It is an arresting image. Sydney harbour is bathed in a crystalline light, and the water, as though mirroring the sky, is a perfect shade of light blue. Ferries move with ease as the Harbour Bridge and Opera House stand like silent strongholds book-ending this iconic scene. Inside a comfortable hotel room sitting in front of this classic Australian panorama is Cyndi Lauper. With her blond hair groomed into a rock-chic bee-hive and her eyes dark with make-up she is the picture of a pop-diva, a striking contrast to the placid scene behind her. It is the meeting of two icons, Cyndi Lauper and Sydney Harbour, an image that marries night with day.
As a pop icon, Cyndi Lauper first achieved superstardom with her debut album She's So Unusual in 1983. Not only did this album feature hits like ‘Girls Just Want To Have Fun’, it also made Lauper the first female to score four top-five singles from one album. Now 55, with her 80’s anthems still echoing across decades and dance-floors, Lauper is back with a new release, Bring Ya to The Brink.
No longer clad in colourful 80’s outfits, she looks, and sounds a little different with an updated dance vibe to her seventh studio album, but she’s still Cyndi Lauper. As she chats away in her unmistakable Brooklyn drawl, you can’t help but notice that in person she has the same just-want-to-have-fun quality that echoes through her music. She’s a living breathing 80’s poster girl sitting in front of a post-card view of Sydney.
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