One of France's biggest music stars, Myléne Farmer, and Sting came together on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Friday night for their crossover French-English single, "Stolen Car."
The two are really flaunting their on-screen chemistry lately both during the live performance and for the single's music video, which has the two locking lips for a song that's all about having an affair under the thinly veiled line, "take me dancing tonight."
Sting has been married to his wife, Trudie Styler, for more than 20 years and according to a 2014 interview on Watch What Happens Live via Hollywood Life, the couple's sex life is still burning hot.
So maybe, Sting and Farmer are just really good actors, but they seem pretty cozy on set and on stage as they trade verses on their new song. Admittedly, it might be the French language itself that makes the performance so titillating.
Not many legacy artists -- other than Paul McCartney, David Bowie and Richard Thompson -- have been able to keep their music fresh and interesting beyond their prime years. But on this remake of his own song, Sting is really branching out and showing where his talents shine. His embrace of that electronic dance bass booming in the background of the song really compliments his soaring voice, which Fallon often mocks on his show.
"Stolen Car" is sadly just a one-off single for the duo, but the sounds meld so well that it would be great to hear a whole album of this French-English crossover music for an international market. Fans can listen to the single below or on Farmer's 2015 album, Interstellaires.
Farmer was born in Quebec, Canada to a French speaking family and raised in France from a young age. She holds the record for most No. 1 hits on the French charts with 14 and has 12 albums that have made it to No. 1 in her country.
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