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music video

American  

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.


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On a Wednesday in early April, Adams started class with a music video of him rapping on a city street, then revealed he’d made it using Google’s Veo 3 video generator.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

Patrick Schwarzenegger and actress Zoey Deutch, who also appeared in Mr Fantasy's music video, both said "sorry" to the actor in the comments.

From BBC • May 7, 2026

"There was recently a music video that was released that included a bunch of people who are really close to me by a guy who's completely and utterly stolen my image," he says.

From BBC • May 7, 2026

Authorities allege in their brief that he was stewing over being in the neighborhood of his ex-lover and listening to a French rap song that evoked images of fire in its music video.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026

A smooth, old-school R&B groove is playing in the background, and it makes this whole situation weird, as if this is a music video and Darius is the star and I'm just an extra.

From "Pride" by Ibi Zoboi

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