Our reenactment of the Trapobane Island scene from Lonely In Your Nightmare.

The original clip from Lonely In Your Nightmare.

One of our practice shots to figure out positioning and angle for the video.

Lonely In Your Nightmare

October 2, 2023 in Sri Lanka ⋅ ☁️ 29 °C

Duran Duran’s Lonely in Your Nightmare featured scenes from Trapobane Island in Weligama. We went there to recreate the scene from the video in which Simon Le Bon sings “I see the delta traces living lonely out on the limb”. Unfortunately, the sea was too rough for us to recreate other parts of the scene where he walks on the sand to the island. Per the Lonely Planet, Trapobane Island is an ultra high end resort charging in excess of $1,000 per night. I doubt I’ll be staying there anytime.Read more