Transcript for Listen Now: Blame it on the Fame: Milli Vanilli

In the 1980s, Frank Farion was writing high as a successful German music producer, but he was bored. German pop was formulaic, dull, and oh, so white. Frank had bigger dreams, American dreams. He wanted to create the kind of music that would rival larger than life artists like Michael Jackson or Run DMC. So he assembled a hip-hop duo, two once in a lifetime talents who were charismatic, full of sex appeal, and phenomenal dancers. The only problem, one very important element was missing, but Frank knew just how to fix that. Wondering new podcasts, blame it on the fame, dives into one of pop music's greatest controversies. Millie Vanilli set the world on fire, but when their adoring fans learned about the infamous lip syncing, their downfall was swift and brutal, but that isn't the whole story. With exclusive interviews from frontman Fab Morvan and his producers Frank Ferian and Ingrid Cigas, this podcast takes a fresh look at the exploitation of two young black artists. While many see this as a story of a scam gone wrong, Blame it on the fame tells the never-before-heard story of the man pulling the strings, and the trail of destruction he left in his wake. I'm about to play a clip from Blame it on the fame, Millie Vanilli, follow Blame it on the fame on the Wondering App, or wherever you get your podcasts.

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