Welcome to FACT’s weekly video round-up.
As we note at the end of every year, music videos have never been better. But too often, music videos — along with documentaries, live sets and interview clips — get lost in the shuffle of news and new music.
With that in mind, FACT is doing what it does for mixes, mixtapes, vinyl and more: rounding up the internet’s best videos on a weekly basis. And to remove our bias, we won’t be including our own content — you’ll have to stay tuned to FACT TV for all your Against The Clock, FACT Freestyles and Confessions needs.
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Lorn
‘Acid Rain’
Dir: R113
A team of demented and damaged cheerleaders dances their way out of a car crash to the tune of Lorn’s gloomy electronics. The only thing more twisted than their choreography is the video’s ending.
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Zebra Katz & Leila
‘Blk Diamond’
Dir: Elvar Gunnarsson
Zebra Katz and Warp-veteran Leila return with another post-apocalyptic nightmare from their Nu Renegade EP. This time, two white brutes jackhammer the land and the body; diamonds flow like blood and congeal into a Margiela mask in what is possibly a metaphor for the blood diamond trade.
Obey City feat. Kelela
‘Airy’
Dir: Melissa Matos
Obey City and Kelela’s appropriately-titled ‘Airy’ gets a visual by Trusst. Models and dancers find their way through the world under the invasive zooms of video surveillance and random, Internet-born text bubbles to the surface.
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Vince Staples
‘Norf Norf’
Dir: Spike Jordan & Vince Staples
Vince Staples shares a black-and-white, ground level view of the justice system that dispenses with the symbolism of Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Alright’ video, rapping his Summertime 06 standout while getting arrested, interrogated and locked up.
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Lord Narf
‘Get Some Money’
Dir: Mike Ellwood
Fuck the YouTube haters: Lord Narf teams with Awful regular Mike Ellwood for the hot-pink-everything clip for ‘Get Some Money’ as Narf spikes cute (bubbles, balloons, blow-up animals) with danger.
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Denzel Curry
‘6 Billion Dollar Nigga’
Dir: FXRBES
The Miami rapper shares this short-but-sweet clip, which he describes as “Rare Footage of Distorted CyberPunk Shit” from his forthcoming King Of The Mischievous South Volume 2055 project.
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Tory Lanez
‘Diego’
Dir: Zac Facts & Tory Lanez
Toronto’s newest rapper-singer goes cinematic in ‘Diego’, mixing gangster tropes both old (white suits and white cars) and new (blunts and booty) in the video for this syrupy drug-dealing anthem. Despite all the video girls, the most striking image just might be those jewels on fire.
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Aina More
‘Girls Killing It’
It’s the year of the female squad video thanks to Beyonce, T-Swift, Rihanna and Madonna, and now London-based newcomer Aina More gets in the game with this DIY clip that is exactly what it says on the tin. Features selfie sticks, hula hoops and Boris Bikes.
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Ciara
‘Dance Like We’re Making Love’
Dir: Dave Meyers
Ciara continues her run of classy videos with another clip that proves she still has it, post-baby and post-Future. Going through a wardrobe of costumes, Ciara plays phantom as she hits the pool and haunts a palace. Then she goes all Fred-and-Ginger with her suitor before stripping down for bed. Take note, Russell Wilson.
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Suicideyear feat. K9
‘Scarr’
Dir: Jim Alexander
Baton Rouge-based rap producer Suicideyear revamps ‘Scarr’ with vocals from resurgent London grime MC K9 in a video that explores rainy London streets and makes juiceboxes look cool.
