Angels Of Passion

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Angels of Passion is an adult film from 1986 known for being the origin of the song "Ulterior Motives," which was an unidentified lost media since 2021. The movie gained an ironic fandom in April 2024 on TikTok, as users started to post fan edits, fan art and treating the film as a "cult classic," which notably followed the discovery of "Ulterior Motives" source.

History

Angels of Passion is a 1986 adult film from CB Productions and director Jerome Bronson. An IMDb^[1] page describes the movie's plot as "Two angels (Jessica Wylde & Tracey Adams) are sent back to Earth to provide some sexual satisfaction to the mortal humans" (VHS cover seen below).

video RDOTION eingetragenes Warenzeichen GOUD Best.-Nr. 4583 ca. 90 Min. ANGELS OF PASSION Orig. Filmzenen Der Flotte Dreiers im Wohnmobil steht kurz vor dem Höhepunkt, als ein betrunkener Autofahrer sie tötet. Völlig verwirrt finden sich die beiden hübschen Girls (Tracey Adams und Jessica Wilde) und ihr Lich- haber (Steve Drake) im Trainingslager für Engel wieder. Dort vollenden sie erstmal, wozu sie im Leben nicht mehr kamen: Ihren Fick! Durch einen Fehler ihres himmlischen Führers erfahren sie die Namen von drei Menschen, deren Tod unmittelbar bevorsteht. Sie be- schließen, diesen Menschen zu helfen und zwar auf die Art, die sie einzigartig beherrschen: Durch ungezügelten, wollüstigen SEX auf jede erdenkliche Weise! Wie heißt es schon in einem alten Schlager: KANN DENN LIEBE SÜNDE SEIN? Dieser Film gibt Ihnen die klare Antwort: NEIN! TRACEY ADAMS, JESSICA WILDE und STACEY DONOVAN sind drei heiße Engel auf lüsternen Wegen! GOLD SCREEN EDITION exclusive hy abu video tabu video Angels of PASSION TABU I ORIGINAL KINOFILM SIE HABER DAS GENAU ZWISCHEN DEN BESNEN! Tracey Adams, Jessica Wilde and Steve Drake are of Angele PASSION Nur für Erwachsene

The earliest online post of the film dates to May 8th, 2018, reuploaded on the adult website XHamster, as Redditor^[7] user @mataabuelas4 revealed on April 28th, 2024.

On April 28th, 2024, YouTube^[2] user @Ampersand127 uploaded a SFW version of the film (shown below), which amassed more than 149,000 views and 2,100 likes in three days.

Online Presence

Everyone Knows That / Ulterior Motives

On April 28th, 2024, Reddit users One-Truth-5867 and south_pole_ball made a post to /r/everyoneknowsthat^[3] after discovering that the song "Ulterior Motives" comes from the 1986 adult film Angels of Passion. The song's origin has been searched since 2021 and is considered one of the key pieces of music in the lostwave canon, which is a subgenre of lost media.

On the same day, YouTube^[4] user @michel9041 uploaded a "family-friendly" version of "Everyone Knows That (Ulterior Motives)" removing the sounds of intercourse during the scene, which amassed more than 227,000 views and 8,400 likes in three days.

Angels Of Passion Ironic Fandom

The discovery of Angels of Passion as the origin of the "Everyone Knows That (Ulterior Motives)" song spawned an ironic fandom and memes treating the adult film as a "cult classic."

For example, on April 28th, 2024, TikTok^[5] user @wwurlds posted his ironic review of the film, giving it a 6.5/10 score (shown below, left), which amassed more than 1.8 million plays and 317,000 likes in three days. On April 29th, TikTok^[6] user @void1ng posted a hand-drawn fan art inspired by Angels of Passion, which received over 720,000 plays and 125,000 likes in two days (shown below, right).

@wwurlds would i recommend, no. unless u r the fine connoisseur of the arts #angelsofpassion #ekt ♬ EKT found snippet – Jigsaw55481

@void1ng angels of passion fanart 🔥🔥 #carl92 #ulteriormotives #fanart #angelsofpassion #digitalart #animatic #arte #art #drawing #viral ♬ original sound – feyesper 🇵🇭

The adult film also became a viral topic of discussion on Reddit, as Redditor @buttegg^[8] posted a full essay reviewing Angels of Passion's plot on April 29th. The post amassed more than 300 upvotes and 50 comments in two days. On April 28th, Redditor^[9] Professional_Ad8214 noticed that Christopher David Booth, "Ulterior Motives" songwriter, had a cameo in the movie (shown below). The safe-for-work clip amassed over 270 upvotes and 30 comments in three days.

Christopher Saint Booth has a SFW cameo in Angels of Passion (1986)
byu/Professional_Ad8214 ineveryoneknowsthat

Everyone Knows That / Ulterior Motives

Everyone Knows That or Ulterior Motives refers to a short audio clip of an unidentified song that was uploaded by user carl92 to a song identification website in 2021. The three-year-long search for the song went viral on the internet, with users theorizing various possible origins for it. In April 2024, Redditor south_pole_ball discovered that the origin of the song, called "Ulterior Motives," is a 1986 adult film Angels of Passion, with the discovery going viral and spawning jokes and memes online.

Various Examples

@imyurvalentine
the storyline was cool tho tbh

♬ EKT found snippet – Jigsaw55481

@alphapacifier #lostmedia #angelsofpassion #alterativemotives #lostsong #ulteriormotives #ulteriormotiveslostmedia #ulteriormotivessong ♬ Ekt lost song – Ria(madonnas version)🎀