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3 votes
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Malcolm Lincoln - Siren (2010)
4 votes -
Ghost Data - Celestial Bodies (2016)
4 votes -
Ujico*/Snail's House - Love Magic (2019)
9 votes -
Sergey Lazarev - Lucky Stranger (2017)
5 votes -
Interview took a quick trip to Oslo for the annual Øya Festival to meet four emerging Norwegian acts
4 votes -
Taylor Swift plans to re-record her back catalog to regain control of her masters
12 votes -
Cavetown - Taking Care of Things (2018)
3 votes -
Tame Impala - Borderline (2020)
8 votes -
Billie Eilish's 'Bad Guy' hits no. 1 on Billboard Hot 100, dethroning Lil Nas X's 'Old Town Road' after record nineteen weeks on top
7 votes -
Bullion - Pet Sounds: In the Key of Dee (Beach Boys / J Dilla mashup album) (2007)
3 votes -
We measured pop music’s falsetto obsession
7 votes -
iamthemorning - Ghost of a Story (Live chamber recording) (2019)
7 votes -
Electric Youth - ARAWA (2019)
4 votes -
FKA Twigs - Cellophane (2019)
6 votes -
Lizzo: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert (2019)
12 votes -
HANA - Clay
4 votes -
San Fermin - Sonsick (2013)
3 votes -
!!! - Serbia Drums (2019)
5 votes -
Lil Nas X, Travis Barker - F9mily (You & Me) (2019)
5 votes -
Kollektivet - When am I supposed to Blossom? (2014)
8 votes -
Sting And Shaggy: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert (2019)
3 votes -
Dermot Kennedy - Outnumbered | Live Performance (2019)
3 votes -
capsule - JUMPER (2008)
5 votes -
A Great Big World ft. Futuristic - Hold Each Other (2015)
7 votes -
Imogen Heap - Guitar Song + Speeding Cars + Hide and Seek: NPR Tiny Desk Concert (2019)
10 votes -
Madonna at sixty: The original queen of pop on aging, inspiration and why she refuses to cede control
5 votes -
Telethon - Chimney Rock (2019)
3 votes -
half•alive - RUNAWAY (2019)
5 votes -
Pom Poko - You'll Be Fine (2017)
3 votes -
Taylor Swift - You Need To Calm Down (2019)
11 votes -
Skinshape - I Didn't Know (2018)
2 votes -
Cosmo Sheldrake - Egg and Soldiers (2019)
4 votes -
Aurora - Full Performance (Live on KEXP) (2019)
4 votes -
Metric - Synthetica + Dark Saturday + Cascades + Now Or Never Now (Live on KEXP) (2019)
5 votes -
Mac DeMarco (Live on KEXP)
5 votes -
Hozier - Almost (Sweet Music) | Live at The Current
5 votes -
TEMPOREX - Nice Boys (2016)
4 votes -
Everything Everything - MY KZ, UR BF (2010)
4 votes -
Electric Youth - The Life (2019)
4 votes -
HOMESHAKE - Serious (2017)
4 votes -
Michael Head & The Red Elastic Band - Picasso (2017)
2 votes -
Paolo Nutini - Scream (Funk My Life Up) (2014)
5 votes -
Yukika (유키카) - Neon (네온) (2019)
5 votes -
Stephen Paul Taylor - Everybody Knows Shit's Fucked (2014)
3 votes -
ALEX & Tokyo Rose - AKUMA II (2019)
8 votes -
Yunomi - Jellyfish (feat. Roller Girl) (2018)
11 votes -
What makes a video essay good?
Youtube channels like CGP Grey, Kurzgesagt, Vsauce and Nerdwriter are all incredibly popular. They bring up interesting topics, explain them fairly well, and have high production quality. But to...
Youtube channels like CGP Grey, Kurzgesagt, Vsauce and Nerdwriter are all incredibly popular. They bring up interesting topics, explain them fairly well, and have high production quality. But to me, something is missing. I'm not sure how to formulate my criticism, since it has nothing to do with the quality of their videos.
It feels like the mentioned channels lack depth. They give off an uncomfortable "pop-science" vibe. Pop-science isn't wrong, I have nothing against it. But they feel too "poppy". They provide sources, but the commentary is directed to people who don't read. They don't dare to use precise words, in case the audience won't understand them. I get the feeling that they make their videos for the lowest common denominator: persons who doesn't read, persons who can't google and persons who want to make no effort to actually learn.
I'd feel bad to only mention bad examples, so here is a list of high-effort video-creators with (in my eyes) good content:
Lindsay Ellis: Long-form film reviews that actually go into the details.
Every Frame a Painting: Very high-quality analyses of film directors and their styles.
3Blue1Brown: Beautifully animated math visualizations explaining multiple areas of mathematics.
Captain Disillusion: Critically debunking and deconstructing fake videos.
Historia Civilis: In-depth historical videos about Rome.
Bliss Foster: A hidden gem, with only 1000 subscribers, analysing runway shows.
I'd love to hear your thoughts on what makes a good video essay. I'd also really like some suggestions for more creators to follow.
26 votes -
Bear's Den - Broken Parable (2016)
4 votes -
Ariana Grande - bad idea (2019)
4 votes