Cyndi Lauper: True Colors Anniversary, Grammy Tribute & Enduring Legacy

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Cyndi Lauper has been making headlines this week as CBS announced two major Grammy tribute specials celebrating both her and Earth Wind and Fire. The network will air A Grammy Salute to Cyndi Lauper Live from the Hollywood Bowl on October 5th at 8 PM Eastern and Pacific time, marking a significant television milestone for the pop icon.

The special was filmed over two nights at the conclusion of Lauper's Girls Just Wanna Have Fun farewell tour, featuring an impressive roster of guest performers including Joni Mitchell, Cher, John Legend, SZA, country star Mickey Guyton, and New Orleans legend Trombone Shorty. Video tributes will also be featured, including one from Brandi Carlile. For streaming audiences, Paramount Plus Premium subscribers can watch simultaneously with the CBS broadcast, while others can access it the following day.

Adding to the week's news cycle, Lauper took to Instagram to commemorate the 39th anniversary of her groundbreaking second studio album True Colors, originally released on September 15th, 1986. In her lengthy social media reflection, the 72 year old artist opened up about the creative challenges she faced during that period, revealing how the music industry attempted to limit her artistic evolution after the massive success of her debut album.

Lauper candidly discussed the label's resistance to her covering Marvin Gaye's What's Going On and including the song A Part Hate, with executives claiming it represented too dramatic a shift from the Girls Just Want to Have Fun persona. She pushed back against this creative constraint, emphasizing that her hit song was inherently political and expressing her belief that rock and roll could change the world.

The anniversary post highlighted the album's core message about self love and authenticity, resonating strongly with her social media followers who praised her continued influence on the music industry. True Colors earned Grammy nominations for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance and Best Female Rock Vocal Performance, cementing its place in her artistic legacy.

These recent developments underscore Lauper's enduring cultural relevance as she transitions from active touring while receiving major television recognition for her decades spanning career impact.

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Episode Transcript

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Cindy Lauper has been making headlines this week as CBS
announced two major Grammy tribute specials celebrating both her and
Earth Wind and Fire. The network will air a Grammy
Salute to Cindy Lauper live from the Hollywood Bowl on
October fifth, at eight p m. Eastern and Pacific time,
marking a significant television milestone for the pop icon. The

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special was filmed over two nights at the conclusion of
Lauper's Girls Just Wanna Have Fun farewell tour, featuring an
impressive roster of guest performers including Joni Mitchell, Chair John Legend, Sizza,
Country Star Mickey Diton, and New Orleans legend Trombone Shorty.
Video tributes will also be featured, including one from Brandy Carlisle.

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For streaming audiences, Paramount Plus Premium subscribers can watch simultaneously
with the CBS broadcast, while others can access it the
following day. Adding to the week's news cycle, Lauper took
to Instagram to commemorate the thirty ninth anniversary of her
groundbreaking second studio album, True Colors, originally released on September fifteenth,
nineteen eighty six, In her lengthy social media reflection, the

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seventy two year old artist opened up about the creative
challenges she faced during that period, revealing how the music
industry attempted to limit her artistic evolution. After the massive
success of her debut album, Wopper candidly discussed the label's
resistance to her covering Marvin Gaye What's going On and
including the song A Part Hate, with executives claiming it

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represented too dramatic shift from the girls Just want to
Have Fun persona. She pushed back against this creative constraint,
emphasizing that her hit song was inherently political and expressing
her belief that rock and roll could change the world.
The anniversary post highlighted the album's core message about self
love and authenticity, resonating strongly with her social media followers,

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who praised her continued influence on the music industry. True
Colors earned Grammy nominations for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
and Best Female Rock Vocal Performance, cementing its place in
her artistic legacy. These recent developments underscore lappers enduring cultural
relevance as she transitions from active touring, while receiving major

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television recognition for her decade's spanning career impact. And that
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