A crow with outstretched wings, phantom aliens, a mysterious blue liquid, a clock whose cogs are reversed... Barely put online, the very aesthetic clip
Rayon vert
unleashed passions.
Although not much is going on -
"nothing nothing nothing"
as the chorus of this electro pop title says - this 3 minute 42 film is full, like all the works of Mylène Farmer, of symbols and references. artistic.
No less than 515 comments already on Mylène.net, the reference site for Mylène Farmer fans.
"If our interpretations of this clip differ, we are delighted to see her smile so much, that she is in almost all shots and still as beautiful",
ignites Jean-Edouard M., one of the big French fans of the diva.
This duet with Simon Buret, the dandy singer of the pop group Aaron (
Artificial Animals Riding On Nerverland
) is the second single from his album
Emprise
, due in stores on November 25.
It was directed by François Hans, to whom we already owe several Mylène Farmer concert films and music videos such as
Je te rend ton amour
in 2009,
Innamoramento
in 2000 and more recently
Je te dire tout
in 2013.
In a light with twilight tones, Simon Buret is seated in profile in a spaceship which resembles that of Harlock.
Behind the bay windows of the cockpit, a sun emerges behind an alignment of planets.
As
"the divine hour sets in"
, Mylène Farmer slowly approaches the singer.
He silently swallows a mysterious blue liquid and rests his crystal glass on a white luminous pouf.
"Alone on the asteroid, nothing, nothing, nothing is holding us back
," sings the duo, who seem bored and observe the immensity of the universe with a skeptical air.
Between the music, the slow movements, the frozen looks and the light, we immediately think of
Melancholia
, the magnificent film about the end of the world by Dane Lars von Trier.
Others see it rather as an allusion to suicide, to an assisted end of life.
And to quote a scene from
Star Wars 8
where a commander kills herself by rushing at the speed of light on a cruiser.
Behind the couple, red signs flash on a screen.
Could this ship be piloted by an artificial intelligence?
Green ray light warms faces.
Mylène Farmer's face changes.
Like her accomplice, she smiles, her eyes sparkle.
“His pose in profile and his hairstyle with the ponytail are the same as on the cover of the album
So Soit Je
released in 1988,
points out Jean-Edouard.
Her long Victorian dress that covers her neck and hands is a nod to her concerts in 1989.
A butler with disproportionately square shoulders (Olivier Coursier, Aaron's other member) brings a glass filled with the famous blue liquid to Mylène Farmer.
Is it the hemlock?
“Nothing, nothing, nothing is holding us back”
but Mylène Farmer does not touch her drink.
She must no longer be thirsty.
The mechanics of a clock jams, stops.
The death ?
Obviously, not since it leaves in the opposite direction.
The spilled blue liquid rises in the glass.
The faces are more and more smiling.
The couple seems delighted to free themselves to move on to something else, something bright.
Death or rather another life?
“Rip your sweater, go ahead and open it wide”
echoes as a crow flies away.
“Mylène Farmer has always said that it was not only a bird of misfortune but also a protector”,
underlines the fan.
Three fuzzy aliens that look like manta rays approach behind the bay windows.
We think
of Denis Villeneuve's
First Contact , but also of Lars von Trier and his series
Hospital and its ghosts
, the last season of which has just been launched in Scandinavia.
Standing, shoulder to shoulder, Simon Buret and Mylène Farmer observe them, fascinated.
She holds out her hand to him like Michelangelo's fresco on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.
They are ready, at peace, to take a leap together into the unknown.
It is simply very beautiful.
