Channel 4 28 June 2000 Handed by Noodle Pop Up Video: SINEAD O'CONNOR The Emperor's New Clothes - Filmed in Chicago during Sinéad’s 1990 U.S. Tour - The video’s concept: Sinéad is a storyteller performing in a theatre - Her explanation for ripping up a picture of the Pope: The Holy Madonna would have done the same thing - Madonna did the same thing she tore up a photo of Sinéad on TV later that year - Madonna had asked to visit the set of the video the director refused - The feathers which pour down on the video had to be swept up after each take, becoming the most tedious part of the filming - The director wanted the feeling of a very good school play - The audience was made up of fans from her Chicago concert plus some parents - She was embarrassed to perform in front of such a small group - The director described Sinéad as very calm and collected - Sinéad brought her personal make-up artist from Britain - There was no choreographer - Sinéad finds it liberating to perform barefoot - Sinéad didn’t buy any new clothes for this video the dress was her own