Walking the red carpet for the premiere of her film “The Lost Daughter,” the actress tapped her go-to brand, Gucci, in a statement dress. Serge was crying during the recording and I was singing the best I could and as high as I could to make an impression.Dakota Johnson brought classic glamour to the BFI London Film Festival this evening. 'It's strange to sing about the pains of someone else, who knowingly asks you, and no one else, to sing them. 'Serge refused to write me a song on that theme and would tell me, 'You'll never get old.''Īfter Birkin told Gainsbourg how she hummed a melody of Edvard Grieg in a commercial, the songwriter wrote her a song based on the Norwegian composer's Peer Gynt.

'Eternal questions had been gnawing on me about my identity, whether more French or English, and about ageing,' she said. In 1987, Jane had been involved for seven years with director Jacques Doillon with whom she had a daughter, Lou. Serge never stopped writing about me until the end.' Lost Song 'It's probably my favourite because everything that's inside of it is really him.' 'There's a great modesty in all of his songs that he wrote about separation. 'It's the most beautiful song about separation you could ever have,' she said. Birkin said she remembers him intensely when she sings Les Dessous Chic. In 1983, Gainsbourg and Birkin had been separated for three years but he continued to write songs for her. People crack up when hearing me say that.' Les Dessous Chic 'It's funny to sing it again 50 years later,' the 71-year-old Birkin said, recalling the line, 'Age: between 20 and 21.' 'It makes me smile a bit. Moi Non Plus - became an introduction of sorts of Birkin to listeners. Set to Chopin, the song - which appeared as a B-side to Je t'aime. Gainsbourg wrote the song for Birkin even before he asked her to sing on Je t'aime. Even the fact that I was married to John Barry, the James Bond composer, that flattered him a bit, with him just leaving Bardot.' Jane B It of course was transposed to our relationship - he was 40, I was 20, but we were both acting younger. 'It gave it a choirboy side that he liked a lot.

'I did it, but one octave higher, although not on purpose. 'So when he asked me to sing it, after Bardot, I understood well,' she said. Birkin, who had a heavy English accent in French, said she was not taken aback when Gainsbourg invited her to sing as he was worried he would team up with one of the many actresses eager to collaborate with him, such as Mireille Darc.

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