Milli Vanilli was a singing group with Fab Morvan and Rob Pilatus.
They won three American Music Awards in 1990 for Best Pop/Rock New Artist, Best Soul/R&B
New Artist, and Best Pop/Rock Single.
And their well known song called, Girl You Know It's True, was so popular it even earned
them a Grammy Award for the Best New Artist on February 21, 1990 beating out groups like
Soul II Soul.
But not long after they won the Grammy, their secret would be exposed by none other than
the person who was the mastermind behind the whole charade, Frank Farian.
You see what people didn’t know was that Milli Vanilli was actually lip-syncing.
Therefore, not really disserving of such a prestigious award.
In the end, they did end up giving back the award, but not because they had to, which
was a misconception by many, but because they wanted to.
They felt like it was the right thing to do.
They really didn’t even want to win the award.
Yes, they were excited to be nominated, but they knew that winning would bring a lot of
attention to them and they did not want that.
People were already very skeptical of them.
One instance was when they were on MTV in July 24, 1989 ,and the computer skipped and
repeated the same words over and over again, making it quite obvious that they weren’t
singing live.
But even though many people thought that’s what started the downfall of their career,
Fab explained in djvlad’s interview that it was actually no big deal because that was
the beginning of their careers in America.
What destroyed their careers were actually the skits and people talking.
You see, some people didn’t understand why they sounded so different when they spoke
in interviews compared to when they sang.
They were so skeptical that TV shows started to do skits about their strong accents.
For example, In Living Color did one of their accents.
And on the Arsenio Hall Show, he would talk about their strong accents and how things
just didn’t add up.
After they won the Grammy and were working on their second album Fab and Rob wanted to
sing the songs themselves.
But their team said absolutely not.
So in turn, they said that until they were able to use their voices they weren’t going
to be able to do more promotional activities.
But that tactic didn’t work, and instead of Frank Farian, agreeing with them, he decided
to stop working with them and exposed their secret in a press conference on Nov 14, 1990.
Fab and Rob were absolutely shocked because Frank was the one that put everything together.
After being exposed Fab and Rob decided to hold a press conference to do some damage
control, but the press was relentless which surprised Fab and Rob.
Fab Morvan was a model and dancer and he met Rob Pilatus at a night club who was a
model, dancer, and singer and they decided to become a duet.
They got their break when Frank Farian noticed them and ask them to sign a music deal.
Well, it’s been 30 years.
So whatever Happened to Milli Vanilli?
Well, after the scandal and press conference both Fab and Rob had a hard time going from
being famous to now being infamous.
It took a toll on both of their lives.
Fab told Oprah on, Where are they now, that he “had to rehabilitate himself into civilian
life”, He said he stayed home for years.
He only went out to eat.
And he said that Rob didn’t do well with the humiliation and that’s when he turned
to addiction.
Well, years after the scandal and the drama died down, Fab and Rob, decided to be a duet
again calling themselves Rob and Fab, but this time singing their own songs.
But unfortunately, in 1993 their album didn’t do too well.
Partly, because people just couldn’t forget what happened.
So, they decided that it would be in their best interest to dismantle the group.
While they were separated, Rob started struggling with substance abuse and he even attempted
suicide because of the drama surrounding the scandal.
He even ended up going to prison in 1996.
But fortunately, when he got released, he was able to go to rehab.
And in 1997, Fab, Rob and the man that exposed their secret, Frank Farian, decided to go
back into the studio and do a new album together, but unfortunately the night before they were
going to go on a promotional tour Rob was found dead in his hotel room.
He was 32 years old.
They never ended up releasing the album they made.
After Rob’s death Fab didn’t know what to do, he said it was like losing a part of
himself.
He said in order to honor Rob and himself, he promised to make the name Milli Vanilli
mean, when you fall you stand back up and move on.
So to keep his promise in 2003 Rob’s solo album came out called Love revolution.
And around 2009, he started working with DJs in the studio and started to sing electronic
dance music.
In April 2011, Fab released another single called "Anytime".
And on May 25, 2012, Fab released a song called "See the Light", his new single, with a new
band, called Fabulous Addiction.
And in 2015, as per his website, it says he worked with KFC.
It says KFC Nederland has chosen FAB Morvan (ex Milli Vanilli) to be the new face and
voice for their latest ad campaign, What’s real and what isn’t.
And in 2018, Fab performed some of his songs from his Milli Vanilli days at live at Smuk Fest.
In an interview in March 2020 Fab was talking to Mario Lopez from Access Hollywood about
a biopic movie about Milli Vanilli.
“We’re figuring it out.
It’s about getting the right team … I’ve been waiting for a long time, to make sure
that when the story comes out, I want to make sure that it’s brought in the proper way.
It’s important,” he explained to Lopez.
Now, if you want to keep in touch with Fab you can follow him on instagram and twitter
at Fabmorvan and facebook @fabmorvanfanpage.
He also has a website if anybody wants to check it out at fabmorvan.com.
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