Got curious about Françoise Hardy’s height after seeing some wildly different numbers tossed around online. Wanted the real deal, not just guesses.
Step 1: Hitting Google Hard
Typed “françoise hardy height” first, obviously. Loads of results popped up. Digging in:
- Tons of music sites: Found profiles listing her height… but big surprise, nobody agreed! Saw everything from 5’4″ to 5’8″. Zero sources cited. Felt pointless.
- Fan forums chatter: Fans arguing about it based on photos. Pure guesswork. Not facts.
- Old articles popping up: Some archived interviews hinted vaguely at her being “slender” or “tall for a woman back then”… useless for an actual number.
Step 2: Getting Desperate & Changing Tack
Kept hitting dead ends. My eyes started crossing staring at the screen. Time to get creative:
- Deep image dive: Searched hard for photos next to known objects or people. Found a handful.
- The Jacques Dutronc Clue: Found this picture of her with Jacques Dutronc standing side-by-side on stage. Official stuff listed him at like 6’1″ (185 cm). Did some pixel peeping in Photoshop, looked roughly at his shoulder level? So maybe 5’7″-ish?
- TV Show Moment: Stumbled on a black-and-white clip of her on a French TV show. Host stood next to her – looked a standard microphone boom stand near them. Tried estimating using the mic height… total nightmare. Gave me brain fog.
Step 3: Stumbling on the Goldmine
Almost gave up. Seriously considered smashing my keyboard. Tried adding words like “confirmed” or “evidence” to the search. Bam!
- Credible Music Magazine: Landed on an article from a respected French music publication. Focused on her early life and image. Buried in the text, plain as day: it stated she stood at 1.70 meters. They cited contemporary press reports from her peak fame. Jackpot! It felt real.
- Double-Check: Needed to be sure. Found another source, a well-regarded biography excerpt mentioning her height consistently as 170 cm. No guesswork, just stated.
Step 4: Wrapping My Head Around It
So, 170 cm. That’s roughly 5 feet 7 inches. Explained why estimates were all over – cameras play tricks, heels vary, but the solid reports matched up. Felt good finally landing on something that felt concrete after tearing my hair out over flimsy gossip site numbers and blurry old pics needing a magnifying glass. Shows you can’t trust the first ten things Google throws at you, gotta dig like a maniac for actual evidence buried under the online junk. Guess that’s why they pay me the big bucks… or maybe not. Anyway, case closed for lunch. Spaghetti awaits.
