Mylène Farmer at 60: Childhood, Broken Dream, Trauma, Companion, Relationships with Men<

Mylène Farmer, who turns 60 on September 12, is an artist with a thousand secrets. His hidden passions, his paralyzing fear, the death of his brother and the dramas of his life... What you didn't know about the "no counterfeit" star.

Mylène Farmer celebrates her 60th birthday on September 12. Artist without infringement, singer with a soft voice, a mysterious aura and an impenetrable personality, the interpreter of Libertine has hypnotized us for almost 40 years. The sixty-year-old with flamboyant hair arrived on the front of the stage in the 80s and presented her extraordinary and eclectic universe to several generations of conquered fans. The singer, who returns to the stage for her Nevermore 2023 tour, cultivates the paradox of being closer to her audience while remaining extremely secretive. Her childhood as a "tomgirl", her passion for horse riding, the origin of her stage name, the dramas of her life, her paralyzing fear, her funny companion... Secrets, anecdotes and highlights of her life .

Mylène Farmer: her childhood in Quebec

Mylène Gautier, her real name, was born on September 12, 1961 in Pierrefonds, Quebec, where her father, a civil engineer, was transferred for his work. She spent the first eight years of her life there. She is the third in a family of four children.

Mylène Farmer, "missed girl"

From childhood, Mylène Farmer cultivates difference and frees herself, without knowing it, from the dictates of society. "I was not a tomboy, but a tomboy! Since my earliest childhood, I have never liked to play with dolls, at the dinette… I have always preferred the company and games of boys. Certainly it must have influenced my character“, she had explained to OK! Magazine.

Mylène Farmer, altruist

As a teenager, she spent part of her summers visiting sick children in hospitals.

Mylène Farmer: her disenchanted dream

Her dream as a girl? Become a riding instructor and found an equestrian center for the disabled. At 16, she began training in Saumur, but unfortunately had a serious fall which prevented her from pursuing her project.

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Mylène Farmer "on the verge of psychosis"

In the 1980s, composers Jérôme Dahan and Laurent Boutonnat wrote the song Maman A Tort, which was inspired by the story of the American actress of the 1930s, Frances Farmer, who was forcibly confined by her mother to a psychiatric hospital. To interpret their piece, they are looking for a woman capable of embodying the character. When Mylène Gautier comes to the casting, it's obvious. "It was her right away. (...) We would have sworn that she left the hospital with her long hair, bordering on psychosis", remembered Laurent Boutonnat in the book Mylène Farmer - The two-faced star, by Brigitte Hemmerlin and Vanessa Pontet.

Mylène Farmer: the trauma of her life

Mylène Gautier, who became Mylène Farmer in homage to Frances Farmer, quickly became an icon of French song. But the singer cultivates an unfailing discretion and rarely appears in public. It must be said that she was traumatized by a terrible news item that occurred in 1991. At the time, a fan killed Jean-François Pigaglio, the receptionist of the Polydor record company, in cold blood. The reason? He had refused to reveal the address of Mylène Farmer.

Mylène Farmer: the death of her brother

In 1996, the singer was faced with another tragedy. His older brother, Jean-Loup Gautier, died aged 36 in a road accident near his home in Saint-Cloud.

Mylène Farmer: nudity and sentimental life

If Mylène Farmer shows herself naked in her Libertine clip, she refuses proposals from magazines to pose in Eve's outfit. "I don't want my body to come into homes anymore. It's the same thing for the program Sexy Folies, on Antenne 2 where I declared that I only knew love very late compared to the young women of my age. My childhood and my adolescence had not brought me this joy. Today, the magic moment has passed. I refuse to explain myself on this subject. I no longer want to remember... except my first love at four years old for a teacher who fascinated me! Since then I have had very difficult relationships with men", she confided to the media Confidences, in the 80s.

Mylène Farmer, wolf woman

Mylène Farmer has an "existential shyness", she confided to the Parisian. And to explain: “Someone close to me often says that I am the wolf, the one who lives in the depths of the woods, and when the time to go on stage arrives, I become a werewolf. But I am not unaware of this double movement".

Mylène Farmer: her "visceral fear"

The artist with flamboyant hair drags with her a heavy anguish. She is petrified at the thought of being abandoned. "I arrive on stage and the room is empty. The visceral fear of abandonment has existed in me since childhood", she had dropped at Parisian.

When Mylène Farmer crashes the Web

In 2009, Mylène Farmer became the first French singer to perform at the Stade de France. Before the concert dates, the enthusiasm of the fans bugs all the booking sites and the shows are sold out in less than two hours. Devoted fans to say the least!

Mylène Farmer: her memorable fall

Mylène Farmer has all the talents, even that of falling with grace! In 2010, while attending a dinner at the Elysée hosted by Nicolas Sarkozy on the occasion of the visit of Russian President Dimitri Medvedev, the artist tripped three times on the steps of the Elysée. Captured by the photographers, the singer still gets up with elegance... and proves to us that the ridiculous does not kill!

Mylène Farmer: what she refused

In 2012, the singer was awarded a very special NRJ Music Diamond Award, which celebrates her entire career. Honored, the artist full of humility, however, asks to no longer be named in order to make room for the new generation of singers.

Mylène Farmer: if she hadn't been a singer....

If she hadn't been a singer, the artist would have had a completely different job, characteristic of her passion for animals. "In another life, I think my love of animals would prevail. Ideally I would be both a veterinarian and a refuge," she told Le Parisien.

Mylène Farmer: her companion

Extremely secretive about her love life, the artist had nevertheless left herself to a few confidences, at the Parisian, in 2020: "I am single, I live with a Capuçin who is not a monk but a little monkey" . A funny companion!

Mylène Farmer: her surprise guests from confinement

The first confinement, Mylène Farmer experienced it without too much difficulty. "I stocked up on airtight storage boxes for food because I took in a family of voracious mice (laughs). I took care of my animals… I waited, like everyone else. Of course, I am aware that the conditions of my confinement allowed me to find the time less long than others”, she confided to the Parisian.

Mylène Farmer celebrates her 60th birthday on September 12. Artist without infringement, singer with a soft voice, a mysterious aura and an impenetrable personality, the interpreter of Libertine has hypnotized us for almost 40 years. The sexagenarian...

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