Music Video Types and Genres

Narrative - The music video tells a story.
Performance - The music video shows the artist performing.
Concept - No narrative within the music video.

Narrative Music Videos

Christina Aguilera - Hurt

Kelly Clarkson - Because of You


Both of these songs clearly tell a story thet fits the music's lyrics. This makes these videos narrative music videos.

Performance Music Videos

 Adele - When We Were Young


This video is a performance because the whole video features Adele performing with a band.

Concept Music Videos

Ed Sheeran - All of the Stars



This is a concept video because there is no narrative and no performance. The video consists of inspirational messages and quotes.