crazyaboutmika

Amazing how you caught Mika's beautiful music by ear; you are very gifted and I loved it! Please send me your MP3 version of it!

Thank you for the update on Mika's website!

Could it be a surprise gig in Paris?

Thank you and keep us updated!

I love your gif with Mika's sweetest smile and I just had to tell you!

When she altered her woes, don't you know should have gone straight to the mass dancing with the devil to the last play the wounded soldier in a rush just to get to know y'a what do you think?

a post about an article from q magazine with clues about the name of the album; Songs of sorrow. And the small ep would be out on May 25th and the lp in september That would be great!

I apologize :sorry:to identicaltwin and thank you for keeping us updated, that's so nice of you!

A new EP this month and album in September aim to reveal the pop peacock's bleak side. But there is still room for sex-crazed furry animals.... Mika is preparing the follow-up to 2007's platinum-selling Life In Cartoon Motion, promising a "coming-of-age" album that marries eclectic, flamboyant pop with "dark" lyrical themes. As yet untitled, it's scheduled for release in September and will be prepared with a four track EP. "The first record dealt with childhood", he says between sessions in Rocket Carousel Studios in Los Angeles. "This time I decided to age the world and characters I'd been writing about by 10 years. I wanted this record to sound like how I felt when I was 16 to 17 - sometimes it sounds big and out of control, other times it feels like a comfortable hug". Having finished his world tour with a show in Lebanon, the singer songwriter began work on the album in London's Olympic Studios in June 2008, and began sketching a selection of "bleak fairy tales", some of which will be released on 25th May as the Songs For Sorrow EP. "The lyrics are dark and emotional. There's a track called Toy Boy, which is about a toy that gets used and abused by different owners. I guess these songs are the antidote to my first album." Despite the despondent lyrics, Mika's music remains decidedly flamboyant, inspired as it is by Disney soundtracks, '50s country starlet Patti Page and the hefty pop anthems of '80s artists such as Frankie Goes To Hollywood. "I wanted to make an unashamed pop record," he says. "I became obsessed with Disney soundtracks from the '50s, so I decided to make my own." Mika moved into Rocket Carousel in September 2008, turning an album's worth of demos into polished tracks with Life In Cartoon Motion producer Greg Wells. The duo clearly had grand designs: Blame It On The Girls has Cuban pianos and a swaggering, hip-hop production, while We Are Golden bolts the Andrae Crouch choir (who sang Madonna's Like A Prayer) to a Pink Floyd-inspired groove. With a world tour planned to promote the Songs For Sorrow EP this summer and a number of festival appearances already pencilled in, 2009 looks to be another busy year. However, the gimmicks and dancing bears that marked his first world tour are due for an overhaul. "People thought I was putting on a kid's show," he says. "But really, the animals were inspired by a sexual craze called plushing - people getting dressed up in furry animal costumes and having sex with one another. My animals came on stage, hung out and started drinking. Then they had an orgy. But I don't care whether people get it or not. I'm a Marmite artist - people love me or hate me." Track By Track Blame It On The Girls This sounds like No Doubt. It's about a wealthy, handsome boy who has everything, yet pretends to be miserable. We are Golden It's big sounding and aggressive, but in a good way. It's got a gospel choir on it and a kids choir, but unlike the first record, they are not singing sweetly, they're screaming on top of their lungs. Rain This is an unapologetic '80s pop record. I bumped into producer Stuart Prince while he was working with the Killers at Olympic Studios. He helped me program this. It reminded him of ABBA and Frankie Goes To Hollywood. Toy Boy This has a full orchestra, like a Disney soundtrack, but the lyrics are intense and dark. Toy Boy is full of twiddling flutes and lush strings, but the melody is very mechanic, like a music box.

I believe" good gone girl "means that the good girl in her is gone, but she can still come back she's not gone for good; she can still be as good as when she was 17... Thank you to all who try and find the lyrics...I printed the sheets too and keep listening to the song, I have a feeling he doesn't only say "crazy world" but also shimering world or simmering world or also insane world...does that make sense? Take care all MFCers!

Thank you Suzy; that's so sweet of you!

Thank you so much! I'm so in love with this song and I wanted the lyrics so much! I'm totally addicted!

Thank you: I love the black and white picture and the others are great too!

Hello, my name is Anne. I live in France and I love Mika as I've never loved any singer before; his music makes me feel alive! I first heard "Relax (Take it easy)" on the radio when I was on holidays in February, then the next day "Grace Kelly" video was on tv and I fell in love immediatly with that song; then I bought "Life in cartoon motion" and found out all the songs on the album are wonderful and I've been listening to it over and over since then...then I heard other songs by Mika over the internet that I love too and I can't wait till they are all released in another cd album in France because every single song by Mika is a true wonder; he makes me feel like I'm sixteen and in love!