Idolator

Not content with the fact that the title track from Viva La Vida already kind of has a video—albeit one that's for a truncated version of the song—the gents in Coldplay have commissioned not one, but two videos for it. And they got big-name directors, just to show the world that they're that good: Hype Williams was behind the camera for the above clip, which swaps Williams' normal fisheyed worldview for Photoshop's "cracking paint" filter; Anton Corbijn took charge for the clip after the jump, which references a video that will probably be familiar to most of the Idolator demo. (I suspect that also may be why it's the "alternate version.") More »

Ed. note: It's time for another installment of "VHS Or Beta?", where Andy Beta looks at the music behind the movies—from preserved-by-Criterion classics to completely inane summer blockbusters. In this installment, he watches the Anton Corbijn-directed Control, which opens in select cities on Wednesday: More »