“He's rowing”: Bambou gives news of Lulu, the son she had with Serge Gainsbourg, without hiding her difficulties

What's happening to Lulu Gainsbourg ? Her mother, Bambou, gives her news in an interview with Liberation.

© Bestimage Bambou and Lulu Gainsbourg, in the former offices of Libération, in 2018

IN BRIEF

• Bambou, Serge Gainsbourg's last companion, publishes her memoirs 'Steps in the Night' on November 7th at XO, revealing her childhood and her relationship with Gainsbourg.
• Lulu Gainsbourg, son of Bambou and Serge, struggles to establish herself in music despite several albums and turns to composing soundtracks.
• Discover how the birth of Lulu transformed Bambou's life and the musical legacy he continues.

She has long disappeared from the radar. Bambou finally breaks the silence in a memoir entitled Pas à not in the night, published on November 7th by ééditions XO. This “book confidence, powerful, poetic and of a rare delicacy”, as indicated on the back cover, traces the tumultuous childhood of its author, her arrival in Paris but also her 13-year relationship with Serge Gainsbourg.

The last companion of “the man with tête de chou” also devotes several lines to the boy born from this passionate love story, Lulu Gainsbourg. Born in 1986, the child of the ball now follows in the footsteps of his illustrious father whose shadow looms over his career. As proof, his first album, From Gainsbourg to Lulu, released in 2011, is intended as a tribute to the man who passed away more than 30 years ago.

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Bambou: what has become of his son Lulu Gainsbourg ?

Author of less than five albums recorded over a decade, Lulu Gainsbourg seems to have difficulties establishing herself in the French musical landscape. “He's struggling”, recently confided in his mother in the columns of Libération. “More composer than performer, he worries about the melodies while his partner takes care of the lyrics. He also tries his hand at soundtracks for the cinema”, our colleagues specify.

In the same article, Bambou explains that he preferred to devote himself to the education of his son rather than persevere at all costs in singing. “I passed on values, principles to her. In fact, Serge was very strict. He wanted Lulu to be well-behaved, polite, respectful. I feel like I've achieved that. But it was a full-time job”, confides the one who says she's not particularly interested in the contemporary music scene.

Bambou: how Lulu Gainsbourg changed her life

Bambou's life took a radical turn at the birth of Lulu. Serge Gainsbourg was also upset by the arrival of her last child in the mid-80s. “He told me that you're not born a dad, you become a dad and that he was at an age where he was much more aware…”, the mother of her only son recalls on France Info.

On Europe 1, Lulu Gainsbourg spoke about her A few years ago, there were still fond childhood memories with his father, with whom he “watched Disney films on American video cassettes that didn't work on all VCRs”. Charlotte Gainsbourg's half-brother, for his part, found love in the arms of a musician, Aurélie Bossu.