Discreet, secretive and elegant French singer-songwriter and actress from Quebec, Mylène Farmer seems to be obsessed with religion, according to her biographer, who recently published a fourth biography about her favorite singer. In his new work, he recalls the troubled past of the icon of French song, which is reflected in his musical repertoire, which often invokes fragments of religion that flirt with provocation.
Since she was 61, Mylène Farmer has had a very long musical career, selling more than 30 million records and still selling 200,000 show tickets in a single day. In addition, she knows how to behave discreetly in the media and gives very few interviews.
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Due to her strange past, indoctrinated by religion, she suffers from a crippling fear. Apparently the death of his older brother Jean-Loup, who died in a traffic accident at the age of 36, has something to do with a tragedy that was followed by several more personal trials. Death has followed her ever since.
If Mylène Gauthier (her maiden name) was born in Quebec, in Pierrefonds, to French parents, it is because her father, Max Gauthier, an engineer from Marseille, was commissioned to work on the dam of the Manic 5 power plant. Mylène will therefore spend her first eight years on Quebec soil. Throughout her childhood, she was treated like a tomboy because of her looks.
She completed her undergraduate studies at the Collège Sainte-Marcelline, a private institution of the Marcelline sisters. The doctrine is based on austerity and Christianity.
She admits that she has been shaped by religious statements her entire life. In addition, his grandmother regularly takes him to a cemetery to pray and cleanse his soul.
According to him, his childhood and youth did not bring him much happiness. She was filled with grief and fear of being abandoned.
“Since I was a child, there has been a deep-seated fear of abandonment,” the singer told Le Parisien.
Mylène has a passion for animals and finds refuge in horseback riding, where she excels. Extremely shy and unwell, at the age of 16 she dreams of becoming a riding instructor and starting an equestrian center for the disabled. Unfortunately, a terrible fall forces him to give up his dream.
Great Career
Mylène Farmer, who wanted to be an actress, began her adult life studying theater.
After getting some endorsement deals and working as a model, she embarked on her musical career, which began in 1986 with Cendres de Lune.
She released around twenty albums in 30 years and toured extensively. The author believes that Mylène Farmer has a crazy presence on stage and that she is the only singer who can take on Johnny Hallyday on stage.
She changes her name, Gauthier, to Farmer in homage to Frances Farmer, the American actress who was forcibly confined to a mental hospital and whose character she has previously played.
According to the author, the lyrics to his many songs evoke a mixture of religion and sexuality that borders on provocative. She’s going to strip naked in her libertine clip.
As an adult, Mylène claims to have lost her faith. In his book, the author proves that good and evil coexist in his songs.
difficult loves
Mylène is very discreet about her love life and doesn’t seem to have had much luck in love. Love came later.
“I have very difficult relationships with men,” the singer said.
Nonetheless, she had a professional and romantic relationship with French songwriter and director Laurent Boutonnat. She also had romances with the writer Marc Lévy and the TV presenter Patrick Poivre d’Arvor, then, more seriously, with the director Benoît di Sabatino, with whom she shared her life, a relationship that recently ended.
She never had children and is now single. She lives with her animals, including a monkey.
AWARDS
- She holds the record for the number of diamond discs sold by a singer, i.e. seven albums.
- She is the only French singer to have filled the Stade de France more than four times.
- She holds the record for the number of NRJ Music Awards received: nine trophies.
- In 2012, the singer received the Diamond NRJ Music Award for her entire career.
♦ French biographer Alain Wodrascka has signed several biographies including those of Michel Berger, Véronique Sanson, Brigitte Bardot, Francis Cabrel, Jacques Brel and Johnny Hallyday.
♦ This is his fourth book about Mylène Farmer.