Sathnam Sanghera
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Podcast Appearances
It was basically George, the video director, and his sister.
You know, this became an iconic look.
The font on the front of the Faith album, he decided that he wanted to resemble that, the font of Chanel.
The cymbals, I think there was a graphic agency that came up with 20 examples.
He hated them all, so he just drew them himself.
He played almost everything on all the songs, wrote it, produced it, arranged most of it, and it became one of the biggest albums of all time.
You've got to remember, he was in his mid-20s at this point.
barely out of his teens, really.
And he was doing all of this.
It was kind of miraculous, really.
I think he was self-conscious.
I think he was a big fan of Prince's.
I mean, there's definite tracks on Faith where he's clearly trying to copy Prince and he said that himself.
I think he was a massive contradiction in that he was very self-deprecating, but also he had a massive ego.
And also I think the whole thing came as a surprise to him in that when Wham!