Lady Antebellum Unleashed "Wanted You More"

Lady Antebellum paint a haunting picture of unrequited love in their brand-new video for their latest single, "Wanted You More," the fourth single taken from their Grammy award-winning album, "Own the Night," The trio unleash the country rock ballad with lush orchestral arrangements and heartfelt lyrics. Lady Antebellum have always relied on slick, modern production, so this new offering is more style than substance.
The country trio wrote "Wanted You More" during soundcheck one afternoon with their road band, and the melody contains the influence of dozens of pit stops and sound checks. The melancholy tune tells a story that rings true for anyone who has been through a bad breakup. Eventually, everyone has a moment when they realize that they were willing to sacrifice more than their ex. The beauty of that moment of clarity, though, is that then you get to walk away and that's what this song and music video are about.
"After listening to the song more and more, it felt like it's almost the next stage of 'Need You Now'," Charles Kelley explains. "It's like you're past that... I guess you wanted me more than I wanted you. I don't need this anymore. It's cool to be continuing that story a little bit." Scott added "That song, with the instrumentation and lyrics, it makes me sad to sing it. But the lyrics, everybody, whether we want to admit it or not, has been in a place where we cared about someone more than they cared about us. It's a vulnerable thing to admit. It's definitely emotional."
Filmed in Nashville last month by director Noble Jones, who takes an intense video to capture the essence of this serious power ballad, and made it happen. The artistic clip uses natural elements like sunbeams, empty fields and butterflies combined with shots of a couple in turmoil to reflect the serious nature of the song. By the final verse, the burning piano and an orange glow coming from each band member's chest times perfectly with the rising melody. Those final scenes indicate just how dramatic the song really is.

B.o.B and Taylor Swift Debut "Both Of Us"

Southern rhymer B.o.B and country-pop songbird Taylor Swift unite on the new video set for "Both of Us," the third single lifted off rapper's sophomore album, "Strange Clouds." The video is a tribute to the hard-working everyperson. In fact, the video doesn't focus on the superstar duo for too long, as it cuts to scenes of every day people, from all walks of life, living their day-to-day lives.
The track finds the rapper identifying with underdogs, as he rhymes about battling pain and hardships in life. While the 23-year-ol rhymer is roaming the streets and spitting his lines, the country music beauty is playing with a dog in a field of flowers. On how the duet project came about, he recently shared that Swift "came to Atlanta and she hit up Grand Hustle. I wasn't there. Tip was there, and I eventually linked with her in Dallas, and the rest is history."
The Jake Nava-directed clip was filmed in Nashville, and it opens with B.o.B hanging out in his modest home, while Swift is chilling out in the most un-Taylor Swift spot in music video history, a pool hall. As the video closes out, viewers are left with a sort of fantasy, with B.o.B and Swift re-imagined as the everyman and everywoman living simple lives in rural Tennessee, much like the folks in the video. This video instead sheds light on the grittier sides of the country music capital, following the lyrics of the track, which center on adversity and strife.
The video isn't glamorous, but it leaves viewers appreciating the little things in life. It's not about money, it's about understanding that sometimes a romp through a sprinkler or a good game of billiards is enough to take you away from the mundane moments of everyday life. The twosome just want to make sure that this summer, you take the time to appreciate the little things in life, like running through sprinklers and playing a good game of pool or if you're feeling as adventurous as Swift, jumping into a pool.

Lana Del Rey pays tribute with 'National Anthem'

Lana Del Rey has just released the music video for her new single "National Anthem," which places her in the midst of John F. Kennedy's final days. With Harlem rapper A$AP Rocky playing the part of the young commander in chief, Del Rey takes on both Marilyn Monroe in her best effort at all its slinky and seductive glory, and Jackie Kennedy, a very loose-hipped, dancing version of the First Lady. This song fits in well with the indie pop intrigue's post-Lizzy Grant cinematic "gangsta Nancy Sinatra" public image.
"National Anthem" is the fifth single taken from Del Rey's debut album, "Born to Die," which peaked at No.2 on the Billboard 200 upon its release back in January. Save for the fact that the song is called "National Anthem," its hard to see how the presidency and death of JFK really figure in here. The takeaway line from the whole song: "Money is the anthem of success." Throwing Rocky into the mix actually makes a bit of sense, as the song was produced by Emile Haynie and Jeff Bhasker, two maestros with resumes rich with hip-hop and rap productions.
"Every so often, I top what I've done, and this video is definitely the most beautiful thing I've ever done," the 26-year-old moody songstress previously said. The Mandler-directed 7-minute epic clip lives up to the hype by coming in with a sprawling nearly eight-minute run time, and boasts a visual ode to money and success more so than a history lesson. Through good performances and gorgeous Super-8 cinematography and a complete indifference to anything related to governing, actually does an amazingly nice job depicting Del Rey and Rocky embrace their characters completely.
The clip begins in black and white, and flashes back in time with Del Rey as Marilyn Monroe sings her seductive "Happy Birthday" to the cigar-smoking President in 1962. The clip then segues to Del Rey as Jackie Kennedy sitting beside her husband during the tragic Dallas motorcade in November 1963 during which the President was assassinated, but as the music fades out, Del Rey leaves the viewer with some food for thought.

Maroon 5 only stays with love "One More Night"

Maroon 5 have unleashed a music video in support of their latest single "One More Night." It follows frontman Adam Levine as a father of one who works a grueling schedule as a boxer. One night after a big fight which he won, he goes home with battered face only to find out that his family has left. The the catchy reggae-drenched tune is the lead-off track and second single from pop rock band's just-released dance-heavy new album, "Overexposed." Kicking off with a reggae-style guitar on "One More Night," the album starts on a subtle yet sharp note.
It is a pop song, with a reggae beat infused into the percussion, giving the song a more dancey feel. Lyrically, the song is built upon the idea of the quintessential push and pull between what the heart, mind and body want, which are usually opposing things. The song is erected on a thumped out beat, in addition to Levine's signature falsetto, where he tosses off lyrics about not getting along with (or being able to untangle himself from) his lady love, and hoping he only stays with her just 'one more night.'
"One More Night" is not a dance floor anthem, it's certainly a bouncy, reggae-flecked midtempo with a chorus that feels reassuringly familiar that's sure to inspire sing-alongs. "I do love the lyrics," Levine said of the song. "The metaphor that we spoke of earlier, a relationship between two people, sometimes when it's not going so well, it feels like a battle. Like a boxing match." Levine wins a big fight, but it no longer matters when he returns home and finds out that the people he loves dearly have left.
Things don't end too well for our hero, whose wife ends up leaving him, and their romance is not of the fairy-tale variety. But Levine’s still grateful Kelly showed up in the first place. The music video is directed by "Battleship" helmer Peter Berg. "Just go with It" babe-alicious actress Minka Kelly plays Levine's love interest. "I play a heartbreaker, I guess," she said in the clip. "I do very bad things... but necessary." To prepare for the fight scene, the frontman got a training he'll never forget. He said, "I got the guy who was training me. He hit me, and it hurt."

David Archuleta Released "I'll Never Go" Video

David Archuleta has just released a music video in support of his latest sensational new love song "I'll Never Go," the second single taken from the American Idol Season 7 runner-up's fourth studio OPM-album, "Forevermore," a collection of all original Filipino classic love songs, has been in stores since spring.
The OPM, or Original Pilipino Music, refers to pop songs–particularly ballads from the late 70s on–made famous by some of the country's most popular singers. "I wouldn't say that I sound better than the original singers because the singers here are so amazing. But I would hope that I could pay tribute to them with this album," Archuleta once said. The new ballad, which might be Archuleta's best song yet, and is sure to get tons of radio airplay this summer.
The 21-year-old soul singer is currently on a Mormon mission, and his content is rolling out at a slow pace in order to space things out before he returns. In March, the half-Honduran singer had another surprise for his fans: he announced he was cutting his Bieber-esque locks in favor of a more conservative look. "Just about to go get my haircut for my mission. You have to keep it short and clean, and nicely cut, so I'm going to go do that now," the singer said at the time.
The clip for "I'll Never Go," was filmed in Manila, back when Archuleta was still in the country, and is more than effective of achieving some great emotion despite being relatively simplistic in structure. The runner-up of 'American Idol' season 7 continues to promote his album "Forevermore," before moving on to his next studio installment called "BEGIN." He re-records singles by such artists as Christina Aguilera, Sarah McLachlan, Cyndi Lauper and U2 for the effort. Among the cover songs, there is one new material called "Broken," which he wrote himself.

Big Time Rush hit the beach in "Windows Down"

US pop TV band Big Time Rush, a Californian boy band formed as the winners of a Nickelodeon produced television series of the same name, who have just released their new single and video for their brand new one-off summer single, "Windows Down," which is the first single of Big Time Rush's, still unnamed, third album. The single is set for release today, along with a new third episode, "Big Time Returns," the hit series centers on four hockey players from Minnesota who are selected to form a boy band in Los Angeles.
Described as a summertime anthem, "Windows Down" shamelessly rips off Blur's famous tune "Song 2" - drumbeat, guitar riff, 'woo-hoos' and all - while giving it a slick dose of processed pop and lyrics about partying hard. The track samples one of Brit-pop's most iconic anthems, that would suggest that Blur either licensed the use of their track, or that they're being paid royalties for its use. In fact, that "Windows Down" is actually a re-write of a tune sold to the pop group by none other than trash-mistress Ke$ha.
"Windows Down is a song that completely embodies fun and we wanted to shoot a video that captured the four of us doing just that," BTR band member Logan Henderson told Us Weekly. "We shot the video in Maui and did everything from cliff diving to paddle boarding to a house party with the locals. Our fans will get a chance to see a more mature and playful side of BTR." The track is s so fresh, summery, party-ready, and so damn catchy. It will definitely make you want to get up and dance.
The music video was filmed in tropical Maui, Henderson and his bandmates have gone all out, and take their fans to enjoy warm weather and have a fun summer day on the beach in Hawaii. The clip feature the rising US boyband cruising around in an open jeep, greeting fans, get shirtless, hit the beach, and executing some serious cliff diving moves at the beach, among other 'having fun' scenes, all while showing off their ripped physiques of course!

First Aid Kit regretting unfinished things in 'Blue'

First Aid Kit are back with a new utterly beautiful music video for their breezy pop radiation of current single, "Blue," the third single taken from their recent excellent second LP, "The Lion's Roar." a record so bursting full of alternative folk rock that it sounds as though it were spawned from the loins of the dusty midwest, belying the two bashful Scandinavian women, are undoubtedly one of the hottest sister duos around right now in every sense of the word.
The Comet favorite, First Aid Kit, a Swedish indie/folk duo consisting of the young sisters Klara and Johanna Söderberg, whose close vocal harmonies and woodsy, folk-influenced songwriting take influence from the likes of Fleet Foxes and Joanna Newsom. The sisters manage to so effortlessly create a timeless sound that is vulnerable yet musically mature can only be commended, and thoroughly enjoyed. Transcending the expectations of the listener.
The pair's newest song "Blue," is full of haunting nuance and the video is positively as beautiful as it is haunting. The track has providing a stunning example of what lies in wait on the album. According to Klara, many songs on "The Lion's Roar," are based on universal emotions: "'Blue' is about this woman who looking back at her life and regretting the things she didn't do. We sort of write about our fears of the future and regrets we may have kind of as a warning to ourselves - 'Don't become these people', rather than just 'Oh, I'm 19 and I'm scared about the future.'"
The sisters do appear in the Daniel Wirtberg-directed video, but taking center stage is the veteran Swedish actress Ewa Fröling, who stars as a widowed former beauty queen. A touching video showing Fröling going about her daily business and the troubles she has when visiting a local bonfire. The relationship between beauty and age is a finicky thing, but legendary Swedish actress is an exception to the rule, as best exemplified here. Bonfires, Dickensian homes, and snazzy shades add an eerie twinge to this '60s throwback.