Pigalle Paris: 'BARBES BASKETBALL'

Really great short video here. Beautiful shots, combined with slick editing and a minimal soundtrack add up to an eerie, intense and gritty film. The grime yet soul-filled streets of Paris are reflected perfectly in the sport of basketball. Great power behind the piece.

Adele: Someone Like You.

If you've got a set of ears on you, you would have heard Adele relentlessly over the past year. If you've got eyes you would have seen her gracing chatshows galore and the front cover of Vogue. And finally if you have a heart, you would have felt an ache in it for the 23 year old's songs of heartbreak. I'm proud that Adele is British. She has sold gazillions of albums all over the world, and she has done so without the gimmicks and marketing of Bieber or Gaga, she has done it on raw talent and emotion. This girl deserves everything she gets, and if she carries on, she's getting a lot, of everything. Amidst her world takeover this year, British singer-songwriter Adele visited Paris and shot a music video for her heartfelt ballad, “Someone Like You.” The black-and-white, vintage 8mm-styled clip shows the 23-year-old strolling along the Seine river in a somber state and eventually focuses in on a close-up of her looking in the mirror while her love heads in the other direction. Adele’s sophomore LP, 21, is out now. Hypebeast.