It was the seventies, flared trousers that left the navel open, depopulated, love became more and more free, and a sense of freedom that had not been experienced before was in the air. It was during these years that the crazy and scandalous love that we dream of to this day was born: the love of chansonnier Serge Gainsbourg and the English actress Jane Birkin. It is impossible not to remember them and not immediately associate them with a well-known (how provocative) song. Je t’aime… my non plus, whose story is not as romantic as it was originally sung in tandem with Brigitte Bardot. However, it was under Jane Birkin that the song became famous, censored and stolen until it became a real anthem to sexual liberation, a symbol of an era that the beauty sold five million copies and was destined to remain in the history of music. It was 1968 when Serge, already famous in the world of music, and Jane, a young English actress who returned from success Explodethey met on another set, on the set of a movie Slogandirected by Pierre Grimbla. It definitely wasn’t love at first sight, as the actress called him, snobbish and arrogant, as well as ugly. And yet, the two were destined to overwhelm a love passion that would flare up only later, during a dance evening. At this point, Serge left his wife still pregnant, and Jane, who initially did not speak a word of French, moved to Paris.

Their passion was clearly over the top, and their violent quarrels were famous, including pies in the face, swimming in the Seine, and a world tour. After the success of the concept album History of the Nelson Melody, the love between Jane and Serge will culminate in the birth of their only daughter in 1971, Charlotte. Their new life as parents did not soothe their restless nature, but it is said that the two put their daughter to bed and only then went on their nightly forays, which ended just in time to accompany her to school. When Serge had a heart attack, at the age of 45 (as a true damn artist, he couldn’t give up his Gitanes), Jane stayed with him, never giving up on her career, always on the rise. And it will be the same when the chansonnier releases several albums, received with great indifference by the public, collecting ups and downs, including the very famous commercial jingles and concept albums with dark and decadent tones. However, like many extremely charming love stories, the story between Serge and Jane was destined to end: after all, their love began when she was only twenty years old, and her growing up coincided with a version of him more and more hedonist and problematic. So that’s when Jane left him for the principal. Jacques Doillon, his age. Serge took this badly and fell into an addiction to alcohol: genius and recklessness would characterize the last years of his life, among scandalous TV programs (for example, when he announced that he wanted to bed Whitney Houston, a guest with him on the program) and incestuous commercials with his daughter Charlotte. However, a new marriage and a daughter will not make Jane forget the fire. passion with Serge: when she dies, in 1991, due to the excesses of a too rebellious life, she will remain for several days next to his body. And even today, at his concerts, he always dedicates a few love songs to Serge.