'Milli Vanilli' Trailer Tells Untold Story of Music's Most Infamous Con

The Hollywood Reporter

The Paramount+ documentary features exclusive interviews going behind the scenes of the 1990's pop duo's scandal and features new insight on the deception that led to their undoing.

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00:00 (upbeat music)

00:02 - Milli Vanilli has made it big in America.

00:05 - Great music, it rises.

00:06 (upbeat music)

00:09 - Their visuals were on point.

00:11 They had it all.

00:11 ♪ Girl you know it's true ♪

00:13 - One minute Milli Vanilli were there.

00:15 - Milli Vanilli.

00:16 - Milli Vanilli.

00:17 - The next minute they won.

00:19 (dramatic music)

00:22 - We thought, okay, it's one song.

00:24 You do that and you're out.

00:27 - I'm not saying no to this powerful producer.

00:30 - Money, money, money makes the world go round.

00:33 - This is run like a tight military operation.

00:37 It's on a need to know basis.

00:38 - I ain't keeping my mouth shut for nobody.

00:41 - They don't want us to sing.

00:44 - What?

00:45 - This is weird.

00:46 We don't want to lip sync.

00:47 - Someone had to have known this was going on.

00:50 - We were seduced, we were abused.

00:52 And we're happy that it's over.

00:55 (dramatic music)

00:57 - There's no real crime here, but it costs a life.

01:01 - You get something, but you make a pact with the devil.

01:07 - There is not another story like this in music history.

01:14 (dramatic music)

01:16 you

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