‘Vous Avez Dit Bizarre’ N°651 – 2010s Music Videos
Jake Bugg, 5 Seconds Of Summer, Little Mix, MK, Jonas Blue, Becky Hill, Maroon 5, One Direction, Zedd, AlunaGeorge, Of Monsters And Men, Zara Larsson, Harry Styles, Naughty Boy
They are the performers of twelve amusing, puzzling and sometimes shocking videos that were ranked in various charts, this week (42/52) BUT … in the Tens 2010s.
Here, they are reunited in one glorious playlist. Enjoy!
Tracklist
1 . Jake Bugg – Two Fingers |
‘He’s down in the kitchen, drinking White Lightning’
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| The music video for Jake Bugg’s “Two Fingers” is directed by Jamie Thraves. |
| HEAR IT |
Featured on the 2012 album “Jake Bugg”. Lyrics >> More by the same : Official Site |
2 . 5 Seconds Of Summer – Hey Everybody! |
‘He needs a dollar but he ain’t got enough’
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| Aimed at financially strained youth amidst economic hardship and encouraging optimism during tough times, “Hey Everybody!” by 5 Seconds of Summer is a pop/punk anthem. In the Isaac Rentz-directed music video, band members Luke, Calum, Ashton, and Michael humorously portray a shift from mundane 9-5 jobs and that includes a job dressing up as a hot dog, to a lavish lifestyle. |
| HEAR IT |
Featured on the 2015 album “Sounds Good Feels Good”. Lyrics >> Review >> More by the same : Official Site |
3 . Little Mix – Woman Like Me (w/ Nicki Minaj) |
‘I don’t even mean it It takes a little while to figure me out’
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| Co-written initially by Ed Sheeran and Jess Glynne and produced by Steve Mac, “Woman Like Me” is a reggae-infused pop collaboration between Little Mix and Nicki Minaj. The music video, directed by Marc Klasfeld, features the band challenging traditional femininity at a finishing school where Minaj is a talking painting. |
| HEAR IT |
Featured on the 2018 album “LM5”. Lyrics >> Review >> More by the same : Official Site |
4 . MK, Jonas Blue, Becky Hill – Back & Forth |
‘I’m tryna speak, you’re not listening’
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| The song “Back & Forth” is written by MK, Jonas Blue, Becky Hill along with Mike Kintish. The music video is directed by Finn Keenan. |
| HEAR IT | 
Featured on the 2019 album “Get to Know”. Lyrics >> More by the same : Official Site |
5 . Maroon 5 – One More Night |
| Co-written by Adam Levine, Shellback, and Max Martin, “One More Night” by Maroon 5 talks about a couple in crisis. Following the same narrative, the music video, directed by Peter Berg, featuring Levine as a boxer, Minka Kelly as his partner and an anonymous baby as a….baby, explores a boxer’s conflicted life where he wins in the ring but loses his family. |
| HEAR IT | 
Featured on the 2012 album “Overexposed”. Lyrics >> Review >> More by the same : Official Site |
6 . One Direction – Drag Me Down |
| Swapping electronic beats for guitars, One Direction’s “Drag Me Down” is their first release post-Zayn Malik’s departure. In the music video, members, donned in NASA attire, undergo space training at NASA’s Johnson Space Center, interact with Robonaut 2, explore Orion space capsule, ride NASA’s Multi-Mission Space Exploration Vehicle and finally launch into space where they are probably still orbiting. |
| HEAR IT | 
Featured on the 2015 album “Made in the A.M.”. Lyrics >> Review >> More by the same : Official Site |
7 . Zedd – Good Thing (w/ Kehlani) |
‘Yeah, I already got everything I need’
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| Starting with engaging synths, leading to a narrative about finding and promoting self-fulfillment where you buy fast cars to drive them “real fuckin’ slow”, “Good Thing” is a collaborative effort between German producer Zedd and R&B vocalist Kehlani. In the retro-themed music video, directed by Warren Fu, Zedd and Kehlani disrupt a posh restaurant’s monotony. |
| HEAR IT | 
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8 . AlunaGeorge – Your Drums, Your Love |
| Covering the theme of enduring love amid uncertainties, “Your Drums, Your Love” is a song by UK duo AlunaGeorge, comprising vocalist Aluna Francis and producer George Reid. The music video is directed by Henry Scholfield. |
| HEAR IT | 
Featured on the 2013 album “Body Music”. |
9 . Of Monsters And Men – Little Talks |
| In the music video, created by WeWereMonkeys, for “Little Talks” by Of Monsters and Men, the band from Reykjavík, Iceland, five sky-sailors embark on an epic quest upon discovering a mythical female creature within a crystal meteor. What happens next is for you to find. |
| HEAR IT | 
Featured on the 2011 album “My Head Is an Animal”. Lyrics >> Review >> More by the same : Official Site |
10 . Zara Larsson – Never Forget You |
| Zara Larsson collaborates with singer-producer MNEK on “Never Forget You,” blending strong vocals and deep house elements. The music video, directed by Richard Paris Wilson and shot in Iceland, depicts a narrative of a girl forming a lasting friendship with an 8ft tall gentle monster, inspired by Maurice Sendak’s “Where The Wild Things Are.” |
| HEAR IT | 
Featured on the 2017 album “So Good”. |
11 . Harry Styles – Lights Up |
‘Never coming back down Can’t you see?’
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| Blending ’70s rock balladry with a modern soulful ambiance and exploring themes of self-acceptance, Harry Styles’ “Lights Up” is produced by Tyler Johnson and Kid Harpoon. Directed by Vincent Haycock, the video, exudes sensuality, displays Styles either dressed in Gucci or half naked and sweaty amidst various admirers under neon lights. |
| HEAR IT | 
Featured on the 2019 album “Fine Line”. Lyrics >> Review >> More by the same : Official Site |
12 . Naughty Boy – Runnin’ [Lose It All] (w/ Beyoncé, Arrow Benjamin) |
‘Where else can I go? Where else can I go?’
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| Naughty Boy aka Shahid Khan’s track “Runnin'” transitions from a piano ballad to a powerful chorus, showcasing Beyoncé and Arrow Benjamin’s vocals. Co-directed by Julie Gautier, the music video features apneists Alice Modolo and Guillaume Nery and presents a mesmerizing underwater narrative reminiscent of Gautier & Nery’s “Ocean Gravity” film. |
| HEAR IT | 
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NB . You may wonder what are these “Quotes” attached to certain photos above. Well! For a specific song, we select a still image from the video on one side and choose a lyric from the song on the other side. We ensure that the lyric has a connection to the image, although sometimes the connection may be far-fetched or based on a double entendre, creating a humorous or meme-like combination when the two are merged together. Et voilà!
Bizarre Quotes • He’s down in the kitchen, drinking White Lightning (Jake Bugg) • He needs a dollar but he ain’t got enough (5 Seconds Of Summer) • I don’t even mean it It takes a little while to figure me out (Little Mix) • I’m tryna speak, you’re not listening (MK, Jonas Blue, Becky Hill) • Yeah, I already got everything I need (Zedd) • Never coming back down Can’t you see? (Harry Styles) • Where else can I go? Where else can I go? (Naughty Boy)
Music-wise : Boy Band, Boy Band, Electronic, Folk-Pop, Hip Hop, House, Modern Rock, Pop, R&B
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