Videos of the Week December 9th

This week's top five skewed toward music videos, but there were a few interesting debuts that deserved some love. This week started off on a high note with Jimmy Fallon debuting the new Nintendo Switch on his Tonight Show. Imagine how nerve wracking that must have been to play the game on live tv in front of the game's creator? After the type of pressure, it was fun to turn a page with Party Favor and Dillon Francis's revenge of the nerds montage with their Shut it Down video. If you take away one lesson, it's to not mess with nerds, they'll always find a way to get back.

Then came one of the most exciting trailers I've watched in a long time. The original Guardians of the Galaxy far exceeded my expectations, so seeing Baby Groot teeter on the atomic bomb launch button while being yelled at by Rocket did nothing but pour even more excitement for Vol 2. Then came the weird music videos, led by Childish Gambino's trippy VR video for Me and Your Mama. I'm still trying to wrap my head around whether or not attending the Pharos concert at Joshua Tree would have been a good move. Either way, I'm stoked that he's back to releasing new music. And finally, ending the week on an animation high note, Borgore and Juicy J released some equally trippy visuals for Magic Trick. It's hard to visually match the craziness of the beat for the song, but somehow they pulled it off in a kaleidoscope of color and craziness...#MagicTrick
Jimmy Fallon Debuts the Nintendo Switch

Party Favor and Dillon Francis - Shut it Down (Video)

Guardians of the Galaxy Teaser Trailer

Childish Gambino - Me and Your Mama (Pharos VR Video)

Borgore feat Juicy J - Magic Trick (Video)

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"Give it to Me Twice"

What I like most about Party Favor is his lacking of allegiance to any type of music. When you think about it, it makes sense that an artist named Party Favor would focus solely on party music. Maybe that is a genre, but his constant mix of Hip Hop and rowdy electronic music is always chalked full of energy. I say that, but out of the six tracks on his Party Music EP, Give it to Me Twice is by far the least rowdiest. That's not a bad thing at all when you reel in the vocals of Sean Kingston and a verse from Rich the Kid. I wouldn't characterize it is as Trop House, but the laid back island vibe offers plenty of room for chillin'. The post-hook drop is what you'll remember, though. The high-pitched, almost tribal, Major Lazer sounding synths are as catchy as you'll find. Hate on it for it's easy-listening vibe, but you can understand why Party would lead the EP with this single worthy hit...#GiveItToMeTwice

Party Favor feat Sean Kingston & Rich The Kid - Give It To Me Twice