Morrissey - My Love Life

What this video is

Released September 30, 1991, 'My Love Life' arrived at a pivotal transitional moment in Morrissey's solo career — the final single co-written with Mark Nevin, closing the Kill Uncle chapter and immediately preceding the harder-edged Your Arsenal era with Alain Whyte and Boz Boorer. Filming in Phoenix, Arizona placed Morrissey's quintessentially English outsider persona against the sun-scorched sprawl of the…

Why it matters

Represents the melodic, Chrissie Hynde-assisted pop apex of the Kill Uncle era and the formal close of the Morrissey/Nevin songwriting collaboration. The video's Americana location work and understated cruising concept situates it within a lineage of British indie artists aestheticizing American…

The director

Tim Broad (1955–1993) was a British music video director and cinematographer best known for his long creative partnership with Morrissey, directing videos from The Smiths era through the early Your Arsenal period. He also directed videos for Mike + The…