Music For Your Eyes
Music For Your Eyes is a podcast about music videos – the ones that we love, hate and should've been made. Its nostalgia meets criticism as Kevin and Jose dissect and gush over an art form that's not quite film and not quite music. We see how music videos are made, where they succeed, and why they can totally flop.
Episodes
27 episodes
mini MFYE | Stupid Love makes us go Gaga!
The drought is over, kids. Let’s gather around for the return of Lady Gaga. Kevin and Jose mostly gush and sort of analyze the brand new Gaga single AND video — a disco-y, Power Rangers-y, interplanetary dream.
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Season 2
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Episode 13
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24:16
Our Top Music Videos of 2019
Jose and Kevin break down their list of the best music videos from 2019. No spoilers, but they involve a cave, an airplane, and dancing with strangers.
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Season 2
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Episode 12
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34:07
Does Justin Timberlake Come Around?
Kevin and Jose dissect what goes around...comes around by Justin Timberlake. JT tried his best to make a “short film” but it would’ve been better if it was shorter. He hired Hollywood actors like Scarlet Johansson to make a video that wouldn’t ...
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Season 2
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Episode 11
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36:17
mini MFYE | P!nk And Stupid Girls!
Kevin and Jose do a not-so-mini MFYE talking all about “ Stupid Girls” by P!nk and the controversy from its release. Everyone from J.K. Rowling to Nicole Richie had something to say about it. A feminist anthem? Or just...not.
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Season 2
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Episode 11
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40:23
Call Your Girlfriend at 1, 2, 3, 4
This episode Kevin and Jose dive into a deep genre: the one-shot music video. They're part magic trick and part technical masterclass. This time it's the one-shot warehouse videos. We talk about "1, 2, 3, 4" by Feist, "Call Your Girlfriend" by ...
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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40:16
Lizzo and Charli XCX and Boys
This one is for the male gaze and male gays! Jose and Kevin talk about "Boys" by Lizzo and "Boys" by Charli XCX. What does it mean to flip the camera on the men when women are directing? How does being famous change your objectification? Why is...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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40:37
mini MFYE | Camila Cabello is a Liar!
This week, we dive into the whirling telenovela-esque fantasy of Camila Cabello’s video, “Liar.” Campy death scenarios? Flamingos? Disney acting? We review it all. Listen and SHUT UP TAMMY.
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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25:23
Benny Whom?
Benny Boom directed a LOT of music videos that were... fine, and a LOT of them were Nicki Minaj features. Somehow, Kevin and Jose learn a lot about the artistic vision of "Smack That." It's a ride. We also skim through the throwbacks "1, 2 Step...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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38:29
mini MFYE | The Big, Bad Black Hole Sun
Have you ever dreamt about the end of the world via supernova vacuum cleaner? Then this is the music video for you! Soundgarden was tired of trying to make cool music videos, so they turned one of their most popular songs into a surrealist apoc...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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23:43
Aha! Take On Me
This episode you're going to learn the word 'rotoscoping' because it's what made "Take On Me" by Aha! go viral in the 80s. It took hundreds of hours to hand draw over a music video! Jose and Kevin think about cartooning, bikers and nice cold, i...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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34:07
mini MFYE | Harry Styles Lights Up
Kevin and Jose step into the intimate light of Harry Styles’s new single Lights Up. The One Direction boy is back with a pop song FULL of our favorite things: queer undertones, water imagery, and gucci gucci gucci.
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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33:02
Land of the Free Borders
This episode Kevin and Jose compare "Land of the Free" by The Killers and "Borders" by M.I.A. It’s music videos meeting politics. The Killers bring in Spike Lee to make a short documentary about the U.S/Mexico border, and M.I.A. directs an arti...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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41:23
mini MFYE | Normani Serving Motivation
This week, Kevin and Jose break down Normani’s video “Motivation.” As a nostalgic early 2000s bop dream, we link back to references from Bey’s “Crazy in Love” to JLo’s “I’m Real.” Normani teaches us how to defy physics, outdance your own dancer...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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18:01
D'Angelo's Naked Confidence
We're back! We don't say it, but this show is now seasonal and we're in season two. This episode Kevin and Jose talk about a video that steamed up culture and almost scorched a career: D'Angelo's "Untitled [How Does It Feel?]" We also talk abou...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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38:33
Taylor Swift: an Easter Egg Hunt
Happy Easter! Kevin and Jose watch 'Look What You Made Me Do' by Taylor Swift and unpack over 30 easter eggs hidden throughout — from pen names to Julius Caesar. We discover Taylor Swift is either American Jesus or the Anti-Christ, depending on...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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45:25
In The Sky With Solange
Jose and Kevin drift into Solange's mesmerizing video, "Cranes In the Sky." A musician, visual artist, and director? Her mind has. no. limits. I mean, don't we all want to wear gold fringe near a canyon? We also discuss SZA's "The Weekend" and ...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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38:38
mini MFYE | Cardi B! J Lo! Money!
No one can make an extravagant, luxurious, non-sensical and utterly joyful music video like Cardi B and J Lo. "Medicine" by J Lo (featuring French Montana) is possibly a 1920s showgirl freak show... or it's something else entirely. "Money" is a...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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19:37
Waiting For Y2K
The 21st century would never have happened without J Lo's early hit "Waiting For Tonight." Kevin and Jose reminisce on a futuristic video that aged well and the power of new technology, good artistry and what the hell was Y2K about. Jennifer Lo...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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47:52
mini MFYE | From Selena to Marina
We talk rhyming singers this week! Jose and Kevin talk Selena Gomez and Marina (formerly of the Diamonds.) How many people can you fit in a music video? "Taki Taki" and "I Can't Get Enough" featuring Selena Gomez push four artists (including Ca...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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26:13
Workin' It with Missy
From the dancing in your face to the ACTUAL BEES on Missy Elliott's face, we discuss one of the most elaborate music videos of the early 2000s, "Work It." In this episode, Kevin and Jose put the thing down, flip it, and reverse it.
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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44:11
mini MFYE | We're Suckers for the Jonas Brothers
All is right in the world because the Jo Bros are BACK. Jose and Kevin talk about their comeback single "Sucker" and the two versions of the music video. It's royal, decadent, vaguely hostile and sort of sweet. Marriage makes people weird, but ...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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17:38
Lost in Japan / Translation
Shawn Mendes plays Bill Murray in “Lost in Japan,” a shot-for-shot remake of “Lost in Translation” by Sofia Coppola. But somehow the somber and quiet film is turned into a flirty, cutesy rom-com with Shawn’s boyish good looks. Kevin and Jose di...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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39:40
mini MFYE | Katy Perry is the Future?
This one starts out with a burp, and it's all uphill from there. We talk about robot Katy Perry and human Zedd's music video for '365.' AI Katy Perry actually might be more human than a human, it gets pretty Black Mirror honestly. Then there's ...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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21:38
LMFAO...Sexy and I (Don't) Know It
Jose and Kevin try to understand LMFAO's "Sexy and I Know It" music video. From the constant thrusting, to weird camera decisions, to celebrity cameos. The video is pretty much a blur of crotches and leopard print. Welp...enjoy! Be sure to foll...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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36:17
mini MFYE | Adam Levine Wants To Steal Your Mom
Welcome to mini MFYE! Between each "official" episode, Kevin and Jose talk about music videos they've recently seen and go into various tangents that may or may not make sense. In this mini MFYE, Kevin and Jose talk about the songs they heard i...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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20:29