This week's videos: A romantic apocalyptic vision, a balling-on-a-budget masterclass, a giddy cartoon crossover, an absolutely fucking disgusting surgery-room fever-dream, and a glittering metropolitan drug-trip. None of them have anything to do with each other! But they're all really good! There is not a single thread connecting this week's best videos beyond the fact that they're all bright and attention-grabbing and ridiculous enough to suck you in and keep you parked in front of your laptop for a few minutes. This weeks' picks are below.
5. Ariana Grande - "One Last Time" (Dir. Max Landis)
May we all spend our final moments on this earth making out with some nerd. Are they making a Cloverfield sequel or what? I could really go for a Cloverfield sequel. But if this is as close as we get, then fair enough.
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4. Matthew E. White - "Rock & Roll Is Cold" (Dir. Kevin Bennett)
Matthew E. White is a studio dork with a jazz-composition degree who loves arranging strings. This video recasts him as a swaggering mack daddy who wanders across beautiful natural landscapes and then dips in to steal your girl and your truck. And it works! That's the magic of cinema right there.
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3. Sleater-Kinney - "A New Wave" (Dir. whoever makes Bob's Burgers)
I guess I should start watching Bob's Burgers, huh? I already like it better than Portlandia.
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2. Girl Band - "Why They Hide Their Bodies Under My Garage?" (NSFW) (Dir. Bob Gallagher)
So unwatchably repulsive! And yet so fun! The latex makeup effects are so tangible and gross that I really thought they were maybe using an actual cadaver until halfway through.
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1. Brodinski - "Us" (Feat. Bloody Jay) (Dir. Jeremie Rozan)
If I saw things like this when I did drugs, I would do a lot more drugs. A new addition to the bucket list: Go to Shanghai and stare at that skyline in glazed wonder.
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