Julee Cruise, the singer whose ethereal music deepened the drama of David Lynch’s play, has died at the age of 65.
Her husband, Edward Grinnan, wrote on Facebook: “She left this kingdom on her own terms. No remorse. She is at peace … I played her [B-52’s song] Strikes during his transition. Now he will wander forever. Rest in peace, my love. “
Cruise’s best-known song was Falling: His Instrumental, written by Angelo Badalamenti, was used as the theme song for Twin Peaks, Lynch’s iconic television program that debuted in 1990. Lynch wrote lyrics for the album. vocal version of Cruise, which reached number 7 on the UK charts. , was a hit across Europe and topped the Australian singles chart. It was included on his 1989 debut album Floating Into the Night.
Born in Iowa in 1956, Cruise began her collaborations with Lynch in 1986 for her film Blue Velvet, which featured her collaboration Badalamenti Mysteries of Love. In 1990, she appeared as a character named The Dreamself of the Heartbroken Woman in the avant-garde theatrical production of Lynch Industrial Symphony No. 1, alongside Nicolas Cage and Laura Dern.
His music has earned him a passionate cult following, attracted by the deceptively pristine and innocent delivery of Cruise. “Technically, this music is so delicate that it’s just a challenge to sing it,” he said in 1990. “But at the same time, it allows me to be more dramatic, more psychotic than if I just sang‘ Oh, baby. ’ “Some things you can’t over-act while you’re singing. That, I can over-act and go out with mine. I can stylize it.”
He appeared as a character in Twin Peaks, singing in the city bar and in his spin-off film Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me. He also appeared in Twin Peaks: The Return, the third season of Lynch’s 2017 show.
In 2018, he said of his relationship: “It’s like her little sister: you don’t like your older brother telling you what to do. David is crazy. Sometimes he can get these tantrums. And you have Have you ever seen his temperament? Anyone can look funny when he gets angry. But I love him. “
Another high-profile film collaboration came in 1991, when Cruise covered Elvis Presley’s Summer Kisses, Winter Tears for the soundtrack to Wim Wenders’ Until the End of the World.
His albums were sporadic: he released The Voice of Love in 1993, three of his Twin Peaks songs: Fire Walk With Me; then The Art of Being a Girl in 2002 and My Secret Life in 2011. She also toured as a member of the B-52s during the 1990s, and other guest appearances include singing alongside Pharrell Williams on song Class System by the hip-hop duo Handsome Boy Modeling School.
In 2018, he announced that he had been diagnosed with lupus and complained of chronic pain.