Kavinsky/The Weeknd: Sexy
Nothing Compares 2 U: "It’s one of the simplest music-video concepts ever: a closeup of elfin Irish singer Sinéad O’Connor, sporting a crew cut and a black turtleneck, singing directly to the camera. It’s also the most heartbreaking. The look on O’Connor’s face pinballs between nostalgia, anger and sadness, a temporary schizophrenia. Near the end, when O’Connor sings, “All the flowers that you planted, mama/ in the backyard/ all died when you went away,” two tears roll down her cheeks — the result, said O’Connor later, of her tempestuous relationship with her own mother. (When Prince sings the song, he replaces “mama” with “baby.”) It’s raw and intimate and unforgettable."
