His stage name is a tribute
His first success mom is wrong (1984), based on the film french. This biopic is based on the story of Frances Farmer, an American actress of the 1930s who was forcibly interned by her mother. Filled with compassion, Mylène borrowed her surname and became Mylène Farmer. The singer is actually called Mylène Gautier.
She has her heart on her sleeve
Since she was 11 years old, Mylène has frequently visited sick children in the hospital, in particular young quadriplegic patients at the hospital in Garches, near her family home. Today, she continues her commitment.
She does the dubbing of several cartoons
Mylène Farmer has lent her voice in several cartoons, including Arthur and the Invisibles, Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard And Arthur and the War of the Two Worlds.
A figure of fashion
Before embarking on the song, Mylène Farmer wanted to become an actress. To pay for her studies, she became a model and posed in numerous advertisements (Lotto, Savings Bank, Catetc.) But that’s not all: in July 2011, she closed the Jean-Paul Gaultier fashion show, wearing a black dress, inspired by the film Black Swan!
Mylène, a scholar
Mylène Farmer’s songs contain many references to writers like Charles Baudelaire, Edgar Allan Poe, but also to painters, like Egon Schiele.
Moreover, she wrote and illustrated a philosophical tale entitled Lisa-Loup and the Storytellerpublished in 2003. A book that sold more than 100,000 copies.
His greatest fear: abandonment
“I’m afraid of being abandoned” confided Mylène Farmer in the documentary Ultimate Creation, available since 2020 on Amazon Prime. “This sends me back to a recurring nightmare. I arrive on stage and the room is empty. The visceral fear of abandonment has existed in me since childhood“, she had also explained to the ParisianSeptember 24, 2020.
The singer who sold the most records
Since 1984, Mylène Farmer has been the best-selling singer. Indeed, she currently has 8 diamond discs. Among the most awarded albums, five albums exceeded one million sales!
She is also the artist with the most titles at the top of the Top 50, with 21 songs.
An international success
Mylène Farmer, as we have just said, is very famous in France, but also in Germany, Benelux, or even in the countries of Eastern Europe and Russia!
She performed a series of 13 concerts at Bercy…
Mylène Farmer achieved the feat of filling the mythical stage of the Accor Hotel Arena 13 times in a row in 2006! The concerts, all sold out, brought together more than 170,000 spectators.
And will become the first French singer to perform at the Stade de France
Mylène definitely likes to make an impression during her concerts. She will be the first French singer to perform at the iconic Stade de France. In less than two hours, all the seats were sold out (approximately 80,000 seats). In total, she will have completed it four times.
fun facts : the largest indoor stage ever built in Europe was built by Mylène! Definitely…
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