Nico lived in Berlin, she stood exactly "five foot, ten inches tall" and shared other characteristics describing the subject of other songs on the album. It is hard for me to believe that these details of Reed's muse are mere coincidence. While the relationship was described as volatile, by several accounts Lou and Nico mixed love with hate and some say they had a fling in Berlin. After the breakup of the Velvet Underground and before the release of Berlin, Lou and Nico reunited with John Cale, thus they performed together without being forced by Andy Warhol.
Nico lived in Berlin, she stood exactly "five foot, ten inches tall" and shared other characteristics describing the subject of other songs on the album. It is hard for me to believe that these details of Reed's muse are mere coincidence. While the relationship was described as volatile, by several accounts Lou and Nico mixed love with hate and some say they had a fling in Berlin. After the breakup of the Velvet Underground and before the release of Berlin, Lou and Nico reunited with John Cale, thus they performed together without being forced by Andy Warhol.