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EPISODE · Feb 21, 2026 · 59 MIN

Marc Webb: Deconstructing My Chemical Romance, Green Day, and the Cinema of Emo

from The Music Video Guy Podcast · host Maui Mauricio and Carla Barretto

Before he broke hearts with (500) Days of Summer or swung through New York in The Amazing Spider-Man, Marc Webb was the visual architect of the mid-2000s Emo and Pop-Punk explosion.In this episode, we sit down with the legendary director to discuss how he turned music videos into mini-blockbusters.We dive deep into his collaboration with My Chemical Romance, breaking down how "Helena" and "The Ghost of You" brought a cinematic scale to the Warped Tour scene.If you grew up watching MTV in 2005, this episode is a look behind the curtain of the videos that defined your youth.

Before he broke hearts with (500) Days of Summer or swung through New York in The Amazing Spider-Man, Marc Webb was the visual architect of the mid-2000s Emo and Pop-Punk explosion.In this episode, we sit down with the legendary director to discuss how he turned music videos into mini-blockbusters.We dive deep into his collaboration with My Chemical Romance, breaking down how "Helena" and "The Ghost of You" brought a cinematic scale to the Warped Tour scene.If you grew up watching MTV in 2005, this episode is a look behind the curtain of the videos that defined your youth.

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