Chris goes to Liverpool University to study architecture. During 1981 ‑1982 he spends a year gaining practical experience in a London architectural practice, designing a staircase in an industrial development in Milton Keynes. “It’s not a remarkable staircase”, he comments when visiting it in 1988, “It’s just a functional staircase”.
The Boys take part in filming the ‘Se A Vida E’ video with Bruce Weber at the Wet ‘n Wild theme park in Orlando, Florida.
While Neil and Chris are still working on ‘Psychological,’ their friend Sam Taylor-Wood invites them to meet and have lunch with actress Gwyneth Paltrow, who’s upstairs at Sam’s studio to be photographed.
Chris and Neil begin two new songs: ‘Youth’ (which soon becomes ‘Gin and Jag’) and ‘King of Rome’ (which they temporarily call ‘King of Pop’). Chris, on his own, also writes a new instrumental that he titles ‘Moronic.’ (This will later be developed into ‘The Grind’ for their ballet The Most Incredible Thing.)
Following a week-long promotional campaign teasing the public with the mysterious (and anonymous) question ‘What Is Super?’ the Pet Shop Boys reveal that Super is title of their next album, scheduled for April 1 release, and they release via digital outlets one track from the album, ‘Inner Sanctum.’