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I hope it is okay to post this.I saw the link, but not the article.
 

MIKA official

I spoke to @Metro_US ahead of my NY & Brooklyn shows next week… bit.ly/1OZj48l

 
 
 
PUBLISHED : April 27
 
Mika bares it all

 

After a period of sadness and isolation, Mika emerges with a powerful, intimate new album, getting more honest than ever.

 

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Mika's fourth album, "No Place In Heaven" comes out in June         Photo: Peter Lindbergh

 

Mika may have churned out bubblegum hits like “Love Today” and “Popular” in the past, but his new album, “No Place In Heaven” (out this June) is melodious while exploring deeper, darker issues. Mika opens up to us about emerging from complete isolation to share the personal issues that matter the most to him.

“I became afraid of what people think”
It’s been three years since Mika’s last album, "The Origin of Love" and he says for most of that time, he purposely disappeared. “I went into almost complete isolation in my daily life and in my professional choices,” he says.

“I became afraid of what people would think of my work. I isolated myself which was so stupid because I realize now that as soon as you become preoccupied with worrying what people think about protecting yourself, it’s like a creative cancer.”

Taking chances
On New Year’s Eve, he decided to change that, making a promise to himself that he would say yes to the next offer that came his way, no matter what. He got more than he bargained for when he was asked to be a judge on “The X-Factor” in Italy. But Mika followed through, learning Italian in two months. As a result of that, he landed a deal doing “The Voice” in France.

Reemerging helped him get back to a place of honesty in his music. “I stopped that false protection, which was just getting in the way. When you hear the album, it’s got such a devil’s wink in it and the subjects I deal with are truly hard and very intimate, but when combined with joyful pop melodies, it resonates,” he says.

Daring to be brave
One of those songs is “Last Party,” about Freddie Mercury coping with his HIV positive diagnosis by throwing a three-day long rager in a nightclub. “There’s also a song called ‘Good Guys’ which provokes a lot of questions, but I wrote it to myself,” Mika says. “I [wanted to] dare to be like all the people who inspired me when I was younger and who didn’t think about the consequences, even if it put them in danger.”

Mika recorded the bulk of the album alone in his LA home, which he says helped him get to a place of deep intimacy. “When you’re singing and writing a song, you’re showing more than a full nude striptease. You’re going all out and hiding nothing,” he says. “When something is intimate and it’s very personal, it’s really powerful. People are craving intimacy.”

Mika in concert:

New York City
May 3, 8 p.m.
Verboten
54 N. 11th St., Brooklyn, 347-223-4732 
www.verbotennewyork.com

 

May 4, 9 p.m.
Webster Hall
125 E. 11th St., 212-353-1600
www.websterhall.com

Emily Lawrence

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I'm sure we'll get a lot of articles from the US media in the next period,wouldn't be better to have a proper thread with all the new stuff,like we have for the French,Italian and Canadian media? This way we could keep everything collected in one place,and easier to access them,I think  :)

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I'm sure we'll get a lot of articles from the US media in the next period,wouldn't be better to have a proper thread with all the new stuff,like we have for the French,Italian and Canadian media? This way we could keep everything collected in one place,and easier to access them,I think  :)

 

Yes, I think it's a good idea. In the past we had threads for single interviews, but I like the collecting threads that have developed now, now everything isn't scattered so much anymore.

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I'm sure we'll get a lot of articles from the US media in the next period,wouldn't be better to have a proper thread with all the new stuff,like we have for the French,Italian and Canadian media? This way we could keep everything collected in one place,and easier to access them,I think  :)

 

 

Yes, I think it's a good idea. In the past we had threads for single interviews, but I like the collecting threads that have developed now, now everything isn't scattered so much anymore.

 

Let's keep this new MFC tidy! cleaning-smiley.gif

 

It's an interesting article.

 

I have to say it looks great with the picture and those bolder 

subheadings.
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