Types of music videos

There are three types of music videos; Narrative, Performance and Concept.


Narrative music videos are videos with a storyline which usually relates to the lyrics of the song. For example:


Performance music videos are videos where all you see is the band playing instruments and singing for example:


Concept music videos are artistic videos for example:


A lot of music videos are a mix between narrative music videos and performance music videos for example :

Music videos also often feature intertextuality. This is where a music video makes a reference to another music video or a film.