France's first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy sings of 30 lovers and hard drugs on a new album that she insists was not inspired by her whirlwind romance and marriage to President Nicolas Sarkozy.
French newspaper Le Figaro said the distinctive melodies and bold lyrics on Bruni's album, As If Nothing Had Happened, were a new departure and make the former model's first album since she
wed Sarkozy a musical success.
"I am a child despite my 40 years and 30 lovers," Bruni sings in the song A Child.
In another song entitled You are my Drug, Bruni sings: "You are my drug. More lethal than heroin from Afghanistan and more dangerous than Colombian cocaine."
It is Bruni's third album since turning from top model to professional musician, and her first since she married Sarkozy in February.
It comes on the heels of a memoir to be published this week, in which Bruni details her whirlwind romance with President Nicolas Sarkozy, her husband of four months.
In Carla and Nicolas, the real story, Bruni praises not only her new husband's "physique," but also his "five or six brains".
According to extracts published in Le Point magazine, she also told the book's authors that she had no intention of ditching her singing career.
"I have no intention to change job. I have a function, but it is not a job," she said.
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