Music Video
The music video for "Cherry Lips" was directed by Joseph Kahn on a set installed in a loft located in Brooklyn, New York on October 22, 2001. The video was produced by Supermega/Palomar; collaborating on the music video were top hair artist Renato Campura, make-up artist Mathu Andersen and stylist Kithe Brewster. Visual effects were handled by Chris Watts. The video treatment Kahn filmed featured Garbage performing in a loft space, but only seen on mirror reflections, on monitor displays or reflected in the camera lens. As the chorus begins, it becomes apparent that the band are invisible. The special effect was rendered by filming Garbage wrapped in green gauze suits under their clothing and digitally replacing their bodies with the background. The insides of their clothing were replaced using CGI. Monitors visible to the viewer were fed playback footage of the band performing 'as normal'. For the breakdown and coda, Manson removed her clothing (except her boots and gloves) and performed an invisible striptease, and then walked across the room towards a bathroom mirror displaying her composited reflection. The twist ending showed the invisible Manson urinating while standing up.
Manson dyed her red hair to platinum blonde the night prior to the shoot. Kahn expressed concern over the change, as he felt Manson was strongly identified as a redhead. To compliment her new colour, she was given a 1950s-era beige palette "for a glamourous but not overdone" look. Vig filmed all his close-up scenes at the start of the day; he had been suffering from a food poisoning infection. A stand-in was used for his greenscreen shots. The set was dressed to resemble a strip club, vintage neon signs were procured from over the city to provide an authentic backdrop.
The "Cherry Lips" video premiered on Australia's Rage on December 3, on MTV Europe in the United Kingdom and on VIVA in Germany on December 17. MTV Europe required an edit to the scenes where Manson stamped on lightbulbs; an alternate edit was re-serviced with the scenes obscured in early 2002. VH1 continued to broadcast the original version. The "Cherry Lips" video was nominated for a Bulgarian MM Music Award in the category of Best Video by an International Act.
The "Cherry Lips" video was first made commercially available in QuickTime format on the CD-ROM enhanced section of the "Cherry Lips" CD singles. A remastered version of the "Cherry Lips" music video was included on Garbage's 2007 greatest hits DVD Absolute Garbage, and made available as a digital download via online music services later the same year.
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