Last week we reviewed Ciara’s song “Ride,” citing her very obvious sexual references with her over-the-top innuendo. If anyone thought she might be using these “cleverly” disguised metaphors as something other than referencing hot and steamy intercourse, those confusions will be cleared up with her video for “Ride.” The video is simply Ciara “dancing” by…
The song and video for “She Got It Made,” off of the upcoming album Goon Affiliated by Plies is one that stereotypically paints rappers as money-obsessed thugs whose goal in life is to spend a ton of cash on a stereotypical video ho. Well, at least Plies’s video ho does not start off as one.…
Erykah Badu’s video for song “Window Seat” has been talked about a lot lately for being shocking, controversial and over-the-top. The video includes nudity, a recreation of the JFK assassination — at the same spot he actually was assassinated — and a message rallying against people who think more like sheep. Badu is not a…
Owl City’s song “Vanilla Twilight” is beautifully written and beautifully sung, and the video matches this theme with a beautifully shot series of close-ups of people staring at the sky. Unfortunately, the video is so weird with so many WTF moments all beauty is completely drained from the release. The video starts out with several…
The videos for the Black Eyed Peas tracks “Imma Be” and “Rock That Body” need to be watched together as the band intended them to be to fully understand them, as if they are watched separately viewers will leave scratching their heads and wondering if will.i.am’s brain was damaged when CNN interviewed him as a…
A 24-year-old Taiwanese man is on his way to becoming the next Susan Boyle. Without the Internet, that sentence would never exist, but neither would Susan Boyle’s fame and next superstar Lin Yu Chun Sing. The Taiwanese man — who is being called a young boy by every news outlet that has picked up the…
The video for Usher’s new single “OMG,” featuring will.i.am sacrifices any type of plot or story for multiple choreographed dance numbers and shiny futuristic settings — which honestly suits the auto-tuned club track perfectly. Usher is not trying to reinvent the medium with this video, but he does provide some great dance moves to what…
Are you left out to sea to find yourself? Perhaps you too, like Lacey Mosley of Flyleaf are stuck in the depressing Victorian era set of Flyleaf’s latest video “Missing.” OK, so you are not lost out at sea and you weren’t on the video set. So here’s the story. You’ve likely heard the song,…
Using the words hedonistic, sexy, steamy, and erotic is not typical when speaking about an Usher video, but the R&B singer sure changes his typical vibe with the new video for “Lil Freak.” The video is a combination of the films Saw and Dirty Dancing — two films that have absolutely nothing in common and…
To state that the video for the Young Money collaboration release of “Roger That” was inspired by the Frank Miller comic books-turned films like Sin City and The Spirit is an understatement. The style, including pop-up lyrics written in comic word bubbles, is exactly like the black, white, and red art of the very dark…