what does Mark Romanek videography and Closer have in common?
Mark Romanek videography American filmmaker Mark Romanek directed his first music video for The The's "Sweet Bird of Truth" (1986). He earned his first MTV Video Music Award for Best Direction nomination for "Free Your Mind", performed by En Vogue, in 1993. At the same ceremony, three other music videos by the director were also nominated, including the "Waiting for Godot"-based "Constant Craving", performed by k.d. lang. Romanek later directed "Closer" for the industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails, which contains imagery involves terror, sexuality, and animal cruelty. In 1995, he directed the space odyssey video for "Scream", performed by Michael and Janet Jackson, as well as the new age surrealistic "Bedtime Story", performed by Madonna. Both of which were enlisted as two of the most expensive music videos ever made, respectively cost $7 million and $5 million. The former work was also gained 11 nominations at the 1995 MTV Video Music Awards, and garnered his first Grammy Award for Best Music Video, Short Form.
Recoiled Recoiled is an EP by Coil and Nine Inch Nails. It was released on February 24, 2014, via British record label Cold Spring without the knowledge or permission of Trent Reznor or his record label. It was released posthumously after the deaths of the two original Coil members, Peter Christopherson and John Balance. Danny Hyde, a former employee and engineer of Coil, was responsible for the leaking of these tracks to torrent sites and licensing them to Cold Spring. The release is composed of variations of previously released remixes, which appeared on the albums "Fixed", "Further Down the Spiral" and the "Closer to God" single.