Gosh and Gold are amazing songs! I hope Adele releases a music video for WUTB. Work and The Sound are incredible songs! and Never Be Like You definitely my favorite from this set so far
Into You and Too Good top 3 incredible set!
I'M TALKING ABOUT THE WORST VIDEOS. DON'T BE APPLAUDING IF YOU LIKE THESE CUZ THAT MEANS YOU AGREE THEY ARE GARBAGE
50 "Irresistible," Fall Out Boy (ft. Demi Lovato)
...why?
I mean, I don't get the point of the song anyways but this has NOTHING to do with the classic "It's Gonna Be Me," so my make this a homage?
49 "False Alarm," The Weeknd
Rule #74: Never go Full Kanye unless your are yourself Kanye.
48 "Make Me Like You," Gwen Stefani
I hope Gwen got to keep every penny Target paid for this "live" video event during the Grammys. It's slapdash and plotless, which the song is as well, but it also looks unrehearsed even with the clear editing tricks to fake the liveness.
47 "Unsteady," X Ambassadors
I actually don't know why I don't like it. Probably the ham-handed alcoholism plotline. Like, there's no reason it has to be there to show the beginning and the end of a relationship in time. It's actually a novel concept, especially with the song. And I guess the alcohol works due to the song but it just feels like it's shoved in to create tension that is harder to pull off with these actors over anything else. Like...it's just over and you know it and he knows it and it takes a spark to set it off.
46 "Handclap," Fitz And The Tantrums
Did you know Fitz is 46? And apparently did not rehearse the choreography?
45 "Sleep Without You," Brett Young
Generic plot country video for generic plot country song by generic blonde country boy.
44 "Wanna Be That Song," Brett Eldridge
It's his fault the Cubs won.
43 "May We All," Florida Georgia Line (ft. Tim McGraw)
Well...at least there's a plot?And we make fun of the useless redhead being the useless one in the duo.
42 "Body Moves," DNCE
"OOh, we're so hot and sexy. And have that one Jonas you used to wanna fxxk until the young one found creatine." You should love how hot and sexy we are in our hot and sexy video. We let the girl sing too, and she's hot and sexy! And we have old time video recorders like Fiona Apple used. You remember how hot and sexy "Criminal" was, right? Well this is just as hot and sexy!"
Seriously, this would have been a fine time for just a concert video. Or a normal club video. This just makes no sense.
And...and we all agree the mohawk one is the most useless, right?
41 "Team," Iggy Azealia
Had she just left the dance video up, no one would care. But no, she needed a plot. Which is...
Um..
A jail break?
Escaping homeland security?
Poor CGI?
40 "Desire," Years & Years (ft. Tove Lo)
The original is a piece of art, allowing the tension of the song to play out with the various couples. This version features Ollie being attacked by Not-Tove's vagina during a cult indoctrination (but I want the pink driving coat), a weird mostly clothed orgy and Ollie becoming Not-Tove.
Yeah...downgrade.
39 "Roses," The Chainsmokers (ft. ROZES)
Couple passive-agressively dates, woman does ballet. Sure, that's a story. But does it work with the song?
Well...the dancing bit works. The "plot" does not.
38 "Closer," The Chainsmokers (ft. Halsey)
You think the guys have issues with women and trying to ****-shame them in video-form?
And seriously boys, y'all have faces for radio and voices for mime. Lets never do this again.
37 "Star Of The Show," Thomas Rhett
I didn't care for it when One Direction did it, I'm most certainly not caring for the sloppier version of it.
36 "Scars To Your Beautiful," Alessia Cara
I mean all she does visually is right on the nose but this is far too literal to work right.
(Note: I nearly placed "Wild Things" on this list as well as it's just too Tumblr. But I adore the song so it's get an Alyssa pass *tonguepop*)
35 "Play That Song," Train
No.
Just, no.
34 "All In My Head (Flex)," Fourth Harmony (ft. Camilla Cabello & Fetty Wap)
First, this will never get old. Second, holy hell are we really trying to make 5H act sexy? Have you SEEN Camilla "act"?
I mean I get it, Camilla finally was legal so bikinis and **** for everyone. But it actually looks and feels forced as hell and clearly designed by committee. Plus it really plays up the "we're just five singers waiting out this damn contract" feel that 5H has had since the Lylas/1543/whatever buildup on XFactorUSA.
33 "By Your Side," Jonas Blue (ft. RAYE)
Considering how interesting "Fast Car" and "Perfect Stranger" were visually, doing a travelouge is just lazy.
32 "Rise," Katy Perry
Katy tries militarying again, fails as much as "Part Of Me." Although the cinematography when she's almost killed by the parachute in the lake is astounding and nearly grounds for dismissal from this list.
31 "Starving," Hailee Steinfeld & Grey (ft. Zedd)
Now, no offense to Hot Daddy over Hailee's left shoulder, but this is a mess of k-pop proportions. And who thought making her look like a Jenner was a wise decision?
I love Closer so much but not the music video Roses is good tho...
Ugh agree with the Rise music video, Irresistible is bad too.
False Alarm... actually the only thing I like is the MV, not the song
For some shabby Pitbull videos released this year, this one is just so lazy. Even by his standards. Plus I keep thinking this is just a lyric video.
27 "Mama Said," Lucas Graham
Well that was annoying.
26 "Don't Let Me Down," The Chainsmokers (ft. Daya)
Why is this one worse than the other thwo videos? The other two have a plot. This is "The Chainsmokers Run Into A Coven." That's not a plot, that's a wish right now.
25 "Fresh Eyes," Andy Grammar
So last time this douchecanoe was here he tricked happily coupled people to share clips while he sang about seriously considering cheating. Here he's singing about his chick dressing up/skanking out/whatever and yet the video is "lets fix poverty with a haircut."
Um. What?
24 "Out Of The Woods," Taylor Swift
Oh, you thought I forgot about this CGI monstrocity?
23 "Sit Still Look Pretty," Daya
She sits still! She looks pretty! She wears horrible shoes! She has babyhairs for some reason! Who approved this!
22 "That's My Girl," Fourth Harmony (ft. Camilla Cabello)
Look, I'll go with "saving the post-apocalyptic day" but can someone work out their clothing?
21 "7 Years," Lucas Graham
The video is about nine wedged together. And none of them are good.
20 "Lost Boy," Ruth B
Well this boring claptrap is fine with just a piano. But when we dress it up it's a nightmare that distracts from the song.
19 "Peter Pan," Kelsea Ballerini
Meanwhile this one has nothing to do with Peter (which I approve of) but makes no sense with the song since he's just flying around.
18 "Bad Things," Machine Gun Kelly (ft. Camilla Cabello)
...do you think they we know "We Found Love" already exists? As does like 30 knock-offs?
17 "Thinking About You," Axwell (ft Ingrosso)
Well that's more annoying.
16 "Dancing On My Own," Callum Scott
Well if you're going to freeze the glorious Robyn track, might as well make the video as bland, as 1984, and as boring as humanly possible.
15 "Make Me (Ooh...)," Britney Spears (ft. G-Easy)
Props to her for rejecting the original pitch for the video. But their decision to fix it is...flawed. And dumb. Like, really dumb.
14 "Kill'em With Kindness," Selena Gomez
The hair commercial approach only works with proper hair flipping. Which means you have to FLIP. IT. LIKE. YOU. CARE.
13 "Pillowtalk," ZAYN
Gig really needs to stop dropping acid.
12 "Can't Stop The Feeling," Justin Timberlake
First of all, what the hell was the purpose of releasing this in April when the "Trolls" movie didn't come out until November?
Secondly, THE HELL?! Timberlake, when we said we wanted a comeback we meant with a damn clubbanger (which, lets be honest, was missing on the 20/20 split). Not this mess of a track with a video clearly designed to be the new "Happy."
Third, who the hell botched your eyebrow lift. You shouldn't look this surprised.
11 "Hands To Myself," Selena Gomez
Considering she has been a victim of stalking (and din't her stalker make it into the house?) I fail to see the logic of taking the best song she's released since "Naturally" and then making the plot "sexy stalker looks sexy, gets arrested." Like...why?
I'M TALKING ABOUT THE WORST VIDEOS. DON'T BE APPLAUDING IF YOU LIKE THESE CUZ THAT MEANS YOU AGREE THEY ARE GARBAGE
10 "Hymn For The Weekend," Coldplay (ft. Beyonce)
Based on Western Ideals and Images of India, every day is Holi. SERIOUSLY COLDPLAY, YOU'RE IN KOLKATA, COULD YOU TRY SHOWING THE ACTUAL CITY AND NOT JUST SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE?
09 "One Call Away," Charlie Puth
What's funnier than listening to this track? Watching Charlie try to look sincere in this mess.
08 "Me Too," Meghan Trainer
Who the hell in her camp approved this? Parody does not work well when it really looks like it's your life *coughTaylorcough*
Seriously, by the time this was released this the PokeGo craze was dead and buried (and no, Santa Pikachu didn't save it). So why do something already dated for a video when it makes no God damn sense with the song?
06 "I'm A Sword Swallower (Prince Rama Remix)," Daddy
Why yes, that is James Franco and Lady Gaga having a three way while dressed in Purge costumes. So nice of you to ask!
No, I don't know why anyone is blowing a *****.
05 "No," Meghan Trainor
Fine, do the late-90s throwback video. It's still garbage.
04 "Said No One Ever," Jana Kramer
I feel like I'd hate this song less if the video wasn't so assinine and utter ueselessness.
03 "I Know What You Did Last Summer," Shawn Mendes (ft. Camilla Cabello)
Camilla overacts while walking on a treadmill: The Movie! Shawn honey, mainpain cuz you're girl actually dated someone before you can have a different video, no matter how dramatic the chorus is supposed to sound.
Also, this was released in November 2015? The fxxk???
02 "Dessert," Dawin (ft. Silento)
Vine: The Movie! Useless trash that thankfully went nowhere.
01 "Work From Home," Fourth Harmony (ft. Camilla Cabello & Ty Dolla $ign)
Ugh, this mess.
Look, let them **** around a construction site. It makes no sense but whatever. But every timeI watch this I find something even more dumb than before. The vaguely latina using the tape measurer. The short one tooting her ass out like the rent was due a week ago against some dude's v-line. The bisexual trying to use a blowtorch. The heels on Nomani. Whatever the hell Camilla is doing at the end of the song. A comedy of errors for a dumb song with a poorly executed butt conga on a staircase. Thank God the 5H experiment is over.
Please note: the only reason Camilla will have a career (that fails miserably) is that I know there's a Ally and Laura (Lauren? Laura? No, it's Lauren.) and something with a D and I haven't a clue in the slightest which of the three is which.
Hopefully tonight, maybe tomorrow, sometime soon we'll start the good videos