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Carla Bruni - Singer-Songwriter and Former First Lady of France

05/05/2018 GMT

Carla Bruni: C’est la Vie

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Carla Bruni, singer and former First Lady of France chooses her favourite songs

Carla Bruni, songstress and former First Lady of France chooses her favourite songs about love, melancholy and joy.

Carla Bruni plays her favourite songs in French and English on the subjects of love, sadness and joy. France's former First Lady recently released French Touch, her fifth studio album featuring her interpretations of songs by Depeche Mode, The Clash and AC/DC.

The Italian-born, globetrotting model's music career began in 2002, when she released Quelqu'un M'a Dit (in English, Someone Told Me), a surprise hit, which sold two million copies in Europe.

Recorded in Carla's hometown of Paris, in C’est La Vie, she recalls falling in love with her husband, Nicolas Sarkozy while he was President of France from 2007-2012.

Carla shares her stories of her unlikely love of heavy metal, meeting her hero Bob Dylan in Paris and her return to fashion's frontline, appearing alongside fellow supermodels Naomi Campbell, Claudia Schiffer, Cindy Crawford and Helena Christensen at Versace's Spring show at Milan Fashion Week.

With music from Francoise Hardy, Serge Gainsbourg, Edith Piaf, Charles Aznavour, Barbara and Stromae.

(Photo: Carla Bruni performs live at the Gala event during the Vogue Fashion Dubai Experience 2015. Credit: Luca Teuchmann/Getty Images)

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