These candid photographs show George Michael on set during the filming of Wham!’s iconic “Club Tropicana” music video in the summer of 1983.
The music video was filmed on location at the famous Pikes Hotel in Ibiza, Spain. The hotel served as the perfect sunny, luxurious backdrop for the song's satirical take on package holidays and the glamorous jet-set lifestyle.
In this particular behind-the-scenes moment, Michael was playfully posing in a formal captain’s uniform jacket, complete with gold rank stripes on the sleeves, but paired with absolutely no pants, sporting just ultra-short shorts and white tube socks.
In the storyline of the “Club Tropicana” music video, he and his bandmate Andrew Ridgeley play two airline pilots on vacation. At the very end of the video, their holiday fantasy wraps up as they are shown dressing back into their pilot uniforms to head back to work.
This humorous, pantsless behind-the-scenes shot perfectly encapsulates the campy, lighthearted, and sex-positive aesthetic that defined Wham! in the early 1980s. It has since become a beloved piece of pop history and a testament to George Michael’s early status as a fearless, boundary-pushing style icon.
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