Swing Out Sister - Forever Blue

What this video is

Released in 1989, 'Forever Blue' arrived during Swing Out Sister's deliberate artistic pivot from synth-pop toward a lush, orchestrated sound drawing on Easy Listening traditions and composers like Burt Bacharach and Jimmy Webb — who arranged and conducted the orchestra on this very track. The single was part of Kaleidoscope World, Swing Out Sister's second album, which reached #9 on the UK Albums Chart and was…

Why it matters

A prime document of late-1980s British sophistipop: the genre's orchestral ambitions, cinematic visual language, and retro-classicist fashion sensibilities are all represented. The track and video exemplify how a generation of British artists consciously moved from New Wave electronics toward a…

The director

Julien Temple (born 26 November 1953, London) is a British film, documentary, and music video director. He began his career documenting the Sex Pistols, then became one of the UK's most prominent music video directors, working with the Rolling Stones, David…