Everybody loves a good cartoon, right? Well, as it turns out, the rock and pop stars of the 80s also saw the value of videos and animation. Once they realized that videos could be more than simply ...
The 1980s were the big bang of music videos—a cosmic explosion of creativity, technology and straight-up weirdness. With the launch of MTV in 1981, some artists used the visual art form to sell sex, ...
Back when MTV played music, a music video had the power to make a song more popular. (See also: $,$$$,$$$). In Millennial terms, the song would go “viral” on network television. Artists quickly ...
Artists still make music videos to promote their work, but it’s a much different world out there from when every new clip premiered with Ballyhoo on a channel called MTV (which still exists but is a ...
In the music video for the hot new single “Clint Eastwood,” an army of mutant apes explodes to the surface from underground and dances a disturbing ode to Michael Jackson’s “Thriller.” As the menacing ...
he video for Tom Misch and Yussef Dayes’ “Nightrider” featuring Freddie Gibbs opens with a familiar scene: Three friends drive down a road in a burnt orange convertible, smoking and vibing out to the ...
Music videos are an incredibly unique art form with a surprising amount of artistic variation and relatively expansive history. But what of the subcategory of animated music videos? Though it might ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Andrea Bossi is a New York-based contributing reporter covering music. Aug 16, 2020, 12:00pm EDT Aug 16, 2020, 12:01pm EDT This ...
The network formerly known for playing “Video Music” (and inventing “reality television”) turns thirty today, and while many can complain it is showing some signs of aging (Where are the music videos?