Award-winning actress Cate Blanchett has made a special appearance onstage at Glastonbury alongside US pop-rock duo Sparks. The Hollywood star appeared in the music video for the band’s recent single “The Girl is Crying in Her Latte”. Likewise to the music video, Cate Blanchett wore the same yellow suit, green sunglasses, and a pair of red headphones. She wore the suit over a buttoned up black shirt while she danced to the song.
Before inviting Cate to the Park stage, the vocalist Russell Mael gave her a welcome and introduction. He said, “Hopefully as many of you know we have a brand new album, it just came out a couple of weeks ago. We have a super special treat tonight. We did a video for this song recently and we had the great honour of having the great actor Cate Blanchett join us – where are you Cate Blanchett?”
Watch Cate Blanchett perform with Sparks at Glastonbury Festival on Twitter below:
Cate Blanchett and Sparks at #Glastonbury! pic.twitter.com/sAkeemtg83
— Far Out #Glastonbury23 updates (@FarOutMag) June 23, 2023
Sparks is a pop and rock band from Los Angeles consisting of two brothers, Ron and Russell Mael. Ron plays the keyboard while Russell provides the vocals. The duo previously explained that they met Cate Blanchett at the César Awards in Paris. For their film Annette, the Mael brothers went to the same Césars as Cate Blanchett who received a Lifetime Achievement Award.
Recently, Sparks released their 25th studio album last month. The album The Girl is Crying in Her Latte had three singles released before dropping the album itself. The lead single was release on March 3 along with the music video starring Cate Blanchett. On April 21, the second single “Veronica Lake” was released. The last single they released was titled “Nothing Is as Good as They Say It Is” which was released on May 12, 2023.
In total, the album consists of 14 tracks with songs titled “You Were Meant for Me”, “We Go Dancing”, and “It Doesn’t Have to Be That Way”. It made it to number 7 on the UK Albums Chart which is the band’s third consecutive album to debut at that position.
Watch the music video for “The Girl Is Crying in Her Latte” starring Cate Blanchett below:
In an interview with Variety, Ron and Russel Mael explained how their collaboration with Blanchett happened. Russell said, “When she first heard it, she said, ‘I’m laughing and I’m crying at the same time.” When it came to Blanchett starring in the video, Russell continued, “She came in with the red headphones she’s wearing in the video, and… she seemed like she’d actually been on a stage before or something.”
