History Music / MyleneFarmer

%%* AdultFear

* RaisedCatholic

%%* MohsScaleOfLyricalHardness
* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: In her earlier works (84-94), things rarely got past a 2, but with 1995's album ''Anamorphosée'' and its {{Music/Nirvana}}-inspired lyrics, things went up to 3 or 4, and 2 tracks in particular, "Vertige" and "Tomber 7 fois", reaching almost 5.

* LaResistance: "Desenchantee". The video portrays Mylène as a rebelling prisoner in an all-male concentration camp, with scenes reminiscent to the painting ''Liberty Leading the People'' by Eugène Delacroix.

!Des tropes de Mylène Farmer:
* AdultFear

* AnyoneCanDie: A very common theme in her music.
* AuthorAvatar: The character Lonely Lisa.

* BadGirlSong: Literally has a song titled that.
* BadassNormal: The character she usually plays in her early videos.
* BareYourMidriff

* ConceptVideo
* CreepyChild: "Chloe".
* DarkerAndEdgier: When compared to most pop music.
* ADateWithRosiePalms: ", "Appelle mon numéro" and "Sextonik".
* DenserAndWackier: See LighterAndSofter.
* DoubleStandard
* DownerEnding: In many of her videos and songs.

* EverythingsSexierInFrench
* FadingIntoTheNextSong

* GriefSong: Half of her musical library.
* GrowingUpSucks: "Plus grandir".

* LeFilmArtistique

* LyricsVideoMismatch
* MohsScaleOfLyricalHardness

* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly

* RearrangeTheSong: Many of her classic songs become this in her concerts.
* RefugeInAudacity

* RereleaseTheSong

* RoomFullOfCrazy: A literal line in "Tristana."
* {{Sampling}}
* ScareChord

* SheCleansUpNicely
* ShoutOut

* SnowMeansLove: is this and also suffering and sadness in "Ainsi soi je"
* SplitPersonality: What "Monkey Me" seems to be about.
* SpokenWordInMusic
* StairwayToHeaven: The finale of the 2006 concert.
* StuffyOldSongsAboutTheButtocks: Inversion: "Pourvu qu'elles soient douces".
* SurrealMusicVideo

* ThisIsForEmphasisBitch: Several times in "Fuck Them All"
* TickTockTune: The opening and closing of her 1989 tour.

* VoicesAreMental
* WorldOfSymbolism
* WouldHurtAChild: The British captain, Swift and the French Army in "Pourvu Que'elles Soient Douces".
* {{Wutai}}: "L'âme stram-gram".

* InfantImmortality: {{Averted}} in "Plus Grandir", "Chole" and "Jardin de Vienne".

* OneMarioLimit

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar

** Mylene herself in "Fuck them all".

* BodyHorror: She has some...graphic videos, to put it bluntly. "Beyond my Control" is a perfect example.

* TheCoverChangesTheMeaning: Kate Ryan covered Mylene's signature song, "Desenchantee", but the cover seems to be more about being dissatisfied with a relationship rather than with society and the government.
* ClusterFBomb: "Fuck Them All" and "Peut-être toi"

** L'Autre has a recurring theme regarding the human mind and psychology and sociology.
** Anamorphosée seems to be about her life in America during the 1990's, as well as common references to one's reflection, mirrors, the distortion of an image and transformation.
** The main message in Innamoramento is love and the heart, but also incorporates themes and beliefs of various cultures and religions around the world.
** Religion, specifically Christianity, is a major theme in Avant Que L'Ombre.
** Medical terms, stitches, scars, dolls and the human body for Point de Suture.

* DarkerAndEdgier: When compared to most pop music
* ADateWithRosiePalms: ", "Appelle mon numero" and "Sextonik".

* EpicRocking: The entire album concept of Anamorphosée.

* GenderConfusion: She dressed like a boy and had her hair short growing up. Specifically what "Sans contrefacon" is about.
** The character she plays, Libertine in the titular video and it sequel, "Pourvu quelles soient douces". Two characters even have an argument over that in the latter video.
* GenreShift: From the synth pop in the her earlier albums to alternative rock starting with Anamorphosée.
** And again in Innamoramento towards an Asian and electronic sound.

* GirlOnGirlIsHot: She has participated in photo shoots involving kissing other women.
* GratuitousEnglish: Appears here and there in many of her works, but most common in Anamorphosée, as it was inspired by her stay in America.

* InfantImmortality: Averted in "Plus Grandir", "Chole" and "Jardin de Vienne"

* LaResistance: "Desenchantee". The video portrays Mylene as a rebelling prisoner in an all male concentration camp, with scenes reminiscent to the painting Liberty Leading the People by Eugene Delacroix.

* LaughingMad: Back up singer Carole Fredricks in the live 1989 version of "Maman a tort"
** one in "C'est dans l'air".

* LighterAndSofter: The video for "Que mon coeur lâche". After an era of dark and morbid pop songs, this video has a much more comedic tone to it, with it being much DenserAndWackier than the previous ones. The fact it was directed by Creator/LucBesson, who went on to direct the ArthurAndTheInvisibles film trilogy over her normal director, Laurent Boutonnat, is probably one of the main reasons why.
* LonelyPianoPiece: Most of the live versions of her ballads. They are generally all preformed in one act as one long medley

* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: In her earlier works (84-94), things rarely got past a 2, but with 1995's album Anamorphosée and it's {{Music/Nirvana}}-inspired lyrics, things went up to 3 or 4, and 2 tracks in particular, "Vertige" and "Tomber 7 fois", reaching almost 5.

** Anamorphosée had a strong alternative and rock base, which polarized her fanbase when it first was released
** Innamoramento had a lot of Asain and African sonorities
** Point de Suture was very electronic and had a much more danceable tracks, which gave it mixed reviews, especially among fans. 6 of the 11 tracks where singles, but 5 of them became number ones, something never before achieved by a French artist
** Bleu Noir had a much more relaxed electronic sound to it, partly due to most of the album being composed and written by Music/{{Moby}}
** Monkey Me has elements from all of her albums
*** the synth pop and LyricalDissonance from Cendres du Lune, Ainsi Soit Je and L'Autre
*** the aggressive rock sounds from Anamorphosée
*** occasional Asain sonorities from Innamoramento
*** the electronic sound of Point de Suture and Bleu Noir

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: An Expy of Music/MichaelJackson appears in "Que mon coeur lâche."

* OlderThanTheyLook: She's in her 50's!

* ParentalIncest: Implied in "Optimistique Moi"

* ProtestSong: Many, including her signature song, "Desenchantee."

** The video for "Je te Rends ton Amour" which features a blind woman going into a church only for the devil to come in and rape her as well as [[FauxSymbolism show her visions of herself being crucified and covering her in blood]]. In the end she leaves the church completely cure of her blindness. How evil these actions are is really up to the viewer.

* Sampling

* SelfDeprecation: "Je t'aime melancholie"

* {{Sexophone}}: In the English version of "Que mon coeur lâche"

* SingerNamedrop: "Mylene s'en fout". "Mylene is Calling" and "Mylenium" have the singer's name in the title, but her name isn't said in the song itself.

* StuffyOldSongsAboutTheButtocks: Inversion: "Pourvu qu'elles soient douces"

* ThereAreNoTherapists: Averted in "Maman a tort" and "L'âme stram-gram"

* UrbanLegends: Due to her private lifestyle and her childhood often unspoken about, these tended to pop up often in the 80's and early 90's.

* WouldHurtAChild: The British captain, Swift and the French Army in "Pourvu Que'elles Soient Douces."
* Wutai: "L'âme stram-gram"

* BiTheWay: She has never confirmed or denied if she is bisexual or not, but she had participated in photo shoots involving her kissing other women.

* GirlOnGirlIsHot: See BiTheWay.

'''Myléne Farmer''' (born Myléne Jeanne Gautier, 12 September 1961) is a Canadian-born French singer, who is best known for her singles "Désenchantée", "XXL", "California" and more in addition to her art film-style music videos (with several being controversial) and being the artist with the most number-ones in France.

!Des tropes de Myléne Farmer:

* PlatonicLifePartners: with Laurent Boutonnat.

* DenserAndWackier: see LighterAndSofter.

* LonelyPianoPiece: most of the live versions of her ballads. They are generally all preformed in one act as one long medley
* LyricalDissonance: has made a career out of danceable songs with dark lyrics.

* MrsRobinson: let's just say her dancers look quite...young

* NightmareFetishist: for someone who was once terrified by the idea of death, she sure seems to sing a lot about it
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: an Expy of Music/MichaelJackson appears in "Que mon coeur lâche"

* PrecisionFStrike: see ClusterFBomb.
* ProtestSong: many, including her signature song, "Desenchantee"

* RearrangeTheSong: many of her classic songs become this in her concerts

* RoomFullOfCrazy: A literal line in "Tristana"

* SplitPersonality: What "Monkey Me" seems to be about

* RoomFullOfCrazy: a literal line in "Tristana"

* {{Sexophone}}: in the English version of "Que mon coeur lâche"

* SplitPersonality: what "Monkey Me" seems to be about

* StairwayToHeaven: the finale of the 2006 concert

* TakeThat: "Je t'aime melancholie" to her critics, who felt her musical style was too depressing
* ThereAreNoTherapists: averted in "Maman a tort" and "L'âme stram-gram"

* WouldHurtAChild: the British captain, Swift and the French Army in "Pourvu Que'elles Soient Douces"

* GirlOnGirlIsHot: see BiTheWay.

* HeroicMime: usually plays as one in her videos.

** Anamorphesee seems to be about her life in America during the 1990's, as well as common references to one's reflection, mirrors, the distortion of an image and transformation.

* EpicRocking: The entire album concept of Anamorphesee.

* GenreShift: From the synth pop in the her earlier albums to alternative rock starting with Anamorphesee.

* GratuitousEnglish: Appears here and there in many of her works, but most common in Anamorphesee, as it was inspired by her stay in America.

* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: In her earlier works (84-94), things rarely got past a 2, but with 1995's album Anamorphesee and it's {{Music/Nirvana}}-inspired lyrics, things want up to 3 or 4, and 2 tracks in particular, "Vertige" and "Tomber 7 fois", reaching almost 5.

** Anamorphesee had a strong alternative and rock base, which polarized her fanbase when it first was released

*** the aggressive rock sounds from Anamorphesee

* CatFight: Notoriously averted [[http://youtu.be/oGFr_NcKyfo?t=6m10s in the music video]] "Libertine": the fight features hitting a head with a bottle, swinging a firepoker and blood flying around. Bonus points for the video actually being highly erotically charged (unsurprisingly, if you know who [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libertine libertines]] are). Same goes for "Pourvu Quelles Soient Douces", sequel to "Libertine" ([[MudWrestling despite even featuring some mud]]).

* CatFight: Notoriously averted [[http://youtu.be/oGFr_NcKyfo?t=6m10s in the music video]] "Libertine": the fight features hitting a head with a bottle, swinging a firepoker and blood flying around. Bonus points for the video actually being highly erotically charged (unsurprisingly, if you know who [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libertine libertines]] are). Same goes for "Pourvu Quelles Soient Douces", sequel to "Libertine", ([[MudWrstling despite even featuring some mud]]).

* CatFight: Notoriously averted [[http://youtu.be/oGFr_NcKyfo?t=6m10s in the music video]] "Libertine": the fight features hitting a head with a bottle, swinging a firepoker and blood flying around. Bonus points for the video actually being highly erotically charged (unsurprisingly, if you know who [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libertine libertines]] are).

* RoomFullOfCrazy: a literal line in "Triatana"

* CatFight Notoriously averted [[http://youtu.be/oGFr_NcKyfo?t=6m10s in the music video]] "Libertine": the fight features hitting a head with a bottle, swinging a firepoker and blood flying around. Bonus points for the video actually being highly erotically charged (unsurprisingly, if you know who [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libertine libertines]] are).

** Bleu Noir had a much more relaxed electronic sound to it, partly due to most of the album being composed and written by {{Moby}}

* 8.8: Her more recent albums have gotten mixed reviews, which of BrokenBase over her work, from claims she's trying too hard by reinventing herself to appeal to younger audiences, or the other end of the spectrum claiming she isn't reinventing herself enough.

* {{Bifauxnen}}: As seen in the cover picture for her single "Sans contrefaçon".

* ADateWithRosyPalms: ", "Appelle mon numero" and "Sextonik".

** The character she plays, Libertine in the titular video and it sequel, "Pourvu quelles soient douces". Two characters even have an argument over that in the latter video

* LaResistance: "Desenchantee". The video portrays Mylene as a rebelling prisoner in an all male concentration camp, with scenes reminiscent to the painting Liberty Leading the People by Eugene Delacroix

* LimitedSpecialCollectorsUltimateEdition: Almost every album, studio, live or best of, has one.

* PsycoStrings

* Sexophone: in the English version of "Que mon coeur lâche"

* CerebusRollercoaster: Not only does her music over the years constantly switch between DarkerAndEdgier and LighterAndSofter, but songs in a single album can be this. Nothing like singing about your deep admiration of GretaGarbo and and the next track being about a child getting raped.

* CleopatraNose

* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: In her earlier works (84-94), things rarely got past a 2, but with 1995's album Anamorphesee and it's {{Nirvana}}-inspired lyrics, things want up to 3 or 4, and 2 tracks in particular, "Vertige" and "Tomber 7 fois", reaching almost 5.

* BrokenBase: The fandom and the critics are at constant odds over the reinvention of Mylène's image every couple albums, much like {{Music/Madonna}}. While some love the idea of her trying new styles, it had caused a few cases of TheyChangedItNowItSucks in some, while albums that were purposely made to be like her classic works caused some cases of ItsTheSameNowItSucks in others
** Her duet with {{Seal}}, "Les mots". Mylene fans generally love it, but Seal's don't. WordOfGod claims that's why he rarely participates in duets anymore. Just look at the quote on his trope page!
** Still it was one of the most successful bilingual duets of all time.

* DoingItForTheArt

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: She is phenomenally popular in Russia
** EltonJohn, Music/LadyGaga, GeorgeClooney, {{Muse}}, {{Moby}} and {{Music/Madonna}} have all stated to be big fans of her.

* ItsTheSameNowItSucks/ TheyChangedItNowItSucks: see BrokenBase

* NightmareFuel

* SignatureSong: "Desenchantee", "Sans Contrefaçon", "Ainsi Soit Je", "Pourvu Quelles Soient Douces", "Libertine", "Je T'aime Melancholie","XXL", "California", "Rever", "Je Te Rends Ton Amour", "Les Mots" and "C'est Une Belle Journee"

* TearJerker

** The video for "Je te Rends ton Amour" which features a blind woman going into a church only for the devil to come in and rape her as well as [[FauxSymbolism show her visions of herself being crucified and covering her in blood]]. In the end she leaves the church completely cure of her blindness. How evil these actions are is really [[YMMV up to the viewer]].