{"id":1982,"date":"2020-12-17T07:01:30","date_gmt":"2020-12-17T15:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/5fd91a4bc10d0629d1e4fb80"},"modified":"2020-12-17T07:01:30","modified_gmt":"2020-12-17T15:01:30","slug":"the-20-best-music-videos-of-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/authoritydaily.com\/the-20-best-music-videos-of-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"The 20 Best Music Videos of 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/media.pitchfork.com\/photos\/5fda682ec0746da9cbdba6bc\/16:9\/w_1280,c_limit\/musicvideos.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted lazyload\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<p>While the pandemic forced us all inside this year, some of our favorite artists kept us distracted and lifted our spirits by breaking new ground with their visuals. Whether tiptoeing into Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion\u2019s candy-colored sexual funhouse, reveling in Bad Bunny\u2019s unexpected drag persona, or logging into FKA twigs\u2019 camgirl show along with rapper 645AR, music fans were treated to a buffet of eye-popping and inventive clips from newcomers and established stars alike. See our picks for the best music videos of 2020, listed in alphabetical order by artist name, below. And check out all of Pitchfork\u2019s 2020 wrap-up coverage <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/topics\/the-best-music-of-2020\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<figure class=\"iframe-embed iframe-embed--center\">\n<div class=\"iframe-embed__container\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"113\" width=\"200\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-popups allow-same-origin\" class=\"iframe-embed__content\" title=\"Embedded Frame\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/chtCbEjhJcE\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<h2>645AR: \u201cSum Bout U\u201d [ft. FKA twigs]<\/h2>\n<p>Director: Aidan Zamiri<\/p>\n<p>While the pandemic decimated the mainstream adult entertainment industry, it breathed <a class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/secure-web.cisco.com\/1DR40sNs9ybtvEGZ0RTPrLhcvwZ4QSKgqTqqhzDuJVW1cgJGZyRebGuR-uAHjyzxfQNMUIqs4irqmgH4s93KHx4TGGBuWua5Pznd0les5FkJ9iX7HVKSgKHzHs4V_efeaU6I6VAuOfsiZUfwkznyKP0e-UdYIKDHcDmlEO1Kb1VpVUxM8k5v9JzpROFIL2uSDapt2CyyLyFCBf33_DYz2dMhZgId3KbeQQpzRcVgMcbd_pvFy0aljoADuWh57x5XEO0K-X3Crb05Y0-Iu0bZBduXgULU7cJv_SGS_8jTHDRnTY2Rpq4-V4mSvZFVC73knljZzvdN0TKTfF6uJESrIDq2AV41zu7fQg-EZoN-Iy8w\/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theringer.com%2F2020%2F5%2F27%2F21269951%2Fporn-coronavirus-pandemic-onlyfans&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/secure-web.cisco.com\/1DR40sNs9ybtvEGZ0RTPrLhcvwZ4QSKgqTqqhzDuJVW1cgJGZyRebGuR-uAHjyzxfQNMUIqs4irqmgH4s93KHx4TGGBuWua5Pznd0les5FkJ9iX7HVKSgKHzHs4V_efeaU6I6VAuOfsiZUfwkznyKP0e-UdYIKDHcDmlEO1Kb1VpVUxM8k5v9JzpROFIL2uSDapt2CyyLyFCBf33_DYz2dMhZgId3KbeQQpzRcVgMcbd_pvFy0aljoADuWh57x5XEO0K-X3Crb05Y0-Iu0bZBduXgULU7cJv_SGS_8jTHDRnTY2Rpq4-V4mSvZFVC73knljZzvdN0TKTfF6uJESrIDq2AV41zu7fQg-EZoN-Iy8w\/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theringer.com%2F2020%2F5%2F27%2F21269951%2Fporn-coronavirus-pandemic-onlyfans\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">new life<\/a> into subscription platforms like OnlyFans, a direct-to-consumer site that allows its creators increased financial and artistic autonomy. In their video for \u201cSum Bout U,\u201d 645AR and FKA twigs explore digital intimacy and demonstrate how sex work can be its own form of art. On a fictional site called Onlycamzzz, twigs dances and poses in a number of high-fashion ensembles and a creepy rabbit\u2019s head. Watching from behind a multi-monitor setup, 645AR is a swooning reply guy, frantically entering his credit card information and sending tips. The concept was conceived by twigs herself and transforms \u201cSum Bout U\u201d from a horny-on-the-main anthem into an empowering take on creativity and labor. \u2013Quinn Moreland<\/p>\n<hr>\n<figure class=\"iframe-embed iframe-embed--center\">\n<div class=\"iframe-embed__container\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"113\" width=\"200\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-popups allow-same-origin\" class=\"iframe-embed__content\" title=\"Embedded Frame\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gfGz4MTQ28I\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<h2>Arca: \u201cNonbinary\u201d<\/h2>\n<p>Director: Frederik Heyman<\/p>\n<p>There are feature films with less visual interest than Arca\u2019s two-minute video for \u201cNonbinary.\u201d In a series of splendorous cyborg mise-en-sc\u00e8nes created with artist and director Frederik Heyman, Arca lies on a rocky plinth, pierced by a pair of giant shears; reclines with her feet in gynecological stirrups as robots tend to her pregnant belly; enacts her own version of Botticelli\u2019s <em>Birth of Venus<\/em> as she floats above a flooded graveyard. Nothing is resolved or explained in this absurd, alluring spectacle, or in the mimed argument between Arca\u2019s inner angel and devil that caps it off. The point is possibility, both\/and within the self, the infinite, fantastic pursuit of gender euphoria. \u2013Anna Gaca<\/p>\n<hr>\n<figure class=\"iframe-embed iframe-embed--center\">\n<div class=\"iframe-embed__container\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"113\" width=\"200\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-popups allow-same-origin\" class=\"iframe-embed__content\" title=\"Embedded Frame\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GtSRKwDCaZM\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<h2>Bad Bunny: \u201cYo Perreo Sola\u201d<\/h2>\n<p>Directors: STILLZ and Benito Martinez<\/p>\n<p>As <a class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/fashion\/article\/51147\/1\/harry-styles-vogue-december-cover-dress-gender-fluid-gucci-tyler-mitchell&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/fashion\/article\/51147\/1\/harry-styles-vogue-december-cover-dress-gender-fluid-gucci-tyler-mitchell\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">recent events have shown<\/a>, any famous man can don a dress for a glitzy photoshoot and be hailed by fans as a boundary-pushing king. But what makes Bad Bunny\u2019s \u201cYo Perreo Sola\u201d visually exhilarating isn\u2019t simply the casual subversion of gender stereotypes\u2014though that\u2019s precisely what the reggaeton superstar does, taking on several different drag looks over the course of the music video. Co-directed by Benito himself, the art itself is a playful middle finger to toxic masculinity; it compels casual listeners of the traditionally machismo genre to reorient their perspectives towards empathy and respect for women and the LGBTQ+ community. After the lights go down, the video closes with bold, red text in Spanish: \u201cIf she doesn\u2019t want to dance with you, respect her, she twerks alone.\u201d So-called woke culture may not be cool, but basic humanity sure as hell is. \u2013Noah Yoo<\/p>\n<hr>\n<figure class=\"iframe-embed iframe-embed--center\">\n<div class=\"iframe-embed__container\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"113\" width=\"200\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-popups allow-same-origin\" class=\"iframe-embed__content\" title=\"Embedded Frame\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/agCgvFTJeRs\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<h2>Beyonc\u00e9: \u201cALREADY\u201d [ft. Shatta Wale & Major Lazer]<\/h2>\n<p>Director: Beyonc\u00e9<\/p>\n<p>With the release of her sprawling Disney+ film <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/thepitch\/beyonce-black-is-king-review-awe-inspiring-looks-muddled-messages\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><em>Black Is King<\/em><\/a> this summer, Beyonc\u00e9 proved that she remains on the cutting edge of music visuals. Her choreography is emotional and athletic. Her storytelling is personal and vivid. Her references are spiritual and learned. \u201cALREADY\u201d\u2014a duet with Ghanaian dancehall star Shatta Wale, produced by Diplo and GuiltyBeatz\u2014is just one five-minute vignette from the hour-and-a-half-long <em>Black is King<\/em>. But within its bounds, it still calls upon West African street dancing, diverse tokens of African wealth, Salvador Dal\u00ed\u2019s photography, and more global symbols of art, life, and leisure. In a melange of roughly a dozen separate scenes, black life pulses and beats like a thriving heart. Even as a part of a huge cinematic effort, \u201cALREADY\u201d is a world of its own. \u2013Mankaprr Conteh<\/p>\n<hr>\n<figure class=\"iframe-embed iframe-embed--center\">\n<div class=\"iframe-embed__container\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"113\" width=\"200\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-popups allow-same-origin\" class=\"iframe-embed__content\" title=\"Embedded Frame\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hsm4poTWjMs\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<h2>Cardi B: \u201cWAP\u201d [ft. Megan Thee Stallion]<\/h2>\n<p>Director: Colin Tilley<\/p>\n<p>For sheer audacity and joy, nothing else this year surpassed \u201cWAP,\u201d a brash paean to pussy accompanied by an appropriately batshit, star-studded video. Immediately racking up over 26 million views in its first 24 hours on YouTube, \u201cWAP\u201d sets Cardi and Megan in a warped, polychromatic sex mansion replete with tigers, leopards, snakes, and cameos on cameos. The clip is a high-budget phantasmagoria with its tongue planted firmly in its cheek, as the two playfully tiptoe from room to room feigning shock at each reveal. Of course, the delightfully racy video literally shocked some conservative pundits, who flocked to Fox News to publicly clutch their pearls and push both rap stars into the political spotlight as arbiters of sexual provocation. Remaining as true to herself as ever, Cardi had a perfectly succinct <a class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/i-d.vice.com\/en_us\/article\/ep4kq4\/cardi-b-onlyfans-wap-2020-interview&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/i-d.vice.com\/en_us\/article\/ep4kq4\/cardi-b-onlyfans-wap-2020-interview\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">response<\/a> to the noise: \u201cIt doesn\u2019t make me angry. It makes me happy. They keep talking and the numbers keep going up.\u201d \u2013Eric Torres<\/p>\n<hr>\n<figure class=\"iframe-embed iframe-embed--center\">\n<div class=\"iframe-embed__container\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"150\" width=\"200\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-popups allow-same-origin\" class=\"iframe-embed__content\" title=\"Embedded Frame\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EIdSORj_dd0\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<h2>Christine and the Queens: <em>La vita nuova<\/em><\/h2>\n<p>Director: Colin Solal Cardo<\/p>\n<p>This short film is as decadent as a 15-course tasting menu. As romantic as a stroll along the Seine at dusk. As invigorating as a 5K run on the first day of spring. It is the boldest, most complete encapsulation of the Christine and the Queens aesthetic to date. Every second of the 14-minute video, which brings to life most of Chris\u2019 2020 EP <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/reviews\/albums\/christine-and-the-queens-la-vita-nuova-ep\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><em>La vita nuova<\/em><\/a>, is stuffed with impossibly expressive choreography (courtesy of Sia collaborator Ryan Heffington), mythical beauty (Chris\u2019 co-stars include a vampiric faun), and enough frilly fashion to fill <em>Vogue<\/em>\u2019s September issue. Filmed in and around Paris\u2019 ornate Palais Garnier opera house, it tells the fantastical story of an artist doing battle with her passions\u2014for love, for art, for pure expression. By the final scene, Chris is reinventing John Travolta\u2019s <em>Saturday Night Fever<\/em> lothario through a queer lens while demonically biting the neck of guest star Caroline Polachek. This is art-pop cinema that\u2019s both steeped in history and gloriously unafraid to blaze its own way. \u2013Ryan Dombal<\/p>\n<hr>\n<figure class=\"iframe-embed iframe-embed--center\">\n<div class=\"iframe-embed__container\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"113\" width=\"200\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-popups allow-same-origin\" class=\"iframe-embed__content\" title=\"Embedded Frame\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oyIrhGleD9M\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<h2>Denzel Curry \/ Kenny Beats: \u201cUNLOCKED\u201d<\/h2>\n<p>Directors: Jack Begert and Christian Sutton<\/p>\n<p>On his computer, Kenny Beats has folders for \u201cTopless Steve Buscemi Pics\u201d and \u201cShrek Fanfiction,\u201d but somehow the files for his Denzel Curry collaboration are nowhere to be found. The South Florida rapper and veteran producer\u2019s 24-minute short film for \u201cUNLOCKED\u201d continues the (staged) internet beef that spooked their fans in early February: Curry storms into Kenny\u2019s studio, furious that their <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/reviews\/albums\/denzel-curry-kenny-beats-unlocked\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">EP<\/a> got leaked online. To uncover what happened, they zap themselves <em>Back to the Future<\/em>-style into Kenny\u2019s computer, embarking on a wild journey through multiple animated universes. One minute, they\u2019re in a Japanese horror manga; the next, they\u2019re rendered like Scooby-Doo. From the goofy, brotherly fighting to the dazzling visual displays and surprise ending, \u201cUNLOCKED\u201d is an absolute delight. \u2014Cat Zhang<\/p>\n<hr>\n<figure class=\"iframe-embed iframe-embed--center\">\n<div class=\"iframe-embed__container\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"113\" width=\"200\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-popups allow-same-origin\" class=\"iframe-embed__content\" title=\"Embedded Frame\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ILIkmLiT6d0\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<h2>Duval Timothy: \u201cSlave\u201d<\/h2>\n<p>Director: Duval Timothy<\/p>\n<p>In a year when enormous stars <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/thepitch\/kanye-record-contracts-universal\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">went<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/news\/scooter-braun-sells-taylor-swifts-masters-report\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">public<\/a> in the fight to own their master recordings, Duval Timothy\u2019s claymation video for \u201cSlave\u201d offered the most gutting illustration of what it means to lose control of your work. While the word \u201cslave\u201d is sung repeatedly in the background, the video shows Timothy pouring all of his creative energy into recording music. You see him caressing his music in his hand; it\u2019s an adorable, childlike .WAV file, which is promptly shackled and taken away by white music industry professionals. Timothy eventually finds his music locked away and weeps, and when clay tears obscure Timothy\u2019s clay face, it\u2019s legitimately heartbreaking. He frees his music (which symbolizes how he bought back his masters in real life) and poses atop a mountain with two Black icons who fought for ownership of their work: Prince and Nipsey Hussle. It\u2019s an iconic closing image that could hang in a museum. \u2013Evan Minsker<\/p>\n<hr>\n<figure class=\"iframe-embed iframe-embed--center\">\n<div class=\"iframe-embed__container\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"113\" width=\"200\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-popups allow-same-origin\" class=\"iframe-embed__content\" title=\"Embedded Frame\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8kIsJjnc8PQ\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<h2>Jayda G: \u201cBoth of Us\u201d<\/h2>\n<p>Director: Lou Jasmine<\/p>\n<p>Jayda G\u2019s \u201cBoth of Us\u201d was a masterstroke of joyful piano house, as intimate as a bedroom whisper and as communal as a dance floor anthem\u2014all shot with a pang of awareness that shared in-person experiences with strangers aren\u2019t really a smart option right now. \u201cI just want to be with you,\u201d the Canadian-born, London-based producer and DJ also known as Jayda Guy lilts, in this opening track from her <a class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/secure-web.cisco.com\/1fayjQ0bYjcRaHv7hiJVhgfOXKszuyvcYXSDJIv8gy7Z4qd2Apcvr9BTNYDcbrNIXiNlfixvlCs5J2jhKr6JRlmdATfCcm_MJLCqSNQP6KPTFoVr7JscOppx18Khr9Kq_tggIoRtxZlVmJvzk-w7Cp2illx2PQzYs3_ilmcay-WcwrDiorhlbuRB0bg1NuxNSqsmCku4BR-Lks4CZsg9YqErW_hD25k4BAa4CZJG0DrFFLk3SwX8IxZFDmz_F9hdpO6p-eQ7MvTEHPJtnLZDqMOIUIIvpYBHuO3ZQ_gwbtz1nzl9mxjJzYwtEhgaZ5_gc10hjcBZsMgDS1V_XG4-CX6N_UwGy3JZYSgCbU1K-rwo\/https%3A%2F%2Fpitchfork.com%2Fnews%2Fjayda-g-announces-new-ep-shares-video-for-new-song-watch%2F&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/secure-web.cisco.com\/1fayjQ0bYjcRaHv7hiJVhgfOXKszuyvcYXSDJIv8gy7Z4qd2Apcvr9BTNYDcbrNIXiNlfixvlCs5J2jhKr6JRlmdATfCcm_MJLCqSNQP6KPTFoVr7JscOppx18Khr9Kq_tggIoRtxZlVmJvzk-w7Cp2illx2PQzYs3_ilmcay-WcwrDiorhlbuRB0bg1NuxNSqsmCku4BR-Lks4CZsg9YqErW_hD25k4BAa4CZJG0DrFFLk3SwX8IxZFDmz_F9hdpO6p-eQ7MvTEHPJtnLZDqMOIUIIvpYBHuO3ZQ_gwbtz1nzl9mxjJzYwtEhgaZ5_gc10hjcBZsMgDS1V_XG4-CX6N_UwGy3JZYSgCbU1K-rwo\/https%3A%2F%2Fpitchfork.com%2Fnews%2Fjayda-g-announces-new-ep-shares-video-for-new-song-watch%2F\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">two-song 2020 EP<\/a>, <a class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/secure-web.cisco.com\/1AA-2e5braaTdeKpDS_VLcQUn0jwbD4jzi6I4cv4hM8qDbmqfT5kGmXPLAXBjAiDp6B5S907P2zlTSs9gfiMVhUabHUSvCr_FMww0E5WY4jjuhABWLiEKAXB0kMf9rrzJOuqTlEAq5BR9qyJpmcDUgA_YRy1aI2_scpPhw2teSdevYW0913T23vGY7ok2B1QPdjiE4Dz0ogRM3QCu-3v_cgYnb_7iZl7QL8obanx6qJjnSFBuoHZOYT__pDX_qJeU6VZhVw1r1XFbqjkMgZ_qI_ywYQprtPrHXpilbTnXeX7yGCPbHkLgmUJxXoFqP1Y1jTS0lg5Jp3mU2YxgkfjH6AZPDCWVXquoXs2rIrsOteM\/https%3A%2F%2Fpitchfork.com%2Freviews%2Falbums%2Fjayda-g-both-of-us-are-u-down%2F&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/secure-web.cisco.com\/1AA-2e5braaTdeKpDS_VLcQUn0jwbD4jzi6I4cv4hM8qDbmqfT5kGmXPLAXBjAiDp6B5S907P2zlTSs9gfiMVhUabHUSvCr_FMww0E5WY4jjuhABWLiEKAXB0kMf9rrzJOuqTlEAq5BR9qyJpmcDUgA_YRy1aI2_scpPhw2teSdevYW0913T23vGY7ok2B1QPdjiE4Dz0ogRM3QCu-3v_cgYnb_7iZl7QL8obanx6qJjnSFBuoHZOYT__pDX_qJeU6VZhVw1r1XFbqjkMgZ_qI_ywYQprtPrHXpilbTnXeX7yGCPbHkLgmUJxXoFqP1Y1jTS0lg5Jp3mU2YxgkfjH6AZPDCWVXquoXs2rIrsOteM\/https%3A%2F%2Fpitchfork.com%2Freviews%2Falbums%2Fjayda-g-both-of-us-are-u-down%2F\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Both of Us \/ Are You Down<\/em><\/a>. The video, directed by London photographer\/videographer <a class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/secure-web.cisco.com\/1w5Y3OBz0uvTFxMcjZnmeZC3iA7NBGuhni7WB-TNwBhrtzcMqIjvyYOdRmzINjs7wd7T2-gedONSvAwYXB5aYnGrbUOsST8PVHw6fQSl0yKzbd4j8QMEpxGttdZSg9Hc0EBt92TML43jmDMBYjpjkTDJ1QCI0OoazlUVjpZRSxYABZ_7R2uIGqKWttnqHo5Pb5TQDd5HCEkg03zr_prrAxr8m3hb_Q_uS0hk0djIumt0Js0MbORmETXgpeYCTVOBhlZRj2BPRYmJKWGPpBWulYmYX1GFuihqKhMQL6O-o8Z2kG5vvlONUUD4sBEKAZVt97ycyq7GXLkUSghbzsq1jo--k-eTBfcVE4HsfnKhjlh4\/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.loujasmine.com%2F&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/secure-web.cisco.com\/1w5Y3OBz0uvTFxMcjZnmeZC3iA7NBGuhni7WB-TNwBhrtzcMqIjvyYOdRmzINjs7wd7T2-gedONSvAwYXB5aYnGrbUOsST8PVHw6fQSl0yKzbd4j8QMEpxGttdZSg9Hc0EBt92TML43jmDMBYjpjkTDJ1QCI0OoazlUVjpZRSxYABZ_7R2uIGqKWttnqHo5Pb5TQDd5HCEkg03zr_prrAxr8m3hb_Q_uS0hk0djIumt0Js0MbORmETXgpeYCTVOBhlZRj2BPRYmJKWGPpBWulYmYX1GFuihqKhMQL6O-o8Z2kG5vvlONUUD4sBEKAZVt97ycyq7GXLkUSghbzsq1jo--k-eTBfcVE4HsfnKhjlh4\/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.loujasmine.com%2F\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lou Jasmine<\/a>, neatly pulls together all those contradictions, with low-key snapshots of Guy at home, at the club, and out basking in flowery nature, a flock of birds gliding elegantly above. For the song\u2019s cathartic third section, the part where the drums drop out, the studio track gives way to the handclaps of a live crowd, and no, <em>you\u2019re<\/em> the one with something in your eye. \u2013Marc Hogan<\/p>\n<hr>\n<figure class=\"iframe-embed iframe-embed--center\">\n<div class=\"iframe-embed__container\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"113\" width=\"200\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-popups allow-same-origin\" class=\"iframe-embed__content\" title=\"Embedded Frame\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RKGbveD_cuE\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<h2>Kelly Lee Owens: \u201cCorner of My Sky\u201d [ft. John Cale]<\/h2>\n<p>Director: Kasper H\u00e4ggstr\u00f6m<\/p>\n<p>Kelly Lee Owens\u2019 visual for \u201cCorner of My Sky\u201d puts the Man vs. Machine trope in miniature, with actor Michael Sheen battling wits against a mysterious toaster. He drops in one slice of bread after another as the appliance disappears his toast-to-be; his mood darkens from curiosity to frustration as it does. John Cale sings in celebration of the rain with a looping refrain that matches the dreamy repetition of Sheen\u2019s kitchen inquisition. The toast eventually turns up, just not anywhere toast belongs and with Sheen none the wiser, playfully questioning the nature of expectations versus outcomes. \u2013Allison Hussey<\/p>\n<hr>\n<figure class=\"iframe-embed iframe-embed--center\">\n<div class=\"iframe-embed__container\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"150\" width=\"200\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-popups allow-same-origin\" class=\"iframe-embed__content\" title=\"Embedded Frame\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nDAxUobw4ls\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<h2>Moses Sumney: \u201cBystanders\u201d<\/h2>\n<p>Directors: Josh Finck and Moses Sumney<\/p>\n<p>Moses Sumney has the power to make even the most humdrum, capitalism-scarred spaces feel almost holy. 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Like most of us, Sumney can\u2019t help but participate in global commerce, but what\u2019s inspiring is how he refuses to allow himself to be diminished by it. \u2013Marc Hogan<\/p>\n<hr>\n<figure class=\"iframe-embed iframe-embed--center\">\n<div class=\"iframe-embed__container\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"113\" width=\"200\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-popups allow-same-origin\" class=\"iframe-embed__content\" title=\"Embedded Frame\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vAoWMJTClqo\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<h2>Perfume Genius: \u201cDescribe\u201d<\/h2>\n<p>Director: Mike Hadreas<\/p>\n<p>Perfume Genius\u2019 Mike Hadreas often has his hands full in his self-directed video for \u201cDescribe\u201d: a knife, a leaf blower, a person, another person, a set of clippers as he buzzes off a companion\u2019s hair with someone else\u2019s hands pressed to his eyes. 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The farm scenery and fluid motion of its occupants stay surreal and twisting enough to be thrilling. \u2013Allison Hussey<\/p>\n<hr>\n<figure class=\"iframe-embed iframe-embed--center\">\n<div class=\"iframe-embed__container\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"113\" width=\"200\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-popups allow-same-origin\" class=\"iframe-embed__content\" title=\"Embedded Frame\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1u8rIx65QgA\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<h2>Phoebe Bridgers: \u201cGarden Song\u201d<\/h2>\n<p>Director: Jackson Bridgers<\/p>\n<p>A specific kind of solitude courses through Phoebe Bridgers\u2019 music: the kind where you wander around a drug store in the wee hours of the morning, or get in your car and pick a destination based on the first song that plays on the radio. 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Later, she wanders through a field, smeared in body paint the shade of blood for a startlingly surreal jolt. SZA saves the best for last: sporting royal beads and straddling a pommel horse, she breaks the fourth wall and sings to the camera as it zooms slowly outward. 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A TV news reporter shoves his microphone into the singer\u2019s face, then quickly pulls it away when he decides she\u2019s not going to say anything sensational enough to satisfy his audience. The Weather Station\u2019s \u201cRobber\u201d video, directed by bandleader Tamara Lindeman, subjects the mundanities of our screen-mediated lives to a surreal juxtaposition, rendering familiar scenes newly unsettling by placing them in the middle of the woods. Lindeman gives a riveting acting performance, donning a mirrored suit and casting loaded but ambiguous glances: at the other characters, at us through our own viewing screens. 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Abel Tesfaye and CLIQUA\u2014the young directing duo of Pasqual Guti\u00e9rrez and Raul \u201cRJ\u201d Sanchez\u2014are swinging for the fences here, shining an uncomfortable light on the superficiality of Hollywood, the ugliness of parasocial relationships, and the sometimes ghastly nature of sexual desire. The pop star himself is all but absent, reduced to a lip-synching severed head\u2014a plaything to be admired, exploited, and consumed. In the video\u2019s final moments, the camera zooms out from a glorious Los Angeles estate; as its gates swing shut, a woman jogs by with her dog, blissfully unaware of the horrors that happen around her every day. \u2013Noah Yoo<\/p>\n<hr>\n<figure class=\"iframe-embed iframe-embed--center\">\n<div class=\"iframe-embed__container\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"150\" width=\"200\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-popups allow-same-origin\" class=\"iframe-embed__content\" title=\"Embedded Frame\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QCCxLpT9ymc\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<h2>Tierra Whack: \u201cDora\u201d<\/h2>\n<p>Director: Alex Da Corte<\/p>\n<p>The hook on Tierra Whack\u2019s \u201cDora\u201d bursts forth like a cuckoo bird announcing the hour, insistent and loopy at the same time. Director Alex Da Corte escalates Whack\u2019s whimsy with bouncy, elastic visuals that feature a m\u00e9lange of Muppets and other kooky toys, including pieces from the game <a class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/boardgamegeek.com\/image\/41558\/superfection&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/boardgamegeek.com\/image\/41558\/superfection\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Superfection<\/a> that feel like an extra-sly addition. The video\u2019s bright colors, bold geometry, busy motion, and playful animated text recall the best classic <em>Sesame Street<\/em> shorts. 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