Ladbible X Whatsapp
  • iconNews
  • videos
  • entertainment
  • Home
  • News
    • UK News
    • US News
    • Australia
    • Ireland
    • World News
    • Weird News
    • Viral News
    • Sport
    • Technology
    • Science
    • True Crime
    • Travel
  • Entertainment
    • Celebrity
    • TV & Film
    • Netflix
    • Music
    • Gaming
    • TikTok
  • LAD Originals
    • Say Maaate to a Mate
    • Daily Ladness
    • Lad Files
    • UOKM8?
    • FreeToBe
    • Extinct
    • Citizen Reef
  • Advertise
  • Terms
  • Privacy & Cookies
  • LADbible Group
  • UNILAD
  • SPORTbible
  • GAMINGbible
  • Tyla
  • UNILAD Tech
  • FOODbible
  • License Our Content
  • About Us & Contact
  • Jobs
  • Latest
  • Topics A-Z
  • Authors
Facebook
Instagram
X
Threads
Snapchat
TikTok
YouTube

LAD Entertainment

YouTube

LAD Stories

Submit Your Content
Stacy From The 'Stacy's Mom' Video Leads A Very Different Life Now

Home> Entertainment

Published 16:11 6 Apr 2022 GMT+1

Stacy From The 'Stacy's Mom' Video Leads A Very Different Life Now

It's been nearly two decades since we first heard about Stacy's Mom

Emily Brown

Emily Brown

The year is 2003. You're hanging out with your friends when, from behind the closed door of a cool older brother's bedroom, you hear the now-iconic strums of a guitar which begin the Fountains of Wayne song 'Stacy's Mom'.

The song soon became a signifier of coolness, and whether you were the older sibling who discovered it or the younger generation captivated by the song about someone's mum, kids across the globe were secure in the notion that Stacy's mum had got it going on.

Fountains of Wayne sought to further confirm this notion through the music video for the track, which featured New Zealand model Rachel Hunter as the infamous 'mom' and Gianna Dispenza as Stacy, the girl whose male friend made little effort to hide the fact he was much more interested in her mum than her.

The video comes to an end with Stacy walking in on her friend having, let's call it 'alone time', with thoughts of her mum, leaving her shocked and laughing at his compromising position, but fast-forward nearly two decades and it seems clear Dispenza doesn't have to worry about the shadow of a fictional mum hanging over her.

The former music video star has now established herself as an artist, having created numerous drawings, sculptures and paintings. In the years following the release of 'Stacy's Mom', she went on to attend the Academy of Art University in California and San Francisco Art Institute, as well as achieving a masters in painting from The Royal College of Art in London.

Advert

She has put on multiple exhibitions and earned awards for Best Emerging Artist and Best Figurative Artist, among others, and has a following of more than 11,000 people on Instagram who describe her artwork as 'beautiful' and 'amazing'.

Though Dispenza has come a long way since her appearance as Stacy, the song remains a fan favourite and never fails to transport listeners back to their childhoods or teenage years.

The track was Fountains of Wayne's first to enter the charts, where it peaked at Number 21 on the Billboard Hot 100 and Number 11 in the UK. Following the success of the track, the band were nominated for two awards at the 2004 Grammy Awards, namely Best Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals and Best New Artist.

Meanwhile, Stacy's mum herself, Hunter, has featured in magazines including Italian Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar and Elle, as well as in a number of global advertising campaigns.

Featured Image Credit: FountainsOfWayneVEVO/@giannadispenza/Instagram

Topics: Music, Viral, US News

Emily Brown
Emily Brown

Emily Brown is the Community Desk Lead at LADbible Group. Emily first began delivering news when she was just 11 years old - with a paper route. She went on to graduate with a BA Hons in English Language in the Media from Lancaster University before contributing to The Sunday Times Travel Magazine and Student Problems. She joined UNILAD in 2018 to cover breaking news, trending stories and longer form features, and now works as Community Desk Lead to commission and write human interest stories from across the globe.

Advert

Advert

Advert

Choose your content:

14 hours ago
16 hours ago
  • 14 hours ago

    Kesha said infamous red carpet incident with Jerry Seinfeld was the ‘saddest moment of her life’

    Jerry Seinfeld said 'no thanks' to Kesha during a red carpet event

    Entertainment
  • 14 hours ago

    Movie fans say they still think about ‘traumatising’ but ‘amazing’ film 14 years after watching

    The film stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Brady Corbet and Michelle Trachtenberg

    Entertainment
  • 14 hours ago

    Ex-Superman Dean Cain hits out on ‘woke’ new version of the film after James Gunn called superhero an ‘immigrant’

    Cain also took issue with James Gunn changing Superman's motto

    Entertainment
  • 16 hours ago

    Follow up to The Office is coming to TV incredibly soon

    Expect to see a fan-favourite character pop-up in the follow-up series

    Entertainment
  • Iconic 'feisty one you are' girl from The Inbetweeners has very different life 15 years on from show
  • What happens next as Diddy could walk free from court today
  • Ronnie Pickering has made a huge claim about the famous road rage video that made him go viral
  • Expert explains why 'bizarre' lifeguard moment caught on video is actually life saving