Vanity Fair gets the low down on the state of music videos in pop culture today by interviewing the expert on the matter: Believe Media powerhouse director Anthony Mandler. The auteur holds nothing back with the magazine: talking about music videos as the “ultimate brand builder,” sharing what he really thinks about the Year of Miley, and what we can expect from his upcoming feature film Tokyo Vice featuring Daniel Radcliffe.

Read Anthony Mandler’s entire VF Interview here!