Initial Research Music videos primarily promote the sale of music and allow artists to share their interpretation of songs with audiences. Over decades, music videos have increased in importance to become as significant as the songs themselves. Early music videos called Soundies from the 1940s were three minute black and white films that included various genres and narratives that have evolved over time. Dorothy Dandridge's 1942 Soundie "Zoot Suit" relied on exaggerated gestures to illustrate the story and singers began looking at the camera to connect with audiences.