Morrissey - You Have Killed Me (Live Bingolotto 2006)

What this video is

This live capture documents Morrissey's appearance on Bingolotto, Sweden's landmark TV4 lottery-entertainment programme that integrates musical guest performances as 'music pauses' within its bingo-gameplay format. By April 2006, Morrissey was at an acute commercial apex: 'You Have Killed Me' had just charted at #3 in the UK and reached the top 10 in Sweden, Denmark, Finland, and Ireland, making Scandinavian TV…

Why it matters

Represents the genre of European live TV promotional performance capture — a distinct sub-format in which alternative rock artists cross into mass-market variety programming for chart-cycle visibility. Morrissey's willingness to perform on Bingolotto reflects the commercial ambitions of the…

The director

Bucky Fukumoto is a Los Angeles-based director and creative who graduated from CalArts and built early career experience as art director at skateboard companies Girl and Chocolate, working alongside Spike Jonze. He subsequently worked as a motion graphics…