Sparks is again with a brand-new single and music video to accompany it, that includes a really particular movie-star visitor. On Friday (March 3), the band — which consists of sibling duo Ron and Russell Mael — launched a video for “The Woman Is Crying in Her Latte,” during which actress Cate Blanchett stars because the titular woman for the video.
Blanchett seems within the sparse, artsy visible, flanked by the Mael brothers, carrying thick black glasses, purple headphones, a vibrant yellow two-piece swimsuit and dancing to the heavy synth instrumentation with a deadpan expression on her face at some stage in the music.
“Is it because of the rain/ Or is she in some ache/ She seems to be bodily high quality/ Guess it’s one thing benign/ The woman is crying in her latte, yeah,” Russell muses within the first verse of the experimental monitor.
“We met Cate Blanchett in Paris on the César Awards final 12 months,” the Mael brothers mentioned in a press launch, relating to their resolution to solid Blanchett of their new video. “Little understanding {that a} 12 months later, one of many nice actors of our time (and a splendid individual!) would graciously consent to lending her bootie-shaking expertise to the primary video from our new album, ‘The Woman Is Crying in Her Latte.’ Goals actually do come true. We’ll sleep properly tonight understanding that ceaselessly we are able to say we co-starred in a movie with Cate Blanchett!”
“The Woman Is Crying in Her Latte” is the primary single from Sparks’ twenty sixth album of the identical identify — the file, which will likely be launched Might 26, will likely be supported by a collection of world tour dates, with a number of stops in Europe and North America beginning Might 23.
Watch the music video for “The Woman Is Crying In Her Latte” above.
