You watch a 14-minute music video and suddenly the way music appears on television feels different forever. The debut of Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” on MTV in 1983 fused cinematic storytelling, ...
In the early days of MTV, Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” elevated the then-new format of the music video to blockbuster status, and over 40 years after it debuted, it remains one of the most iconic and ...
MTV kick-started a new era of music and pop culture in 1981, when it went on air for the first time, emblematically playing "Video Killed the Radio Star" as its debut music video. More than four ...