (Court Dunn, dir.)

Masked marauders, sexy girls, wild animals, and sad clown hobos dancing to a rough, pounding dub-step track, this "Breaking Bad" video has all of it. 1WayTKT brings a combination of Aretha Franklin and Walt White samples over crazy hard-hitting production. The track is set to a dark, twisted visual with a strange cast of characters directed by Court Dunn. Starring Keo as the Hobo Dancer.

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