Showoff - Falling Star (Video)

What this video is

Released in July 1999 during the apex of the MTV TRL era, 'Falling Star' was Showoff's debut single on Maverick Records — a label then owned by Madonna — and reached No. 36 on the Billboard Modern Rock chart. The video arrived at a moment when pop-punk bands from the Midwest and West Coast were achieving unexpected major-label visibility, following the commercial trails blazed by Green Day and The Offspring.…

Why it matters

Represents the late-1990s major-label pop-punk wave at its commercial peak, with Maverick Records positioning Showoff alongside Green Day-influenced melodic punk acts. The single's Billboard Modern Rock chart performance and McG's direction underscore the genre's MTV mainstream integration. As a…

The director

McG (born August 9, 1968, Kalamazoo, MI) is an American director and producer. He earned a B.A. in Psychology from UC Irvine, then built a career directing over fifty music videos for artists including Korn, Sublime, Smash Mouth, The Offspring, and Sugar…