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50 Beautiful Music Videos
Published October 12, 02019, Page Last Modified November 7, 02020
Contents
- Intro
- Top 22 Beautiful Music Videos
- 28 More Beautiful Music Videos
- YouTube Playlist of all 50 Videos
Intro
One of my favorite art forms is the music video.
Sometimes I toy with the idea of becoming a music video director, but it doesn’t seem like I’m on course for that at the moment!
In the meantime, I thought I would compile a list of music videos that I think are beautiful. Instead of just listing them, I’ve also screenshotted some of the most visually stunning frames so that they’re always at the ready for future inspiration. The first 22 videos (in no particular order) are the ones I like most. I captured many frames for each of those videos. The remaining 28 are also fantastic, but some for different reasons than visual beauty. For each of these videos, I captured 1-4 frames. Those are at the bottom of the page.
Top 22 Beautiful Music Videos
Beyoncé - 7/11
Directed by Beyoncé & Todd Tourso









The Carters - APESHIT
Directed by Ricky Saiz














Jay-Z - The Story of O.J.
Directed by Mark Romanek & Jay-Z















Jay-Z - Picasso Baby
Directed by Mark Romanek, Inspired by Marina Abramović - The Artist is Present












Chet Faker - Gold
Directed by Hiro Murai




Rich Brian - Glow Like Dat
Directed by James Defina & Brian Imanuel







Jamie xx - Gosh
Directed by Romain Gavras







Kungs vs Cookin’ on 3 Burners - This Girl
Directed by Matt Larson





















Kendrick Lamar - Element
Directed by Jonas Lindstroem & the little homies








Jay-Z & Kanye West - Ni**as In Paris
Directed by Kanye West










Childish Gambino - This is America
Directed by Hiro Murai








Coldplay - Up and Up
Directed by Vania Heymann and Gal Muggia








Kanye West - Runaway
Directed by Kanye West








Major Lazer - Light It Up
Directed by Rupert Burton, Jon Noorlander & Johnny Likens







Solange - Almeda
Directed by Solange Knowles









Solange - Cranes in the Sky
Directed by Alan Ferguson & Solange Knowles












Solange - Don’t Touch My Hair
Directed by Alan Ferguson & Solange Knowles











Tove Lo - Habits (Stay High)
Directed by Motellet Film








A$AP Rocky - Kids Turned Out Fine
Directed by Dexter Navy












Tame Impala - The Less I Know the Better
Film by Canada












Pharrell - Freedom
Directed by Paul Hunter


















Max Cooper - Repetition
Video By Kevin McGloughlin







28 More Beautiful Music Videos
Beyoncé - Countdown
Directed by Adria Petty

Jay-Z - 4:44
Directed by TNEG

Rich Brian - Dat Stick
Directed by Brian Imanuel

Jamie xx - Loud Places
Directed by Simon Halsall & JB Babenhausen

The xx - I Dare You
Directed by Alasdair McLellan

Kendrick Lamar - Humble
Directed by Dave Meyers & the little homies

Kanye West - Fade
Directed by Eli Linnetz, Creative Vision by Kanye West

Kanye West - Only One
Directed by Spike Jonze, Concept by Vanessa Beercroft

Kanye West - Love Lockdown
Directed by Simon Henwood

Tame Impala - Mind Mischief
Directed by David Wilson

Lorde - Green Light
Directed by Grant Singer

Sons - Concorde
Directed by Alexis Beaumont & Rémi Godin

Sia - Elastic Heart
Directed by Sia and Daniel Askill

Macklemore - Downtown
Directed by Ryan Lewis, Jason Koenig, Ben Haggerty

Stam Goody - CLUTCH
Directed by Christopher Ripley

Max Cooper - Veil of Time
Video By Kevin McGloughlin

Lil Dicky - $ave Dat Money
Directed by Tony Yacenda

Lil Dicky - Molly
Directed by James Lees

Young Thug - Wyclef Jean
Directed by Ryan Staake & Young Thug

Joji - YEAH RIGHT
Directed by Joji

A$AP Rocky - A$AP Forever
Directed by Dexter Navy

A$AP Rocky - L$D
Directed by Dexter Navy


Solange - Way to the Show
Directed by Solange Knowles


Weval - Someday
Directed & edited by Páraic Mc Gloughlin


Route 94 - My Love ft. Jess Glynne
Directed by Ryan Staake


The Chemical Brothers - Got to Keep On
Directed by Michel Gondry & Olivier Gondry




The Chemical Brothers - Elektrobank
Directed by Spike Jonze




Little Dragon - Lover Chanting
Directed by Jack Whiteley & Joe Wills




YouTube Playlist of all 50 Videos
Link to Playlist
+ Jay-Z - Picasso Baby (which is not on YouTube)
Citation
Zuckerman, Andrew, "50 Beautiful Music Videos", October 12, 02019, http://andzuck.com/blog/beautiful-music-videos/
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