It's not his life flashing before his eyes, but a wild metaphysical adventure that takes actor Dane DeHaan from the bottom of the lake and soaring up into the skies... 

"Only" ain't a love song, but you might not have expected the video to veer nearly as dark as horrorcore, with director Hannah Lux Davis overshadowing her pop/beauty side with something more akin to old-school Floria Sigismondi, with a little S&M and even Hostel thrown into the mix. 

A performance that's mainly lit by the fuzzy memories and other broadcasts behind him...

Another day, another list. These are the Top 10 Most-Watched YouTube videos of 2014 — not to be confused with the most watched 2014 VEVO videos, which is different since that list includes VEVO app/mobile/site views not within the YouTube ecosystem ...

Top 10 Music Videos of 2014 on YouTube

• 1. Katy Perry "Dark Horse" (Mathew Cullen, dir.)
• 2. Enrique Iglesias "Bailando" (Alejandro Perez, dir.)
• 3. Shakira f/ Rihanna "Can't Remember To Forget You" (Joseph Kahn, dir.)
• 4. Shakira "La La La (Brazil 2014)" (Jaume de la Iguana, dir.)
• 5. Jason Derulo "Wiggle" (Colin Tilley, dir.)
• 6. Iggy Azalea "Fancy" (Director X, dir.)
• 7. Sia "Chandelier" (Sia & Daniel Askill, dir.)
• 8. Meghan Trainor "All About That Bass" (Fatima Robinson, dir.)
• 9. Taylor Swift "Shake It Off" (Mark Romanek, dir.)
• 10. Nicki Minaj "Anaconda" (Colin Tilley, dir.)

Takeaway? Shakira is crazy popular.

VEVO hasn't graduated to an Awards show (yet?) but they did let fans vote for the VEVO Hot This Year 2014 list, with winning videos in all the traditional categories.

VEVO Hot This Year 2014

• VIDEO OF THE YEAR: Katy Perry "Dark Horse" (Mathew Cullen, dir.)
• BEST POP VIDEO: Katy Perry "Dark Horse" (Mathew Cullen, dir.)
• BEST FEMALE VIDEO: Demi Lovato "Really Don't Care" (Ryan Pallotta, dir.)
• BEST MALE VIDEO: Sam Smith "Stay With Me" (Jamie Thraves, dir.)
• BEST DUO OR GROUP VIDEO: One Direction "You & I" (Ben Winston, dir.)
• BEST COLLABORATION VIDEO: Jessie J / Ariana Grande / Nicki Minaj "Bang Bang" (Hannah Lux Davis, dir.)
• BEST HIP HOP VIDEO: Nicki Minaj "Anaconda" (Colin Tilley, dir.)
• BEST EDM/DANCE VIDEO: Calvin Harris "Summer" (Emil Nava, dir.)
• BEST ALTERNATIVE / ROCK VIDEO: Tove Lo "Habits" (Motellet, dir.)
• BEST COUNTRY VIDEO: Miranda Lambert f/ Carrie Underwood "Somethin Bad" (Trey Fanjoy, dir.)
• SEXIEST VIDEO: Shakira "Can't Remember To Forget You" (Joseph Kahn, dir.)
• BEST LATIN VIDEO: Shakira "La La La" (Anthony Mandler, dir.)
• BEST LIFT ARTIST: 5 Seconds Of Summer "She Looks So Perfect" (Frank Borin, dir.)
• BEST VIDEO WITH A CAUSE: Demi Lovato "Really Don't Care" (Ryan Pallotta, dir.)
• BEST INDIE VIDEO: Arcade Fire "We Exist" w/ Andrew Garfield (David Wilson, dir.)
• BEST LIVE PERFORMANCE: Lady Gaga "ARTPOP"
• BEST LYRIC VIDEO: Katy Perry Goes "Birthday" Cake Crazy in New Lyric Video
• BEST VEVO UK VIDEO: Sam Smith "Stay With Me" (Jamie Thraves, dir.)
• FUNNIEST VIDEO: DJ Snake & Lil Jon "Turn Down For What" (Daniels, dir.)
• BEST CERTIFIED VIDEO: Katy Perry "Dark Horse" (Mathew Cullen, dir.)

It's a meta music video for Wardell aka brother/sister duo Theo and Sascha Spielberg — who are indeed the children of famed film director Steven Spielberg — with a played-in-reverse concept that starts with a shot and then rewinds to show how things came together. 

You could make a playlist of the 25 biggest hits of 2014, but DJ Earworm knows better about short attention spans. Here's his 2014 mash-up, crushing 25 hit records into a seamless track that's unique and could be a hit in its own right — and not just because Billboard is gonna count it's approximately 7 million views and counting toward the charts.