Pirelli has unveiled “On the Highway,” its 2022 calendar starring some of the music industry’s major names, which includes Iggy Pop, Cher, Grimes and Jennifer Hudson. This version of the renowned calendar, which was set on pause very last calendar year owing to the coronavirus, was shot by Canadian singer-turned-photographer Bryan Adams and is devoted to the “biggest skills in the earth of songs,” according to a information launch.
“On the highway is wherever I have been for the very last 45 a long time,” Adams reported in the statement, “because the lifestyle of a musician is designed up of streets, vacation, ready in inns, hrs backstage.”
The 2022 model, which is the Italian tire firm’s 48th version, is a curated glimpse into the everyday living of a touring artist. From the glamorous multi-story billboards that tower higher than street stage to the remnants of area assistance: silver cloches strewn apart, half-eaten salads and empty h2o tumblers. The pictures comply with a playful narrative arc: every thirty day period, Adams introduces not only a new star but a new scene.
Iggy Pop was doused in silver paint for part of his photo shoot. Credit history: Bryan Adams/Pirelli
For May possibly, the phrase “moving into backstage” introduces a few photos of Cher strutting through an unnamed venue’s labyrinthine hallways like a phase supervisor. In November, only the word “aftershow” accompanies various pics of Rita Ora posing within a bathtub, absentmindedly pouring liquor about the edge. Every thirty day period is timestamped, way too, which means Adams’ story of everyday living on the highway is neatly packaged to stand for the span of a one day: commencing in January at 7:45 a.m. and stretching into the smaller hrs of a December early morning at 4:12 a.m.
It is really rockstar iconography at it is finest, drawing on the beloved — if not marginally clichéd — imagery of smashed lipsticks, deserted microphones and stars perched atop pianos. The total calendar was shot in just a few times, with most famous people photographed in Los Angeles at the Chateau Marmont or the Palace Theatre, whilst pictures of Saweetie had been taken from Lodge La Scalinatella in Capri, Italy.
Adams’ himself closes the calendar, with an aviator-clad self-portrait and the wistful kicker: “On the way to the following exhibit.”
Leading picture: St. Vincent for the 2022 Pirelli Calendar.