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The Best Music Videos of 2013

BY Remezcla Staff | PUBLISHED: Tuesday, December 10th, 2013

And here we are. Another year. Another list. Another reason to make gifs. This is one of the best parts of our job, to be able to sit back and celebrate the visionaries in our field. The videos on this list made us think, some made us cry, some made us mad, others made us nostalgic. They all moved us in some profound way to articulate something about art and in this at-times-awful world, that’s a beautiful thing.

So sit back and celebrate with us. Here are our collective picks for best videos of 2013, Remezcla style.

3. LA BIEN QUERIDA / “A VECES NI ESO” / DIR. ERNEST DESUMBILA &LIMON ESTUDIOS [ESP]

If you’re a cinephile then this La Bien Querida video, directed by Ernest Desumbila and Limón Estudios, was like a Where’s Waldo in every shot. From Tarantino to Besson to Lynch to Coppola (one of them, at least), “A Veces Ni Eso” took us through a heavily referential journey that wouldn’t quit. All eyes are on the blue-bobbed protagonist who seems to embody every single female movie character, confidently stepping in and out of films via a slew of props—Blue Velvet gas mask, Christine-like car, and Uma Thurman’s Pulp Fiction get up—only to end up cuddling up beside her Bill Murray/Jean Reno conflation. It’s beautifully shot, cleverly done, and highlights the flexibility of the track (“A Veces Ni Eso” would feel right at home in many of these soundtracks). It’s a video that gets better with each watch, if only for the fact that you discover a new reference each time. - Paola Capó-García