Counting Down the Sexiest Music Videos of 2023

Keiynan - "SIT DOWN"

The song "SIT DOWN" has Keiynan singing to his man, instructing him to sit down and enjoy the dance he's about to do, just for him. It's fierce, confident, and sexy. The video, featuring a shirtless Keiynan with another dancer, gives all that and more. It's a seduction. This is a man empowered by his sexuality, and it's sensational to watch.

Janelle Monáe - "Lipstick Lover"

Janelle Monáe filled this video with Black sapphics, sexual innuendos, and sex toys. "Lipstick Lover", which opens with a queer kiss and blossoms into a parade of sensual delights, was a cultural reset for queer people of color in particular, who saw this unbridled joy and took it as inspiration for a summer –and a lifetime– of building pleasure into our lives.

Kim Petras ft. Nicki Minaj - "Alone"

Kim Petras is serving enthusiastically suggestive dance moves, complete with props, themed uniforms, and latex outfits, while singing this absolute banger. She leans into the playfulness, licking the clarinet and riding pilates balls. It's flirty fun and pop excellence.

Lauren Sanderson - "shut up"

The vision for "shut up" is made clear at the very start when we hear a voice message: "If you're so sick of my attitude, why don't you come over and make me shut up?" followed by Sanderson arriving on their motorbike to make good on their girlfriend's request. It's gritty, sensual, and lowkey angry; a sizzling heat between them the entire time. One thing it's not lowkey at all: The music video showing that these women are having sex all over their house, and in their car.

Kali Uchis & KAROL G - "Labios Mordidos"

If you told me the treatment for this video was 'get a group of the hottest women you can find and let them have the time of their lives being hot and having fun in bikinis together', I'd believe you. "Labios Mordidos" is a riotous night of partying inside a mansion, then soaking up the sun in an expansive pool, and then dancing in the rain together.

Olivia O'Brien - "i should've fucked your brother"

Olivia O'Brien is caught between two hot brothers; one who isn't paying her much attention, and another who is available to be whatever she needs. Between filming her boyfriend's brother going down on her, then leaving the video on her boyfriend's computer, and the moments when she shares a bed with them both, undecided on who she's most into, this video is unforgettable.

Troye Sivan - "Rush"

A sweaty summer of electric queer joy and debauchery. This video features the now-iconic choreography and cast of beautiful people having carefree summer fun. "Rush" is a moment, and a mood. What else could a song inspired by poppers be but this high-energy sexually-charged endless summer party?