The Smashing Pumpkins - Stand Inside Your Love

What this video is

Released on 21 February 2000 as the lead international single from Machina/The Machines of God, 'Stand Inside Your Love' arrived during a period of significant band instability — a revolving lineup, managerial departures, and critical reassessment. The music video's adaptation of Oscar Wilde's Salomé, visually channelled through Aubrey Beardsley's fin-de-siècle illustrations, positioned the Smashing Pumpkins firmly…

Why it matters

A landmark of the literary-Gothic music video sub-genre, this video demonstrates how late-era alternative rock absorbed fin-de-siècle Decadent aesthetics into the pop promotional form. By staging a narrative drawn directly from an 1891 Oscar Wilde play and Aubrey Beardsley's illustrations, the…

The director

Andrew John 'W.I.Z.' Whiston (born 4 January 1964) is an English director of films and music videos. He has over 150 directing credits, working with artists including Massive Attack, Oasis, Kasabian, Marilyn Manson, David Bowie, and the Chemical Brothers. He…