I've found it, I've found it, I've found it. I've been hoping that one day I'll come across a music video that just contains dancers that is an amazing music video; and, here it is. This is flat-out amazing, We have choreography that is artistic, relates to the song, and is executed brilliantly; and, then we have the editing which is beyond anything I've come across before. This is a music video we've needed in our lives for some time - how on earth have I only just come across this? Time to rectify that, this is my new favourite music video at this very moment. This is a backdated blog, however, at the time of this date, I had been looking up Galantis' music since I went to see them perform at the London Roundhouse on their The Aviary Tour in February, and I also wrote up a review of the gig for CelebMix. Watch a bunch of dancers move and nail choreography to this song whilst shapes, lines and other amazing editing techniques are used to create an immersive music video to Galantis & Throttle's song "Tell Me You Love Me".
Galantis are a Swedish house duo consisting of Christian Karlsson (Bloodshy) and Linus Eklöw (Style Of Eye). They have been building their name around the world and have had several hits. That's not it though, their other songs that aren't successful chart hits are also well-known by many and this really shows that this duo can make it in the music industry. I'm excited to see what the future will bring for these two as they keep growing bigger and bigger as they release more and more music. This song is a collaboration with Throttle, real name Robbie Bergin. He's been raising the game in music for a few years. He's from Australia and is just 20 years old, having started his dip in music at 15. He's one of the most talked about rising stars at the moment as he continues to switch up music as we know it. I really do see him hitting it internationally with a global hit in the next year or so. This song was written by Christian "Bloodshy" Karlsson, Jimmy "Svidden" Koitsch, Linus Eklöw, Sarah Aarons, Throttle, Eddie Jenkins, and Henrik Jonback. There are uncredited vocals from Sarah Aarons, on this track.
Directed by MOSSS, this music video is a pure dance music video. These sort of music videos doesn't gain much interest to me unless it has killer choreography, has something great going on, and it's been edited right... Well, that is exactly what this music video is in every single way.
It's an upbeat number that contains three incredible dancers who are Sorah Yang, Noah Henderson, and Eric Whitehurst. They bat out choreography naturally as if it's freelance - it could well be, although I doubt it since it exactly relates to the music at times. It's a crafted skill and looks beyond brilliant.
What makes this music video so good is the use of the art visuals and the editing. It's not easy to fully pull this off, but the creative team behind this music video has done just that. It makes this music video a lot more engaging and really brings the audience into the visual.
I can't help but love this music video. It may not have a narrative or a performance piece, but Galantis & Throttle prove that you don't need all that to make an epic and brilliant music video. This has got everything we all have been looking for.
I told you I was going to complete Hunter Hayes' three-part music video film, titled "Pictures"; so, here we are with part two, and I seriously cannot wait to watch. We finally get to continue the story on this backdated blog post of mine, although I wish I had caught up by now, but you know how difficult I find it to catch up on my blog - but I will do it; I made this bed of mine and now I need to correct it by catching up, although that's certainly not something I can do overnight. So, here's another one of his music videos as I complete the "Pictures" series. Watch Hunter Hayes convey emotion in his performance piece as we watch a female photographer go about her dream as she misses her husband in this music video for "More".
Hunter Hayes truly has it all, a perfect voice, a brilliant way with words, and incredible music videos. He hit it big with his early songs but now he's had the time to really craft his songwriting and his music, and this really shows in his latest singles which just has this caring spin to them. Just like most of his songs, these manage to bring the raw essence of what he wants to present to the world, whilst also being true to himself. His early singles really hit home such as "Wanted" - which is his biggest hit; but if you delve deep enough and really listen to his latest songs, you'll realise he is changing current country music and people really need to realise this and give him the attention he so clearly deserves. This song was written by Hunter Hayes, Paul DiGiovanni, and Richard McGill.
The music video was directed by John Edde & Matt Edde, and focuses mainly on the photographer that we first saw in the part one of this music video film series, titled "You Should Be Loved". The series comes from the paintings that were created in the "Rescue" music video, and therefore slightly connecting that visual to this three-parter, although it is not officially a part of the series.
I had initially thought the photographer's partner had passed away, you will know that if you had read my "You Should Be Loved" music video review. This really proves that I hadn't watched this music video before then as I would've known he hadn't passed away, but instead had been sent to war. Also, this music video reveals that the photographer has a daughter, this isn't exactly made clear in the first part, as I stated.
The daughter reveals that she is missing her father, just as much as her mother is missing him as well. It's sweet to know that they are missing them the same amount, and it's heart-warming to see flashback scenes of the past. I especially love the scene where he calls her brave, yet she reveals that she's only taking photos and that what he is going to do is truly brave.
This loving family is amazing to watch, and she continues to take photos of couples. Towards the end, she goes to a job interview and the interviewer is not happy with the photographs she has taken; she gives it her last shot by showing a photo of an old couple she had taken recently, where the old woman was in a wheelchair. This impresses the interviewer and gives her a job.
We finally see that the father has returned, much to the delight of our main character and her daughter. It's amazing to see the love that family shares, but what's more surprising is the twist of an ending. We end up in the interviewer's home who's partner is also in a wheelchair, much like the old couple that the photographer took a picture of. In comes their daughter, who is Sophie from the first part. Her father asks her where she's been and she professes that she's been out with Bruce - which isn't strictly true. We also find out that she's getting married soon - well that's put a spanner in the works.
The narrative is full, and yet they've managed to give us a Hunter Hayes performance piece throughout too. He's expressive and passionate, although it seems he is stuck beside that car. He must've time-travelled since he still doesn't fit in that time era, yet he's standing next to a classic car. He also fails to move around, at all. Regardless, he still manages to give us performance energy in every way. This is the Hunter Hayes we love.
Overall, this music video is amazing. It really ups the game from the previous one and by just focusing on the one character, we have more of a backstory that really envelopes us as viewers. Hunter Hayes shines, even though there are a few small faults; regardless, I can so overlook them since the storyline is beyond perfect. I can't wait to watch part three.
Who doesn't love a bit of Felix Jaehn? He's one of the rising DJs that we have all become addicted to. This one track is one of our favourites because it is spreading the message of how we all need to be ourselves in this world. This was released officially on 9 February 2018, the date I have backdated this blog post to, making this a new release. I am so far behind on my blog that I am not happy about it, but I plan to put in the work and catch myself up. It will happen, even though it does feel like an impossible task. This music video isn't as great as the song itself, though. Watch Marc E. Bassy perform this track to the camera as various shots show off people being themselves in this music video for Felix Jaehn's song "Cool" that also features Gucci Mane.
Felix Jaehn, real name Feliz Jähn, launched onto the music scene with a cover and has since managed to build up his profile within the DJ world as well as the music world. This is his first release of 2018 and was followed up with his album - which was released the following week. It's a great promotional lead single, but it didn't help to promote his album more than any of his previous single releases. It just lacked promotion that this song really needed since the content is exactly what we need out in the world. The song features Marc E. Bassy, real name Marc Griffin, who has been building up his career in the past couple of years. He has collaborated with G-Eazy a few times and has had one hit international single. He's definitely got this potential around him which suggests that a few bigger hit singles will be released by him, no doubt. There's also a feature from Gucci Mane, real name Radric Davis, who is definitely the American rapper we're all keeping our eyes on. He launched internationally as the feature on Rae Sremmurd's "Black Beatles" and has ever since made his name known globally. He continues to be a prominent force in music, so this team-up should've been a worldwide hit, it just wasn't. "Cool" was written by Felix Jaehn, Scott Harris, Rick Markowitz, Micah Premnath, Radric Davis, and Jonas Jeberg.
Directed by Drew Kirsch, this music video doesn't go anywhere. It's a pure performance piece that attempts to showcase Marc E. Bassy, but it's so disappointing as a complete whole. There are scenes of Felix Jaehn in the background, but the focus is on Marc E. Bassy.
Now, this wouldn't normally get on my nerves, I'm all for artists promoting themselves, but they really need to be comfortable in front of a camera and be able to send their performance vibes to the audience at home. No matter if it's a dance song, a country song, a rap song, a jazz song, a classical song, a metal song, an instrumental song, or a pop ballad. Marc E. Bassy is lacking performance. There's nothing that interests me into watching him sing the song.
The music video starts off with Felix Jaehn talking in his own language, with English subtitles at the bottom, which says: "It is so important to be authentic and just to be true to yourself. It does not matter who you are how you look or what clothes you wear as long as you are authentic. The moment you are acting and trying to be someone else is when you really aren't cool." What a way to open a video, especially one that has a brilliant song with a deep meaning, like this one; well, until the video fails to do or go anywhere.
There are various characters in this, which suggests that maybe there's a bigger music video behind this and it has been stripped back or the narrative has been edited out; as these stories aren't something that we are capable of following in this visual. Marc E. Bassy takes up the majority of the scenes and his presence isn't addicting or engaging. He loses most of the audience.
Overall, this music video could've been a hell of a lot better, if it had been done right. Instead, it just fails overall. Felix Jaehn may have stated that this is his favourite music video yet, and we stand by his opinion as the song and visual does suggest that people should be authentic to themselves and be who they really are, yet at the same time it's completely lacking and just isn't something we want to watch again and again.
Wow, what a music video for me to choose for my Thursday Revisit. I remember adoring this song when I first bought the album - because, yes, I was a Justin Timberlake fan at the time. Now, I'm not, and this music video practically explains why - well it doesn't really, I just lost interest in Justin Timberlake as an artist overall. This music video shows how little interest I had in him at this point since this visual is just that, a visual. It's something I could've gotten out of Visualisations from Windows Media Player (remember those days?) only with Justin Timberlake thrown into the midst. Watch Justin Timberlake sort of perform to this song as we see blue visualisations and then see him literally in a trance in a futuristic white room in this music video for "LoveStoned / I Think She Knows (Interlude)".
Justin Timberlake is one of the top male artists in the music industry. He was originally a member of *NSYNC and he's the only one who has had a successful career since the group has split. It does seem like his former bandmates are never going to succeed. He continues to show off his prominence in the industry and it's amazing to see how he can keep getting chart hits. The one thing I can't fault him on is his promotion, he sure knows how to work for those chart positions. This one did pretty well, average at the time of the release, all things considered. The song was written by Justin Timberlake, Tim Mosley, and Nate "Danja" Hills.
The music video was directed by Robert Hales and was filmed in Salford, England, UK. It is beyond basic, and certainly one of these music videos that no one will remember after watching it on the music channels, mixed with plenty of other videos.
This one does have a Windows Media Player Visualisations theme to it, as we watch waves of music get sculpted into Justin Timberlake - who performs with his dance ability and stage presence. However, we don't feel any of his energy as it gets lost in the constant changing of the musical waves.
And don't get me started on that ending. What was that? After building up our anticipated energy, hoping that Justin Timberlake gives us something to receive, we see him in a trance-like state - or should I say LoveStoned-state? - where he just stands there looking at the camera with no emotion or anything.
Overall, this music video just fails on every aspect, level, and wave. What Justin Timberlake is known for, is stripped away as we are continually distracted by these musical waves visuals. It just doesn't work at all.
I've been meaning to watch this three-part film, titled "Pictures", consisting of Hunter Hayes' latest music videos, for ages, but I really haven't been able to get around to it. Well, guess I can do that right now, and make up for it, by watching the first part and hopefully follow it up with the other videos in the following back-dated weeks. I can't believe how far behind on my blog I am. I've never ever been this far behind, so I'm in two minds on whether to focus and catch up, or just start over again; but, I know that if I start over again, I'll never forgive myself, and I'll probably fall behind again; whereas, if I focus and catch up and get into a rhythm, I may get so used to writing on my blog again that I will fully catch up and manage to keep my blog up-to-date - oh, how I wish that will happen, I guess we will wait and see. I love Hunter Hayes, his vocals and visuals are always on point. I adore continuing music videos, like the Basshunter ones, and Troye Sivan's Blue Neighbourhood visuals, that I seriously can't wait to start this one and watch it all the way through. Watch Hunter Hayes perform whilst playing the piano as we watch various characters in a narrative that makes us want to know what's going on in this music video for "You Should Be Loved" featuring The Shadowboxers.
Hunter Hayes is an American country singer-songwriter who went viral with his absolutely incredible song "Wanted". He has been on my radar ever since and I've liked a lot of his previous music, but his latest releases haven't quite captured me the way his early releases did. Take this song, for example, it took me months and months to finally like the song, and I'm not the only one since the track failed to chart. I expect more music to come from him soon, surely there's a new album being prepared, right? "You Should Be Loved" features The Shadowboxers who are a five-piece American pop band consisting of Adam Hoffman, Matt Lipkins, Scott Tyler, Cole McSween, and Carlos Enamorado. I just realised I have previously wrote about the release of this song on CelebMix. The pop group provides the backing vocals for this track. They've gone on to release albums and feature on other tracks - I'm excited to see where The Shadowboxers go in the future. This song was written by Blair Daly, Hunter Hayes, and Sam Ellis.
Directed by John Edde & Matt Edde, this music video has brilliant content - once again Hunter Hayes has given us an addicting music video. The characters in the narrative were apparently inspired by the painting that was created in the "Rescue" music video - although that music video does not officially link with this three-parter.
We'll start off with the performance piece of this. Hunter Hayes is lacking his usual energy, probably because he is sat behind a piano throughout this visual. Regardless, he still gives it his all to the camera and continues to showcase his many instrumental talents. It's great to see him play the piano, I just wish he had expressed this song a bit more during his scenes. It's also disappointing that he isn't a part of the narrative; however, it's still a great music video anyway.
As for the narrative, it is an in-depth storyline that definitely delves deep into Hunter Hayes' song and draws out this engaging set of events that is set in a different time era to that of the performance piece - this also makes it feel warped to some extent. We open up with dialogue from three of the characters. The girl in the backseat thanks her two friends - who are together - for giving her a ride. As she leaves to see the band, the guy (Bruce) grabs his girlfriend by the arm and tells her that he wanted to stay in tonight, and then asks if she's hiding something from him.
What a way to get us involved in a narrative from the get-go. It has a Grease/Hairspray-style setting, so the year must be 60's. Inside we see a band playing, this is not The Shadowboxers - who are a vocal group - and there's a clear connection between a band player and our main girl from the back of the car.
The story unfolds where we find out the girl who was in the relationship is actually hiding something, she's fallen for this other guy, who actually looks after her and cares for her. We also see a photographer who, after taking a few couple photos, is taken back to her bedroom where she's missing her partner; by the looks of the framed photograph, he has passed away.
During one of the scenes, we learn the girlfriend's name, which is Sophie, and she gets together with the guy she likes and kisses him. This is where this guy sees the bruises on Sophie's shoulder.
This is a well-thought-out music video, and it's certainly intrigued us into the second part of "Pictures" although I'm not entirely sure what route the whole three-part movie will take us down but I definitely want to find out, so expect the following music videos to be reviewed by me in the coming weeks. As much as this works on paper, I feel like it needed to be ironed out through the narrative, as the scene with the photographer at the end is quite confusing. Not only that, but Hunter Hayes does not fit into this at all and it jumps from present to 60's as if they're meant to be aligned. Regardless, it's a relatable storyline, that links in well with the song, and the artist does a great job.
