If they hadn't been the Sparks, the Mael brothers would have liked to be Michael Jordan and Mick Jagger
Interview by Fabrice Pliskin
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The Sparks, in 2025. MUNACHI OSEGBU/ EPHÉLIDE
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Interview: The Californian duo, composed of brothers Mael, Ron, 79, and Russell, 76, are releasing their 27th album, which is about Trump and Camembert cheese.
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Your new album is called "Mad!" Who are you mad at?Ron: We live in America. No need to draw you a picture...
Russell We have a bit of a leadership problem.
Ron It's also the implicit theme of our song "Hit Me, Baby"! "Hit me, baby, I'm begging you/I have to wake up, it's impossible/This nightmare seems so real..."
In your song "Running up a Tab at the Hotel for the Fab," you don't even bother to find a rhyme for the word "camembert."Russell I tell you...
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