In which Nicki Minaj wins the award for "Hot Mess."

(Not Safe For Work, Nicki Minaj, obvs)

[thanks, mattthew! nickiminaj]

Ever wished there were two more shots of Tim Burton in your Shins cocktail? Well, the video for "The Rifle's Spiral" is your wish come true.

"It's now more like the years before MTV, when music videos did not have a formula," said Emmy-winning director Jamie Caliri, who made a 3D version exclusively for the Nintendo 3DS. "You can be expressive and idiosyncratic."

[nowness]

These two are a hot mess if ever there was one. And there was.

[thenextweb]

Riki "Garfunkel" Lindhome and Kate "Oates" Micucci get animated by Deanna Rooney in the music video for their cat-lady anthem "My Apartment's Very Clean Without You."

[rikilind.]

Behold, "The Great American Foreclosure Song," a synopsis of the housing crisis masquerading as a music video. Smarter than you'd think.

[propublica]

The music video for Orbital's "Wonky" isn't that terrifying ... as long you really, really like cats.

[b3ta.]

With the help of a few famous friends, Jack Black and Kyle Gass of Tenacious D re-learn how to be the best in the music video for "To Be the Best" off their comeback album, Rize of the Fenix.

[tenaciousd.]