Hunx & His Punx - White Lipstick

What this video is

Released August 16, 2022 via Sub Pop Singles Club Vol. 7, 'White Lipstick' marked Hunx & His Punx's first new music in nine years following the 2013 album Street Punk. The song takes its title from an unmade John Waters film and addresses the experience of a queer teenager inspired by watching women perform in bands. Its release day was tragically overshadowed by the unexpected death of Shannon Shaw's fiancé,…

Why it matters

The video crystallizes the 2020s queercore-revival moment: a deliberately retro, camp-saturated garage punk visual language that draws on John Waters, girl-group melodrama, and 1980s public-access television. Directed by Telefantasy Studios' J.J. Stratford — whose signature reclaimed-analog…

The director

Jennifer Juniper Stratford (also credited as J.J. Stratford) is a Los Angeles-based director, video artist, and self-described 'technomancer' who founded Telefantasy Studios in 2004 to produce cult television programs, art installations, live shows, and…