2023: The stories behind 8 of the year’s best music videos

The making of 2023’s best music videos, as told by the directors behind the visuals. Featuring Oscar Hudson, Cissi Efraimsson, Yoonha Park, Tom Emmerson and more

Scrapper director Charlotte Regan recounts her favourite music videos

The ‘Scrapper’ director talks us through five music videos that have had a formative influence on the fizzy debut feature film, or her career

Black and white photo of artists Goya Gumbani and Kiina

Goya Gumbani and Kiina share new single and video, Define Time

The track is accompanied by a music video directed by Ivor Alice

Björk shares new mushroom rave video for Atopos

The visualiser for ‘Atopos’, the lead single from ‘fossora’, also features Gabber Modus Operandi’s DJ Kasimyn

Betty Davis: Watch a documentary on the late funk icon

Crack Magazine Supporters can watch ‘Betty: They Say I’m Different’, Phil Cox’s 2017 documentary on the trailblazing funk icon, for free until Sunday 20 February

The Best Music Videos of 2021

From NSFW choreography to surrealist setups and coming-of-age hedonism, here’s an unranked list of our top 10 videos of the year

Arca’s new video features two songs from her forthcoming album KICK ii

Watch the new ‘Prada / Rakata’ visual now

Director Rudá Santos meticulously executes music video narratives

Go behind the scenes on Ross From Friends’ video for ‘The Daisy’, created via our Three Minutes incubator project

FKA twigs directed Koreless’ new music video

The ‘Magdalene’ artist is behind the new ‘White Picket Fence’ visual

How director Teeeezy C took Birmingham to Nairobi in the video for M1llionz’ Lagga

Go behind the scenes with UK rap’s go-to video director

A Brief History of the Music Video

From Starman to APESHIT, Simran Hans chronicles the 50-year history of contemporary pop culture’s greatest format

Art director Fleur Fortuné tells cinematic stories through music visuals

The award-winning artist has produced widescreen videos for Travis Scott, Nike, Chloé and more

Meet Lee Martin, the digital thinker creating unique web experiences in the viral age

The LA-based creative utilises technological advancements to make music fans a part of the story. We caught up with him to talk narratives and digital experimentalism

London director Bafic creates visuals informed by the intensities of contemporary city life

The rising filmmaker explores the political energy and pace of London in his music videos

10 Music Video Directors Switching Up the Game

We profile 10 filmmakers taking the visual format deeper into the experimental field

The untold story of the Lynchian video for the Spice GirlsViva Forever

Fan theories abound as to the meaning of Spice Girls’ strangest video. The video’s director, Steve Box, puts the speculation to rest

We spoke to Daps, director of Stormzy’s Big For Your Boots video

The LA-based director is also responsible two Migos videos – ‘Bad & Boujee’ and ‘T-Shirt’

  • 02.02.17

Formation – A Friend

We’re premiering a dramatic new NSFW visual from the London quintet

6 New Videos You Need To See

DIY pop from Palmistry, Eagulls’ melancholy post-punk and more in this week’s video roundup

6 New Videos You Need To See

Each week we round-up the best new music videos out there With the advent of…

6 New Videos You Need To See

Each week we round-up the best (and worst) new music videos out there

Videos of the Year 2015

Welcome to our first ever annual rundown of music videos The internet rages on. It…

Online music videos to carry age ratings in the UK

New measures have been introduced to make sure children are not exposed to inappropriate content…