Scarlett Johansson Unveils her Cover of Serge Gainsbourg

She is not just an actress. Scarlet Johansson has just unveiled her Serge Gainsbourg cover. You can listen to it by clicking the link at the end of this article. She teamed up with Lulu Gainsbourg for the unusual project as they sang ‘Bonnie & Clyde’. The song was first done in 1968 but now we have an online version that involves one of the most bankable actresses out there. Johansson took on the part that was once done by the famous Brigitte Bardot, the irreplaceable French actress. One critical difference is the fact that she sings in English rather than French.

Unusual forays into the world of singing

The new track has been extracted from the forthcoming album titled ‘From Gainsbourg to Lulu’. It is going to be released in the USA on the 30^th of October this year. Lulu will be covering a host of his late father’s song. The all-star cast for the set includes Rufus Wainwright, Johnny Depp and Iggy Pop.

- New adventures by Scarlett: You will remember that she released her debut album in 2008 titled ‘Anywhere I lay my Head’. It mainly consisted of Tom Waits numbers. She then moved on to ‘Break Up’ in 2009. This was a collaborative project with Peter Yorn.

Just last year Massive Attack recorded a new song with Scarlet Johansson, a clear sign that she is not giving up on her singing career. The ‘Lost in Translation’ star sung ‘summertime’. It featured as the main song in the Mexican flick ‘Days of Grace’. She also recorded ‘One Whole Hour’, a song for a documentary titled ‘Wretches & Jabberers’ which centered on autism. When she divorced her husband, Scarlett was accused of placing her career above her personal life but clearly she was thinking about the potential that she has. Here is a sample of her considerable talents: