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It's the April Issue of Teen Vogue, it has Willa Holland from the O.C. on the cover :]

People Are Talking About Editor: Leigh Belz CANDY MAN Mika brings his sweet, colorfully hypnotic pop to the masses. The atmosphere at Mika's first-ever New York City show was self-conciously carnival-esque. Concertgoers were greeted at the door with rainbow-colored glow sticks and bright blue-and-pink rosettes that bore the artist's name in big silber letters; once inside, the crowd was plied with circus-style treats like popcorn and cotton candy. But from the moment the 23-year-old pop singer took the cabaret theater's tiny stage, it was clear that all the sugar-coated extras were just that: icing on an already sweet cake. "Love, love me," Mika exhorted the crowd, employing his trademark exuberant falsetto. And they did, never mind that they'd only just met him. "I was never really a part of a scene," the mono-monikered singer-songwriter admits later, via phone from Wales, where he's out promoting his debut album, Life in Cartoon Motion. Born in Beirut but raised in Paris and London, Mika had a peripatetic childhood, and he spent his teen years singing in operas and recording radio jingles. When he started performing his own sunshiny pop songs, he explains, "I was always rejected by the indie guitar groups because my music was too melody-based, and I was ignored by the record labels for a long time because they thought I was weird." In fact, Mika's first single, "Grace Kelly," came about as a reaction to a meeting in which one music company suit suggested that the singer try to sound more like "other male solo artists who were popular in the U.K. at the time," like Robbie Williams or Craig David. "I was really fuming," Mika recalls. "i could be any kind of act if i wanted to pretend. But i know that's not going to lead anywhere, so I'll just be myself. It was a turning point for me, because I realized then that unless I did it my way, it would probably never happen at all." - LAUREN WATERMAN This is so exciting! Mika in an american magazine!!! By the way, in this picture his blazer is Vivienne Westwood with a Burton Snowboards shirt under it and his he's wearing Blue Blood jeans. Photo by Jacob Sutton. On the 2nd page it shows captions by the pictures telling his favorite albums, Purple Rain (Prince), The White Album (The Beatles), and Odelay (Beck). It also says that "Mika cites Tony Millionaire as one of the best illustrators out there."

Rolling Stone's Artist To Watch Rolling Stone Magazine has chosen Mika as one of their top 10 Artists to Watch! Read all they have to say about MIKA Here: http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/13883400/rolling_stones_10_artists_to_watch/2 mikamyspace xxx

Hello MIKAMYSPACE!! MIKA will be doign a live performance and signing at: New York City: Friday, March 30th, 4PM Borders Columbus Circle/Time Warner Building

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ah love it! thanks for posting! i really think perez is giving him a lot of publicity which is really good. he still makes me a little nervous.. but as long as he's nice to Mika.

this picture is my absolute favorite.. i have it stuck on the wall in my room lol

haha cool i'm glad you liked it... i'm definately mad and crazy

I was a little bored and lonesome tonight.. so i made myself a little friend after pondering about this thread for a while.... there's Mika, complete with braces, sparkely golden shoes, and i threw in the brit flag sunglasses.. back view.. lol! never in my life did i think i'd be strapping braces on a pineapple!

"Apart from that, i'm really quite a good boy... mostly." LOVE IT! first post? welcome!

OMG NEVERMIND I FIGURED IT OUT!!! omg thank you so much you are my hero of the week. <3333

oooooo thanks! but do i have to pay for this rapidshare thing? Cause it's all in euros and i'm in america and i really don't know how that works lol... how do you download off youtube? I have quicktime.. but it says i have to download something or pay for something.. sorry i have lots of questions lol

Ok so we're all in love with his new video for "Love Today" and i'm dying to put it on my video ipod, but it's not on the american itunes so i can't download it and i can't find it in an MP4 file anywhere. Does anyone know where i can download it, or if someone could post it on a website where i could download it i would worship you forever. Thank you!!!

ooo i love these! thanks for posting!!

ohh you're so lucky! you have no idea how jealous i am!!!!

ooo cool thanks!

Same here! I played piano for 6 years but never really liked it and in the past couple years i really took a liking for guitar, and now i'm into piano again because of Mika!

oooooOOo love it!! thanks :]

didn't he wear them in the Grace Kelly video too? i love them. they make his legs look endlessly long

i've only heard Grace Kelly twice on the radio. They play the Grace Kelly video every morning on MTV and he's about number 52 on the iTunes top 100 downloads but i really think he'll get more popular once his Life in Cartoon Motion is released. I'm so excited!!!

oooOOOo thank you!! i sent it to all my friends!

all i've been listening to really is Mika, but there's been a lot of times when someone has said something that reminded me of him. and i'm like "OMGGG THAT REMINDS ME OF MIKA" and i'll break into song and dance and then my friends are like.... everything reminds you of Mika.

omggg those legs!! red is definately his color. but then again every color is his color because he looks amazing in anything he wears. thanks for posting! -Melissa

there is no way Mika could be a one hit wonder, he already has more than one song that's popular. Merci! -Melissa

and i just downloaded that song he talked about "Sunshine In The Rain" and i love it!!