Mumford & Sons dropped "Lover of the Light"

Mumford & Sons have dropped a stunning and cinematic clip supporting their latest U.K. single, "Lover of the Light," the second single from the British indie folk band' latest extremely successful sophomore studio album, "Babel." Mumford & Sons don't do anything halfway, and their new video for "Lover Of The Light," is proof that the four-piece English folk collective puts just as much work into the concept of their videos as they do their epic brand of folk music.
All the classic Mumfy essentials of the song are there: marvelous, sweeping crescendos; lead singer Marcus Mumford's grainy, powerful vocals; great, swelling, uplifting emotional buildup. No exception for "Lover of the Light." This boisterous bluegrass banger has been a regular in Mumford & Sons' live sets since early 2010. Keyboard player Ben Lovett told NME: "With 'Lover of the Light,' people would say to us, 'Oh, I can't wait to hear that chorus on record.' But what they really meant by that is they can't wait to hear what they've already heard." It's a gorgeous piece with lovely cinematography set to one of Babel's best tracks.
One can be blind and still be a "Lover of the Light," that seems to be the moral to the story in the Mumford & Sons' new video, which features actor Idris Elba, who stars and makes his directorial debut as a blind man who suffering at his unhealthy disconnection from nature and finds true happiness in the light. This is a visually impressive video that carefully mirrors the timbre of the swelling and dynamic thoughtful uptempo tune.
Filmed in Pembrokeshire, Wales, the video follows a blind Elba seeking personal fulfillment in the great outdoors as he goes through his morning routine and explores the near by wilderness, his confidence surges until he arrives at a cliff side and yells his heart out to the ocean. He is all boundless joy and energy, rapturous. In a world of darkness, he loves the light. A somber and reflective Mumford strains, "Watch me stumble over and over." It has faithful Mumford fans wiping their eyes and scratching their heads.

Paloma Faith Choice To Strip Off In "Just Be"

London chanteuse Paloma Faith has released the video to her stunning new slushy ballad, "Just Be," the fourth single from her sophomore studio album, "Fall to Grace," which has enjoyed incredible success debuting a No.2 in the Official Charts. The 27-year-old British sensation looks to land softly in the States this fall with powerful ballads about lost love and heartbreak tend to do not too shabby in these parts lately.
However when she came to pen her sophomore set, Faith found herself in a settled relationship and needed to take a different angle. Faith went on to talk about her own lovelife as inspiration for the clip, especially as she split from her long-term boyfriend last year. She told the Mail: "What you have a tendency to do is believe that unless you're heartbroken you won't be able to produce anything of any value. But I feel lucky because these new songs may be more interesting than singing and wailing about being dejected or deserted. They're about how difficult it can be to put up with someone you're in a relationship with."
For Faith, "Just Be" is the album's crown jewel. She has described the song as showing her at her most vulnerable, as it is bare bones in being just her vocals accompanied by a piano and the more honest than other love songs, which are about staying in love forever while this one focuses on how annoying someone else can be. "It's supposed to be a realistic love song for real lovers," she explains. "It's saying, 'He gets on my nerves, but I love him.' I find that more endearing than, 'There's no one out there but him.' That seems naive. I have a lot of admiration for people who've been in relationships a long time, married for years. This is a more knowing take on romance."
Faith continues to do absolutely no wrong with this new gorgeous clip for an equally gorgeous tune that are packed to the brim with old glamour. She is no stranger to odd antics, so her choice to strip off and sit on a bare wood floor in her latest video is definitely one of the least strange things she's done. The video sees the eccentric star embroiled in a love affair in New York City, while other scenes see her singing the track interspersed with a story about two fighting lovers, while sat discreetly on a floor naked in an empty room. It all gets a bit heated.

Brandy Finds True Love In "Wildest Dreams"

Brandy finds true love that's too good to be true in just released new music video for her heartfelt ballad, "Wildest Dreams," the second cut lifted from her latest sixth studio album, "Two Eleven." We're fully thrilled that the 32-year-old R&B songstress is back on the scene and adding fuel to the fire. She's first reemerged with her Chris Brown-assisted "Put It Down," and now she's let us into her inner-psyche via her latest jam, "Wildest Dreams."
"Wildest Dreams" is a laid back mid-tempo classic R&B ballad with a laidback tone, which was inspired by R&B music from the 1990s and has lyrically which speak about the disbelief for finding love again. Brandy said that the song was inspired by newfound love with her real-life boyfriend Ryan Press. The song focuses on falling in love and it feeling better than one could have imagined. During the course of the song, vulnerable Brandy mentions herself several times, over the thwacking percussion and production.
"Wildest Dreams" is one of the album's highlights, and it manages to be both strong and vulnerable at the same time, something that could also be said about the album as a whole. The track kicking off with a hard-knocking throwback beat, the opening seconds pit two familiar Brandys against each other - an ethereal flurry of stacked harmonies against a robotic delivery reminiscent of her style on 2002's futuristic-sounding "Full Moon," with a raw, almost abrasive rasp in her lush vocals, complemented by a needle-on-vinyl crackle looped in the background.
The video was directed by Matthew Rolston, and did not really match the song as there was no concept to it whatsoever. And it shows as Brandy glows in her stylish. She brings a few friends along, struts around and shows off her new dances moves performing at an abandoned warehouse in L.A. with some of her fans in the audience. While Brandy clearly had fun shooting the visual, it would have been nice to see her channeling how happy she is in her new relationship and seeing how in love she is.

One Direction Gets Sappy on "Little Things"

One Direction went on a different direction from their usually upbeat and settled down for a studio session and shows off their more soulful side in a brand-new minimalist video for their super-sappy ballad, "Little Things," the second cut to be lifted from the British-Irish boy band's upcoming sophomore studio album, "Take Me Home," which will hit the shelves in the UK on November 12 and a day later in the US.
The slow and sentimental ballad, "Little Things" is a song about what a guy loves everything about his girl even the silliest things. This acoustic ballad is one of two songs penned by Ed Sheeran when he was in his teens and they were inspired by a relationship he was in at the time. He revealed to MTV News: "The great thing about it is I wrote that song with a girl called Fiona Bevan when I was 17 and we lost the song. I've kept in touch with Fiona, we've done gigs and stuff and about two months ago she sent me the tune."
One Direction have a few "Little Things" that they want to share in their brand-new video, and most of those little things add up to the fact that they think you are perfect, no matter how you perceive yourself. It's a sweet and subdued, dramatic black-and-white stripped down clip that suits the acoustic ballad perfectly, with nothing flashy - just the fivesome singing, playing instruments, and jamming out together in the studio recording the swoon-worthy track, while each moment is captured by a Polaroid picture.
Taking a stylistic break from their earlier videos, "Little Things" has a far more minimalist vibe and features the boys in the recording studio, gazing into the camera, adjusting sound levels, singing gently into the microphone, and pensively strumming their guitars. The quiet tone of the clip complements the ballad's sentimental lyrics. Needless to say, it's a far cry from the inflatable bananas and Monkees antics of their "Live While We're Young" video, but shows the low key side of all the One Direction group members.

No Doubt head to the wild west in "Looking Hot"

No Doubt takes up new roles as cowboys and Indians in a just-released new video for their hit song, "Looking Hot," the second official single from Orange County rockers' latest comeback sixth studio album, "Push and Shove," which peaked at No.3 on Billboard's albums chart. The new record finds No Doubt making only the most tentative divergences from previously tried and tested strategies, which gives "Push and Shove" a character that could be described as either dated or timeless.
This New Wave rave-up finds Gwen Stefani spouting tongue-in-cheek lyrics about being a well-preserved forty-something frontwoman. "Go ahead and look at me cause that's what I want. Take a good look won't you please cause that's what I want," she sings. "I know you want to stare. You can't help it and I don't care." The track pairs club-ready thump with catwalk-approved strut, and it perfectly melds their skanking past with their shiny pop present, which is why it will probably come as a surprise to learn that it almost didn't make the cut for "Push and Shove."
With their elaborate costumes and authentic-looking props and set-up, No Doubt's new video for "Looking Hot" is doing it old school and definitely a feast to watch. It was directed by Melina Matsoukas, and filmed over two days at Veluzat Motion Picture Ranch Studios last month. The clip shows the band performing and getting entangled in traditional gunfights set in the Wild West, as we see a classic Cowboys vs. Indians vibe with Tom Dumont and Adrian Young being the sheriffs in town that go after Stefani and Tony Kanal.
The ska-tastic video opens with Stefani in traditional Indian apparel and rides a horse in the open field, but is later captured by cowboy band mates Young and Dumont, while Kanal, who is on the Indian's side, finds himself locked-up in jail. The conflict is then taken to a huge battlefield where the two groups engage in all out battle leading to Stefani and Kanal's capture. But of course, the Wild West setting is not complete without shots of partying and merry-making inside saloons, and a massive bonfire with people doing their ritual dances.

Little Big Town Seeking Revenge With "Tornado"

Just in time for Halloween! Grammy-nominated country quartet Little Big Town has just released the eerie, yet sexy visuals for "Tornado," the title track form their latest fifth studio album, which spent five weeks at No.1 on Billboard's Country Albums chart. With gorgeous shots of gray skies, strong winds and chirping blackbirds, this is one music video that's perfectly in tune for Halloween with plenty spooky!
Two years after "The Reason Why," Little Big Town returned in 2012 with "Tornado," and justifiably, perhaps their poppiest yet. This four-piece country band open up their sound, once again emphasizing harmonies and melodies, encasing them in a sleek, gleaming production that pushes them ever closer to the mainstream. They've freshened up the breezy melodics and silken settings, giving the music a true modern stomp at times, but always keeping those gorgeous harmonies at the forefront. Their performance is playful and tinged with greasy Southern soul and unrivaled vocal harmonies, and "Tornado" gives them ample opportunity to showcase them.
"Tornado," a great woman scorned powerful song is about a woman seeking revenge, and that grim, dangerous opening sets the tone for the song (and video) as it propels forward. Karen Fairchild handles the lead with grit and strength. "I'm a tornado looking for a man to break," she sings, dictating every movement with a sultry voice looking for revenge. "Tornado" is all about taking a stand; rising up to the man's surprise. The fearsome beat is complimented by her confident fire, igniting on every note. It's clear that this guy has pulled the whole "love them and leave them" trick on her in the past and she's over it.
The dark, moody video that perfectly matches the tension set by the song itself, was directed by Shane Drake and filmed in Watertown, Tenn. It starts out with that haunting kind of calm and quiet with a sinister shot of a man sitting on a creaky rocking chair on the front porch of a dilapidated home. As Little Big Town enter the scene, residents in what appears to be a tiny southern town hurry back inside homes and shutter their windows. It's clear right off the bat that this group standing tall in some seriously fierce outfits is going to make this guy pay. But the quartet isn't there to harm the town, they are there to rain down justice on a man who deserves it and leave him snagged on the barbed wire and walk away.

Green Day reveal "The Forgotten" from 'Twilight'

Featuring never-before-soon footage from the upcoming "Twilight" saga film finale, "Breaking Dawn - Part 2," Green Day released its vamptastic video on MTV exclusively Tuesday for the soundtrack song, "The Forgotten," the first anthem off the film's forthcoming soundtrack, which is a moody ballad reminiscent of the brooding love scenes between Bella and Edward, also appears on the band's upcoming album "¡Tre!," set to release December 11, while the movie plays in theaters Stateside on November 16.
Kicking off on piano, musically "The Forgotten" slow things down a little for the trio with the vampire meets pop-punk video showing off the softer side of the Bay Area punk band. Billie Joe Armstrong sings over a swelling string section and strident piano chords. The power ballad in the vein of past Green Day hits from "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)" to "Wake Me Up When September Ends," with a emotion-packed tender vocal performance by frontman and heavy words about not looking away from the arms of a moment.
"The Forgotten" arrives soon after the band's announcement that it's canceled live dates through the end of 2012 and postponed shows previously scheduled for January and February, due to Armstrong's ongoing treatment. Perhaps his obligations there are why the new song's music video feels so tossed-off. "When we were asked to be part of the soundtrack, we readily agreed because the films are an insane cultural phenomenon," bassist Mike Dirnt said in a release. "We have always been impressed with the way the Twilight soundtracks are so carefully curated."
"The Forgotten" clip was the band's first dive into the extremely popular "Twilight Saga" series. In the clip, the raw images of the legendary punk trio recording, performing to massive crowds and just hanging out, is intertwined with footage from the film, giving fans their first look inside Bella's newfound vampire world. Green Day's soft, dreamy ballad touches on the nightmarish battle the Cullens now face -- yet the video shows no evidence of the war they are waging. Instead, all visuals from the film focus on Bella's fascinating new perspective and the love she shared with her new family.