Digital Music Videos

STEVEN SHAVIRO is the DeRoy Professor of English at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. He is the author of several books including, No Speed Limit: Three Essays on Accelerationism.

"A beautiful book! With wide-eyed curiosity and a sense of joy, Steven Shaviro discovers new levels of richness and density in music video. Shaviro precisely captures the genre’s latest turns, its shimmering surfaces, its cultural meanings--and why it seems ever more central to our culture." - Carol Vernallis (author of Unruly Media) "Digital Music Videos combines genuine fandom with lightly-worn erudition, infra-red insight, and page-turning readability." - Dominic Pettman (author of Human Error: Species-Being and Media Machines)

• Introduction1 SuperimpositionsLabrinth, “Let It Be” (Us, 2014) Rihanna, “Disturbia” (Anthony Mandler, 2007) Lana Del Rey, “Shades of Cool” (Jake Nava, 2014) 2 Glitch AestheticsAllie X, “Catch” (Jérémie Saindon, 2015) FKA twigs, “Papi Pacify” (Tom Beard and FKA twigs, 2013) Janelle Monáe, “Cold War” (Wendy Morgan, 2010) 3 RemediationsAnimal Collective, “Applesauce” (Gaspar Noé, 2013) Kylie Minogue, “All the Lovers” (Joseph Kahn, 2010) Dawn Richard, “Choices” (Jayson Edward Carter, 2015) 4 LimitsMassive Attack, “Take It There” (Hiro Murai, 2016) Sky Ferreira, “Night Time, My Time” (Grant Singer, 2013) Kari Faux, “Fantasy” (Carlos Lopez Estrada, 2016) Further ReadingAcknowledgmentsWorks CitedVideos CitedIndex