In his role as a presenter with music show Pocket TV, Matt Edmondson – formerly of CBBC and Holy Moly – has eaten Sean Paul’s meat, got in the faces of each and every one of The Saturdays and stripped down to his kecks with Booty Luv. Today he takes his YouTube adventure to the next level with a stint as Guest Editor as part of our series of takeovers to mark the return of premium music videos to the service.






He veritably springs out of the traps, summoning forth Coldplay’s latest offering, “Strawberry Swing”. While conceding that “it’s an average song” – thereby presumably scuttling any hope of getting arguably the biggest British band in the world onto his show – Mr Edmondson rightly identifies the stop-motion chalk epic as “a very, very good video”. He then makes a vague stab at backtracking, adding that: “If it is Chris Martin in the video, I applaud him because he is a very, very patient man.”


Having learned his lesson only to the extent that he then runs down someone he has already interviewed – “Daniel Merriweather: what a lovely, little, cheeky, cherub-faced man” – in sending “Red” straight to the homepage, he then turns his wrath on Armand Van Helden’s lack of input into “Bonkers”. Is there no pleasing this man?


If there is, it sounds like Lady Gaga (as seen in final pick “Paparazzi”) is the only artist who can reach him: “During the video you can see Lady Gaga dance around on crutches and in a wheelchair. It really is quite spectacular, so I do strongly recommend that you check it out.”


And with that, Matt Edmonson returns to foraging for food in the thick woods of… London’s South Bank. We here at YouTube would like to thank him for a) selecting two of the best music videos of the past year for his takeover, and b) producing as polished a Guest Editor video as we have seen for some time. Remember: if you want to see more of Matt, head to Pocket TV, where he has been doing some great work alongside Jameela Jamil.


Have fun,

Jamie Dolling, Community Editor, YouTube UK, recently watched “Gracious K – Migraine Skank”.