No Doubt fans certainly remember the music video for the 1996 hit “Don’t Speak.”
In it the band gets sad when the lead singer of the band is intentionally separated by a music video director and a magazine’s art director, so that the girl-next-door front woman of the group can be spotlit as the glammed-up solo star.
The song came just four years after the Orange County band’s debut album, but it was clear that despite how hard No Doubt was committed to remain a solid unit, and as beloved as Tony, Tom, and Adrian were, Gwen Renée Stefani is a once-in-a-generation talent, far bigger than any radio-friendly pop band.
It was her destiny to go solo as the 1.1 billion-viewed video prophesied.
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