Thomas Kloss

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Lady Gaga "G.U.Y." (Lady Gaga, dir.)

I'm not the best with either Greek or Real Housewives mythology, so there's a chance I've got this all wrong. Maybe Lady Gaga isn't a modern day Icarus, who's been brought down from her artistic heights by money men and in-fighting executives. Maybe Bravo TV mastermind Andy Cohen isn't God, and the Housewives won't serenade us in the afterlife. 

But, I am 100% certain this is 11 minutes of inspired insanity — and that includes the four minutes which are just credits. Shot on-location at the Hearst Castle in San Simeon and featuring a cast of hundreds — we're talking models, Real Housewives, a Michael Jackson impersonator, Gandhi,  and much — this opus plays like a compilation of every idea, big or small, that's struck Lady Gaga and her team since the mixed reaction to her Artpop launch.

And it's open-ended enough that you can run with whatever narrative you want: Take it as proof of Gaga's creative rebirth, or as messy self-indulgence. So long as you take it in, share it, and talk about it, I'm pretty sure it's mission accomplished for this master media manipulator.

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The-Dream "IV Play" (Director X, dir.)

The-Dream - IV Play

The-Dream is not down with foreplay. He will, however, find the time for a foursome. And, no, I don't mean golf.

Director X lets the camera sweep over the stunning architecture of Pomona, CA's Diamond Ranch High School it's alien terrain, populated by three women who strut and pose and eventually go for a ride with the laidback Dream.