Ah, the American Girl music videos. Since the fall, AG's been putting these videos on their YouTube channel, and they're pretty creepy. Like, images of dolls BENDING THEIR ARMS AND KNEES AND MOVING THEIR EYES? Why can't you just make stopmotions, AG?
Anyways, I decided to rank all these videos from best to worst. They're all not that great, but the best are "stuff I'd actually listen to unironically" and the worst are "I wouldn't even listen to this ironically".
1. Julie Can Change The World
Not gonna lie, I listen to this unironically. The video is obviously terrible, but the actual song is a pretty good one for Julie and her world.
2. Go Joss
The video isn't great (obviously) but the song is ironically enjoyable, since it has a good instrumental and the lyrics are funny. (Can't you handle ALL THIS SASS?)
3. Dolled Up
The video gets points for not having cursed animation, but the song- isn't that good. Granted, I don't really like the Dolled Up with AG series since it's just a bunch of kids ruining dolls glorified, but the song is very generic.
4. Now Then And Every Day
Same deal as Dolled Up, but that one was higher up because it used a different singer. This one, as well as at least half the videos, have the same one. And it's pretty annoying.
5. It's Halloween!
Who came up with this idea? What's the point of this video? Why do people breathe? Ok, that last one wasn't relevant, but you get the point.
6. Just Being Me
What do you get when you put generic 50's stuff and weird dancing in one thing? This video.
7. Balloons And Birthday Cake
Who wrote this song? Who animated this video? They committed a crime against music, a crime against animation and a crime against American Girl dolls.
And the worst one...
8. Surf's Up
The video? Probably the creepiest of them all. The song? Generic and a bit childish. Congratulations, Surf's Up. You made a bad song out of the fourth-best Girl of the Year. At least there's Go Joss...
Do you like the American Girl music videos? I'd personally trade them in for the American Girl Live soundtrack (Monday was one year since I saw it!), but if you do, I totally respect your opinion.
@Lindsey Bergman I know who Lindsey is, I actually have her. I’m just not a huge fan of the Girl of the Year books (I love Historical books). Blaire and Joss are the only GOTY stories that were written in a way that kept my interest, and I usually judge how much I like a doll on how much I like their story, so that’s why I think they’re the best 😁
@AgKirsten09 PFTTTTTTTTTT (google Lindsey Bergman)
Every time I see lists like this, I feel I must say something in the defense of the because I trained to be animator, but ended up finding my passion in 3d modeling. Why not make the Music Videos using true stop motions? I can guess some of the whys…
1 Time, these videos probably have a two week deadline. (That’s 80 to 120 hours of work for everyone on the team and animators do not work alone for companies like Mattel.)
2 Frame rate, these Music Videos are most likely 24 frames a second that’s 7248 frames or (7248 photos for one 3min and 2 second video.)
3 Space, the AG dolls need a lot of space for real…
I like Now then and everyday and it's Halloween. I honestly really want AG to release the AG Live soundtrack especially since I unfortunately wasn't able to go. Can anyone give me links to some AG Live clips?
the only ones i like are 'now then and every day' and 'go joss'. the others just aren't my thing. :/