20 years ago, Christina Aguilera released her ICONIC track, Beautiful.
To celebrate the 2 decades since it's been released, Christina and the team at Sony, recruited film director, Fiona Jane Burgess, to reimagine the accompanying music video.

In this episode, we speak with Fiona about how the project came to life, what it was like working with Christina, and how she drew upon her previous experience working in an adolescent psychiatric unit to create the concept for the film.
So much of Fiona's work, focuses on the topics of motherhood, feminism and mental health, and towards the end of the conversation we talk about her frustration with the challenges that mothers in the creative industries face.
If you resonate with the issues that she discusses, we'd love to hear from you - [email protected]
Watch “Beautiful” by Christina Aguilera (2022) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kEwGXLdbZ8
You can find out more about Fiona and her work here - https://www.instagram.com/fionajburgessss/
https://fionajaneburgess.com/

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2:23 - Reimaging an iconic music video - Beautiful by Christina Aguilera
6:25 - The hardest thing about making the film
8:00 - Starting conversations about our obsession with body image
12:20 - Fiona's creative process
15:15 - What does creativity mean?
16:35 - Fiona's advice for bringing your own idea to life
12:50 - The problem with how mothers are treated in the creative industries
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Useful links
- Learn more about Pregnant Then Screwed, a charity dedicated to ending the motherhood penalty, which supports tens of thousands of women each year - https://pregnantthenscrewed.com/
- Fiona's reflections on motherhood for Partnership Editions - https://partnershipeditions.com/collections/58-reflections-on-motherhood-with-fiona-jane-burgess
- The original music video for Beautiful - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAfyFTzZDMM
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artists in residence is hosted by Isabelle Wilkinson, founder of the artists in residence community. To get in touch, pitch yourself as a guest, or share your creative project with us, email [email protected].
Episode produced by Billy Truswell. Brand design and episode artwork by Holly Whitaker.
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