Marianne Faithfull - Sex with Strangers

What this video is

Released in early 2002 as the lead single from Kissin' Time (Virgin Records), 'Sex with Strangers' marked a high-profile generational collision: Marianne Faithfull — a living relic of 1960s British rock aristocracy and 1979 punk-art reinvention — teaming with Beck, whose Midnite Vultures electro-funk DNA shaped the track. The song was an 'electro-funk sprechstimme track, influenced by Serge Gainsbourg and Beck's…

Why it matters

A key document of early-2000s art-pop, capturing the moment when legacy artists (Faithfull, a figure since 1964) actively courted post-Britpop and indie-electronic aesthetics. Demonstrates the crossover potential between vintage rock prestige and millennial underground cool, with Beck's production…

The director

Roman François Coppola (born April 22, 1965, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France) is an American filmmaker, screenwriter, producer, and music video director. Son of Francis Ford Coppola, he founded The Directors Bureau production company and earned recognition…