Brigitte Naggar returned this year with Anything glass, her first Common Holly album since 2019. Today the self-professed “sincere-core” artist has delivered a stripped-down cover of “Amour, Amour,” a Michel Legrand song from the 1970 film Peau d’Âne.
This song has been in my head since I first encountered it during a film screening in a high school French class. We had the opportunity to watch Peau d’Âne, a 1970s fantasy musical belonging to the infamous “Demy-world” of director Jacques Demy. Between the chromatically whacky music, outrageous themes and whimsical visuals, I haven’t been able to get it out of my mind in 18ish years, so a little while ago I adapted the song to guitar.
“Amour Amour” marks the first time the Montréal-based Naggar has released a song in French. “This is also a nod to my home in Quebec and to my French heritage,” she says. “My dad’s side of the family is French, and he’s been making this request for years.” Listen below.
“Amour Amour” is out now on Keeled Scales.
