![]() 26: Bat for Lashes: What’s a Girl to Do (2006) Directed by: Dougal Wilsonīritish singer and auteur Bat For Lashes (real name Natasha Khan) funneled the spirit of her favorite sci-fi movie Donnie Darko in this video, where she’s seen riding a bike on a road at night accompanied by several insidious animal figures. It’s powerful because it gives the impression that we are witnessing a complete, uninterrupted performance by the singer, whose dancing exudes mesmerizing energy. Many pop videos of this era bombarded the viewer with a complex array of visual images but Beyoncé went for a relatively straightforward approach on this black and white promo film, which captured her dancing against an unchanging background. 27: Beyonce: Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It) (2008) Directed by: Jake Nava One of the best music videos of the 00s, Minogue’s walkabout took place in Paris, used 50 extras, and was filmed in one continuous take. It received a million views in its first week of release and in 2009 won a Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video.Ĭlick to load video 28: Kylie Minogue: Come Into My World (2002) Directed by: Michel Gondryįilming the Australian pop princess walking in a circle doesn’t sound like a viable idea for a music video but when you have French director Michel Gondry behind the camera, an unremarkable concept can blossom into an inspired visual symphony. This was Weezer‘s response to their record company asking them to be more commercial: a defiant declaration of individuality, which produced a hilarious internet-inspired video featuring tons of cameos. ![]() 29: Weezer: Pork and Beans (2008) Directed by: Matthew Cullen Subtitled The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem, it first appeared in four online installments before the full movie premiered on DVD. The enigmatic French electronic duo’s second album Discovery was accompanied by this epic 65-minute dialogue-less sci-fi themed anime movie. 30: Daft Punk: Interstella 5555 (2003) Directed by Leiji Matsumoto To date, it has racked up over 800 million views on YouTube. It was filmed in one continuous take but took sixteen attempts to get it to the director’s satisfaction.Ĭlick to load video 31: Red Hot Chili Peppers: Californication (2000) Directed by: Jonathan Dayton and Valerie FarisĪ rumination on how Hollywood exerts a powerful, sometimes dark, influence on people around the world, “Californication” resulted in the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ most popular video, which depicts the band as characters in a video game. ![]() The Iron Man himself, Robert Downey Jr, stars in this video, lip-syncing to Elton John‘s plaintive ballad as he strolls pensively through the luxurious Greystone Mansion in Beverly Hills. 37: Elton John: I Want Love (2001) Directed by: Sam Taylor-Wood The video mirrored both Green Day’s pent-up energy and the band’s innate rebelliousness. 38: Green Day: American Idiot (2004) Directed by: Samuel BayerĪ protest song railing at what Green Day perceived as the propagandist tendencies of the mainstream US media, “American Idiot” came with a subversive video showing the Cali neo-punk trio playing on a soundstage with a green-tinted version of the American flag as a backdrop. If social media had been more of a thing back then, we’re sure this would have been the source of a thousand memes. Halfway through, there’s a raucous beat-boxing competition held in a bar before Björk reunites with her husband, now suited, who grows to human size and then dances with her. One of the most mind-boggling videos of the 2000s was this one by the Icelandic avant-pop queen, which shows the singer going on a drinking binge to escape her husband, who is played by a cat wearing a vest. Like the song it’s representing, the video is taut and frenetic but is also an honest portrait of the band’s raucous, youthful energy.Ĭlick to load video 39: Björk: Triumph of a Heart (2005) Directed by: Spike Jonze These Canadian skate-punk rockers begin this anarchic video doing a short, impromptu four-part rap in a liquor store before the action cuts to a concert in a dry river bed, which is then interwoven with footage of the band acting up in front of the camera. 50: Sum 41: Fat Lip (2001) Directed by: Marc Klasfeld You can see a marked shift in the ways that musicians and film directors began to play with the format. What’s perhaps most interesting about this list of the best music videos of the 00s was the widespread arrival of the internet later in the decade. There’s genre-defining moments in neo-soul and hip-hop, as well as genre-busting efforts by folks that subverted tropes built up since the arrival of MTV in August of 1981. There’s unique visual trickery by masters of the form. The best music videos of the 00s are a varied bunch.
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