“I want to push the boundaries of society’s current beauty standards by celebrating the beauty of dark skin without the hypersexualization.” – Spree Wilson.

The music video for Robert Palmer’s 1988 hit “Simply Irresistible,” which features the crooner flanked by models in skin-tight dresses and red lipstick occupies a legendary space in pop culture history. In the nearly 30 years since the video’s premiere, artists working in a variety of genres and mediums have created their own versions of “Simply Irresistible.” Some creatives have opted to modernize the aesthetic, others have set out to subvert it.

Singer Spree Wilson tackles the indomitable whiteness of the Robert Palmer visuals and uses the imagery as a springboard for celebrating black beauty in the music video for “Counterfeit.”

“Where Mr. Palmer uses a white, European beauty standard, I decided to counter with a strong cast of beautiful, BLACK women,” says Wilson. “Black representation in the media is extremely important to me, specifically the way black women are represented.”

Watch and listen below.