This week on Rewind & React, Adam and Rob head back to 1993 to revisit one of the most recognizable dance hits of the decade. But while almost everyone knows the song, its surprisingly spooky music video might be a different story.

Instead of a nightclub full of dancers, “What Is Love” takes us into a mysterious mansion filled with seductive vampires, strange transformations, dramatic dancing, and some very questionable special effects. It's an unexpected direction for a Eurodance classic, but somehow it works.

Here's what we're covering:

• Why Haddaway's upbeat dance anthem has an unexpectedly vampire-themed music video

• The low-budget effects, reverse-motion footage, dramatic zooms, and bizarre dance sequences that make the video uniquely '90s

• How the mansion featured in the video later appeared as Wayne Manor in Batman Begins

• The surprising story of how Haddaway became a singer despite not originally planning a career as a performer

• Why vampires became so seductive in movies and pop culture, especially during the 1990s

• How Will Ferrell, Chris Kattan, and the Roxbury guys on Saturday Night Live gave “What Is Love” an entirely new cultural identity

• The unexpected connection between the Roxbury head-bob and Rob Zombie's “Dragula” music video

• Whether this is a genuinely good music video or simply a strange visual companion to an unforgettable song

Before diving into Haddaway, Adam and Rob also catch up on recent concerts, including Smashing Pumpkins, Olivia Rodrigo, and Babymetal, and discuss the live performances that can change someone's life.

Then it's trivia time as Adam challenges Rob to Haddaway or Ace of Base? From “The Sign” and “All That She Wants” to unexpected covers, Grammy nominations, and record-breaking album sales, how much does Rob really know about these two '90s European pop sensations?

More than 30 years later, “What Is Love” remains an instantly recognizable classic. Whether you remember it from European dance clubs, MTV, or three guys bobbing their heads on Saturday Night Live, there's no denying its lasting place in pop culture.

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This week on Rewind & React, Adam and Rob head into spooky season with Rob Zombie’s “Dragula,” the first single from his debut solo album Hellbilly Deluxe.

We break down the video’s rapid-fire mix of old horror-film footage, bizarre characters, deliberately cheap effects, psychedelic colors and the coffin-inspired hot rod at the center of it all. It may look sinister, but underneath the makeup and monsters is something much more playful, campy and wonderfully ridiculous.

Along the way, we get into:

• Why “Dragula” takes its name from an episode of The Munsters
• The vintage horror footage and imagery scattered throughout the video
• The Christopher Lee sample hiding at the beginning of the song
• Zombie’s memorable makeup, costumes and larger-than-life visual style
• Why his concerts may be even more theatrical than his music videos
• How “Dragula” was added late in the making of Hellbilly Deluxe and built around a tiny distorted guitar fragment
• Why the frantic editing works so well with the song’s pounding industrial-metal sound

Then it’s time for trivia as Adam puts Rob through Rob Zombie or Marilyn Manson? From Sweet Dreams and House of 1000 Corpses to Powerman 5000, David Lynch, Alice Cooper and Grammy nominations, Rob tries to determine which shock-rock icon did what.

It’s campy, chaotic, loud and unmistakably Rob Zombie.

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Rewind & React takes on one of Madonna’s most iconic music videos: “Express Yourself” — a bold, glamorous, industrial pop spectacle that may just be her best video ever.

Adam and Rob dive into the 1989 classic, directed by David Fincher, and explore how Madonna turned a dance-pop empowerment anthem into a massive MTV event filled with towering factory sets, gender-bending style, old Hollywood glamour, and a whole lot of Metropolis-inspired imagery.

Here’s what we’re covering:

• The video’s loose but memorable story — Madonna ruling over an industrial city while a factory worker finds his way into her world
• How Fritz Lang’s Metropolis influences the sets, lighting, class divide, machinery, and famous closing quote
• Why this feels like peak Madonna: powerful, glamorous, provocative, theatrical, and fully in control
• David Fincher’s music video style — and how this connects to his later work with Madonna, Paula Abdul, and eventually his film career
• The video’s massive reported $5 million budget, MTV premiere strategy, and place alongside other “event videos” like Thriller and Black or White
• The striking visual shifts between Madonna as businesswoman, seductress, masculine performer, and pop icon
• The strange-but-memorable details: the cat, the milk, the chains, the shirtless workers, the rain-soaked factory, and the Monopoly-man-style boss watching it all unfold
• How the music video version uses a different mix of the song — and why the track blends Motown energy with late-80s pop production

And of course, the episode wraps with a round of Madonna or Janet Jackson? — a trivia showdown covering MTV awards, movie roles, iconic albums, shocking moments, and two of the biggest pop queens of the era.

“Express Yourself” is more than just a great Madonna video — it’s the moment where she fully steps into the role of pop music power player. And this episode breaks down exactly why it still works.

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