DongDong

17 hours ago, Zzun98 said:

Hi there! I recently went to his gig in Seoul! I'm happy I met another fan of Owl City  

Hello!Great to know you too!

Any Hootowl here??🤔I just went to my 2nd Adam's gig last Saturday!It was an amazing live as always!Couldn't believe he back to my city as part for his Asia Tour!!He sang 10 of 17 songs from his new album!He played piano,guitar,bass,drums that night!What a great musician!Can't wait to see him again!!😆 Sorry for my low quality pic😅

Ha now I realise @chanjason and the girl were the ones with his mom  at hotel lobby!

Haha,that girl is Jason's wife,they both work at TVB(a television in HK) I saw Jason and his wife after the gig in HK too! Jason had interviewed MIKA in a programme when MIKA went to HK to did a show for the 1st time in 2007.So I think they became a friend after that

How nice it is to meet a MIKA fan! I think I remember you. You wore glasses and very cute mint colored hoodie, am I right? :-) If I visit Hong Kong to attend his gig again, I'd like to have some conversation with you. I am a good listener, and really love to hear other fans' stories about MIKA and their lives. Hope to see you again soon!

Aha,u are right!Thank u for remember me Although I'm not live in HK,I'll try every possible way to go to his HK's gig in the future! And hope to see you again and share my MIKA's story with u

I really enjoyed reading your review. It includes details and also good pics. THANK you!!

 

I also attended the gig but I couldn't take good photos because MIKA was standing right in front of me. It was even hard for me to breathe in and out. I almost held my breath during the whole concert. You can understand how I felt, and why I couldn't take photos. :-) I know MIKA is always perfectly stunning but I've never expected that I could see him in that close distance. 

 

Your detailed review and pics really helpful to remember that beautiful moment. THANK you again!!

You're welcome,I took some pics just by my phone,and are not in good quality Yes,I always thinking"Am I dreaming" when I look at him in so close! I'm a boy who wore in green and behind you in that night   

@DongDong Thanks for your report! It was a pleasure to meet you and I really enjoyed our chat about football and everything! I collected some pics here :

 

https://mikagigs.com/2016/02/27/pics-and-vids-from-my-mobile-mika-the-vine-in-hong-kong/

 

You can see us there too! Vids are not good quality, I didn't want to use my camera because I was close, still uploaded them.

Haha,It was my pleasure to meet you and chat with you too!  Ahh,these lovely pics remind me of that amazing day!  Thank you Nina,hope MIKA back to HK or China Mainland soon,so maybe we can have a meet again!

chanjason_what better way to catch up with an old friend than a bit of face pulling... wishing you all the best for the rest of the china tour @mikainstagram#heaventour   https://www.instagram.com/p/BCGZqwJhK92/

Yas Mobile Orchestra was so awesome!!  I've originally planned to go on his show here in Manila last May, tho the night before the concert, my friend (who was supposed to go with me bc I didnt know how to commute to the venue) said he backed out I was literally sad,disappointed and frustrated the day after, I was so down as I was scrolling through my social feeds cause I saw lots of people tweeting about it as well as Adam and his live band mates were talking about how great the show was ugh I just missed the opportunity.       

 

I have been a fan since 2011 and I didn't knew he had a show back then when he had his ATBAB tour gig here in Manila because I was new to the community

 

But I hope he does come back here soon!! How was your gig?

The gig was amazing,he sang about 20 songs that night.Adam even didn't stop,and sang 19 songs in a row!I loved his live(although his voice wasn't well that night) I think he will back to Asia soon after the next album release,he do loves Asia(and he loves South Asia better!)

Ahh,he sang Hurts in ShenZhen!Really disappointed he didn't sing it in HK

Just finished my HK trip and back to my home!Sorry for the belated report of my 1st MIKA's gig!I went to the The Vine at noon,and some fans already got there and queuing.And my friend Jere already sat in the line.I met Nina and some Korean fans in the line.In the afternoon,it was started rain in HK.....  And we spent the whole afternoon in the cafe and chatting with other fans from many areas!It was really nice to chat with Nina,we talked about MIKA,music and football! ​  After the long waiting,I saw some box were sent into the veune,and I saw Mika's mama too!At about 7:45 PM,the staffs started let us to enter the venue!I was so excited and nervous after I standing in the venue!Me and my some of my friends were standing in the second row,and we had made some"Thankyou"Cards and little lights for this gig.After waiting for about 25 minutes,after the soundcheck,Mika's band came on stage!MIKA came out at the last!  He looks elegant and smart,and all the fans were called his name loudly! Porcelain still as the opening song for the Show(Porcelain is my most fav song from NPIH!) Really enjoyed the time he playing the piano,he was so charming when he sang with playing piano!His voice was in good condition in that night(clear and bright!)After performing few acoustic version songs,the whole atmosphere of the venue are getting hotter!All the fans singing Grace Kelly together after the Intro started of the song!MIKA invited a boy to come to the stage before he played BBB,and asked the boy to teach him some words of Cantonese(he asked the boy how to pronounce (a piano,air,love,heart)in Cantonese,he spoke it very well!  Coz that day was Lantern Festival in China,so we gave him a electronic lantern,MIKA tied it on the piano We were going crazy in the after songs!MIKA took many things from the fans and put it onto Max body  When he singing Staring At The Sun,he took Nina glasses and wore it Because the venue is quite small,so he couldn't sing Staring At The Sun in the middle of the audience like in Korea&Japan.  But he shook hands with the fans in the front row and I could see him every clear(I remembered me and MIKA were staring each other at some monments!And I was wondering "Am I dreaming" )When MIKA singing Good Guy&We Are Golden,a girl who beside me gave me some 'glitter' to throw at MIKA Let me thinking about what special monments I have not mentioned    Oh yeah,MIKA sang a little part of Happy Ending without mic! At the last of the show,we gave him a ThankYou Card which typed "多謝MIKA" (means Thank You MIKA),and he was smile like a child!    19 songs he sang in total!We waiting for him outside the venue after the show,about an hour later,he came,signing and taking pics with fans,but it was hurry to have M&G.... I got his signed on my WAG promo CD and just gave my gift to a big guy from MIKA's team to letting him give my gift to MIKA  Anyway,it was an amazing and unforgettable night for me,met many fans and watched the wonderful performance by MIKA! When will I see you again,MIKA? I dunno,but I'll waiting again! 

       Sorry for my poor English,and the report seem very messy..... Hope u all guys can understand what I want to tell

Heyyy!! I'm a hootowl too!! Nice to see fellow fans here as well

 

I love all of his tracks on Mobile Orchestra it's hard to pick a top 1 but some of my current favorite tracks at the moment are Unbelievable, Back Home and I Found Love !!!  Been a fan since 2011!!

Hi!!I love Mobile Orchestra too!And I've been to Owl City's Asia Tour in last year in Guangzhou!So,have u been to his gig?

All I Need by Foxes!

Album sales worldwide is generally on a downtrend, at least his concerts still sell out and China is a big opportunity 

I don't think China is a huge potential market for him,his upcoming China tour all held in the small venue,even the gig in HK is held in a church,the venue is much smaller than the venue he've done in 2009&2010.And in China Mainland there few people buy the physical CD or buy the music on the platform like iTunes.....It's true that many people have listened Mika's song in China,but not many of them know he is the singer or songwritter of the songs.

Ahh,finally!He is back!!!!!!!!!!  And how coincidence that day is Lantern festival in China

Well, if we can't get the sales, it won't be too good

Tweet from @chartnews: Worldwide sales:No Place In Heaven 19,000 (128,000 total)

NHIP is still doing very well in Canada: it is #9 this week (4 positions up)! http://www.billboard.com/charts/canadian-albums Do you Canadians know how to get total sales?

 

In France a little drop: now #12 with 42 000 albums sold all together in 4 weeks.

 

It is also doing quite well in Switzerland #10 and in Italy #15. I only hope NPIH could stay in the global charts top 40, otherwise I don't know how to get global sales.

It's happy to hear NHIP doing well in those countries!But I think NHIP is just doing a little bit better than TOOL....The album couldn't reach the top in any countries(even France or Italy....)   Yes,if NPIH drop out the global charts top 40,we have no clue to know hows the sales going....

NPIH was out of the UK Top100 Albums Chart this week.....Just stayed 3 weeks on the chart.....  But it peak at No.80 on the Physical Albums Chart,that's mean the sales of the physical was ok,his record company should stocking more CDs in the store.......

I had thought, as soon as I heard NPIH, that it would make a great Christmas single in the UK. Christmas is the only time, in the UK, that anyone can get away with releasing anything that is even remotely Christian. What makes it seem Christian is his reference to "Father." Christianity is the only faith that refers to God as "Father". Because of our multi-faith society in Britain today, 'The Powers That Be' are terrified of offending other faiths, by, seemingly, promoting Christianity, so they ignore anything religious. But at Christmas NPIH would be acceptable to everyone.

First of all,, it's not a traditional Christmas song. It wasn't written for Christmas. It's more generic. It doesn't talk about the manger, Jesus and Mary.

2nd of all. It doesn't go the way of Santa Claus, snowmen and presents.

3rd of all. All faiths believe in an afterlife. There is no way anyone could take offence at this song. 

Finally. It's a beautiful song, and released as a Christmas single, it would, in future years, be played at Christmas and get onto all the future Christmas compilation albums. Let's face it, at Christmas, doesn't everyone get sick and tired of the same old Christmas songs? Wouldn't everyone want something different, especially when it is so beautiful? This is the way to go. If only the record company could grow some brain cells and realise this.

Agreed!  Let's hope his record company think about this massive song to be a single!  And I have a question,it seems MIKA has changed his record company in UK? NPIH was released by Virgin EMI,but I couldn't found him in the Artists list on Virgin website......

[超级面对面] Mika：遭受欺凌的童年成就了我

http://ent.163.com/15/0709/07/AU2JL1UH00034PF4.html

 

 

 

网易音乐独家报道 （文/梁晓辉）英国歌手Mika素以彩色卡通般的欢快曲风、宽广音域加上性感假音，和极富感染力的 舞台表演而扬名流行乐坛。5月刚刚结束中国巡演的他，对于中国有着怎样的特殊情感？深处复杂的成长环境下，他又如何能够保持乐观？网易云音乐《超级面对 面》独家对话Mika,7月9日（周四）早9点全网首播。

音乐特质：我的音乐是被悲伤洗过的快乐

欢快、灵动是英国歌手Mika音乐的最大特质。出道近10年，发行4张专辑，不管外界音乐潮流怎么变，他的音乐始终带着不变的正能量，将快乐、平淡甚至忧伤都化作跳跃的音符。听着他的歌，人们总会忘记烦恼，发现生活的美好。

网易音乐：你的歌曲往往非常欢快、积极，即便是那些表达悲伤、忧郁情绪的歌也一样。你是怎么做到的？

Mika：我认为原因在于：不掺杂悲伤的欢乐是危险的，看不到希望的忧郁也是危险的。这两者需要很好的融合。举个例子，我的音乐中总会有一些歌词比 较严肃和忧伤，但你会听到旋律是非常轻快的。悲伤与欢乐的结合使歌曲充满真实，充满人性，即便是把音符、旋律或者歌词单独拿出来看，你还是能够感受到强烈 的共鸣，因为它们都包含了悲伤与欢乐。这就像你去一个游乐园或主题公园玩，那几个小时里你会真的感到快乐，但游玩过后会觉得空虚。因为这种欢乐是虚幻的， 它脱离了真实生活的欢乐，没有悲伤的存在。当你把这两者尽可能地在音乐中组合在一起时，即便是最悲伤的歌也变得充满希望了，因为伤痛的背后你能感受到希望 和光芒。

网易音乐：请谈一谈你的新专辑《 No Place in Heaven》吧，这张专辑与你其他专辑的最大不同是什么？

Mika：这张最新的专辑，《No Place in Heaven》，是我的第四张个人专辑。我想说这一张其实感觉才是我的第一张。我的第三张专辑，很早就确立了是走电子风格，整个制作过程也是紧锣密鼓的。 到这张专辑的时候，我希望能够更自然、更放松一些。如果一首歌非常欢快，那它就明朗而欢快。如果一首歌很悲伤，那它就……是痛彻心扉的。我希望情感表达有 穿透性，我希望它是自然流露的，是直抒胸臆的，因此我会在弹琴的时候写歌，在客厅里录制。我甚至不用大的录音室，因为我想让歌曲里有那种真诚和亲密的特 质。这么一说，好像这张专辑好像是在70年代录的，其实我也的确有很多灵感都来自70年代杰出的流行乐，比如早期的艾尔顿·约翰以及比利·乔的唱片。

谈爱情：没错，我正在恋爱中

与许多音乐人一样，爱情也是Mika创作中不可或缺的一部分。2012年，Mika正式在采访中大胆出柜，这让他的欢快情歌变得更加真实甜蜜。比如他刚刚发行的新专辑的主打单曲《Talk About You》，就是这样直接描写“一见钟情”的大胆作品。

网易音乐：我能冒昧问一下，你现在是正在恋爱中吗？

Mika：啊，我是否在恋爱中，这是歌问题。你为什么想知道？

网易音乐：我只是很好奇……

Mika：嘿嘿嘿，是的我正在恋爱中，抱歉，希望我没有让一些人感到失望。

网易音乐：你的新歌《Talk About You》听上去满是爱意。这首歌的写作背景是什么？ 它是否对你目前的感情状况有所体现？

Mika：哈哈哈，我的新歌《Talk About You》……很多人都说这是一首关于爱情的歌，但事实是，它讲述的是一种怦然心动的感觉。它不是爱情，而是无关爱情的悸动。因为现实情况是，爱情非常复 杂，会遇到很多难题。但如果你只是对某人有一种悸动，而且你并不知道她是否爱你，这时一切都是最美好的。所以它是恋爱开始之前的一个阶段，那时一切都还没 有变得复杂和可怕。这就是《Talk About You》所要讲述的，它之所以如此欢快，是因为如果你写的是一首真正的描述爱情的歌，实际上听上去它会有一些悲伤的感觉。但如果你写的只是一首关于悸动的 歌，它只会让你感受到欢乐。

网易音乐：它是否展现了你在经历悸动时的感情状态？

Mika：我认为它的确表现出我在经历悸动时的感情状态，那种疯狂的，着迷于某一件东西的状态。我不关心别人在说什么，只对你感兴趣；我不介意自己 身在何方，只要能回到你身边；我不在意用的是哪一种语言，反正我听到的只有你的名字。是的，这种追求极致的态度与我本人非常相似，实在太像了。我其实不希 望我是那样子的。

谈童年：那时候遭受的欺凌成就了我

虽然Mika的歌听起来很欢快，但并不代表他的生活一直如此。事实上，学生时期的Mika因为个头瘦小、嗓音尖细而一直备受欺凌，那段难捱的经历一 直在他的音乐中有所体现。但难能可贵的是，他一直用积极地音乐形式来体现，一直坚持做自己，一直坚持向前看。直到今天，Mika变得无比成功。

网易音乐：你认为你童年时候的那些不愉快的经历在多大程度上影响了你之后的歌曲创作？你现在还跟那些以前欺凌过你的人有联系吗？ 他们对你的态度一定大有改观，对吧？

 

 

Mika：你知道的，童年的时候遭遇过的那些很难捱的事情，比如，被孤立，被欺凌等，这些事会摧毁你。这种摧毁是非常有破坏性的，但如 果你在这个时候得到了正向的支持，这些事情就会铸就你。它会让你有被认可的感觉，它会促使你成为一个更加真诚和耿直的人。这就是我的故事。我想，你永远都 不会忘记年轻的时候谁让你度过艰难的时光，你永远不会。你永远不会忘记他们的面孔，不会忘记他们的名字。但事实是，当那些都成为往事，你会发现你并不在意 了。有一件很有趣的事情，当我还是个小孩子的时候，有段时间很难捱。然后我就去找我妈妈的一个朋友。我们坐在桌子的一边，我就说一些“我讨厌学校，每个人 都对我不好，每个人都这样，每个人都那样”之类的话。这时我妈的朋友，这个年长的中国男人就开始笑我，我心想“你为什么要笑？你怎么了？你这个粗鲁、没同 情心的坏蛋。”他说，“你看。”桌子是空的，因为所有的碗碟都被收走了，但桌上有一个黑点。他继续说“你看到桌上那个黑点了吗？那就是你的问题所在。”他 说，“你要做出选择。你可以选择靠近这个点、盯着它看，这时它看上去巨大无比。你也可以选择看整块桌布，之后就会意识到你关注的只是很小很小的一个点。” 当时我并不理解他的意思，因为那时我只有13岁。现在我明白了。有些事情当你还年幼的时候会觉得是很大的问题，但当你长大，就会突然发现没什么大不了的， 很多东西远比它重要。

你知道“与众不同”是个很危险的东西，因为在当今它是非常宝贵的。也有些人一旦发现了“不同”，就会试着去破坏它。这些人对不同的反应有时候会相当 暴力。但你随后便会意识到“与众不同”是一个你能拥有的最为宝贵的东西。所以我小心翼翼地像保护金子一样保护它，因为它要远比黄金钻石有价值。

 

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T4P,Eriko!!!

That's quite something! Does anyone know how many copies are sold overall? Or where to find that info?

I want to know the accurate sales figures too,but have no clue to find,and I just get the info of NPIH's sales from this web: http://www.mediatraffic.de/albums.htm If the new album drop out of the chart,we even don't know how many copies are sold in worldwide

NPIH was sold 31,000 copies worldwide in last week.  

Sadly what I feared would happen without follow up promo, like tv ads, has happened. NPIH has dropped out of the UK top 40 to #69 

No 67, Rose (not that two places makes much difference)

 

I was talking to someone in HMV yesterday who said the deluxe edition was discontinued as soon as they had the first delivery

Ugh,sad to hear that,it is a little bit like what TOOL did in UK again  ........Just hope the next single release in UK will be the right track and help the album

NPiH was number two album last week and is number four this week in France.

I saw it peak on No.5 in this week French Album Charts  And No.4 on physical sales chart. http://www.chartsinfrance.net/charts/albums.php 

NPIH is No.5 on HMV HK Top 40 CDs Chart this week.  

http://hmv.com.hk/charts/default.asp

Ahh,NPIH was down to No.53 in this week Official Albums Chart Update Top 100(1st July)......It was peaked on No.15 in last week,and No.19 in weekly Chart.    http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart-update/ 

NPIH debuts on No.6 on Canadian Album Chart(4,400 copies sold). And also debuts on No.117 on Billboard 200(I remember TOOL was debuted on No.47 after released in US  ) No.60 on US Top Album Sales Chart(anyone can tell me the difference of Billboard 200 and Top Album Sales Chart in US??  ) 

NPIH was sold 50,000 copies worldwide at the moment.