Peter Andre explains how Mysterious Girl music video came about – and whether he misses his 90s hairstyle
Peter Andre says the famous shirtless dancing in a lagoon for his hit 90s single Mysterious Girl was all his own idea.
Speaking about the video for the global hit, the 51-year-old told Sky News: “We were climbing up a waterfall and I said, ‘Guys, this looks like a great location,’ because I was really part of developing this whole image.
“So, I climbed up in my jeans looking at this place, and I went, ‘Start filming here, this looks like great lighting’.”
Peter Andre in a swimming pool in 1996. Pic: Rex Features
The 1995 reggae / dancehall track featuring rapper Bubbler Ranx was a top 10 hit around the world and reached number two in the UK on its re-release the following year.
In the music video, which was filmed in Thailand, a topless Andre dances and sings while inexplicably wearing a pair of jeans and a belt in a lagoon, in front of a waterfall and on a beach.
Andre and his wife Emily MacDonagh. Pic: PA
Now a father of five, Andre says his children have seen the video and are “proud,” adding “but there are also a few eyerolls… to everything [in the video] really”.
Andre married doctor Emily MacDonagh in 2015 and welcomed their third child in April. He has four other children, seven-year-old son, Theo, and daughter, Amelia, 10, whom he shares with MacDonagh, and 18-year-old son Junior and daughter Princess, 16 – whom he shares with his ex-wife, Katie Price.
As for his slicked-back curtain hairstyle – which was very much en vogue at the time – Andre says he misses it: “I wish I carried it on.”
Peter Andre in 1995. Pic: Fryderyk Gabowicz/picture-alliance/dpa/AP
‘A decline of music videos since the 1980s’
Discussing nostalgia and looking back at changes in the music industry, Andre said times have definitely changed. “I think the 80s were when videos were the most important and then it was a slight sort of decline after that. I think 90s was popular, but as it’s gone on, videos have been less effective.”
He added: “If you look at the 80s, specifically, superstars were superstars.
“If Madonna was on the radio, you knew it was Madonna. If Michael Jackson came on the radio, you knew it was Michael Jackson.
“Now there are great songs out there, but you don’t know who’s who unless you’re in with what’s going on on social media. So, it’s a different time.”
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Andre was married to Katie Price until 2009. Pic: Reuters
He says the time when “people would wait to go to the store and buy a record and it would be such a huge moment” is long gone.
He admits when recently showing his kids a VHS tape – the way everyone recorded TV and film in the 70s and 80s – they were utterly baffled, asking him “What is that?”
As for his own success in the industry, Andre says he thinks it’s largely due to working with one of the world’s biggest female music stars.
“I can only be grateful for what happened to me because my first big gig was touring with Madonna in Australia in 1980,” he said.
“I was the opening act, the only act actually for the Girly Tour in Australia… And then I came to England as an unknown after selling out arenas in Australia and it was just crazy.”
Rod Stewart will be a headliner at Glastonbury next year year, the festival has announced.
Stewart, 79, will play the Sunday teatime legend slot.
The Do Ya Think I’m Sexy singer is the first act to be announced.
He announced the news on Instagram, writing: “I’m absolutely thrilled to announce that I’ll be playing Glastonbury Festival 2025! After all these years, I’m proud and ready and more than able to take the stage again to pleasure and titillate my friends at Glastonbury in June. I’ll see you there!”
Sir Rod will be 80 when the festival takes place between 25 and 29 June next year on Worthy Farm in Somerset.
Festival co-organiser Emily Eavis shared the same image of Sir Rod a few minutes later, with the message: “Bringing Sir Rod Stewart back for the Sunday afternoon slot on the Pyramid Stage is everything we could wish for.
“What a way to bow out with the final legends slot before we take a fallow year. We cannot wait.”
2026 will be a fallow year for Glastonbury (a year off), with the festival traditionally taking place four out of every five years, and the fifth year reserved for rehabilitation of the land.
Sir Rod – who is known for hits including Maggie May, You Wear It Well and Sailing – previously headlined the festival in 2002 alongside Coldplay and Stereophonics.
Sir Rod first rose to fame as frontman of 1970s rockers the Faces, alongside now-Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood along with Ian McLagan, Ronnie Lane, and Kenney Jones. They formed after the break-up of the Small Faces.
He’s also performed and recorded with the Jeff Beck Group appearing on the albums Truth and Beck-Ola.
Sir Rod with his wife Penny Lancaster
Sir Rod has gone on to have 25 UK top 10 singles and 38 UK top 10 albums as a solo artist. His career spans six decades.
In 2016 he was knighted at Buckingham Palace for his services to music and charity.
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Ruben Amorim was speaking after United’s 1-1 draw with Ipswich on Sunday when the singer walked up to hug analyst Jamie Redknapp.
His intervention brought the interview to a halt before Redknapp told Sheeran to “come and say hello in a minute”.
Some people on social media said Sheeran had been “rude” and called for him to apologise.
Sheeran celebrates during the match. Pic: AP
“Apologies if I offended Amorim yesterday, didn’t actually realise he was being interviewed at the time, was popping to say hi and bye to Jamie,” Sheeran wrote on Instagram.
“Obvz feel a bit of a bellend but life goes on. Great game though, congrats on all involved.”
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