7 Songs That Capture Jane Birkin’s Beguiling Magic

It is to Jane Birkin’s credit that she remained undefinable right to the end. “Singer, actress, fashion inspiration,” read the New York Times obituary headline; “French music icon and mother of Charlotte Gainsbourg” read our own. Elsewhere, in the wake of her death at the age of 76, her decades-long collaboration with Serge Gainsbourg has been emphasized. All of which is true but somehow only scrapes the surface of this beguiling artist.