The Dresden Dolls - Sing

What this video is

Released in March–April 2006 as the lead single from Yes, Virginia... (Roadrunner Records), 'Sing' arrived at a moment of post-9/11 political anxiety and early Web 2.0 communal idealism. The video's mail-based concept — physically distributing a call-to-sing to strangers — directly embodied the song's thematic argument for human connection and collective voice against a culture of fear and silence. The Dresden…

Why it matters

A defining artifact of the mid-2000s dark cabaret / Brechtian punk cabaret movement. The Dresden Dolls' self-described genre of 'Brechtian punk cabaret' occupied a unique cross-section of alternative rock, performance art, and theatrical musical tradition. 'Sing' — as the lead single of their…

The director

Michael Pope is a Boston-based artist and filmmaker, known professionally as a long-term visual collaborator of The Dresden Dolls. His directorial work includes multiple Dresden Dolls music videos ('Girl Anachronism' 2003, 'Coin-Operated Boy' 2004, 'Sing'…