For those of us of a certain generation – unless you have parents who listened to brilliant records on a regular basis – first introductions to Nico’s unmistakeably melancholic voice were made via king of twee Wes Anderson. In The Royal Tenenbaums, Anderson tapped two tracks sung by Nico, most notably to soundtrack Margot Tenenbaum (Gwyneth Paltrow) and her slo-mo descent from the Green Liner bus. You might not know it from the way that songs like These Days and The Fairest of the Seasons have been merrily repurposed, but Nico – her voice, style and obsession with death – was the ultimate proto-goth in the 60s and 70s.

Nico was the German fashion model-turned-chanteuse who became known as one of Andy Warhol’s superstars in the 1960s. She may have sung on just four tracks on the Velvet Underground’s debut album, but her strident, deadpan delivery would come to define the sound of the NY underground. It was when she began working as a solo artist, however, that she could bring her death-fixated sheen to a samey rock scene.