Hold On, We're Going Home

So one of my favorite artists is Drake, who recently released his new album "Nothing Was The Same" and one of the songs is called "Just hold on, we're going home". Listening to the song it is very upbeat, happy and just a sweet love story. However, I just watched the music video and it is completely different than what I would have ever thought it to be. It is set in 1985 and features Drake's "fiancee", who gets captured by a group of men while in her home. Things take a turn for the worst and Drake receives the call that his girl is in distress.

A majority of the music video is a gun fight between Drake's crew and the men who captured his fiancee. The video is not that creative, and has very stereotypical shots. The storyline does not match the song well and I did not enjoy watching it. I love the song, but the music video is an odd concept and was not believable for me. The special effects are not good, as the explosions are utterly and apparently fake.

This wanna be action-packed gangster revenge remake unfortunetly does not work for me. The shots cut on the beat and the introduction of the music video is way too long for my taste.

Here is the video, take a look:

Miley Cyrus' Music Video Called a "Joke" and Grabs Attention of Public

         Im sure you have all seen Miley Cyrus' awfully provocative music video, for her hit song, "We Can't Stop", from her Wrecking Ball album. Now this song was immediately popular once it was produced. It took the number one spot on the charts in Britain for weeks. It is a very catchy song indeed, yet when the music video was produced and put on the web for public viewing, people, including myself were astonished. In my opinion the video was just too over the top and vulgar, but from a business standpoint, within a week her video had gotten over millions of views.
          Miley's video set the Vevo record with how many hits it got. So either way if people were viewing it to see what everyone was talking about, or because they actually enjoyed it, it still got the views. So was putting herself out there, wearing barely anything throughout the whole video a good move or a bad one for the young performer? It is very hard to say why the video got so famous, but in my opinion it primarily became popular because the lack of clothing and sexual acts that took place. Like everyone says "sex sells", and Miley Cyrus certainly is a perfect example.

        There are tons of other ways to make a tasteful, successful music video, but she chose to be a crazy, provocative party girl and it did indeed gain her some success. Her performances following the release of her video clearly showed her level of expertise has fallen greatly. After Miley Cyrus performed on the VMA's it became pretty apparent that her talents had disappeared, and all she cared about was her sex appeal and standing out.