Music video description
Mylène Farmer is the artistic pseudonym of French singer Mylène Jeanne Gautier. Born in Canada in 1961, her parents left France there because Mylène's father got a contract as an engineer to build a dam in Quebec. The whole family returned to France when she was eight years old. To this day, you can still hear the foreign accent in her voice, which even bothered her a bit while she was in French school. The singer herself was very interested in horses and riding when she was a teenager, but at the age of 17 she discovered a passion for acting. She began attending acting school and changed her name to Mylène Farmer. The idea for the nickname came from her fascination with '30s Hollywood actress Frances Farmer. Later she also became interested in music, and to this day we all associate her as the most famous representative of French music. To this day, sales of her records in France alone amount to more than 30 million units, making her the record holder in her country. She is also the author of the largest number of hit songs that have reached the top of the charts in France, to date there have been 18 such songs. In today's update I would like to introduce you to her most famous song, the hit Désenchantée. This song comes from her 3rd studio album and is the first single promoting this very album. The hit song continuously topped the French charts for two months.
The hit song Désenchantée was very timely in the early 1990s, the lyrics perfectly describing the mood in the country and the world. It was a time of protests in France, with crowds of students demanding improved teaching and living conditions. It was also the time of the Gulf War, which spawned much unrest in the country. The huge success at home prompted record companies to conquer the world charts with this hit. It succeeded, the song was a huge success in countries such as Germany, Canada, the UK, Belgium, Australia and even Japan.
The music video for this song attracts attention, it is quite original and lasts more than 10 minutes, which is quite a record time both then and today. It was shot in Budapest, Hungary with a budget of a quarter of a million euros. It starred 119 children and several well-known Hungarian actors, and was shot over five days. The video is set in a concentration camp or gulag where a rebellion against the oppressors takes place. The rebellion scenes were shown quite realistically and brutally, which aroused some controversy. The whole depicts a rather grim story with a rather twofold ending, which can be interpreted in different ways. I invite you to see the whole music video for yourself, I look forward to your comments on what you think of it. I invite you to watch the music video by Mylène Farmer - Désenchantée.