music video

noun

1. a commercial video featuring a performance of a popular song, often through a stylized dramatization by the performers with lip-syncing and special effects.

Example Sentences

The song first premiered in a Mercedes commercial, which makes sense because of the music video for “Blinding Lights,” where he’s driving around in a car.

From Vox

Tasha Zemke, copy editor I’ve written about the genius of both Harry Styles and Phoebe Waller-Bridge in past roundups, so of course I’m going to recommend this music video combining both of their talents.

From Outside Online

The music video for this high-intensity track with booming synth notes, rich vocals and the climactic choreography of a sudden floor-drop became the fastest K-pop group debut music video to reach 100 million views on YouTube.

From Time

Best known for the music video channels it operates on YouTube, Vevo has been among the digital video publishers pushing to secure its place on people’s TV screens.

From Digiday

All emerging rappers, they planned to save their earnings to record a music video.

From ProPublica

Hands-down the best music video in years—and one of the best ever.

From The Daily Beast

And good luck getting the song (and music video) to “Chandelier” out of your head.

From The Daily Beast

Later that year it became the most downloaded music video ever.

From The Daily Beast

For OK Go the music video is medium for personal creativity, hype, and branding.

From The Daily Beast

The accompanying music video, which he directed, won the MTV2 Award at the VMAs.

From The Daily Beast

Related Words

• televised