Milli Vanilli became the biggest punchline in pop when the world found out the duo didn't sing on their hit album.
On the eve of a new documentary, surviving member Fab Morvan told E! News why there's so much more to the story.But then Korem watched a video on YouTube of Morvan sharing his story at The Moth in New York, and was struck by how calmly the artist spoke about what happened."I could tell he had a peace in his life that I was surprised by," the filmmaker said.
At the time, they attributed the subterfuge to having signed a contract that got lost in translation, Morvan being from France and Pilatus from Germany. Especially since they'd already received an advance, they said they were under the impression they just had to go along with what producer Frank Farian wanted: To put their faces and names on an album they didn't make. They said everyone expected the release to just come and go.
Watching the finished film, there were"executives who were not showing true remorse after all those years," Morvan said, without naming names."And it took a long time for them to actually utter the words, to speak the truth. I was like, 'Damn.' Even for me, watching that made me cringe. It was like, 'Yo, really? It's like that? Thirty years later, who are you backing up?'""In the film, even Fab says that 'we embraced the lie,'" he said.
Calling the use of the tape"powerful," Morvan took comfort in knowing that Pilatus was embracing recovery in that moment."I was trying for a long time to convey to him, 'Make that happen and then you'll be able to be happy again,'" he said.
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