“I like brutality, softness bores me.” Interview with Charlotte Gainsbourg

On her magnificent new album Rest, for which she wrote all the lyrics, the daughter of Serge Gainsbourg has finally come to terms with her father’s legacy. Carried by magisterial production from electro whizz SebastiAn, she sings her deeply moving texts to a swirl of soaring strings, electro beats and disco refrains, resulting in a disc of pure emotion.