# Musicless Music Videos These Videos Remove Music and Replace Them with Other Sounds By Laura McQuarrie | Published 2014-02-07 | Pop Culture Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/remove-music References: [kottke.org](http://kottke.org/14/01/musicless-music-videos) The Musicless [Music Videos](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/love-you-more) created by [YouTube](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/vocal-remover-online) user Mario Wienerroither take fairly well known songs, remove music from them and replace the actions in the video with appropriate sounds. In his edit of [Nirvana's](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/blitzway-kurt-cobain-figurine) 'Smells Like Teen Spirit,' the effect can be seen as the video's opening has been retuned to feature sneakers squeaking, cheerleaders cheering and just some random drum playing that doesn't resemble the Nirvana song at all. Some of Cobain's vocals can be heard, but since the sounds match whatever actions are shown on screen, his voice is cut out as the video flips between different shots of the crowd, cheerleaders. At one point, it's quite comical when the song is nearly drowned out by all the sounds that would be really going on around the band. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 1.8/10 - Popularity: 10% | Activity: 37% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 70% men, 30% women - Primary generations: Gen Z, Millennial - Top markets: North America ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Pop Culture](https://www.trendhunter.com/popculture) > [Humor](https://www.trendhunter.com/humor) ## Key Themes ### What's Driving This Trend - **Musicless Music Videos:** Creating musicless music videos can provide a new way to enjoy and appreciate visual content while creating a unique niche in the entertainment industry. - **Sound-only Videos:** Creating videos that focus solely on sound without any visual distractions can create a new trend for those interested in aural experiences and offer new opportunities for sound design professionals. - **Alternate Soundtracks:** Creating alternate soundtracks for well-known music videos can provide an interesting creative challenge and offer new opportunities for both sound designers and remixers. ### Who This Affects Most - **Music Industry:** Creating musicless music videos can lead to new revenue streams and provide opportunities for artists, labels, and publishers to collaborate in creative ways. - **Film and TV Industry:** Creating sound-only videos can offer new opportunities for sound designers, composers, and audio post-production professionals to work in the film and TV industry. - **Marketing and Advertising Industry:** Creating alternate soundtracks for well-known music videos can provide unique opportunities for brands to create new, engaging marketing campaigns and build brand recognition. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Audio Cleanup Tools](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/fastmusicremover.md) - [Silent Video Editors](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/empty-audio.md) - [Online Music Mixers](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/sprunki-game.md) - [Lyric Censorship Tools](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/songcleaner.md) - [Audio Track Separators](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/vocal-remover-online.md) - [Virtual Music Video Generators](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/bangershow.md) - [Pizza-Themed Music Videos](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/lucha-little.md) - [AI Karaoke Makers](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/mykaraoke-video.md) - [Video-to-Audio Streaming Tools](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/liseen.md)