This is the music video for "Now You're Gone" by Basshunter. It is the English vocal version of a hot club song that became a heavily requested record in summer holiday resorts around Europe. The song got it start on the Internet in Sweden.
Basshunter is a Swedish bedroom DJ/producer, a cyber geek who wrote a song about an experience with meeting a girl on the internet. The girl was called Anna, and the song 'Boten Ana'.
Basshunter sent it to his friends on the web, who forwarded to their friends, and so on until it ended up in the hands of a local radio DJ who played it out on air. After its first airing the station was inundated with phone calls to play it again and they added it to their playlist.
The track then went crazy, the whole of Sweden got caught up in the story about his love for a girl on the internet, and when it was released in Scandinavia it became the fastest selling debut single since Abba, and Basshunter their biggest selling debut artist ever!
Through word of mouse, the track spread and it became number 1 in Holland, Belgium and Luxembourg - the first ever Swedish language hit in these countries. Germany were next, the song went top 10, something only Cascada & Eric Prydz have managed from the dance world, the track then hung about in the top end of the charts for 6 months..
M.I.A. Video Features Kali and Little Atari-like Characters
Below is the music video for "Jimmy" from M.I.A. It was directed by Nezar Khamal. The video seems to be channeling Bollywood, pop music and the Hindu goddess Kali. The little animated characters in different colors make for a nice Atari-like touch. "Jimmy" is a song of M.I.A.'s recently release album Kala. M.I.A. is the stage name of Mathangi "Maya" Arulpragasam. Wikipedia says Maya is a vocalist, songwriter, composer, record producer and visual artist of Sri Lankan Tamil origin. M.I.A. was recently touring North America with Gwen Stefani and has recorded with Missy Elliott and Timbaland. They went a little overboard on the flashing colors on M.I.A.'s website but at least the blog is readable.