Listen to this when
True Colors
Let them see the real colours. 🌈
Who it's for
Lauper stripped the song down into a gentle ballad and it became an enduring anthem of acceptance, especially in the LGBTQ community.
Hidden, fearful→Safe to be seen
Feelings it meets
What it is
"True Colors" is a ballad written by Billy Steinberg and Tom Kelly. It was the title track and lead single of Cyndi Lauper's 1986 album True Colors. Steinberg first wrote it about his mother, and Lauper connected it to the death of her friend Gregory Natal from AIDS.
Where to find it
All major streaming services.
Before you start
Age: All ages
No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be the true.Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter
