Personne d'autre

Personne d'autre

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<div>French singer-songwriter and fashion icon Francoise Hardy will release her 24th studio album, her first in six years digiatlly on April 6 and on CD and LP April 20.</div><div>Hardy achieved immediate success in the early 1960s with her million-selling debutTous les garçons et les filleson the Vogue label.Theeternally chic pop star and actress found herself at the forefront of theFrench music scene, as a leading figure ofthe influential yé-yémovement.Mick Jagger once described Hardy as his "ideal woman",Bob Dylan dedicated a poem to her, and she has worked alongsidegreats such as Leonard Cohen, Serge Gainsbourg, Michel Berger, andPatrick Modiano.To this day she remains one of France's most iconicsingers.Personne d’autrefeatures 10 original songs-including one sung inEnglish,You're My Homepenned by Yael Naim-,a cover of MichelBerger'sseras-tu làand an adaption of Finnish band Poet Of The Fall'sSleep.Of the album, Françoise Hardy said–"For many-very reasonable-reasons, I wasn't planning on makinganother album. Circumstances decided otherwise, starting with me fallingin love with a song I heard completely by chance,Sleepby Finnish bandPoets of the Fall. I played it to Erick Benzi who enjoyed it, then to mysurprise sent me several beautiful melodies of his own composition thatinspired me to write some lyrics.La Grande Sophie, who knew that I hadstarted writing again,emailed me out of the blue a wonderful song calledLe Large (Sail Away),Pascale Daniel came to me with a hauntingmelody, then a song by Yael Naim in Englishwhich moved me so deeplythat it made me cry...The album practically made itself, and all underthetalented and benevolent leadership of Erick Benzi, without whom none ofthis would have been possible."Listento the first singleLe LargePre-orderalbumPersonne d’autreAlbumout April 6thonParlophone France / Warner MusicFollow Françoise HardyOfficial siteFacebook 2/3</div>