French Deb

@ Wonka : Oh congrats to you too ! Well I think it's a very good idea to start a "mfc brides" thread ! I'm in ! And that'd be really interesting to see the traditions in different countries. Thank you Marina I haven't seen you were a mod now, (so is Melody), so congrats to you girls

Thanks for the news Alice Can't wait It will be great quality video I think, so I'm even more exciting about it

Thanks for sharing ! To be honest, even if I adore that song, I wondered how it could suits the radio, but they made very good work with the edit ! It suits perfectly for radio, and it's very nice to listen. Maybe this version is more easily catchy for a no Mika fan than the album one. I really like it Especially the fact we hear more his voice. Hope this version will release as the 3rd single in France in a few months, I'm sure it would work !

Damn Maybe that time they'll be nicer and will answer you...

Happy for you, Italians fans ! Hope some of you will manage to attend the TV show.

Oh Deb, I would love to hear that... ! I know I am a little bit late to express myself about the songs, but, well, it's better late than ever !! Anyway, I never was a huge fan of Elle me dit, so I was worried about Mika singing in French, but Karen and especially this one are just When he strated his show in Nantes and Paris with that song, I was I think the lyrics are really great and deep and the piano/voice is outstanding Thank you Mika and Doriand for this gift

Ah oui j'avais vu les vidéos ! J'espère que vous le reverrez bientôt

Ok... So it's really weird

Thank you Wonka *thinking about how much it could cost to put him in a box and mail him to Uk... * I wish I could it's all in our interest too, cause I would have the chance to look more videos and listen more audios of his promo ! Some French fans will see him next saturday, on this "Virgin Radio Fans" thing, I don't go but maybe you could ask Melgine if she could do it because she won the contest

Wow... That's wonderful Can't wait !!! Well, I just wanted to say that's very interesting to read all your point of view, guys, and to read how you feel to support Mika in other countries, and how the situation is. I so love the MFC for that. To be honest, I really didn't think the sellings were "that" bad Can we found some numbers of the sellings of TOOL, since september ? We are so lucky he is doing quite well in France, that I didn't think it was that difficult abroad. France still really loves him. Everybody finds him nice, clever and charming. And I assume the fact he loves France so much is explaining a part of that success here. Proof with "Elle me dit" which was a huge hit last year. And his last tour was sold out. But, I am quite surprised that the album doesn't have more sellings in France. The reviews were very good, and he made quite a lot of promo in september. Certainly, he received a prize "Disc of Platinium" because he already sold 100.000 copies in France but I saw TOOL isn't in the Top 50 anymore since last week, whereas TBWKTM was still in the top 25 in 2009 after the same number of weeks... Hope he will sell at least as much copies of TOOL than TBWKTM... I really hope Underwater, which is the new single in France, will help to increase the sellings ! Well, they start to play it on radios, so that's a good start ! Rose, when you talk about the single which isn't really out, you want to say that you can't buy it physically ? Cause for Underwater, it's the same here, we only can buy it in digital...

Oh thank you, that's sweet of you Congrats to you too !! Well, mine will be at summer 2014, so I've got time ahead, but time is running out

Merci Catherine Bien sûr que je me rappelle de toi ! Contente que tu aies pu le voir deux fois cette année ! C'était au Festival Montgolfière et où la 2e fois ?

Super Virginie ! Happy for you ! I didn't know there were actually fans I knew who tried hard ton win that contest. You should have many friends on Facebook then ! Well, I'm happy it's a "real" fan that won that thing (I mean, not just someone who liked "Elle me dit" and have plenty of friends on Facbook to have many clics ) ! I'm sure you'll show a great image of us, Mika fans Good luck, enjoy, and we will watch you on TV ! Oh, so sory to read that

Merci Hélène c'est gentil !

I totally understand you Rose, and I'm sorry to read how mad you are about that He could do so great TV shows in the UK... This is such a waste

Bonsoir tout le monde Alors déjà enchantée et bienvenue à tous les personnes inscrites récemment ici ! J'espère que vous allez passer du bon temps ici à discuter de Mika et de sa musique Bon, je voulais aussi m'excuser d'avoir un peu déserté le MFC depuis au moins un an Je n'ai pas été très présente, et même si le French Thread n'est pas toujours très actif, j'aurais du montrer davantage ma bobine, surtout depuis la sortie du 3e album... Depuis un an, j'imagine qu'il y a pas mal de nouveaux conquis par Mika, j'ai lu que pas mal de canadiennes avaient été charmées cet été Enfin voilà, la vie fait que parfois, on a d'autres priorités qui sont incompatibles avec les réseaux sociaux comme les forums de fans, qui prennent beaucoup de temps. Mais l'année a été plutôt remplie de mon côté : nouveau job, nouvel appart, nouvelle vie avec le fiancé (et mariage en vue ) Mais voilà, je n'ai jamais "quitté" Mika, même si je me suis pas mal éloignée du monde des fans depuis 2011...(depuis Compiègne en fait... ) Mais le 3e album de Mika m'a vraiment conquise, pourtant j'étais sceptique, mais il a fait du super bon boulot... Et puis, les deux derniers concerts auxquels j'ai assisté (Paris et Nantes ) m'ont rappelés pourquoi j'aime autant cet artiste et ce qu'il m'apporte... Du coup, me revoilà ! J'avais pensé quitté il y a quelques mois le "French Rep" job, mais j'ai été reboostée Donc me revoilà par ici !! N'hésitez pas à poster pour qu'on fasse connaissance, pour ceux que je ne connais pas, ou pour rattraper le temps perdu pour les autres D'ailleurs, si vous avez besoin d'aide ou si vous avez des questions, n'hésitez pas à m'envoyer un PM ! A bientôt les frenchies ! PS : Camille, je voulais en profiter pour te remercier pour ton gentil message dans le topic de Nantes, qui m'a beaucoup touchée

Thank you Dani for the nice pics :wub2: You have a good point here Indeed, this venue is really special By the way, I totally understand you Rose, how frustrated you could be. Maybe he isn't promoting enough his new single and music in the UK... But I was wondering : is it really his job ? I mean, of course, he could use twitter that way, as he does sometimes. But isn't it his record company who should do the job ? To find TV show where he could appear, to make radio appointment, etc ? I don't know, I have maybe no idea of how the music industry works, but in France when he does a promo thing, Barclay France tweet about this, when he does a show, his tour promotor (Alias) do tweet about that, etc. The same in Italy with Universal Music, they did great job promoting Mika the other day... Maybe there is a problem somewhere, but it might be to big for us to understand right now

Oh I'm soooo glad he signed this act We are in the middle of political debate about the "wedding for all", including homosexual people. And I was really proud that he stood for that too, besides other French artists, even if he isn't French

Congrats girls ! Well, Karine, it indeed says it's for 2 tickets. We don't really know more about the event, except that it's a ceremony in which the singers or bands will reward their fans. There will be songs performed, some videos of fans and the artists, etc. So it's on the 8th of december, and it will be aired live on the french channel : D17 ! By the way, a French fan asked on Facebook at Virgin if Mika confirmed he'll attend to the evening, and they answered yes !

Yes, I think you're right Thank you Louiza Oh the piano sounds "huge" ! You're right, the audience seemed to have fun ! Hope we'll have some vids

Thanks for the news ! The pics are gorgeous... Oh yes, I would love too As Rose said, he probably just came for that event. London is so close to Paris But french fans shouldn't be mad... It was certainly something private for Peugeot, it's not the first time he does such events we can't attend to Well, it's not really a promo thing but more a private event. He still can do promo in the UK , even today Yes, I hope so

Hello Guys, Well, I wanted to post you, world rep fellows, a message to say I'm sorry I wasn't around for the last year... I'm sorry I didn't came often, I was very busy in real life with new job oportunities, life with fiance (and wedding on the way ), new home, new everything ! I know, it's not a reason, I should have come here to warn Silver and you guys, but didn't. I even should have ask someone to be deputy representatives during these times. But I wanted to tell you I'm back... I attended to 2 amazing gigs last months which made me come back to Mikalandia again Not that I was away, but maybe I needed to step back from the fans world, to come back with envy and happiness now. So don't forget I'm around, if you need anything related to France, don't hesitate to ask me Hope you all are fine. See you soon dear MFCers

The same for Nantes, I only read good reviews of the show, which was really amazing One of his best gig I've ever attended, and I don't mention my personal experience that made that gig even more special but only the Mika part !

Of course, you're right, but it's always nice to see him attend this evening He is always smart and it's a nice occasion to see vids of him performing a song.... But I guess he won't be there this year Well, I'm not that surprised...he takes part to the "Virgin Radio Fans" thing which is the concurrent of NRJ Anyway, I will never understand NRJ : he released one song in 2011 (Elle me dit) and was nominated and won the "Best international male artist" in 2012... And in 2012 he releases an album and nothing... Well.... :/

I couldn't listen to it, so can't wait to hear the record and that Paul Simon's cover