We Were Once A Fairytale, a short film collaboration between Kanye West and Spike Jonze, only recently came out (you can cop it on iTunes), but we're already starting to get some bonus materials.

Below, in the viral video of some behind-the-scenes action, Spike Jonze gets increasingly peeved at a text-addicted Kanye West, who's spending more time on his smart phone than listening to his director. Kanye gets slapped, and a nation of Taylor Swift fans rejoice. (Note -- We can all agree that violence is not okay, right? And that this video's just a joke? And that Kanye himself is probably in on it?)

Behind the Scenes With Kanye from We Love You So on Vimeo.

Kansas City kids Vedera throw together a couple of different tropes for their "Satisfy" video. I will now enumerate them for you thusly:

1. The bros-hanging-out-at-the-clubhouse vibe of Paramore's awesome "That's What You Get" video.
2. The playing-twice-as-fast/filmed-at-a-slower-speed effect popularized by Spike Jonze and Weezer in the video for "Undone (The Sweater Song)."
3. The appearance of completely inappropriate footwear given the action taking place. Check singer Kristin May rocking the ankle wrap heels while on what can only be described as a hike (one is reminded of Gaga wearing stilettos while using crutches in her "Paparazzi" video).
4. The near-skinny dipping at the end, artfully rendered in R.E.M.'s "Nightswimming" video and playfully played in Jimmy Eat World's "The Middle."
5. Not so much a music video trope as just silliness: May straight chucks her cell phone while hiking. At least take the SIM card, Sis!

Before there was Auto-Tune-obsessed, out-of-tune-crooning, American Psycho-copping, Pee Wee Herman-dressing, love-locking-down Kanye, there was, actually, for one hot second, (kinda) humble Kanye. Really. If you self-sacrifice constitutes humility. Dude barely even put himself in his "Flashing Lights" video except for the final few seconds, when he got hacked to bits (for leaving the toothpaste cap off? Mispronouncing "Murakami"? BLOGGING IN ALL CAPS?).

"Flashing Lights" -- thanks to Kanye's willingness to get wacked, singer Dwele's hook, Spike Jonze's lenswork, Playmate Rita G., and a Zippo lighter -- is one of the best, most haunting, most unexpected, and most asstacular videos of 2008.

+ Runner-up: Britney's "Circus," but three VMAs and countless comebacks seemed like enough.
+ Pop Cultured's No. 3 video: Rihanna, "Rehab"
+ MTV's Best of 2008