Community star Donald Glover is a rapper, if you didn’t know. After submitting data into a Wu-Tang Clan name generator, he decided to make the result his alter-ego rap name: Childish Gambino. Glover has been making music since 2008, outputting mixtapes and albums and headlining national tours over the years. Today his latest studio album Camp released and it includes 13 tracks. The lead single “Bonfire” has a music video and it’s embedded above. Before starring in the NBC sitcom and writing for 30 Rock, Glover made viral videos with his troup Derrick Comedy. Dan Eckman, a member of that comedy troup, directed the clip for “Bonfire.” Fair warning: the lyrics contain lots ‘o expletives. For an actor-rapper, the production value hold up pretty well, and Glover is gifted with hustle and flow. The music video includes a story and twist ending that is well worth your time; visually it’s enticing and at the same time it’ll introduce you to Glover’s rap style. Need to hear more before you purchase Camp at iTunes? NPR is currently streaming the album in its entirety.
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YouTube musician Kina Grannis has fun with jelly beans in new stop-motion music video
Have you ever heard of jelly bean art? Well it exists. And now so does a jelly bean music video. YouTube star Kina Grannis wrote a song called “In Your Arms” and developed a music video with director Greg Jardin involving 288,000 jelly beans. The insanely impressive stop-motion video, which includes a total of 2,460 individual frames, took 22 months (1,357 hours) to complete. Sure the song is catchy and Grannis has an infectious charm about her, but it’s the sheer level of dedication put into this music video that has elevated to viral status. In under a week it has amassed about 1.5 million well deserved views. After you wipe the saliva off your mouth when the video ends (and that’s either because you’re so impressed or you’re craving Jelly Belly jelly beans, or both) make sure you jump after the break to watch a seven minute making-of video that shows just how much hard work and patience was required to make the music video a reality. With “In Your Arms” Grannis has proved she’s a creative force to be reckoned with, and I cannot wait to see what she comes up with next. Continue reading YouTube musician Kina Grannis has fun with jelly beans in new stop-motion music video
Music video: Coldplay – “Paradise”
Today Coldplay released a new music video for the track “Paradise,” the second single off their upcoming fifth studio album Mylo Xyloto. The sweeping anthem plays in the background as we watch a costumed man in an elephant suit journey around the world to find his bandmates. His method of transportation is a unicycle. I don’t want to give anything away, but Coldplay frontman Chris Martin makes unicycling look easy! Whoops. The vibrant clip was directed by Mat Whitecross, the same guy who helmed the music video for the previous single “Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall.” Mylo Xyloto releases October 24.
Music video: Rihanna – “We Found Love”
Rihanna’s catchy dance track “We Found Love” now has a music video to go along with it. The Calvin Harris-produced lead single off RiRi’s upcoming sixth studio album Talk That Talk hit the radio earlier this month and quickly became a chart-topping hit. The clip embedded above features trippy visuals and contains too many jump cuts if you ask me. The Barbadian sex symbol doesn’t take much time to strip in front of her boy toy in this one. Pump up the volume and mash play to watch Rihanna let loose. Talk That Talk is due out next month.
Music video: David Guetta – “Without You” (Featuring Usher)
“Without You” is the third single off French DJ David Guetta’s latest album Nothing But the Beat and immediately it clicked with the general music-listening public. So much so, in fact, that the smash radio hit now stars in its very own music video. Turn up your speakers and watch Guetta and featured artist Usher ride the wave of plate tectonics in the clip embedded above.
Music video: Sara Bareilles – “Gonna Get Over You”
Sara Bareilles’ Kaleidoscope Heart is still beating strong. “Gonna Get Over You,” the latest single off her third studio album, just got the music video treatment and it’s a doozy. Bareilles, typically a relatively reserved singer-songwriter, busts a move in this wonderfully choreographed and colorful clip. It features a dolled up Bareilles playing dance-tag (you’ll see what I mean) inside a Spanish market. The song, like most of her others, is catchy, upbeat, and worthy of repeat listening. And in this specific case, repeat viewing. Bareilles never looked so good. Fun fact: actor Jonah Hill makes his directorial debut here.
Music video: Asher Roth – “Last Man Standing” (Featuring Akon)
Rapper Asher Roth is ramping up production on the followup to his 2009 debut Asleep in the Bread Aisle by dropping a new single titled “Last Man Standing.” It serves as the lead single off his sophomore attempt now called Is This Too Orange? (it was originally named The Spaghetti Tree). It’s due out later this year; a new mixtape Paps & Jazz will precede it.
The music video for “Last Man Standing” finds Asher stuck inside a haunted mansion fending off his enemies with combat and fast rhymes. It all plays out in slick comic book style; the rapper teamed up with comic book artist Chris Hunt to make the cool, authentic visuals pop. Featuring artist Akon is transmitted digitally onto the scene.
[Via Rap-Up]
Music video: Skylar Grey – “Invisible”
The mysterious Skylar Grey steps into the limelight fire in her latest music video for “Invisible.” Though the lyrics are quite depressing (I take these pills to make me thin/I dye my hair, and color my skin/I tried everything, to make them see me/But all they see, is someone that’s not me), the Jay Martin-directed clip is memorizing as you follow the Alex Da Kid-protégé risking her life walking up and down a high-rise. And yes, at one point she does set herself on (CGI) fire. Dig the music video above and anticipate her debut album Invinsible, now expected to drop in January.
See the music video for the promotional buzz single “Dance Without You” after the break. Continue reading Music video: Skylar Grey — “Invisible”
Music video: The Knux – “Run” (Featuring Kid Cudi)
Alternative hip hop duo The Knux teamed with Mr. Rager to come up with “Run,” the second single off their upcoming second album Eraser. Peep the rocker music video above; it takes you through a day in the life of a New York City model. Then download the cool track from iTunes here. Eraser drops September 27. Their lead single dropped in April and it’s called “She’s So Up.”
Music video: Kid Cudi – “Mr. Rager” (Featuring Surface to Air leather jacket)
Cudder continues to support his now nine-month old sophomore release Man on the Moon II with the music video for his anthem “Mr. Rager.” The clip is directed by Jérémie Rozan, founder of the high-end fashion brand Surface to Air. Cudi collaborated with Rozan to design an exclusive limited line of leather jackets. The jackets (which are featured in the video) are now on sale at the flagship Surface to Air retail shop that just opened in NYC’s trendy section Soho. To celebrate Fashion’s Night Out, Razon (and perhaps Cudi) will be on hand at the grand opening of the store tonight where the music video will be screened for those in attendance.
DatNewCudi has the scoop: “The limited edition “thriller” style jackets retail for $1,200 and feature red quilted shoulder pads, internal red pockets, quilted lining, Surface to Air logo on buttons, zips, hot stamped logo on the leather and Red quilted shoulder pads and of course is 100% leather.” Two different vairents called “Fire Jacket” and “Champ Jacket” are part of the initial release. See pics below. And don’t pass over the violent music video above; in it Cudi takes on a fashionable gang. There’s a twist ending and a super cool blink-and-you-miss-it cameo to boot!
Update: Turns out Cudi did show up at Surface to Air last night! Hear him talk about the importance of visuals attached to his music after the break.
[Via DatNewCudi 1, 2, 3] Continue reading Music video: Kid Cudi — “Mr. Rager” (Featuring Surface to Air leather jacket)
Leonard Nimoy gets lazy in “official alternate version” of Bruno Mars’ hit song
Have you ever wanted to see what it looks like when Star Trek vet Leonard Nimoy just doesn’t give a damn? The man who played Spock came out of retirement for a second time (the first time involved a voice-over job in the animated Fringe episode “Lysergic Acid Diethylamide”) to star in this high-larious “official alternate version” music video for Bruno Mars’ “The Lazy Song.” Watch as he starts his morning by acting out in front of a mirror, scaring an innocent child at the grocery store, practicing his Vulcan salute, roaming his neighborhood in a robe, and getting lazy with beers and a joint. It doesn’t get much better than this people.
Or maybe it does. Click after the break to watch the video set against Danger Mouse & Jemini’s hip-hop track “The Sh!t.” Continue reading Leonard Nimoy gets lazy in “official alternate version” of Bruno Mars’ hit song
Actor Miles Fisher creates fun, gory musical to promote ‘Final Destination 5’
Miles Fisher landed the lead role in the fifth installment of the Final Destination franchise, and to celebrate he wrote a catchy song called “New Romance” and starred in the parody video that’s embedded above. Fisher approached FD5 studio backer Warner Bros. with the idea and they decided to fund it. It’s really fun to describe: Fisher has imagined a colorful world that melds high school teenie boppers and well groomed guys with over-the-top death sequences in the style of Saved By The Bell. Watch it now, it’s a bloody good time.
And this isn’t the first time Fisher has made a parody; check out Pinkberry 3D!
[Via Deadline]