The Cheat Sheet

The Hidden Meaning of Cyndi Lauper’s ‘True Colors’

The bets music is honest. Cyndi Lauper’s “True Colors” is one of the best pop ballads ever written. Lauper didn’t write the song, but she said it came from an earnest place in her life. The tune was ...
Yahoo

Cyndi Lauper's best songs of all time, from 'She Bop' to 'True Colors'

Cyndi Lauper emerged as one of the decade’s more colorful figures with the 1983 release of a career-defining breakthrough called “She’s So Unusual,” which sent four singles to the Top 5 on the ...
Rolling Stone

Cyndi Lauper on 35 Years of ‘True Colors,’ Pride Anthems, and the Next Crop of Innovators

Cyndi Lauper is celebrating the 35th anniversary of her iconic sophomore album, True Colors, which came out on October 14th, 1986. And to mark the occasion, she’s dropping a new expanded digital ...
People

Cyndi Lauper Says She Recorded 'True Colors' to 'Feel Better' After Her Friend Died of AIDS (Exclusive)

Lauper tells PEOPLE about the 1986 hit's inspiration at the Tribeca Festival premiere of her new documentary, 'Let the Canary Sing' Jack Irvin has over five years of experience working in digital ...
American Songwriter

The Story Behind the Only Song Cyndi Lauper Co-Wrote With Billy Joel and the ‘True Colors’ Track He Ended Up Singing On

“I clean the house, and while I’m cleaning, all this stuff comes to me. I don’t know why.” Cleaning has always inspired Cyndi Lauper to write songs. “Mother used to say to ‘Please clean up the room,’ ...