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 ...
When MTV debuted in 1981, it ushered in a golden era of music videos. The network’s launch was groundbreaking for artists everywhere. Suddenly, music was no longer a purely audible medium. Visuals ...
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 ...
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 ...