Alec Eskander

Five Finger Death Punch "Wrong Side of Heaven" (Nick Peterson, dir.)

In times of war, people sometimes forget about those who actively participate in combat. Five Finger Death Punch brings the issue of war veterans and PTSD to light in this clip. The last two minutes feature a scroll of around fifty different organizations where vets can find help - the sheer number of those groups may be the most shocking thing about this video.

High Fashion and Other Controversies in Sky Ferreira "I Blame Myself" (Grant Singer, dir.)

Controversy seems to have a way of finding Sky Ferreira.

While I thought the uproar about "I Blame Myself" would come from her indie base questioning the shoppable aspects of the video — nearly every garment and accessory in the video is available for purchase via online retailer Ssense, and saying the stuff is expensive would be an understatement — it instead comes from people claiming the urban hood setting and gang member dance troupe are racist.

There's a lengthy response from Ferreira on her Facebook, plus lots and lots of comments ranging from lengthy well-reasoned interpretations to "fuck u youre dumb" stuff, which is the kind of discourse one expects online.