Erasure – Lay All Your Love On Me - Erasure – Lay All Your Love On Me

What this video is

Released in 1992 as part of Erasure's Abba-esque EP — the duo's first and only UK No. 1 — this video sits at the intersection of early-1990s synth-pop, queer camp performance culture, and a resurgent wave of ABBA nostalgia that would shortly be amplified by the release of ABBA Gold: Greatest Hits. Erasure's overtly camp, gender-fluid performance style made the Abba-esque project a touchstone for LGBTQ+ pop…

Why it matters

A key artefact of early-1990s British synth-pop and the commercial peak of Erasure's career. As part of the Abba-esque video EP — one of the first multi-video VHS EP releases in UK pop — it documents the convergence of ABBA nostalgia, queer performance aesthetics, and the Mute Records…

The director

Jan Kounen (born Jan Coenen, 2 May 1964, Utrecht, Netherlands) is a Dutch-born French film director and producer. He studied at the École des Arts Décoratifs in Nice before working as a music video and documentary director. His 1989 short Gisèle Kérosène won…