Bitch, she's Madonna. If she wants to gather a gaggle of freaks and celebrities for a nighttime adventure, then that's what she's gonna do. Director Jonas Akerlund captures a loose and wild, sexy and campy vibe, with on-site cameos by Diplo, Chris Rock and Rita Ora, with some after-the-fact contibutions from Nicki Minaj, Beyonce, Miley Cyrus and Katy Perry.
"Peace of Mind" is the fifth music video paying homage to a feature film for Above & Beyond's album We Are All We Need; All directed by Ken Clark. The first - Vertigo (Sticky Fingers), second - Wall-E (Blue Sky Action), third - Thelma & Louise (We're All We Need), fourth - Catch Me If You Can (All Over The World) and now Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Enjoy!
Everyone loves to be the first to premiere a music video on a new platform, and any new platform would certainly love if that artist is of the caliber of Madonna. That's assuming the technology works, of course.
New app/service Meerkat, which allows any Twitter user to livestream video to all their followers, took a bow for Madonna's new "Ghosttown" video yesterday. Or, they were supposed to, but apparently technical difficulties got in the way.
So, if you were too busy on Periscope, you get another chance: The Meerkat/Madonna (re)launch happens at 1pm ET / 10am PT, where you'll get the first look at this new Madonna video directed by Jonas Akerlund (who also directed her "Ray Of Light" video)
Billy Talent singer Benjamin Kowalewicz gets elevated the old-fashioned way in this new video directed by Phil Harder. No green screen, just a massive crane that let the levetation effect be shot in-camera.
If the inaugural YouTube Music Awards had a "let's put on a show" — or, to quote Bill O'Reilly, "Fuck it, we'll do it live!" — vibe, then the follow-up finds the massive video/web site playing to their strengths and skipping the live show in favor of a deluge of specially commissioned videos by creative musicians and directors.
First up is this Petros clip for Martin Garrix, where the club DJ plays a lowly towelboy trying his darndest to catch the eye of a stuck-up guest at a very uptight country club. It's a losing proposition, until he conjures more than a little magic to seal the deal.
