MTV REWIND - 24/7 music video streaming-MTV when it actually played music
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MTV stopped playing music videos 20 years ago. MTV REWIND brings back the golden era of music television - 35,000 videos spanning 1970-2025 across 8 channels (70s, 80s, 90s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s, Yo! MTV Raps, Headbangers Ball).
No ads. No algorithm. No login. Just press play and discover music the way it used to be - completely random, completely free.
Built in 48 hours as a passion project. The nostalgia hits different.
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Elser AI
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@hkklaus97 for me mostly been living in 120 minutes and unplugged! Thanks for the kind words, I also noticed about 6% of site traffic was coming from Mexico so added a Sonido Latino channel and its actually REALLY GOOD.
Elser AI
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@hkklaus97 I hope it does and if I have it my way it will.
minimalist phone: creating folders
Aren't they about to shut down?
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@busmark_w_nika Nope! It's been running strong for over a week now with 1M+ visitors. The videos are sourced from YouTube (with automatic fallback when things get region-blocked), so as long as YouTube exists, MTV REWIND exists. We've already had Rolling Stone cover it and the NYT wants to interview us about it. This is built to last. 🎸
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TV shut down their music video channels after 44 years. So we brought it back.
35,000+ music videos spanning 6 decades (70s-2020s), organized into 14 themed channels - just like the real MTV. No algorithm. No ads. No login. Just press play and let chaos reign.
🔥 ALREADY VIRAL: - 1M+ page visits in 8 days - Featured in Rolling Stone, Billboard, VICE, Gizmodo, Boston Globe MANY others - $15K+ in donations (100% free forever)
📺 CHANNELS: MTV 1st Day (Aug 1, 1981) • TRL • Yo! MTV Raps • Headbangers Ball • MTV Unplugged • 120 Minutes • MTV2 • 70s/80s/90s/2000s/2010s/2020s • CLUB MTV • Shuffle All ✨ SECRET FEATURE: Triple-click the logo 😉
Built with ❤️ as cultural preservation. This is what we're bringing back.
Zivy
Loved the idea!
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@harkirat_singh3777 Thanks Harkirat! Been a lot of fun to work on and curate content for.
This is incredible nostalgia done right—instant, ad-free MTV vibes with 24/7 channels by decade, Yo! MTV Raps and Headbangers Ball feels like a love letter to music TV’s golden era.
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@zeiki_yu Thank you for saying! That's exactly the energy as a musician, music lover and archivist I was going for.
We must give a thumbs up for this great sentiment
Ekamoira GSC MCP
No algo + no login is kinda refreshing honestly. How’re you handling licensing/rights for 35k videos… are these embedded from YouTube/Vevo or hosted yourselves? Also curious if there’s any “schedule” vibe like old MTV (blocks, VJ intros) or it’s pure shuffle
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@amitpsharma All publically available video files hosted on YT, no license rights required. It uses the YT API wrapper with vanilla.js as the front end with a very minimalistic scaffolding and obvious vintage appeal. Probably the most elegant set up I've ever engineered mostly born out the necessity of wanting to be able to watch these videos forever, glad its resonated with others as well!
UXAudit.Now
Great idea! Loved this!
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@nureddin_gokbey_inac Thank you so much, glad you are enjoying it =)
this is awesome! Just like the old days Random great music playing without fucking AI algos keeping you in a cell! Kudos guys!
Monetization idea: To keep the good music vibing and make it exclusive as it gets on ads. Do one ad (max 20 seconds) every 5 songs. And you are golden. Ad space becomes exclusive so good money and it doesnt fuck up the flow... 20 seconds ads for every 15ish minutes of music is a great ratio!