10 interesting facts from the life of the unique Mylene Farmer

Mylene Farmer (real name Mylene Gauthier) is one of the most recognizable French women. She is very secretive in life, but in her work she prefers to be frank, thanks to which her clips are remembered, and they want to be reviewed again, because each of them is spectacular.

Despite the fact that Mylene Farmer does not like to talk about herself, some facts about her life are still known. Let’s get to know them together.

10 Real name – Mylene Gauthier

The real name of the singer is Milene Jeanne Gaultier. She inherited her surname from her father, but as a creative pseudonym, Milen decided to change it.

She was inspired to change her surname by the life of Frances Farmer (an American actress, one of the brightest Hollywood stars of the 1940s), and in 1984 it was decided: now she will have a new surname.

Mylene continued to appear in her passport and other documents as Gauthier, but, according to the singer, in 2000 she changed her last name completely.

9. Visited disabled children in the hospital

There is a quality called kindness. When a person helps others – with words or deeds, then he himself becomes joyful from this, feels light.

The singer Mylene Farmer is not deprived of kindness – she visited disabled children in the Garcher hospital. Perhaps she got better from being around them, because at school she was very withdrawn and considered herself an “ugly duckling.” She did not communicate with her peers and shunned people.

Every Sunday Mylene came to the hospital to meet children with disabilities.

8. Was engaged in equestrian sports

At the age of 12, Mylène Farmer began horseback riding. After training for 5 years, getting close to horses, she had a great desire to become an instructor or a veterinarian – someone to connect her life with these beautiful animals.

According to some sources, they say that at the age of 17, Mylene took courses in Saumur (a riding school in Europe). There she trained as a riding instructor. She wanted to work with horses, but sometimes life can take an unexpected turn – Mylene became a famous singer.

7. Real hair color is dark brown

Mylene Farmer’s real hair color is dark blond, but she had to change it. The fact is that the singer’s producer considered that her color was not suitable for the bright image of a whore, and suggested that she change it. We do not know the details, whether she liked this idea or not, but the singer dyed her hair bright red for the sake of the stage image.

In one of the interviews, Milen said that her mother naturally has red hair, and nature “played a joke” on her, depriving her of her red color. She began to dye her hair red for the reason that it emphasizes her natural beauty.

6. Inspiration for Farmer

Mylene Farmer inspires loneliness. Even in her youth, the singer claimed that she did not want to start a family and children. Now the singer is 57 years old, she really has never been married and she has no children.

The main source of her inspiration is solitude, she lives alone, but not quite … She has two wonderful monkeys and 4 cats – the singer loves animals very much.

Mylene never liked parties, in her free time she was fond of mysticism. The singer names the three most important topics for her that inspire her to write music – these are death, love and loneliness.

5. Mylene did not finish her studies

As a graduate, she left the Lyceum. The girl had a desire to enter a theater college, but none of them took her. Even despite the setbacks, Mylene did not give up – she still managed to complete the Cours Florent courses (a private school of dramatic art in Paris), after which the girl found a job and starred in commercials for Ikea and Fiskars.

After that, she starred in the film “Giorgino”. Someone believes that the role of Mylene in this film is a failure, she herself thought the same way, so her career as an actress was over.

Mylene moved into the modeling business and worked until the age of 23. The earnings were very small, but she had enough to live on. Interestingly, in 2018, a film was shot with her participation, which is called “Ghost Country”.

4. “Beauty Recipe” from the singer

When the singer is asked how she manages to look so good, she says that she eats very little and does not understand those who find solace in food. According to her, food is meant to survive, so only those foods that her body needs are found in her diet.

Her favorite food is sushi, she is a vegetarian and never eats meat. With her height of 169 cm, Mylene weighs only 45 kg. She never refuses sweets, the singer loves sweets. You can’t call them useful, but this does not stop the singer from using them.

Mylene also manages to look so good because of the lack of stress – she prefers the solitude of family life and loves cold, snow more, but she feels uncomfortable from hot weather and in the sun.

3. crazy fan

All celebrities have crazy fans, and Mylene Farmer is no exception. There are not many details about this tragedy, in 1991, when Mylene was already known, a crazy fan who was in love with the singer broke into a recording studio called Polydor.

He demanded from the secretary the address of the singer, while threatening with a gun. The secretary did not follow the threats – she did not give the address of Milen, then a desperate fan shot her.

The death of a woman touched the singer to the core, but despite what happened, she refused to be guarded.

2. Stage image and real life

Mylene Farmer is a very secretive person in life, she does not like to meet with journalists, to give interviews. As a child, she shunned people, and as an adult, nothing has changed.

Despite the fact that from the very first seconds of her appearance on stage, Mylene captures the love of the audience and their close attention, she is naked in public in sexy outfits without fear, since childhood she has had difficulties in communicating with others.

Once she admitted that it is still difficult for her to overcome her natural shyness.

1. Concerts thought out to the smallest detail

There is one phrase: “True beauty is inside”, bright and kind people always seem more beautiful.

Mylene Farmer is an open and sincere person, and each of her videos emphasizes her beauty coming from within. In the clips you can see her amazing naturalness, but it seems that all the movements are thought out to the smallest detail.

Indeed, the singer treats her concerts with all responsibility – the audience can enjoy not only wonderful music, but also look at interesting performances, scenery and bright lighting effects.