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Björk rejoins Michel Gondry for Crystalline

Longtime creative cohorts Björk and Michel Gondry have released Crystalline, the groundbreaking first video from the Icelandic songstress’s ambitious new album/multimedia project, Biophilia.

The hallucinogenic video is a "visual collage of crystals and laser beams growing from the surface of a strange planet,” reports Pedestrian.

The famed French director has worked with Björk on numerous video projects in the past, including Human Behaviour in 1993 and Declare Independence in 2007. 

Gondry has also created music videos for countless other artists and bands, including Radiohead, Foo Fighters, The Rolling Stones, Daft Punk, Kanye West, Beck, The White Stripes and Paul McCartney.

His best known films include Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) and The Green Hornet (2011).

Björk’s Biophilia will be launched on September 27. It marks her first album since the release of Volta in 2007 and the eighth time the duo have collaborated since she left The Sugarcubes in 1992.

To view the video for Crystalline, click here.

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Noel Gallagher’s new music video now online

Former Oasis member Noel Gallagher has unveiled the music video for the debut single, The Death of You and Me, off his upcoming solo album Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, reports Clash Music.

While the music video is now streaming online, the debut single will be available to purchase on August 21, with the full album following on October 17.

"My manager asked me who the High Flying Birds are. They aren’t anyone in particular," explained the singer-songwriter. "’Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds’ is me and whoever is around at the time of whatever it is that I’m doing, a loose collective kinda thing."

In light of Noel’s infamous and ongoing feud with his brother Liam, some suspected the new track was about their tumultuous relationship, but Noel insists this is not the case.

"The saying is that if you don’t leave a place it will be the death of you," he said to the Telegraph. "The song is about people escaping the surroundings they are in; it’s not about me and Liam."

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Eminem’s new video focuses on domestic violence

Yesterday (June 27), award-winning rapper Eminem launched the music video for his latest single Space Bound, released last Friday from his seventh studio album Recovery, reports Music News.

The clip has Eminem singing about another failed relationship. Former porn actress Sasha Grey stars as his girlfriend, and eventually as his victim, after he strangles her and shoots himself.

The depressing, violent video, directed by Joseph Kahn (Without Me, Love the Way You Lie), features a graphic representation of a self-inflicted gunshot to the head, showing a slow motion spray of blood as the bullet exits the rapper’s brain

Actress Sasha Grey explained her interpretation of the Space Bound video to MTV, saying that Eminem was trying to depict the reality of relationships, that even the strongest of relationships can result in domestic violence.

"Em[inem] simply becomes company for [his girlfriend], and she mistakenly takes advantage of that." She said that the video could be interpreted “in many ways.”

Perhaps one day Eminem will take a page from Stieg Larsson, and feature a woman who refuses to allow herself to be victimized.

Delving repeatedly into themes of domestic violence, the rapper is no stranger to controversy and the violent video may not be approved for broadcast on several TV channels.

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Britney Spears launches video clip of new song

Pop star Britney Spears has posted a 30-second teaser clip of her I Wanna Go music video, which is set to debut on Wednesday (June 22), reports MTV.

"I-I-I wanna go-o-o all the way-ay-ay… but not quite yet… here’s a peek at what’s coming Wednesday tweeps," the singer wrote on Twitter, sharing a link to the video clip.

The teaser shows Spears standing on top of a yellow cab on a soundstage designed to look like a New York City street. The pop star – dressed in punk-inspired attire – looks around as she is surrounded by paparazzi busily snapping pictures.

Intercut with closeups of Spears’ bare midriff, are shots of the singer swinging her microphone like a medieval mace, knocking the photographers down one by one.

Spears has also been teasing Twitter followers with a few still images from the video. In one, she’s walking past an NYPD cruiser, while another shows a close up of the singer, dressed in red with her hair tousled, leaning back against a mirror.

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Fan-sourced Michael Jackson video debuts tomorrow

Last March, Sony Music and the estate of Michael Jackson asked fans around the world to contribute to the video for Behind the Mask, a song from his posthumous album, Michael.

The global online casting call asked fans to shoot, upload and submit their own unique performances for inclusion in the video, eliciting a response from 103 countries. Tomorrow, on June 14th, the fan-sourced video for Behind the Mask will be unveiled on Facebook.

For the project, the social networking website was loaded with simple tools that defined different roles. Users selected an action like playing an instrument, singing a lyric, acting out a crowd reaction or demonstrating a classic MJ dance move. Contributors were able to shoot their move right on the website or with their web cam and upload the clip at the precise time it occurred in the video.

“This has been the most exciting and fun project I think I’ve ever been involved in,” said director Dennis Liu. “It’s been such a privilege, and was incredibly moving to see so many people from all over the world join as one, their creative voices, dance and musical talents bound together by Michael Jackson’s spirit and incomparable artistry. 

“We received submissions from the Sahara Desert to Venice Beach, from mountaintops to suburban backyards, with some shots featuring well over one hundred people apiece. All who participated delivered brilliantly.”

Submissions were carefully edited down by the director to the best 1600 submissions (including 50 kids and 36 animals). 

 

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Rihanna releases sexy new music video

R&B singer Rihanna has released a sexy new music video for her ballad California King Bed, the sixth official single off her latest album, Loud, reports MTV.

The video – which was shot in California and directed by Anthony Mandler – opens on the lingerie-clad singer lying on her back in an open field, before the action moves to an open-air bedroom. There, Rihanna snuggles into the arms of a shirtless lover, until, over the course of the song, distance grows between the two.

The video begins in color but switches to black-and-white about halfway through, before finally returning to color as the clip closes out on Rihanna back in the same field as she started.

The new single was chosen with help from her fans. In February, the singer polled her Twitter audience for suggestions.

"Question existing: I’m shootin a new vid in a cpl wks, I just need u to tell me, which song should I shoot? What is my next single?" she wrote, a week before announcing California King Bed as the victor.

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Lady Gaga’s Judas music video now online

Lady Gaga’s newest music video, Judas, has finally made its debut – a highly-stylized and modernized retelling of the biblical story of betrayal, reports MTV.

A five-minute version of the video is now streaming online and can be accessed through Gaga’s official website. A seven-minute uncut version of the video premiered during E! News on Thursday night (May 5).

Both versions of the clip are filled with religious symbolism and allegory, and depict the biblical story of Jesus Christ’s betrayal by Judas Iscariot – portrayed here by actor Norman Raedus.

According to Gaga, the video is "a motorcycle Fellini movie, where the apostles are revolutionaries in a modern-day Jerusalem."

As Mary Magdalene, Gaga rides along with a motorcycle gang re-imagining of Christ and his apostles. When they come to a stop at an "Electric Chapel", Mary Magdalene tries to warn Christ about the impending betrayal, at which point everyone breaks into choreographed dance.

"The video, in essence, suggests that forgiveness and betrayal are hand in hand," explains Gaga. "The video puts destiny above all things and postures that the mistakes in your life are in fact not mistakes at all, they are just part of your overarching potential and your destiny."

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Foo Fighters seek amateurs to direct music videos

Alt rock band Foo Fighters are looking for amateur filmmakers to direct the official music videos for their upcoming studio album.

Would-be directors are invited to upload their work to YouTube and then enter the contest through the Foo Fighters official website. The contest, called This Video Sucks, is sponsored by Sony and is open to U.S. residents only. Entries must be no more than ten minutes long and are due by January 31.

Eleven winners will be flown to New York and given the opportunity to direct the music video for one of the 11 new songs. The videos will premiere on Fuse.

Earlier this week, the Foo Fighters announced that they had finished recording the as-yet-untitled album.

"It’s different to any other Foo Fighters album because it just sounds big. It was really inspiring," said frontman Dave Grohl, in an interview on BBC Radio 1.

This will be the band’s first studio album since 2007’s Echoes, Silence, Patience and Grace.

 

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Britney Spears seeks dancers for new music video

Pop star Britney Spears, 29, is gearing up to film her next music video, according to fan website BreatheHeavy.com.

The fansite reports that a notice calling for male and female dancers with "with fabulous bodies and faces" was circulated by Spears’s people. Auditions for the video were scheduled for yesterday (December 22), with rehearsals starting up right after Christmas and filming to take place in early-to-mid January.

Twitter updates from Brian Friedman, Spears’s choreographer, seem to support the idea of the Wednesday auditions. "Countdown… 2 days till that very special audition I am holding in LA. Very exciting!!!" he posted on Monday (December 20). Friedman previously worked with Spears on her Toxic and Me Against the Music videos.

There’s no information yet on the new album, due out in March, though rumours suggest that the first single will be called Hold it Against Me, reports MTV. The singer’s last studio album, Circus, came out in December 2008, while a greatest hits album, The Singles Collection, was released in November 2009.

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Slash releases By the Sword in 3D

The first video off Slash’s first solo album is getting the 3D treatment. The song By the Sword features vocals by Wolfmother’s Andrew Stockdale and guitar from the Chapeaued Shredder.

Slash had this to say: "From Andrew’s vocals, to Vance directing me again, to PassmoreLab doing the 3D, it has been a killer experience and I am thrilled with it."

Vance Burberry was director of photography on Guns N’ Roses videos for Sweet Child O Mine, Paradise City and Welcome to the Jungle.

Gibson.com reports: By the Sword, in 3D! will be seen via video on demand on various network locations in Italy, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Australia, Japan and Canada, at the 3D Experience Entertainment & Technology Festival as the pre-roll to U23D in Times Square, New York City; and at Hard Rock Cafes in Barcelona and Madrid."

Slash just shot a video last Friday (August 27) for another song off his new album. Beautiful Dangerous features vocals by Black Eyed Peas frontwoman Fergie.