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MTV shut down its remaining 24/7 euphony channels successful respective countries, including nan UK and Australia, astatine nan extremity of 2025. The main MTV web shifted its attraction to reality shows agelong agone and it occasionally dips backmost into euphony pinch things for illustration nan Video Music Awards, but this shutdown felt for illustration nan extremity of an era. If you yearn for nan days erstwhile MTV really played euphony videos, though, you mightiness beryllium successful luck. A developer who goes by nan sanction of Flexasaurus Rex has paid tribute to nan MTV of aged pinch a web app that has respective channels of non-stop streaming music.
MTV Rewind has 11 channels astatine nan clip of writing, including 1 that features videos from nan original channel’s first time of beingness successful 1981. There’s a transmission dedicated to MTV Unplugged performances, a rap-focused stream, 1 for each decade from nan ‘70s to nan ‘20s and (my individual faves) 120 Minutes and Headbangers Ball options. MTV Rewind has truthful acold pulled successful much than 33,000 euphony videos. That’s complete 2 months worthy of music, arsenic Loudwire notes.
"MTV was a taste institution that changed music, manner and younker culture. Then they stopped showing euphony videos and became reality TV,” Flexasaurus Rex said. “I felt a activity of sadness erstwhile nan announcement hit. Nothing felt for illustration it could capable that void. So I started coding. Built it successful 48 hours: MTV Rewind."
Each transmission plays videos successful a random bid and there’s a shuffle each action if you can’t determine which watercourse to watch. If a opus isn’t hitting for you, conscionable pat nan skip button. There are immoderate era-appropriate ads too. For instance, I hadn’t seen this 1 from nan Got Milk? run earlier it popped up. It reminded maine of nan J. Walter Weatherman gag from Arrested Development:
The app’s database is powered by IMVDb (The Internet Music Video Database). The videos are each pulled from YouTube, 1 of nan things that helped spell nan demise of MTV’s 24/7 euphony channels. There wasn’t precisely a beardown lawsuit for Total Request Live to enactment connected nan air, for instance, erstwhile we person entree to practically each euphony video ever astatine our fingertips.
One of my favourite things astir MTV Rewind is that it has a deed antagonistic for illustration nan Geocities of old. So very ‘90s. In fact, nan full point is rad. Tubular, immoderate mightiness say.
MTV Rewind isn’t associated pinch MTV aliases its genitor company. However, it does usage MTV’s name. Here’s hoping Paramount’s lawyers don’t ace down connected this. It’s bully to person nosy things connected nan internet.
