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Charlotte Gainsbourg, daughter of English actress Jane Birkin and the legendary French singer-songwriter and provocateur Serge Gainsbourg. Charlotte Gainsbourg has been defining her own path, though, as an actress and singer. She starred in last year’s controversial film �Antichrist.� And this year� she’s come out with a new album. It’s produced � and largely written � by the American hipster-folkie, Beck. The album is called �IRM�� French for �MRI.� As The World’s Adeline Sire explains, it deals with a frightening time in Gainsbourg’s life.

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