Snake

A reclusive provocateur with an obsessive, venomous creative genius.

Gainsbourg was deeply introverted and fiercely private, yet capable of striking with a wickedly sharp and transgressive wit that shocked the world — from burning a 500-franc note on live television to releasing 'Je t'aime… moi non plus.' He shunned conventional celebrity while pursuing his art with obsessive, meticulous intensity, crafting everything from pop to reggae to orchestral provocation on his own uncompromising terms. A genuine misunderstood outsider who recoiled from wholesome public life, he kept himself behind a haze of cigarettes and alcohol, mysterious and deeply focused on his craft.