Today's Pick

Fresh off their wins at the Grammys for Best New Artist, Fun., one of last year's breakthrough acts, has released a pretty deep new stylish video for their latest sweet, melancholy soft ballad, "Why Am I the One," the fourth single from their massively successful sophomore LP, "Some Nights." The aesthetic offering coinciding with "Why Am I The One" features the dapper indie trio looking rather sad, due to a lost suitcase. There was clearly only one thread left: the story of a sad suitcase, and the clip mirrors their rise to fame.
"Why am I the one always packing up my stuff?" clad in a suit and tie, the indie-pop singer croons. "The song is about constantly being on the move; and that is something that we've been for the last ten years, but more so this year than any," frontman Nate Ruess speaking with MTV News. The accompanying visual for "Why Am I The One," was directed by Jordan Bahat, and filmed in Seattle. It finds the suited trio looking gloomy about a lost suitcase, all the while their baggage, like a hipper Brave Little Toaster, goes on an journey of its own from the airport to their Los Angeles home.
Everyone hates lost luggage, but Fun. have a surprisingly good attitude about dealing with a missing suitcase. The Grammy-winning rockers come up empty at baggage claim, and traverse the city looking forlorn but certainly not enraged. As Fun. wail-ask, "Why Am I The One?" as the dudes dress in fancy suits and look wistful while their precious cargo gets tossed all over creation, lost in a poker game, and strapped to the back of a motorcycle, eventually showing up at their doorstep. The band is thrilled, and when they open their luggage, pull out their instruments in perfect Mary Poppins fashion with a hint of magic. That's one special suitcase. Serendipity. And this might sound strange, but we've legitimately never been so moved to see someone reunite with an inanimate object before. After all, they've had a whirlwind year, and lost their luggage and lament is just one of the things they've had to deal with on their rather remarkable rise to stardom. The video is Fun. at their finest - wistful, very stylish, and cleverly executed. It's surprisingly compelling, and you can follow the baggage on its journey now by pressing play below.

After a decade-long musical silence, the English musician David Bowie is back to wake you up with a blast of electric guitars by unveiling a new video for his new introspective ballad, "The Stars (Are Out Tonight)," the second track from the legend's comeback twenty-fourth studio album, "The Next Day," due on March 12. The Thin White Duke's fascination with fame, constellations and himself collide in this brand new clip that is a cross between "American Horror Story" and a study in gender with more of an suburban nightmare than the quintessential dreamscape, and it is fun to watch.
The song starts with a slow, heavy backbeat and guttural guitar that dissolve into a propulsive bassline topped with shards of guitar and atmospheric synthesizers, for an effect reminiscent of vintage Bowie. It's a swinging, urgent rocker with an edgy little lead guitar motif and the kind of swaggering one-note declamatory vocal Bowie has been pulling off since the days of Ziggy Stardust. The track's driving forward momentum is counterbalanced by the melodic sweetness of Bowie's own "ooh ooh" backing vocals, a sheen of swimming strings and a Motown-style bridge.
"The Stars (Are Out Tonight)" is Bowie once more playing with the word star as an object of fame and something that lives and burns forever. "Stars are never sleeping," he sings on this new song. "They'll burn you with their radiant smiles, trap you with their beautiful eyes." Though we think of Bowie having many sounds, there is still a classic Bowie that pops up so often. A Bowie filled with an uplifting swagger. Admittedly that's not that weird compared to what Bowie's done in the past, but it's certainly a lot more warped than the somewhat straight-up rocker that the single is.
It's very 1980s, and conjures an entropic underworld inhabited by tortured souls and omnipotent beings. The softly-lit and quietly menacing clip, directed by Floria Sigismondi is about capturing "a twenty first century moment in its convergence of age, gender and the normal/celebrity divide," and is certainly a striking piece of work - dealing with androgyny and musing on the meaning of fame, and illuminating the meaning of the lyrics. In a flip of reality, Bowie and English actress Tilda Swinton play a happily suburban couple whose normal lives are turned upside down with the arrival of a "celebrity" creepy couple who have some twisted tricks up their sleeves and abuse their tranquility both physical and emotional in exactly the way you would hope, only makes it better.

Drake struggled for years to make it to the top as he recounts his journey to stardom and sets his origin story straight in his surprisingly hilarious new video for his latest song, "Started From The Bottom," the lead single from his upcoming third project, "Nothing Was the Same," due out this summer. With his third major label LP on the way, the 26-year-old Canadian rapper seems ready to take things up another level. The bottom never looked so far away.

If you think Drake had an easy come-up, think again. On his new single "Started From the Bottom," Drake lets everyone know that it wasn't all peaches and cream, as he reveals on the song filled with fire and underlying frustration that because he didn't come out of the ghetto like some other rappers, he is portrayed as never having struggled. It's true Drake's journey isn't thought to be the typical rags-to-riches rap story, still the hardships are all relative.
Lyrically, "Started from the Bottom" addresses Drake's early life and career beginnings. He commented of its concept, "I feel sometimes that people don't have enough information about my beginnings and therefore they make up a life story for me that isn't consistent with actual events. I did not buy my way into this spot and it was the furthest thing from easy to achieve. I am proud of every part of my past and I'm excited for this song to find a place in your life as well." Sonically the sinister-sounding song is a departure from his earlier works, but that doesn't make it any less potent.
The clip's director X stays pretty true to its name, depicting Drake's rise to stardom. It finds Drake starting at the bottom in a pharmacy before being promoted to night manager. He and his boys start out as scrubs trying to pick up girls at their convenience store jobs. They eventually grind their way to partying with an endless line of hot girls and lounging on private jets. There's probably some semblance of a logical narrative at work here, but without overthinking it, the clip gives off a celebratory tone that's probably not far removed from the feeling inside Drake's camp on this very night, and it is also a celebration of Drake and his team's journey from the bottom to life on top.

A robbery and hostage situation turns into Bonnie and Clyde gone country in Easton Corbin's brand-new video for the uptempo song, "All Over the Road," the second single and title track from the 30-year-old Florida native country singer's latest sophomore studio album, which had a tough act to follow considering the huge success of his debut set of tunes. Thus, Corbin didn't stray too far from the traditional sound that put his name on the country music map.
The production is as clean as reliably country as ever. Guitar licks snap from the stereo as he breezes through his vocals with perceived effortlessness. In "All Over the Road," Corbin sings about a girl who has him so excited he can hardly drive. "I named the record All Over The World because first of all, it's a fun song, and that is what I want this record to be about," he explained. "With that said, we are all over the road everywhere. We're trying to get to as many people as possible."
"All Over the Road" soars with an airy, infectious melody, and a delightful fiddle and steel-friendly arrangement recalling the country music of the nineties. Corbin's warm, inviting vocal delivery coasts along on the catchy melody with the same breezy abandon that made "Roll with It" so lovable. The song hits all the right stops to create the perfect feel-good jam, with the cheeky-sounding guitar licks and the "Little bit o' left, little bit o' right" hook almost seeming to mimic the movements of the swerving vehicle.
So it was only fitting he have a little fun bringing the lyrics to life in the Roman White-directed clip, which starts out as Corbin is just an innocent store clerk minding his own business, but when he's robbed by a brunette beauty with legs to the moon walks in and starts causing trouble, as he kidnapped and forced behind the wheel of a sexy Plymouth muscle car and he doesn't exactly resist. What ensues is a wild ride in a car that looks a lot like the General Lee, as police chase the two down a dirt road. Watch below to see if they get caught.

Carly Rae Jepsen falls for a bad boy, again and again, and is sick of the hot and cold relationship with her boy toy in the just released video for her newest single, "Tonight I'm Getting Over You," the fourth single lifted from her sophomore studio album and first international release, "Kiss." Looking to get your groove on this weekend and dance your heartbreak away? Well, find out if the Canadian singer's passionate relationship with her hunky man ends with a happy ending or not.
The song, with instrumentation incorporates two different genres, techno and dubstep, is a club-ready and fist-pumping post-breakup anthem, where Jepsen addresses her feelings, as she gets tired of her ex-boyfriend's lies and broken promises by getting over it and dancing with someone new. The on-again, off-again affair was very much inspired by events in Jepsen's real life. "With this particular song, it was sort of that decision that even though [the relationship] is hot and cold, sometimes you've got to move on," she recently told PEOPLE about track, and she definitely doesn't want ex to call her maybe.

Things start out fine for Jepsen and her hottie love interest in the beginning of the video for the upbeat electro-pop track. The 27-year-old "Call Me Maybe" hitmaker is heating up the screen with her ex man, they're laughing it up, kissing it up, being almost sickeningly cute together, and goofing around and making out in rooftops and bedrooms in the clip. Their romance plays out against the big thumping beat of her song before it turns sour and they slowly grow apart.

But that all changes for some reason. Jepsen's alone, fed up and emo. When she isn't pining for the love she once had, she's kicking him to the curb, just as the song kicks into dance-floor overdrive. Done up in her best punk-inspired gear, Jepsen is pretty torn up over her knit-cap-loving former flame. By the end of the clip, the unexplained tension between the two appears to be gone and they're back to being lovey dovey. The clip is all smiles and food fights until the bass drop, when the not-quite-lovers appear to call it quits.

Nelly Furtado reminds us of the importance of life in her just released inspirational new visual for her latest single, "Bucket List," the fourth European cut from the Canadian singer's latest fifth studio album, "The Spirit Indestructible." The 34-year-old struggling songstress is redefining the word with her latest album. Unlikely to revive the project, the track's release really ups our respect for Furtado.
Furtado isn't giving up on her "The Spirit Indestructible" album for which she's released approximately 25 singles in the past two months despite its lackluster chart performance. After all, it's almost certain that she's funding the roll-out of these singles herself; something artists in both similar and better positions could and should be doing too, if indeed as passionate about their careers as they claim. Success, more often than not, rests in the art of the hustle and Furtado is hustling but at least she's doing something right.
A bucket list is a list of things to do before you kick the bucket away to die. Furtado explained that on this Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins produced track, which finds Furtado speaking about, and showing us, her "Bucket List." she meditates on personal relationships and life goals. "A first kiss with that special someone should? never be at the bottom of anyone's bucket list. Because life is simply too short. And before you know it, you run out of time," Furtado cleverly reminded us at the beginning of the beautiful and evocative video.

You only live once. Furtado celebrates those who live in the moment in the Aaron A-directed video for "Bucket List." And the clip following a group of five adolescents full of life who simply spend the day, walking, chilling and exploring in New York City, as they live their lives while they're young and discover who they are. They climb to the top of skyscrapers, visit Central Park, and end things with a passionate kiss. The lyrics of this song are everything! And bravo too to Furtado for being this committed to her music. Watch them live, love, and laugh in this dreamy clip.

British-Irish pop boyband One Direction have decided to nix big budgets and turn the cameras on with a brand-new self-shot video for their charity single, "One Way or Another (Teenage Kicks)" to help raise money for the British fundraising organization Comic Relief. The goofy clip is self-directed by the boys and features behind-the-scenes shots from their world tour as well as footage from their recent trip to Africa, which the five boys have described as a life-changing experience.
The Brit quintet reworked Blondie's 1978 track with a bit of the Undertones' classic punk track "Teenage Kicks" mashed in, as a charity single, with all sales proceeds from the song heading toward anti-famine efforts to support Comic Relief, a charity that raises funds for the disadvantaged and spreads awareness. The song was produced by Julian Bunetta and recorded to mark the 25th anniversary of Red Nose Day, a fundraising event held by the organization televised lived by the BBC which officially takes place on Friday, March 15th.
"Comic Relief are a British charity that do amazing work helping people all over Africa and in the U.K. living with really tough lives," explains the group's Zayn Malik in the intro to the song's music video. Harry Styles continues, "So, instead of spending a load of money on a music video, we decided to make it ourselves while we were on tour, and give the money we saved to Comic Relief." Not to be missed out of course was the boys' interaction with the intended beneficiaries of their charitable work in Africa, a real heartwarming highlight to their new music video.
Like any proper One Direction video, goofiness and swoonworthy moments abound, "One Way Or Another" is rife with faux-DIY, goof-around scenes, as the boys taking on a journey with the fellas as they embark on travels across the globe, with stops in airports, New York, Japan, Africa and London, where they visit with kids in need, and even a quick cameo from British Prime Minister David Cameron. Keeping with the true message of the Comic Relief cause, the video ends with the fivesome in Africa, surrounded by kids, a reminder that this song isn't really about One Direction, but about the charity they've teamed up with for the track.

After knocking us out with their new single "Falling" just a few days ago, HAIM, the on-the-rise trio of Los Angeles sisters are heading into the wilderness to feel the heat with yet another dashing video to accompany it. "Falling," a swirling '80s-inspired pop song is the title track from the California trio' forthcoming Ariel Rechtshaid-produced new EP, which is due out April 1st via Columbia.
HAIM, the Mumford & Sons-endorsed sister act, are the only band that could manage to look like they're having more fun than you've ever had whilst dancing around on a bunch of rocks. Their sound has been described as "nu-folk-meets-nineties-R&B" that must be some weird and horrible music, I first thought. Actually, it does not have to be. HAIM is described this way, does indeed merges Folk and soul music in a quite charming way. "Falling" continues the group's trend of successfully combining elements of folk, electro R&B, and classic rock.
The lush and irresistible new hippie-synthpop track launches the girls' voices across a canyon of bass noodling and gospel claps, culminating in a full-bodied swirl of bonfire drums. It starts with a slow, deliberate heartbeat that quickens with guitar picks. Energy builds alongside the drums while a story unfolds, revealing a person on the precipice ready to jump into oblivion. In this tale, a suicidal urge turns to self-realization. "Falling" is a refreshing call to mindfulness. When the odds stack against you, and you're tempted to let go, free fall into yourself. Feel the fire within, and don't be afraid to burn with a desire to survive.
Shot by Tabitha Denholm and despite being lost in the foggy wilderness, HAIM manages to look savagely chic in their perfectly coordinated hipster attire. The clip find the sisters alone, deep in the jungle trying to fend for themselves and eventually, HAIM finds their way back to civilization. Long story, but suffice to say the '70s were a pretty psychedelic time. The simple, dreamlike clip feels both nostalgic and fresh. it strikes just the right tone between feeling exuberantly youthful while staying as complex and layered as the upbeat energy of the song itself. Impressive!

So long frigid February, goodbye winter blues, hello fun in the sun! Kenny Chesney pulls a 'Ferris Bueller' and gives us a scorching hot escape with his brand-new video for his latest single, "Pirate Flag," the lead single from his upcoming sixteenth studio album, "Life on a Rock," is due April 30. The 44-year-old Country music star is skipping out on work to play in the Caribbean in the midst of sun, sand and surf.
"Pirate Flag," an anthem for the everyman and rebelling on one's own terms, opens softly with strings and a bouncy mandolin before Chesney begins to tell his story, which feels like an autobiography, which makes it somewhat difficult to fully embrace it in that personal way country fans find to be so satisfying. "No matter where you are, no matter how you live, there is that part of you that yearns to be free, to say, 'What the hell...' and just do what you want to do!" Chesney said. "That's what this song is all about. The freedom and the idea that you can just say, 'Enough,' even if it's only in your mind, while you're watching your boss's mouth move and are dreaming of whatever gets you off."
"Pirate Flag" has a thoroughly modern percussive beat backing up mandolins, organs and tin whistles serving as the intro until a classic rock melody kicks in. This is an uptempo but suits Chesney much more than most modern raved-up rockers would. In addition, the lyrics talk about a lifestyle that is familiar to Chesney's other island songs without being something that most of his audience couldn't relate to. It may not excite early Chesney fans all that much, but for the rest of the modern Country Music listening audience it's a song that fits well within what radio is playing.
Directed by Shaun Silva, the video is an ode to a carefree day. Chesney told The Boot that the beautiful women seen in the clip aren't models from a casting agency: "What people might not realize about a lot of the 'babes' in this video is those are my friends, girls I know from the island who did the very thing this song is about," he explained, "and that freedom from what's expected just makes them shine. I think there's a little bit of 'Ferris Bueller' in all of us, and this song is all about who we'd be on a perfect day where we just said, 'Forget about it!' So, that's what we tried to capture."

While a new batch of contestants battle to become this year's American Idol, the reigning Season 11 champion Phillip Phillips has released a brand new music video for his love themed follow-up single, "Gone, Gone, Gone," the second single from his debut album, "The World from the Side of the Moon." Watch the nostalgic blast of Americana in the video for Phillips' heart warming tune, which celebrates people sticking together in difficult times. Get lost in the American Idol's sun-kissed world of sentimentality.
The 22-year-old singer, known for his guitar-driven tunes and unique vocals, has some issues with his kidneys after being announced the winner of American Idol Season 11, but he has come back strong and his first post-Idol single "Home," has had huge success on the charts, the most successful "Idol" coronation song of all time, thanks to the 2012 London Olympics.
Another rousing folk-rock anthem filled with stompy marching-band beats, chanty choruses, winsome guitars, and declarations of undying loyalty, "Gone, Gone, Gone" is arguably just as catchy as "Home," if not more so. While this endeavor undeniably has a more pop-friendly undercurrent, it continues to evoke his signature Mumford & Sons-esque emotions. "This is just a beautiful love song, but it's not cheesy," Phillips told Yahoo! Music. "I really like how it plays out. It has a serious feel to it, like, 'I'll be at your side, no matter what.' But it doesn't have to be about a girlfriend or boyfriend. It can be about anyone that you love dearly, a family member or something."
Directed by Joseph Toman, the exquisite clip has the same folksy, nostalgic feel of Phillips' music. Shot in a number of places, including Springfield of Missouri, Los Angeles, and Palm Springs of California. “It's a celebration of life, and hopefully something that everyone can find something in to relate to," director explained. It features home movie footage of couples, families and children whose love has persevered in time, highlighting special moments in their lives. There's even a shot of Phillips strumming in what could be the basement of his family's real-life pawn shop. It's generic and it's generically uplifting.

Passion Pit offers another different variation on typical Valentine's Day romance and takes on messy and dramatic relationships with their latest visuals for their new glimmery pop cut, "Carried Away," taken from American indie pop band's sophomore studio album, "Gossamer." Passion Pit are still milking the single potential of "Gossamer," with good reason that record is full of jams. The video is a fantastical depiction of a troubled relationship in fast-forward.
Sure, the beat and vocals make it sound like a happy-go-lucky song but once we witness the break-up fights, the awkward dinner party, and the scenes of their loving past, that all goes downhill. The clip, directed by the sibling-duo Brewer brothers (Purity Ring, Alt-J), goes through the life of a relationship. Brewer certainly does that but only after sucking you into a dysfunctional and surreal, yet strangely real love/hate relationship. To say this relationship is disfunctional is an understatement, but it plays out in increasingly fantastical ways.
"The music video was shot in Los Angeles and tells the story of a love/hate relationship through a playful Godard-inspired narrative that follows the couple throughout their home," explains Brewer. It's a swirling, chaotic portrayal of a relationship - a real one with fights and all. The clip stars Passion Pit frontman Michael Angelakos and the "One Tree Hill" actress Sophia Bush as a couple in a desperate attempt at reviving their almost-dead relationship. The pair once cared about each other, but now find their relationship on the verge of falling apart.
The clip showcases they live together in an adorable house, filled with charming tchotchkes and a failed cat adoption, but as the couple with some interesting abilities who can't stop arguing and playing pranks on each other and their relationship begins to crash and burn, the house literally turns on them as Bush turns her back to Angelakos, their bed splits apart, sending Angelakos into a 'symbolic' pit of breakup hellfire. It's a lighthearted look at the ups and downs of love. So open up that box of chocolates and watch the clip below.

After the mixed response and the commercial success of her lead single "Swagger Jagger," Cher Lloyd has an enchanting new US version music video for her follow up single, "With Ur Love," the second single taken from the 19-year-old British 'X Factor' alum's debut studio album, "Sticks + Stones." Love is in the air. It's definitely the perfect fairytale-themed video, though we must confess.
Musically "With Ur Love," is a mid-tempo song with elements of bubblegum and R&B. Its lyrics talk about the euphoria of being in love. "I feel like I'm on top of the world with your love," Lloyd insists on the chorus. It's sweet and sugary with an addictively sharp edge, and a plaintive slice of R&B-infused pop with a big fat shiny chorus, plays to her strengths far better. The track is also a charming M.I.A.-inspired ditty that fuses a lolloping childlike bassline with bouncy beats and some surprisingly sugary-sweet melodies.
Lloyd commented about the difference between the first two tracks from album: "It's very different. The two songs are miles apart. My first single showed my attitude and aggressive style, while this one is more stripped-back with me being me. It basically gives you a good insight into what the album is going to be like, so I think it was a good choice." The recording has brought comparisons to Avril Lavigne, and Lloyd herself described the track as one where she, "actually gets to sing instead of jumping around like an idiot."
The Hannah Lux Davis-directed video shows Lloyd plays the evil queen, sits in a gold throne in a castle, lives her own fairytale and hosting a dinner party for a few handsome male guests together with her gorgeous female companions who are actually witches like Lloyd's character in the clip. With her purple laser-beam-monster eyes, she and her girlfriends mix up enchanting magic potions to seduce their men and steal their spiritual essences and souls to create her ultimate prince. It's just another day in the castle.

The Queen of sultry pop Lana Del Rey has a new rival. It is a sleek red Jaguar F-Type which competes for attention with the singer in her new music video for her latest sexy ballad, "Burning Desire," the only iTunes track off of 26-year-old indie pop star's third EP, "Born to Die: Paradise Edition," is also being used as the title track to a special promotional film for the new 2014 British automotive Jaguar sports car model F-Type, called "Desire."
The song was written and composed by Del Rey, who literally wrote "Burning Desire" for what will probably be an extended Jaguar commercial dressed up as cinema, and the song is about driving to a booty call, breaking the speed limit in order to get to the object of your desire, even touching yourself in the car. It's got a sensual trip-hop beat, Del Rey's signature impossibly-low growl, an addictive six-note piano hook, and a sultry chorus. It's almost like it was written to be a sex song.
The melody is quite catchy in conjunction with lyrics about riding, cruising, and driving fast with the wind in your hair. "Making art means making tough decisions. I do believe you create your own life path and that you will be rewarded for following your passions and sticking to it. It's just good to know now, with people like Jaguar and working with them, that I'm not the only one out there with such strident, creative beliefs," Del Rey explained.
Del Rey is her usual sultry self in the video, which is basically tastefully done, with the singer taking center stage and performing the song in a historic theater Rivoli Ballroom, looking sultry as she sings behind a microphone stand in her slinky elegant white silk dress in front of red velvet curtains. Shots of the new luxury sports car cruising along flash by as she metaphorically sings about her desire for her man that used a lot of car and driving references. The distinctive venue's eclectic mix of neon-classical, deco style perfectly complements Del Rey's original style which make the overall clip all the more chic and stylish.

Justin Timberlake is all dressed up and took to his Twitter page on Valentine's Day to announce the online premiere of the super sexy and slinky music video for his Jay-Z-featured comeback track, "Suit & Tie," his first single in six years after taking time out to focus on his movie career. This R&B throwback features a guest verse from Jay-Z, and the bass-heavy production stylings of Timbaland, is set to appear on Timberlake's upcoming long-awaited new record, "The 20/20 Experience," due out March 19.
The horn-tinged track "Suit & Tie," is a mid-tempo R&B song and a sleek dance number, finds singer singing about his love for being well-dressed. It begins with a slow-drawl intro consisting of slowed down synths and slightly out of time drum claps. The song then goes into a hypnotic, engaging outro before a great, cold ending. Lyrically, the song is an ode to the joys of being handsome and well-dressed.
According to the 32-year-old Timberlake: "The inspiration for this really came out of the blue and to be honest, I didn't expect anything out of it. I just went into the studio and started playing around with some sounds and songs. It was probably the best time I've had in my career... Just creating with no rules and/or end goal in mind and really enjoying the process."
The black and white clip appears very grandiose with its vintage look and elaborate set design, helmed by famed director David Fincher, finds Timberlake get down in stylish and totally channels his best the Pack's president Sinatra impression in a Tom Ford tuxedo and bow tie, where he performs with a full band and back-up dancers in a concert hall, similar to what he brought to his Grammy performance on Sunday. Then, when Jay-Z joins him for his rap verse in the song, they move to a swanky night club set complete with sexy backup dancers.

If the snow and cold weather has you down, take a trip to the beach with Muse in today's video for their soon-to-be-released single, "Supremacy," the lead single from English alternative rock band's most recent dystrophy-worthy sixth studio album, "The 2nd Law," which has already sold 1.5 million copies worldwide.
Muse open their latest album with "Supremacy," reportedly written for the latest James Bond film "Skyfall" but was rejected in favor of Adele's "Skyfall" theme, in which they foresee the collapse of industrial civilization. The track is a bit of stately, epic stadium rock which starts off slow and gradually builds to squealing guitars, symphony strings, lead singer Matt Bellamy's almost-operatic vocals and headbanging mayhem with iron-fisted guitar-drums interplay that could keep the trains running on time.

Spiraling swamp blues of the track builds to a climax of orchestral hysteria as Bellamy orates a terrifying scene of mankind losing its supremacy over the Earth as the seas have risen up and energy shortages cause global desperation. A pivot away from Muse's previous material, the focus on subtle sonic textures in "Supremacy" marks a new, more nuanced direction for the Brit pomp rockers.
The video is appropriately gonzo. Featuring a crew of face-painted black-metal lovers hanging out, surfing, skating, biking while hoisting flaming swords and even hosting a sunset wedding and having a whale of a time in Los Angeles, as the band jam out on a boat and bashes out the monstrous prog rock epic against a backdrop of Goth surfers. It just doesn't match the Bond theme-like track it's paired with. The only thing the song and the video have in common is they're just awesome.

Just a day after Rihanna performed her emotional new single, "Stay," at Sunday's Grammy Awards, the singing siren has debuted her appropriately minimalist clip for the song, features guest vocals by Nashville-based singer Mikky Ekko, as the second single off her 2012 album, "Unapologetic," and its accompanying video have to be one huge love letter to the 24-year-old Bajan balladeer's now-reunited ex-boyfriend Chris Brown!
Rihanna is stripping it all off for "Stay." By stripping down, we mean both emotionally and literally. "The video was really, really simple. I pretty much stayed put in a bathtub, and we shot it really tight, really clos," she told Ryan Seacrest on the Grammys red carpet. And she wasn't lying. The moody clip features the bathing pop star completely naked while dueting with Ekko. Rihanna promised us a very emotional, personal, "powerful and authentic video and we certainly think she delivered.
This emotive ballad about a relationship is a contemporary pop and R&B ballad that consists of piano and guitar instrumentation. The lyrical content regards the temptation and failure of resisting a true love. Rihanna performs it within an inch of its life and her vocals glow over the simple yet effective piano riffs, and punctuates the emotions of the track and makes a plea to her lover. The song puts a vulnerable spin on the Brown situation, repeating another theme of the album, a reference to her relationship with Chris Brown.
Directed by Sophie Muller, the bleak allure video itself goes unapologetically quite simple. The solemn, simple visual with organic vibe perfectly matching the poignant ballad, showing the Grammy winner strip down and soaks in a bathtub in a barely lighted room, where she spends the entire gloomy clip. The stripping is not only literal but figurative as well, as tight shots show an emotional Rihanna with lips quivering and eyes welling up with tears, sings: "I want you to stay."

Paramore gave fans what they have been waiting for. The trio return with the combat rock cinematic video for their cathartic comeback song, "Now," the lead single from alt-rockers' upcoming self-titled, long-in-the-works eponymous fourth album. Paramore have been through their fair share of battles over the past two years. It's clear they've managed to conquer every challenge thrown - or fired - their way. Paramore are clearly in it for the long haul.
Paramore has gone through a period of change since their last album, "Brand New Eyes" was released in 2009. Two members left the group in 2010. In a blog post, Hayley Williams, Jeremy Davis and Taylor York explained that "Now" represents the journey back. The rock band from Franklin, Tennessee have had their fair share of ups and downs in the past which is probably why Williams sings "If there's a future we want it Now." A catchy stuff, but early-'00s swagger-jacking.
With a sparse guitar-driven intro that finds Williams throwing her immaculate vocals to great effect, "Now" quickly settles into a distinct Paramore groove like the Paramore of old, hitting a triumphant chorus with massive guitars and even a few horns as Williams shows how little patience she has wanting everything now. "It's just about sort of reaching forward and claiming victory over whatever is to come. You know that something's out there waiting on you; when it's really good and you just claim it. You have to believe it before you see it sometimes and that's definitely what we did with this album," Williams explained song's meaning.
The striking message is crystal-clear: After weathering the storm, Paramore are still standing, rather defiantly so. "Lost the battle, win the war," Williams sings as she preps for all-out combat in the Daniel Cloud Campos-directed video which depicts fairly grisly violence using bursts of playful color and follows song's will to thrive with Williams and fellow members trying to survive a war battlefield. Amidst the chaos, the Paramore singer keeps her cool, tracking down the leader behind the opposing faction. A symbolic gesture that suggests true victory doesn't come with weapons, it comes with forgiveness, acceptance, and genuine love.

Just hours before the Grammys are announced, Roc Nation-managed artist Melanie Fiona just dropped the official music video on Jay-Z's Life+Tmes website for her Grammy-nominated Motown-inspired tune, "Wrong Side of a Love Song," taken from the 29-year-old Canadian songbird's latest sophomore album, "The MF Life," which expanding on the classicist R&B influences of her debut, and also incorporates elements of soul and rock music.
Up for "Best Traditional R&B Performance" at the 2013 Grammy Awards, Fiona called this backwards love ballad, "thinking about how did I get here," in which she sings of heartache. Fiona wrote the songs when she was in the middle of a happy relationship, which later ended. She explained: "I actually wrote all the songs that I ended up living, before I lived them, which is really crazy. I found myself with all the records that I wrote in succession and they actually told the story of what happened in that relationship. I was in the relationship and at the time; I didn't foresee it ending."
Since it's one of her fave tracks off her "The MF Life" album, she claims, it's no surprise Fiona took her time with making emotional roller coaster visuals to fit the song. When your relationship goes through a rough patch, do you ever find yourself saying, "wait a minute... how did we get here?" Fiona shows the ups and downs of love in the Larenz Tate-directed video for the single "Wrong Side Of A Love Song." Lucky Fiona drafted the handsome Omari Hardwick as her love interest; their portrayal of each side of the "love song" is raw, realistic, and it's very, very truthful.
The heart-wrenching song is brought to life through the dramatic clip, visualizing the incredible highs and devastating lows of a relationship gone wrong. In the powerful narrative, an emotional Fiona cries, laughs, fights, and flirts with her hunky co-star Hardwick while showcasing her acting chops, amazing skills vocally and on the songwriting end of things as she pours out her heart out over the guitar riffs, showcasing her powerful pipes to the camera and belting out the soulful ballad. Check out how high emotions ran in this true-to-life video.

Bruno Mars has unveiled the official visuals for his bare break-up piano ballad, "When I Was Your Man," a cut from his latest sophomore album "Unorthodox Jukebox." The three-and-a-half minute clip was co-directed Mars himself and Cameron Duddy, who has also directed the videos for Mars' previous hits "Locked Out of Heaven," "The Lazy Song" and "The Other Side." The simply-executed video embellished only with a generous amount of cross-fades, accompanies the emotional soul piano ballad about love and loss.

Mars has been on an absolutely incredible hot-streak since the release of "Locked Out of Heaven" a few months ago. The monster lead single helped catapult the 27-year-old singer to the largest level of success than he's seen in his career to date. His first-class sophomore album "Unorthodox Jukebox" has scanned 700k in the US with less than two months in stores and steadily remains in the Billboard 200 album charts seven weeks after it first debuted. The "When I Was Your Man" is looking to be another smash for the pop songwriter.
Old-school charm still gets Mars the furthest, and the best thing here is the classic torch song "When I Was Your Man," which shows off Mars' sweet vocals finds singer singing about a pre-fame heartbreak as he regrets a girl that he let get away, expressing his earnest hope that her new man is giving her all the love and attention he was unwilling, or unable to provide when they were together. It starts with rolling piano riff and near-scat vocal cadence as Mars sings about his prior failure to do right by his woman and changes all the things he "shoulda" done into things he hopes his ex’s new man does for her, concluding "Do all of the things I should have done / When I was your man."
Mars plays a lonely balladeer who sits behind a grand piano in a pair of aviators with a half-empty glass of whiskey on top and belts out the heartbreaking ballad, reminiscing on all the things he could have done to keep his lover around in the retro-themed which continues with Mars' throwback vibe and retro effects for the entire era - playing Mars off like a 70s crooner. The video is simple, yet effective as Mars looking dapper in a casual suit, rocking the afro and wearing a pair of his trademark aviator shades, playing and singing his heart out. Simple fades and kaleidoscope effects add a visual touch to the minimalistic clip.

Denver-based folk rock trio The Lumineers released the sad-but-happy road trip themed clip for a slow-building track, "Stubborn Love," the second single from band's self-titled debut studio album. The former You Oughta Know act have flown the coop since being featured back in July, now headed for the 2013 Grammy Awards in Los Angeles this very weekend. But even after witnessing so much success, drummer Jeremia Fraites is still having a hard time believing they're up for 'Best New Artist' and 'Best Americana Album' at this Sunday night.
We couldn't be prouder and would like to thank the band for barreling their brand of folk "Americana" into the mainstream over the last year, and for making tearing up in the office completely acceptable. In "Stubborn Love," things literally go from dark and stormy to bright and sunny as The Lumineers showing us the world through the gaze of a heroine emotionally trying to digest the romance, loss, strife and joy surrounding her. It starts out sad and ends fittingly with smiles.  We don't need to clutch the tissue box for too long, because band's cello-soaked drums push their way to the surface as "Stubborn Love"'s blonde child star unleashes a sunny smile as the scenery shifts from gray to light through her window.
Directed by Isaac Ravishankara, the clip follows on the protagonists, the somber tale of an expressive little girl who's moving away with her mother after an apparent split. The folk rock trio themselves are noticeably absent for most of the video as their powerful vocals and instruments are enough to turn the literally dark and gloomy scenario into a bright and sunny outcome. Instead, as we watch the daughter wistfully staring out the car window, the band eventually makes a brief appearance, performing on a sidewalk as our protagonists drive by. Cathartic ooh-ooh-oohs, fogged-up car window doodles and loving glances between the mother and daughter ensue.
There's a wistful feeling that hangs with each strand of blonde hair we see blowing in the wind in the opening shot, and after nearly 30 seconds we're feeling pangs of nostalgia, totally overwhelmed by a happy sadness thinking back on car trips with loved ones and secrets shared with siblings. Director Ravishankara lends a warm, hazy glow to the visual, evoking more sentiment than any Instagram filter could ever give to your brunch photo. Through the eyes and car window of our young and silent narrator, we experience an assortment of life's big moments, including: love, breakups, breakdowns-both literal and metaphorical-as well as both loss and discovery.

Primed for a 2013 breakout is New York-based indie-pop duo MS MR, who reaches previously unknown heights with the release of their stellar debut track "Fantasy" only a week ago, and have quickly followed up with the brilliant, glitter-puking video for the song and it's pretty fantastic. The track is the first single from their forthcoming full-length debut album, "Second Hand Rapture," is scheduled to grace our ears and dancefloors and mood swings on May 14, should be an absolute monster. Fantasy was a happy find!
And my reality could never live up to my fantasy. If only reality was as beautiful as the way MS MR, lead singer Lizzy Plapinger and producer Max Hershenow, envision it, but leave it to them to have glitter-vomitting cheerleaders in their video and make it look so magical. MS MR is how they spin darker lyrics and emotions into a sweeping pop tune that can just run and their ability to carry this perspective over into pulsating videos that breathe new life into an already great song. Honestly, who needs reality when we have MS MR to capture such a great fantasy?
"Fantasy," a tense, brooding stormer with a hypnotic chorus, is a dark little jam with smooth vocals and a strong Florence + The Machine feel, without the Gothicness, that's far too powerful to be brought down by an unspectacular video. With each passing drop-off, it's clear that the somewhat mysterious tandem is getting better and better. "Fantasy" is no different, accounting for an undeniably enchanting number focusing in on vocals this go around. Clearly, Plapinger's voice sounds full and lovely, the piano and hand claps are infectious, and it just has the buoyant feel of a well assembled pop song.
Channeling dark Lynchian weirdness in "Fantasy," trading pointed glances from across a diner as cheerleaders vigorously vomiting up glitter in the parking lot outside and the duo singing along in a diner which is a pleasant surprise considering how notoriously mysterious they are. "Shot on location in Jamaica, Queens with talented director Austin Peters, the clip for 'Fantasy' stays true to the main themes and questions behind the track: things we imagine or think we understand are not as they appear. The clip presents a world filled with fantasies gone wrong where the mundane, the surreal and the supernatural are all intertwined and what is real becomes a matter of perspective," MS MR explained.

Shows her vulnerability, P!nk has just unwrapped another visually arresting video for her duet with Fun.'s lead singer Nate Ruess, "Just Give Me a Reason," the third single from the 33-year-old singer's latest sixth album, "The Truth About Love." Surprise, it's surreally dramatic! The stunning visuals and a compelling narrative render the clip a winner. This emotionally heavy video has P!nk contemplating her broken relationship.
The mid-tempo ballad plays out like a traditional love ballad between a couple. The stripped down, piano-based track begins with P!nk lying alone tossing and turning in bed. With flashbacks of her former flame, she tries to convince herself that they're not broken up and the two can learn to love again. P!nk sings the love tune so beautifully, and the chorus is little gem. Although it's a little jarring to hear P!nk's raw, live vocals paired with Ruess' Auto-Tune, it's ultimately a less-schmaltzy version of those male/female duets found at the end credits of every 80s movie.
The video was filmed last November and was directed by the starry Diane Marte and it is far from P!nk's best visual effort, but it fits the song well. While it's not a physical spectacle like "Try," it's a simple, yet stunning effort, takes on a dream-like quality and centered on P!nk writhing around on a mattress in the middle of a foggy body of water. She and Ruess also belt out verses side-by-side against a white backdrop, but instead of sharing the bed with Ruess, she's snuggling up to her real-life husband Carey Hart.
The married and very fit couple put on a sultry display in romantic interludes while both laying on a bed expressing all their love for each other she belts out the passionate song. P!nk also hangs onto a teddy bear when she isn't hanging on to husband, while floating on a floating mattress in the water about a relationship that seems to be missing something very important. Complete with a glowing teddy bear and surprise appearance from Hart, the singer's imagination runs wild in another memorable video.

Back to last summer (June 2012), Jason Mraz and director Elliott Sellers asked fan to tweet what "The Woman I Love" means to them. Now the 35-year-old Atlantic Pop-Rock singer-songwriter and Sellers chose their favorite ideas to create the remarkable Companion music video has finally released via Mraz's Twitter account in honor of Valentine's Day. The track was taken from the multi-Grammy Award-winning tunesmith's incredible fourth studio album, "Love Is a Four Letter Word."
Mraz decided to base his new CD, "Love Is a Four Letter Word," around the theme of love. However, he found the fundamentals of making "an album about love" took some time and hard work. "I thought it would be pretty easy as a songwriter to always write through a filter of love," Mraz told Jam! Music. "But the challenges at first were trying to write songs about love from the heart that weren't cheesy. What I learned quickly was that when a song was cheesy, it usually just came from the mind. It usually came from the craft of songwriting which anyone can do. So what I needed was experience, things that were going to rip my heart open to show me what I'm made of."
Mraz explained this song's meaning to Billboard magazine: "I try to keep my music gender neutral, but this is obvious, its called 'The Woman I Love,' but I'd like to dedicate to the men in the relationships because every so often the woman forgets her own greatness and she goes a little bat sh*t crazy sometimes. So its up to the other half to love that person back into the person we know them to be. That's basically what this song's about."
The new video for "The Woman I Love," shows Mraz singing the romantic tune in a warm scenery as images of this beautiful lady are displayed where she just gets passed a regular day in her life, is the result of an unprecedented online contest where Twitter users were invited to answer the question, "What does 'The Woman I Love' mean to you?" More than 10,000 responses followed, tweeted, of course, in 140 characters or less flowed in with #MrazingTheVideo. The best of those submissions were then used to inspire the storyboarding, which pop up as animations, propel the video's overall concept. Mraz rewarded fans from all around the world whose ideas were used by putting their Twitter handles at the video's end.

The R&B outfit Rhye capture the unsettling fear of fading love in their new intimate video for their sensual infectious slow-burner song, "Open," a cut from their secretive imminent debut album, "Woman," due out in March. Although they previously released a not entirely safe for work video for the single last year, this second version, which follows a couple's romantic beach house getaway, features less nudity, more longing sentiment and a reference to the Los Angeles duo's last video for "The Fall."
Mike Milosh and Robin Hannibal, the down-tempo pop duo behind Rhye, are playing their cards close to their chest. Set to lyrics that express insecurities present in every relationship, "Open" is Rhye's first offering, a really lovingly and delicately sung request for someone to stay conscious so you can make out. This is a beautiful melodic tune albeit a sexual one, and on top of all these gentle strings and dancing harp lines, "Open" is a love piece of indie tinged R&B with a vocal that will take you straight to Sade from bar one. The orchestral opening of the track betrays the simpleness that follows as it melts into a smooth warm and loving vocal and lush instrumentation.
"Open" has a light, electronic groove that reminds me of the synth-heavy art pop of the 80s. The gently sparkling guitars that flow throughout the track call back to the same era of music. It's smooth, pretty, soft, and assuring. The strings swelling up underneath it as the track reaches its end are a great touch, too. Attempting to express love and sensuality in a very honest way with their subtle sound, Rhye show that sex doesn't have to be a dirty word. The anonymous act reveals itself and explains why facelessness can be powerful. The result is a hyper-confessional, intimate, fragile slow-burner just in time for your Valentine's Day playlist.
While the clip is a completely new take on the song, and it very fittingly framed pretty shots of couples dry humping, and chronicles a couple's fraught trip to a beach house. This new, Daniel Kragh-Jacobsen-directed version falls decidedly in the former category, focusing on a young couple trying to fix a clearly damaged bond with a seaside vacation. It connects to "The Fall," in that the themes are the same: love is complicated, doubts are ever-present, it's hard to stay open, the gnawing feeling of knowing something's off. "If you can't stay open you're bound to take the fall," as Rhye says.

Squeal with excitement pop lovers, Little Mix, the best-selling British girl group of 2012 are back with a brand new music video in support of their latest inspirational girl power theme song, "Change Your Life," the third single to be lifted from their debut album, "DNA," has been made available in stores since last November 19 in the U.S.
Formed in 2011 during the eighth season of British "The X Factor," consisting of members Perrie Edwards, Jesy Nelson, Leigh-Anne Pinnock and Jade Thirlwall. The four Little Mix girls wrote this song about the way their lives have changed after winning 2011 champion of The X Factor. It's a given that every girl group needs a stirring mid-tempo for a 'raise your mobile phones in the air' moment come the big headline tour. That said, get the slowie wrong and you could end up with a snooze-fest on your hands.
Luckily for Little Mix, taking it down a notch with their new single 'Change Your Life' avoids such results, as they attempt to reinvigorate the Girl Power boom of the late '90s. The four-piece pledge over spiraling piano and rousing strings, reaffirming their sisterhood chemistry in pitch-perfect harmony. Almost channeling All Saints' "Never Ever," the tune begins with a spoken-word intro from Leigh-Anne. Very dramatic, very serious, lovely stuff. And then the power-ballad with an empowering message takes an epic turn as the mid-tempo stadium anthem really kicks in and against a backdrop of tumbling R&B piano chords and a pulsating, driving beat.
The low-budget clip takes us backstage and shows the girl group performing the empowering song in a recording studio, dancing rehearsals for their current headline tour of the UK, and hugging their mothers in a dressing room before heading onto the stage and features footage of the girls promoting their debut album. We see how literally the girls' lives have abruptly changed in the last year thanks to their victory on 'The X Factor UK' and chart success. The track is about 'changing your life,' so the documentation of the girl group's rise to fame is fitting.

The Girls Aloud star Kimberley Walsh has released a new full video for her  very first debut solo single, "One Day I'll Fly Away," the lead single taken from her upcoming new album, "Centre Stage," a collection of covers from classic theatre songs, out February 4th. The song, a cover of the 1980 Randy Crawford classic that was also performed by Nicole Kidman in Moulin Rouge,  is fine, borne aloft as it is on floaty Enya-isms.
Has taken her love and solo endeavors for musicals theatre performing and combined them for her album, Walsh decided to record a studio album featuring her own renditions of popular hits from musicals, commenting that "I've always loved musical theatre and doing Shrek the Musical definitely reignited the passion in me." For the album, Walsh commented that she wanted "to share the love I have for musical theatre by taking some classic songs and completely reinventing them. The melodies in so many musical songs are so brilliant, I knew we could create something special by experimenting with the production, and I really feel like we've come up with some interesting takes on classic songs."
Filmed at London's Pinewood Studios with dramatic effect of falling sparks added some glamor, the clip takes on a rags-to-riches theme as the 31-year-old Girls Aloud member dances in a fairytale peasant-style dress, fittingly styled with 40's Hollywood curls and performing the song in different settings, until she is joined by her Strictly Come Dancing dance partner Pasha Kovalev who added some finesse and they perform a ballet number. Although Walsh is without the rest of the girls, the pop star looks really lost and upset, but looked extremely classy and ladylike in her shiny dress and gowns.
Walsh looks like a classic Hollywood screen siren in her new video as she slips into a floor length gown with her hair falling gently with slight twists in it. Walsh sensually moves throughout the video and even shows off her Dirty Dancing style moves as in another section she jumps in the air to be caught by Kovalev as she wears a ballerina style costume under a spotlight. Throwing her hand up in the air as she sings her track, Walsh looks every inch the pop princess. Perhaps better known for her pop prowess as a member of Girls Aloud, Walsh has always loved Musicals, the subject of her solo album.

Eve is back and badder than ever in a good way. After a decade-long hiatus, the Philadelphia rapper makes her long-awaited comeback and continues her march back to relevancy with the chic video for "She Bad Bad," the lead single from her upcoming ever-delayed fourth album, "Lip Lock." Admittedly, Eve looks good and the video's attention-deficit visual style compensates for what was likely an independent budget, and still slay. Simple, yet effective, the clip does a solid job of capturing swagged out aura of the song.
Now a resident of London town, the 34-year-old former Pitbulls In A Skirt is eying April as the release window for the project which will be independently via her own label, Blondie Rockwell Inc. She's still bad. So she's rapping about it. Eve has suffered through plenty of pushbacks for this upcoming album. But it may just see the light of day this time around. Especially because she finally has a video for her aforementioned single.
The good ole indie route opened up for Eve, who came hard this time around with this African-inspired swaggy banger, "She Bad Bad." Over a chanting beat produced by JukeBox, the Scorpion delivers stinging verses about her re-entry into the game and her competitors. Set to a sparse and rather aggro beat, the track is laced with tribal chants and grunts leaving ample room for Eve to spit some rhymes about her comeback. We may have mixed feelings toward Eve's comeback single, but you know we're still crazy happy she's making new music.
Getting glammed it up to remind us why she's the reigning "Pitbulls In A Skirt," Eve continues to show the sultry side of the former Ruff Ryders first lady in TAJ-directed black and white sepia style video with a Caribbean influenced hook and a vintage, sepia-toned look. It starts off with Eve looking at herself in a mirror, with skulls on the wall oh her left. Then the video shows Eve looking glamorous while rapping, dancing and spitting her braggadocios rhymes in various high-fashion outfits, including some stylish bodices and fedora hats.

Piecing together footage her recent headlining tour, Ellie Goulding has released an explosive performance video for her heartfelt, emotional tune, "Explosions," the third single from her forthcoming sophomore studio album, "Halcyon," which has cemented her spot as an indie-tinged pop star with her life in warp speed. The 26-year-old UK electrapop darling gets rather personal by using actual footage from various trips and tour stops to compile the intimate visuals.
Goulding isn't afraid to show off her unique voice and powerful message. "Explosions" is tremulous, haunting, trippy, relaxing, enchanting, intense and delicate all at the same time, and is an infectiously smooth, laid back, melodically driven ballad that does a great job at showing off her ethereal vocals soar throughout the emotional song. “Explosions” is also a strong moving ballad that strikes you with elegant keys, enchanting strings, soaring choir hymns with Goulding's heavenly vocals.
As the title implies, "Explosions" is a powerfully stirring track with some brilliantly-written lyrics. The song has a deep storyline with a hook that bursts out with a strong piano accompaniment. Goulding penned this strings-laden ballad about her father, Arthur, who divorced her mum when she was five. The "Lights" songstress sings about how he was missing as she grew up and how he does not have her in his life anymore. The video is simple in concept and execution, but this helps to further demonstrate that "Explosions" is a beautiful and emotional experience all on its own. It's all about her music and her life.
Filmed on the road, and comprised of live performance footage from several different shows, the video is a cleanly shot of Goulding bearing her soul on stage in stark black-and-white effort, which showcases Goulding performing the powerful tune at Terminal 5 in New York City, intertwined with other shows, and capturing a diverse range of emotion and highlighting her spirited performance style. Scattered throughout these performance clips are also shots depicting life on the road from pre-show rituals and backstage with her band to tour bus traveling.