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Franoise Hardy has been absent from recording for six years. While that's not unusual for her -- she'd gone eight years between albums during her 57-year career -- the circumstances surrounding that absence directly shine a light on Personne d'Autre (Nobody Else) , her 24th studio album. Hardy was diagnosed with lymphatic cancer a few years before 2012's L'Amour Fou. The process of cutting a record while going through cyclical chemo treatments was exhausting. She'd decided it was her final outing. The cancer never really went into remission during those years, and Hardy eventually became so ill, she lapsed into a coma for eight long days in 2015. But she rallied. She'd completely lost her singing voice, but she was alive and determined to fight back.