Synopsis
Shakespears Sister perform amid a dark, theatrical conflict in which Siobhan Fahey and Marcella Detroit appear to be plotting against one another. Rehearsal and concert scenes frame a series of increasingly sinister encounters, including poison, knives, and staged confrontations. The video builds toward a dramatic mock-theater finale, contrasting Fahey's flamboyant Victorian-style appearance with Detroit's controlled presence. Its camp Gothic imagery turns the song's defiant mood into a stylized portrait of rivalry and mutual hostility.
Factoids & Trivia
- Released in 1992 as the third single from the album *Hormonally Yours*, "I Don't Care" followed the international success of "Stay."
- The video is notable for placing the duo's touring musicians prominently on screen: Clare Kenny on bass, Caralinda "Carrie" Booth on keyboards, and Gully on guitar.
- The opening choruses present the group first in rehearsal and then in concert, giving the performance footage a staged, self-aware quality rather than treating it as a straightforward lip-sync video.
- The murderous storyline has often been read as a visual reflection of the growing tension between Fahey and Detroit. The pair split professionally in 1993, shortly after the *Hormonally Yours* era.
- Its blend of Victorian costume, theatrical staging, dark humor, and violence places the video among Shakespears Sister's strongly Gothic visual productions.
- The song itself incorporates Siobhan Fahey's spoken recitation of lines from Edith Sitwell's poem "Hornpipe," adding another deliberately eccentric theatrical element to the track.