Cause now I'm getting confused.

At first I thought it was just a loop or some "visuals" attached to a song or some s*** but now it's like....it's actual music videos that are just said are "visualizers" now.

and I'm confused bro ?_?

example (both of these are called "visualizers")

post the example that got you confused?

it started as just a loop of some random stuff that might have to do with the song or might not, just to have on in the background, but sometimes, artists add random footage they had no other reason to post & upload it as that

thought I posted em, my bad but these are music videos fam

but this is what I'm used to when I see "visualizer" tho

Visualizers are just trippy lights and patterns a computer program produces which reacts to the music you're playing. My iTunes had one 20 years ago. A music video is a music video.

This isn't anything. A moving wallpaper.

visualizer is just a more ✨ A E S T H E T I C ✨ way of saying music video now

get with the times old man 😏

It's the Mac and Cheese deluxe of YouTube

Official Audio
Visualizer
Music Video
Lyric Video

A visualizer is just a loop

And I agree!

What is confusing me is they're calling actual music videos, visualizers now

lil uzi birthed with LUV is Rage 2

Definitely some aesthetic s*** like edumist said.

Similar to how some songs are saying “with” instead of featuring

It is harder to tell the difference nowadays, it usually is a loop but sometimes it's a performance shot like this, this one definitely has more of music video feel to it though it says visualizer

visualizer (loop)

mv

also helps artists and labels determine which song gets a video next

The term is a riff on these from foobar2000 and WMP

with versus featuring sorta makes sense to me though. (like back in the days when you had albums that had certain artists that were always on it like raekwon/ghostface albums for example)

but like, idk this is a music video but why they call it a visualizer

i meant the connection behind it being applied to youtube drops

lil tecca - fell in love with ken carson

mixtape vs album

i really feel like music video rolls of the tongue much easier

Just adding to the context. Before Uzi, that's what a "visualizer" or "visualization" was

what do you qualify as a music video op?

good for them.