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You Know It’s True

The Real Story of Milli Vanilli

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You Know It’s True

By: Fab Morvan, Parisa Rose
Narrated by: Fab Morvan
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A Grammy-Nominated Project Produced by the Los Angeles Tribune

With Grammy-Nominated Producers: Alisha Magnus-Louis, Moe Rock, Parisa Rose, and Giloh Morgan

Part of the Los Angeles Tribune’s Grammy-Nominated Audio Documentary Series

One of the most infamous names in music history steps forward to reclaim the truth behind the legend, in a raw exploration of the price of fame, the despair born of worldwide humiliation, and the unseen toll of chasing acceptance in a world built on illusion.

You Know It’s True: The Real Story of Milli Vanilli is the untold story of Fab Morvan, one half of the Grammy-winning pop duo Milli Vanilli, the group that skyrocketed to global superstardom before being consumed by one of the most explosive scandals in music history. For decades, Fab's story was told by others. Now, for the first time, he tells it himself. From his childhood in Paris to becoming an international icon alongside Rob Pilatus, Fab lived one of the most dramatic and surreal rises the music world has ever witnessed. At the height of fame, with chart-topping singles and screaming fans worldwide, everything imploded. The scandal. The shame. The silence. And the loss of a friend.

Behind the flash was a young man still searching for the validation he never received. When it all came crashing down, Fab thought surviving public disgrace would be the hardest chapter. But it was what followed that demanded the most: grief, identity loss, and the aching truth that being seen does not always mean being loved.

Fab believed that surviving the public collapse was the hardest part, but that was only the beginning. What followed was a private journey far more difficult: confronting the pain, rediscovering his identity, and rebuilding a life after the world had written him off. What does it mean to start over when the industry you trusted breaks you? What does it take to own your voice again when the world has made it a punchline?

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I was around at the height of 'Milli Vanilli' similar age to Rob and Fab, they were like nothing I had seen before, both handsome and Rob's eyes, well they were mesmerising. The dancing and stage presence was amazing. The singing well I thought yes that's them singing, I had no idea, that this wasn't the case.

This memoir is not just about the days of the 'Superstars' they became , but also the human story, the way that the music business treated both Rob and Fab, so badly and literally spat them out, when the pressure on especially Frank Farian became too much for him. There are more people in higher positions who knew exactly what they were doing and for them it was about money and control. The total manipulation of two young men, who had no way of protecting themselves from these deceitful people in the business.

This is a real view into how both Rob and Fab's early lives, affected them before the scandal and then what happened afterwards.

The struggles they both went through and the way that Rob just couldn't recover from the situation, although he did try. The drug use and the mood swings which caused issues with the relationship between Rob and Fab.

Unfortunately, Rob lost his life and that's the saddest thing about this whole story, he was just not able to shift his demons. Always remembered, forever missed.

The way this is a look into Fab's life now and his amazing relationship with his Partner and his Children. His ability to have turned around a part of his life that could have broken him, but he knew he had to move forward.

A great book with lots of areas explored that are not known and the way in which he is able to guide the reader through the good and the bad. Plus, his ability to impart his knowledge on self exploration.

I enjoyed this through both smiles and tears.

Well done and well said Fab. 🤩

Truth and Moving Forward

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Who isn’t sucked into the very strange story of Milli Vanilli? But, bizarrely, you won’t actually get much of it here. Fab Morvan’s (ghost-written) memoir is more a pile of self-affirmations and psychobabble with tiny little bits of what we kind of already know - a couple of good backup dancers from Europe got roped into a contract they didn’t read where they had to lip synch to somebody else’s vocals. I got the audiobook because of its Grammy nomination, assuming it must be pretty good, but I think that was an ironic nod to try and give a guy who got a raw deal a bit of validation. At just under four hours it’s barely even worth the free credit it cost and you come away having learned very little more about the whole sordid affair than you already knew. How did they rise to fame on this lie? We don’t know - the narrative literally takes us from contract signing to superstardom, when there MUST have been some close calls and questions asked during early gigs and making of music videos. How did they feel when asked to spontaneously start singing during THAT interview? No idea - it’s not even mentioned. What was the build up to them being exposed? Again - it goes from Grammy to downfall in approximately three minutes.

Fab’s narration is also….not so fab. His English is far better than my French, but he struggles to get emphasis in the correct places at times given that it’s not his first language, plus there’s something about the production of the audio that makes him sound distinctly like an AI bot. Which, if actually the case, would indeed be ironic!

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