Cyndi Lauper

My cover of the French song, "The World Is Stone," was released this week in 1992. The lyrics are pretty sad....gimme a like or comment if I'm not here alone! 💕 Stone the world is stone Cold to the touch And hard on the soul In the grey of the streets In the neon unknown I look for a sign That i'm not on my own That i'm not here alone

"Primitive" turns 29 today. Click here to listen:

Happy Birthday Paulina Rubio! 🎶👩‍🎤✨🎂

I watched my dad leave for work every day. I watched him walk off until he was so tiny I couldn’t find him anymore on the horizon. I practiced recognizing him as he walked back out of the horizon toward me from blocks away, too. I must have been four and a half. I would pace in front of the two-family mother/daughter house we lived in, with shingles that looked almost like the color of Good & Plenty candy. I’d check to see if he was walking down from the Jamaica Avenue El train, which was around eight blocks away. I could always spot him. He was tall and thin with dark black hair. I could see him walking toward me even if in the distance he appeared only two inches tall. He always wore a dark gray overcoat and a collared shirt with a narrow tie—but not so narrow that you couldn’t see it when he crossed the corner of our street. And by the time he got there I’d already be running as fast as I could so that I could slam myself into the bottom of his overcoat and tell him how glad I was that he was home. Because when he came back, he brought an intriguing world with him—whether he brought his musical instruments or books on Chinese archaeology, or, like one late Saturday afternoon, he came into the house carrying a big yellow wood TV set that opened an even bigger world to me.

Happy Father's Day to all who celebrate. And hugs to those who struggle on this day. 💕

"Sally's Pigeons" turns 26 today. I wrote it with Mary Chapin Carpenter, about a girl from the neighborhood who died from a back-alley abortion. With that kind of story I needed to hypnotize people with the music. I made all different little sounds part of the story: the synthesizer, the loop, the rhythm of the street, of the people, and for the first time in my life (except for “Time After Time”) I was singing my songs, singing my stories. It’s so important to me to write songs that are taken from my life so that they have real meaning. Anyway, it's an important song and an important issue. Click here to listen:

Happy Birthday to my dear friend Boy George! 💕🎂🎉🎁🎈

Have you ever accidentally eaten a bug?? Or maybe on purpose? This came out on this day in 2002. #TBT 🦟🐜🦗🕷

How's your Wednesday going?

I added a piece to Stonewall Forever, a Living Monument to 50 Years of Pride. Join me, and the many before us, by adding yours at -> stonewallforever.org #StonewallForever”

The "Essential Cyndi Lauper" greatest hits album turns 16 today. Click here to give it a whirl:

Congrats to all the Tony Award nominees! This was me 6 years ago tonight! 🎉🎭🏆

I have to say...I know this is going to seem like one of those paid posts but it's not...I'm on a little vacay and was thinking about the Tonys tonight and how if I was in New York I'd be at Tracie Martyn getting a facial right now. I really love Tracie's products. They have made such a different in my skin and the facials are amazing. I just wanted to share my secret weapon with everyone. Well, one of them at least. Click here to check it out: https://www.traciemartyn.com/ ✨☺️✨

On this day in 1984, "Time After Time" went #1! 🎶🎉💕

Happy Goonies Day!!

In 2007, while I was writing the CD Bring Ya to the Brink, I happened to see Prince’s extraordinary Super Bowl performance live on TV. He was singing “Purple Rain” and it was raining—real hard too. All of a sudden, he needed to fight the elements. It was slippery and he slipped. The large white backdrop behind him that was supposed to gently move with the wind was turning into a sail and still, it continued to rain hard. And all of a sudden, I saw how he accepted and worked with the rain and the wind. I thought, “This is God’s child, right in front of us, live.” It was one of the most inspirational performances I’d ever seen. So in “Same Ol’ Story,” the lines “People slipping in the rain, I watch them get up again / It makes me feel like I can too” are about him. Happy Birthday Prince. We miss you.

Dr. John was an American classic. And what he put into a song had so much spice, it made it really thrilling to listen to every night. And he was a wonderful, wonderful keyboardist. He was such a great talent and will be sorely missed. #RIPDrJohn

With them smoke-filled runaway kisses Some so young Chances are a million to one You got me startin' to believe That the thrill ain't never gone. "What a Thrill" was the B-side to "Goonies 'R' Good Enough" which came out 34 years ago today! Click below to check it out. 🎶☺️

Alicia Keys posted this beautiful rendition of #TrueColors in celebration of #PrideMonth. Give it a listen. 🎶🎉💕✊🌈✨🦄

Need something to get over the hump? Check out my #Pride playlist now on Spotify. Click to listen https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4E0xHCPWpr3i4GtERRCAlL?si=G9j6ObD3RnaFXt2li1V4Mg

My caricature at Sardi's was unveiled 6 years ago today!

"Life with Mikey" turns 26 today. Who remembers having a walkman?!

Anyone going to Japan in October? 😉👩‍🎤🎶

In honor of #PrideMonth and the 50th Anniversary of #Stonewall, there's finally an official lyric video for #TrueColors. Please click the link to watch now. ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

A great rendition of "Time After Time!" #MusicMonday What do you think?