In 1960, Françoise Hardy surprised her family—twice ... the sole song for which Hardy wrote both the lyrics and music, she reminisces about a lover’s empty touch before dissolving into ...

3. Soft ’70s Laurel Canyon folk rock. 4. Lovers’-rock reggae. 5. A French yé-yé music/Françoise Hardy–ish album. 6. Beyoncé goes punk. 7. She could be cookin’ a cabaret joint at this ...

Almost against her will, Françoise Hardy thus became both an icon of song and fashion. "Le temps de l'amour" to music by Jacques Dutronc (who would become her husband 20 years later) in 1962 ...