I was brought on board SUNfiltered to bring a gay voice to the blog, so I hope the above video for the song “Pon De Floor,” by Major Lazer, doesn’t seem out of place with my other posts. After all it is a riotous video depicting male/female couples dancing and freaking. Do people still say “freaking?” I was a high schooler in the 1990s. I’ll own the term.
Anyway. Back to this video. It is crafted by Eric Wareheim and I have watched it repeatedly for a week now. I cannot look away. The couples are all over each other in a world created with animation via Fatal Farm. Major Lazer are a duo comprised of Grammy-nominated producers Diplo and Switch, who worked on Santigold and M.I.A’s albums. The music’s as intense as the video, which is not necessarily safe for work.
1. Some big headed pint size kids spit lyrical fire in the music video for “Where You At” by Australian hip hop group Astronomy Class and featuring Vida-Sunshyne & Kween G (KillaQueenz).
This week’s top five music videos circulating around the Internet tubes. They all share a certain upbeat sound which is perfect for sunny summer weekends. Enjoy and let me know what you think!
1. The theatrical music video for Australian duo Empire of the Sun’s (Luke Steel from The Sleepy Jackson and Nick Littlemore from Pnau) catchy electro-pop tune “Walking on a Dream” was shot in Shanghai and directed by Josh Logue.
