Cyndi Lauper‘s true colours will shine within the newly introduced Let the Canary Sing, a career-spanning documentary that may check out the ’80s pop queen.
The documentary will discover Lauper’s childhood, fame, assist for feminist actions, type evolution, the success of her 1983 debut, She’s So Standard, and naturally, the tales behind blockbuster hits like “Ladies Simply Wanna Have Enjoyable” and “True Colours.” It’s presently in manufacturing by Sony Music Leisure’s Premium Content material Division.
“Like many individuals, I assumed when Cyndi Lauper burst onto the music scene within the early Eighties, that she was one other younger star experiencing a meteoric rise to fame and success due to MTV,” director Alison Ellwood mentioned in a press release.
“However because it seems, her story is one among onerous knocks, onerous work, and dogged dedication. Cyndi needed her voice not simply to be listened to, however a voice to be heard. The documentary will probably be a full portrait of Cyndi Lauper — her ‘True Colours’ shining by means of.”
Lauper and Blue Angel went to court docket towards former supervisor Steve Massarsky again in 1980, when he sued the band and Lauper then filed for chapter. After the case was finalized in 1984, Lauper advised Rolling Stone that the decide exclaimed: “Let the canary sing!” Now all of it is sensible, proper?
