Tori Amos - Cornflake Girl (US Version)

What this video is

Released in January 1994, 'Cornflake Girl' arrived at the apex of alternative rock's commercial breakthrough and coincided with the flowering of feminist discourse in popular music. The song was inspired by Alice Walker's novel 'Possessing the Secret of Joy', addressing female betrayal and complicity. The US video translates this thematic weight into a visual language of feminist road-movie Americana — women…

Why it matters

A landmark artifact of early-90s alternative feminist rock visual culture. As Amos's most commercially successful international single at the time — reaching number four on the UK Singles Chart — the video documents the intersection of critical and commercial viability for female…

The director

The US Version of 'Cornflake Girl' was co-directed by Tori Amos, the artist herself, and Nancy Bennett, a director and cinematographer whose credits include music videos for Mr. Big ('To Be with You', 'Just Take My Heart') and Testament ('Practice What You…