
We love music videos. We love music videos more than we love absolutely ANYTHING ELSE on this earth and would happily spend the rest of our days watching them in an endless reel while crying with all the various emotions that we experience.
In light of this pure and beautiful love, we have chosen the best music videos from every year from the year 2000 till now
It was hard and some difficult decisions had to be made, but what follows is the Official Objectively Correct Best Video Of Every Year Of The 21st Century.
Oh, and we will wait until the end of 2022 to announce our favorite video of this year but this recent gem from Stormzy, directed by KLVDR, is simply stunning. It's for their new song Mel Made Me Do It and it is a cameo-packed masterpiece.
Best music videos of the last 25 years
The most poignant video on this list, given it was released within days of David Bowie passing away, the video Lazarus is a masterclass in surreal symbolism, showcasing a chameleon-like Bowie bowing out. Director Johan Renck was one of the few people in the world to know that Bowie was dying and this is a fitting farewell as any.
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Original article Niloufar Haidari; additional reporting Marc Chacksfield
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