Mylène Farmer has been at the forefront of the French music scene for more than 40 years. Despite worldwide success and fans that cross generations, the singer remains more than ever very discreet about her private life and managed to maintain the mystery of her personal daily life.
This Tuesday, June 20, 2023, the W9 channel devotes an entire documentary to him in which his entire career is analyzed. In the film, his impressive concert tours are thus approached but also his clips reputed to be avant-garde and provocative. This is particularly the case of the clip for the song “Libertine” released in 1986.
For Benjamin Biolay, who was only 13 at the time of the release of this tube, the singer signed a masterstroke with this song with raw lyrics: “Those are great memories! Younger children singing this song without understanding the word “whore”, it was really very well seen” he analyzes. We also note that the clip directed by Laurent Boutonnat, is literally a short film which lasts 11 minutes and which had cost the modest sum of €500,000.
Mylène Farmer who plays the rebellious courtesan in the cilp, then appears completely naked. “I liked the punk approach. Already, getting naked is a really punk thing! It was Iggy Pop who did that the most and when women do it, it has an even more disruptive effect” raves Benjamin Biolay. He also recalls that this is the first time that the singer has appeared with her legendary red mane: “What will touch is the hair color. Suddenly, she turns red. We only see her. It brightens up her face, it gives a side a little more carnal, more fire”.
“When we see the clip, we cannot help but be faced with the obvious. , crazy stuff. And I imagine that everyone is devastated in the offices” concluded Benjamin Biolay visibly very fan of the artist with millions of albums sold.
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