Harry Styles ‘Dance No More’ - Fans Are Losing Their Minds Over Those Red Shorts

Well, Mr Styles.  You’ve done it again.  Harry Styles’ video for Dance No More has quickly become an event since it dropped (about three hours ago at the time of writing) and is threatening to break YouTube’s servers, such is the demand.  And who could blame people for pressing the play button?  To say Harry has an eager audience would be something of an understatement – it currently stands at 15.4 million subscribers (that’s the combined population of Estonia, Iceland and Rwanda if you’re interested). So, needless to say the video is being watched by many people as you read this.

It is quite something, too.  Directed by Colin Solal Cardo, a French filmmaker, photographer, and music video director based in Paris, the video begins. Now, this is a really funky number and reminds me a little of some of Prince’s work in the 80s.  It’s spare, fluidly rhythmic and very, very knowing.  Oh, it's D-I-S-C-O too, but in a good way. It’s also something of a celebration of the sense of togetherness being on the dancefloor brings, that release that comes with physical effort.  It’s also pretty funny. I don’t exactly mean that Harry Styles is sending anything up, but he is certainly having a lot of cheeky fun here.

Talking of cheeks, they’re not on display, but Harry’s legs certainly are and these seem to be provoking most of the comments!  Unafraid to get most of his body parts out for the masses, Harry’s red shorts are creating quite a buzz – which may or may not say a lot about the current state of western civilisation.  I will leave that up to you to decide, but have to share a few comments.  One says: “jaw? dropped. ass? shaken. mother? respected. kiss? all the time. disco? Occasionally”  Which does just about sum the whole thing up. Over to you, Harry!

Why Don’t We Do It in the Road?

Once upon a time in the summer of ‘69 four chaps from Liverpool took a few short steps across Abbey Road in London.  The rest is history – a moment in time and one of the most iconic photographs of The Beatles captured. Their road crossing was to be endlessly repeated by host after host of adoring fans.

That famous pedestrian crossing is given its own short documentary here.  Lyrical and charming it was created to (roughly) mark the fiftieth anniversary of when the Beatles first recorded at Abbey Road studios.  To cap it all it is narrated by one of my favorite poets of all time, Roger McGough. A lovely way to spend five minutes.

Eduard Romanyuta: I’ll Never Let You Go

Don’t be deceived by the incredibly sloppy (albeit beautifully filmed) start to this video by Ukrainian singing star Eduard Romanyuta for his single I’ll Never Let You Go. Yes, it’s a case of boy having met girl, boy gets girl in to a field in the summer for a little Anakin and Padmé type fooling about. As part of the cycle of romance we have seen it all before – but then come the alien invaders! At first our naive duo thinks that the visitors must be friendly – and then tragedy strikes.

There will be a part two, which of course we will post up on Kuriositas as soon as it comes out. Directed by Chupacabra, the CGI is excellent and it is great to see another city other than New York, London or Paris getting the full alien invasion and destruction treatment.  Shame it has to be Kiev – I always thought it looked rather pretty. Anyway, here's the trailer for Invincible.

Don't Stop - Foster The People

At some point in their lives most people face their driving test and for many it is one of the most nerve wracking days of their lives.  Imagine, then, that your driving instructor turns out to be a bank robber on the escape!

This is what happens for one young woman in Don’t Stop, the latest video by Foster the People.  Can the girl survive her ordeal? Well, as the video is played for laughs (and plenty of them) right from the beginning, you need not worry too much about her safety.  Maybe the thief and the police should worry, though!

In case you don’t know already, Foster the People is an American indie pop band formed in Los Angeles, California a few years ago. The group is made up of Mark Foster who provides the vocals and plays a number of instruments too, Mark Pontius (drums and extra percussion), and Cubbie Fink (bass and backing vocals).