Neither groundbreaking nor totally original, this clip is certainly mesmerising and just a little bit creepy, in typical Aphex Twin fashion.īrooklyn based graphic designer Steven Menegozzi found online fame with his take on Danny Brown’s ‘Grown Up.’ Inspired by Fisher-Price, Menegozzi’s clip has a toy Danny Brown sporting a yellow cowboy hat and rapping in various childlike sets, including a houseboat, school and a farm. The clip specifically focuses on a young lad (a then 12-year-old Wyer) in a blue jacket and grey trackies who has some impressive dance moves and really seems to be enjoying himself. Credited to YouTuber epic1:40d Gaming (now going by his real name Ryan Wyer), the wonderfully weird music video features a bunch of kids dancing in the street. Turns out he and the band were fans of the clip and invited Salmon and his actor friends to New York to hangout with the band, resulting in Salmon and his two freinds appearing in the film clip for MGMT’s next single, ‘ Electric Feel’.Īphex Twin – ‘minipops 67 ’Īphex Twin isn’t your garden variety electronic act, so when this strange clip appeared online a few weeks after the release of ‘minipops 67 ’, nobody batted an eyelid. He uploaded the completed clip to YouTube and a few months later got a call from Ray Tintori-the guy behind the majority of MGMT’s early videos.
Shot in one night with friends Raf and Abby (both sporting Kiss-like makeup) for his USC Music Video class, Salmon intercut footage of his friends miming the song with random clips of people dancing. Jon Salmon’s fan video for MGMT’s smash hit ‘Kids’ has racked up over 52 million views since debuting way back in 2008.
The vid depicts cartoon Lamar getting involved with street gangs, the death of his uncle, and the violent world that ultimately put him on the path from street thug to acclaimed rapper. A key track on Kendrick Lamar’s seminal good kid, m.A.A.d city album, the animated clip illustrates the Compton rapper’s lyrics with simple but impacting visuals. No music video was ever shot for the song, so YouTuber Enpax decided to make one. city’ still managed to hit the charts in 2012, and peaked at number 10 on Billboard. Here are seven of the best.ĭespite never being released as a single, ‘m.A.A.d. Most examples of this phenomenon a few dozen YouTube views, but a select few have become just as successful as the official clip, and in fact, many bands prefer the fan’s version to their own.
And now, with the advent of new technologies and YouTube, fans are able to shoot their own music videos for their favourite songs. Initially used as a marketing tool to advertise bands and sell more records, music videos have evolved over the years into artistic accompaniments to songs that give the band an opportunity to be visually creative too. Ever since MTV appeared in 1982, music videos have become a music industry staple.
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