| Born in
Paris, she grew up in Le Tréport, Seine-Maritime, and in the
early 1970s, she became a fashion designer. Drawn into the
musical orbit by her friends, she began singing with various
jazz, new wave, and R&B bands starting in the early 1980s.
In 1983, she met Jean-Michel Rivat, a composer and record
producer who had already made his name working with Joe Dassin,
Michel Delpech, France Gall, and Patrick Juvet, amongst others.
In 1986, Rivat composed "Voyage Voyage", a synthpop
song that topped the charts in many European countries, and even
reached number five in the UK Singles Chart — a feat for a French-language song, although this was a remix of the
original entry, which made number 53 in the UK. |
| The singer's androgynous look —
complete with a porcupine-style hairdo — made her one of the most
colorful personalities to grace the European pop scene, while her moniker,
Desireless, was reportedly inspired by her voyage to India and her
subsequent interest in its philosophy of acceptance and inner serenity.
She released her first album, François in 1990, with the opening
track "Qui Sommes-Nous?" becoming her third and last hit (the
second one was "John" in 1988). Then she decided to take a break
and gave birth to a daughter, Lili. Desireless' second album, I Love
You, came out in 1994. This time, she co-wrote all of the
compositions, which rendered the album more quiet and personal. Though the
release was generally well-received, the lack of promotion made it
short-lived. In 1995, the artist decided to abandon city life and move to
a picturesque rural area with her boyfriend and daughter. Both of her
albums were reissued on CD in the late 1990s with bonus tracks added.
Desireless started the new millennium with a series of acoustic concerts
across France and began work on a third album, which included songs from
that tour. |
