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    Cyndi Lauper recalls shooting music video 9 months pregnant

    Shawn MacBy Shawn MacJune 19, 2023Updated:March 8, 2024No Comments2 Mins Read
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    In a six-year span of the 1980s, Cyndi Lauper gave us some of the most indelible pop songs of the last half century including “Girls Just Want To Have Fun,” “Time After Time,” “True Colors,” and “I Drove All Night.” But as Lauper tells it, she never presumes to know what people will like.

    “Oh, my God. Everything’s underrated – and everything’s overrated!” Lauper, 69, told USA TODAY Wednesday night, speaking before the Tribeca Festival premiere of “Let the Canary Sing,” a new documentary about her life.

    “Some stuff is supported, and the stuff that isn’t, you still need to put it out,” she continued. “I remember one year at the Grammys, this group from Canada turned around and said to me that they loved ‘Hat Full of Stars,’ and that inspired them. You never know what people are listening to. Another group said, ‘Oh, “Sisters of Avalon,” that was my jam.'”

    ‘You can get angry, but vote’:Cyndi Lauper asserts her advocacy for ‘fundamental rights’

    Cyndi Lauper recalls shooting music video 9 months pregnant

    One song that should’ve been a smash is “Ballad of Cleo and Joe,” a thumping club track about a drag queen’s double life. The song, released in 1997, never cracked the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.

    At the time, Lauper was nine months pregnant with Declyn, her son with husband David Thornton. For the music video, she had the idea to decorate her pregnant belly to look like a disco ball.

    “You know, it was supposed to just be an interview,” Lauper recalled of the impromptu shoot. “And I said, ‘Listen, if you could get a small turntable, and if we could just put mirrors on (me) like a mirror ball, then we could just shoot that and it’d be really interesting.'”

    Given she was in her third trimester, some people worried she might give birth on camera.

    “In the edit bay, the guys were mortified,” Lauper said with a laugh. “They were like, ‘Lady, please!’ They wouldn’t even look at me because they were afraid I was going to have the baby.”

    Cyndi Lauper recalls shooting music video 9 months pregnant

    Directed by Alison Ellwood (“Laurel Canyon”), “Let the Canary Sing” traces the eclectic stage and screen career of Lauper, who earned a best new artist Grammy following the explosive success of her 1983 debut album “She’s So Unusual.” In addition to her many career milestones – including a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nomination this past year – the New York native has been a tireless advocate for LGBTQ and women’s rights.

    Cyndi Lauper recalls shooting music video 9 months pregnant
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