(Credit: Ben Ritter)
This GYT (Get Yourself Tested) campaign just keeps getting weirder, and I LIKE IT. I like it a lot. This week GYT turns MTV Featured Artist Asher Roth from party boy fa lyf to poster boy for responsibility (bet he/you never saw that one coming) in a series of exclusive video shorts. Would you like to get into Asher Roth's exclusive shorts? Read on.
When he's not enunciating calmly -- free-styling in an empty room -- GYT takes Asher out of the studio and back to the frat house. He mingles with weirdos, competes in game shows, and goes wild with an overhead projector. In the process he performs "Bad Day" and "Lark On My Go-Kart" (twice), and does a really good job of gluing those jams to your brains.
My favorite is the spit sample "Lark On My Go-Kart" clip. I'll post it below. It's so clean and creepy. And that song, man, give it two more weeks and it'll be the National Anthem. It just keeps getting better! Watch the whole series of MTV's Asher Roth exclusives here.
With Chester French, our MTV Featured Artist spots have taken a turn for the deeply weird. Aside from gracing us with the usual exclusive performance video -- the Hall & Oates-y Harvard hitmakers do "C'mon," "She Loves Everybody" and "The Jimmy Choos" live from a bumpin' garden party -- Chester French lend their preppy perfection to a series of creepy public service announcements.
As part of MTV's GYT ("Get Yourself Tested") campaign, D.A. Wallach and Max Drummey split up to lend a hand to women in need. In Wallach's PSA, he coaches a hirsute honey through the challenges of being... a little different. Drummey, meanwhile, shows an older woman how to let go of her pain by simply opening her mouth. I'd tell you more, but I don't wanna spoil the bizarre surprises waiting for you in these twisted clips.
What I will spoil for you, happily, is that Chester French's live performances give new life to their already pulsating singles. It's one thing to hear the smooth jams bump from a set of speakers, and another thing entirely to see the boys kicking them out live to the delight of undulating backyard ladies. So do go to the garden party, darlings.
Watch Chester French's MTV Featured Artist videos. But do stick around for the wacked GYT interludes. They'll mess you up. Here. I'll post one below...
