Without Forgery: How Mylène Farmer's 'Sans Contrefaçon' Made Inauthenticity the Most Authentic Queer Statement in French Pop
How Mylène Farmer's 'Sans Contrefaçon' turned gender play into pop perfection — a queer manifesto hiding in an 80s French synth earworm.
Paul Texte
'L'Aziza,' the National Front, and the Decade French Musicians Drew a Line in the Sand
When French pop stars took on the Front National: how Balavoine, Renaud, Indochine, and Mano Negra turned 80s music into political defiance.
Hélène Panorama
'Voyage Voyage' and the Moment French Pop Conquered Europe Without Speaking English
How Desireless, Étienne Daho, and a wave of French artists conquered Europe's charts in the '80s — without singing a word of English.
Didier Demo
