search user
Advert
Advert

Tiga & Zyntherius - Sunglasses At Night (version 2: Amanda Lepore)

Music Video | Germany | 2001
ArtistTiga
ArtistZyntherius
ActressAmanda Lepore
NoteCover of Corey Hart's "Sunglasses At Night".

Wiki

Synopsis

The video is built as a deliberately lurid portrait of Amanda Lepore. Against a stark, shadowy backdrop, the camera stays close to her heavily styled face, blonde hair, latex clothing, and vividly red mouth. Lepore lip-syncs the familiar Corey Hart refrain with exaggerated, fashion-image intensity, while quick cuts and an unsettling presentation turn the simple performance into something camp, glamorous, and faintly sinister. Rather than following a conventional narrative, this alternate version functions as a stylized character study and visual showcase.

Factoids & Trivia

  • This is the alternate 2001 video version identified as "version 2: Amanda Lepore," and it was listed as a German music-video release.
  • The track is Tiga and Zyntherius' electroclash reworking of Corey Hart's 1983 song "Sunglasses at Night."
  • Zyntherius was the production alias of Finnish musician Jori Hulkkonen, who co-produced the recording with Tiga.
  • Amanda Lepore does not sing a new vocal for the clip; she lip-syncs to the track, turning the performance into a highly stylized visual persona.
  • Lepore recalled that Hal from Gigolo Records approached her after seeing her modeling work. The production then flew her to Berlin for the shoot.
  • The clip's extremely tight facial close-ups, red lips, blonde styling, latex, and eerie presentation give it a deliberately trashy and unsettling fashion-image quality.
  • Tiga's version became one of the better-known releases associated with the early-2000s electroclash scene.
  • The single reached No. 23 on the UK national singles chart and No. 2 on the UK Dance Chart.
Update

More Music Videos

New

Classics

Tell us what you like, or dislike:

(Optional) Leave your email to let us contact you to follow up on your feedback. Your email address will be kept private.

Leave feedback!  X