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10 totally unexpected celebrity cameos in music videos from the scene

There are a lot of ways to make an engaging music video; they are mini-films, after all, simply scored to your favorite songs. One of the ways to ensure greatness is to surprise and delight your audience with an unexpected cameo—especially if the celebrity in question is not someone you’d immediately associate with the artist, genre or even the scene at large.

In the last two decades, this has happened a lot, and it’s almost always awesome. We’ve compiled the best 10 here. You’ll see what we mean.

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1. Kim Kardashian in Fall Out Boy’s “Thnks Fr Th Mmrs”

One of the best things about Kim Kardashian is that, for many years, Fall Out Boy were her favorite band. She said it in interviews (there might even be a Keeping Up With The Kardashians episode about it, who knows). Eventually the news must’ve gotten back to the band, because they asked her to be in an official music video for the 2007 Infinity On High single “Thnks Fr Th Mmrs.” She even makes out with Pete Wentz. Wowza.

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2. Leighton Meester in Cobra Starship’s “Good Girls Go Bad”

Not only is Gossip Girl rich-villain-we-love-to-hate Leighton Meester (Blair Waldorf on the show, for anyone keeping tabs) featured in Cobra Starship’s “Good Girls Go Bad” music video, but she sings on the track—and contrary to the title, she’s not bad!

3. Mandy Moore in Good Charlotte’s “Little Things”

Much of Good Charlotte’s early catalog was dedicated to the outcasts, to the kids who never had a date to no school dance—“Little Things” being the burning example. Justice is served when Mandy Moore starts expressing interest in the punks largely ignored by the status quo. Ahh, victory.

4. Alexis Bledel in Less Than Jake’s “She’s Gonna Break Soon”

There’s certainly a trend with ’90s/’00s acts pulling TV starlets for their videos, eh? Gilmore Girls lead Alexis Bledel must’ve made a pit stop to pursue the ska lifestyle before heading off to Yale, starring in Less Than Jake’s “She’s Gonna Break Soon” vid. And break she does.

5. Flavor Flav in Taking Back Sunday’s “You’re So Last Summer”

This might seem like one of the weirdest marriages on this list, but there’s a really simple explanation: Taking Back Sunday are from Long Island (and boy, do they make it known!) and so is Flavor Flav. Keepin’ it L.I. strong!

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6. Ron Jeremy in A Day To Remember’s “The Plot To Bomb The Panhandle”

There’s no question about it: The scene loves porn, or, at the very least, pornstar Ron Jeremy. The adult film icon is not only the focal point of early A Day To Remember single “The Plot To Bomb The Panhandle,” but also Escape The Fate’s “10 Miles Wide” vid. He’s a busy guy… in more ways than one.

7. Pamela Anderson in Lit’s “Miserable”

Pam Anderson takes the music video vixen role to the next level. Lit’s “Miserable” clip takes place, for the most part, on Anderson’s body—before she attempts to destroy the band, that is. It’s not so much a cameo as she is the entire setting.

8. Corey Feldman in New Found Glory’s “Hit Or Miss”

This one is tricky because there are actually two versions of New Found Glory’s “Hit Or Miss” video. If you want to see the ‘’80s icon Corey Feldman, you need to make sure you’re watching the correct one. In the clip, Feldman plays a cop and busts the band for, well, you’ll see…

9. Alyssa Milano in blink-182’s “Josie”

Early on in blink-182’s career (as in, pre-Travis Barker), there was “Josie,” one of the band’s first singles and one of their most loving. Mark Hoppus takes the lead and sings about a girlfriend who is all around just a good person, and she’s played by Charmed superstar Alyssa Milano. Not bad, Blink boys!

10. The Great Commission in Taylor Swift’s “I Knew You Were Trouble” 

This one is flipped, but hear us out: Taylor Swift might be a closeted metalcore fan. Tay Tay asked California hard rockers the Great Commission to act in the background of her “I Knew You Were Trouble” music video and that, my friends, is the kind of opportunity you don’t miss out on.