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I don't know. I'm also quite confused, I've just read this on twitter. The best we can do is to wake up before 7 and we might catch the premiere

But we're in England, so we'll have to get up before 6am! I'm still prepared to get up that early to hear it, I just might fall asleep at work...

Label Barclay tweeted this: "dés 7h du matin demain vous pourrez écouter le nouveau single de Mika : #ellemedit"

Does that mean they're going to play it at 7am first, not 8:05am? I'm confused!

just click on "ecouterNRJ" on the top right.

Thank you!

They said they'd play in first on NRJ, but which one?

http://www.nrj.fr/radio-510/webradios-nrj-513/webradio/

Label Barclay labelbarclay

 

pour l'écoute du single #ellemedit de Mika il va finalement falloir être plus patient...

 

For mikas single, youre gonna have to be a bit more patient finally..

 

 

like i said:mf_rosetinted:

That's a bit cheeky! Do they not realise how painful this is?

Ok, there's no more columns for a few months. There's a note in this month's edition with a drawing (unfortunately I don't have a scanner) explaining why. Here's my translation:

 

"Unfortunately I have to say goodbye for a bit. I have to take a break from my column for a few months and concentrate on the most intense phase of recording my new album. We spoke about everything, from finding love online to coffee, from student protests to Saint Anna Nicole (she's a saint to me) and I enjoyed every minute of it. I'll be back soon, to make myself feel stronger, more cheeky and a bit off topic.

 

All my love to the readers of XL and also to the editorial staff of XL.

 

See you in 2012!"

Thanks for the translation!

I'm a bit disappointed because his column's were the highlight of my month. But ultimately I'm glad - I don't want anything to distract him from making us brilliant new music!

I was at work when everyone was going crazy about this, but I couldn't listen to it. So hours later and I finally get to hear it and it's way too short!

I need more now!!

But I'm prepared to be patient.

Glory Hallelujah - Frank Turner

The World - Empire Of The Sun

Billy Brown!

Standing on a Shore - Empire Of The Sun

I was at a friends at lunchtime and they had some music channel on (not sure which one it was) and Grace Kelly came on!! I was well excited to see it on the tv!!

That's great! It's always more exciting to see/hear Mika on the TV/radio than when you expect to.

Don't Dream It's Over - Crowded House

I agree!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oh finally a sister in crime! I hate coffee too! I doesn't matter how old I get I just don't like it... I like the smell of it though and I can drink it if it's really thin, (or what do you call it in English when it's the opposite to strong coffee?) and if it's mixed with lots of milk!

 

Tea, on the other hand, I can drink all day long!

Opposite of strong coffee = weak coffee

I love the smell too! But I even hate coffee chocolate and coffee cake.

I love tea!!

I'd never of thought Mika would do something with a band like All American Rejects, but I think it's great that he has! (no matter how small his part is )

I wanna hear it!!

I thought that article was quite funny, he's a very funny person. And I learnt a whole load of stuff that I never wished to, but I'm glad I did, even though I hate coffee.

I twitpic-ed this to show someone...so I thought I'd post it here to (this was a while ago but I forgot about posting it >,<)

 

It's kinda fuzzy but there's a bird print on the t-shirt >,< And ya..it'd probably look better with black jeans but I dont have any! :/

 

=)

I love your jacket!! Your t-shirt is really cute too!

Many Of Horror - Biffy Clyro

Ok, very quick translation!

 

This month's theme is art.

 

He starts by saying how he went to meet an illustrator in Connecticut, the famous illustrator of Where the Wild Things Are, Maurice Sendak. He's now 82, and on meeting Mika he said he was very young. He says they talked for 3 hours. He's got a lot of admiration for him, saying that he changed the way childrens' books were illustrated.

 

He says that if he hadn't become a singer he would've been an illustrator. He says that illustrations are like pop songs, they capture people's attention instantly, and that they both create things that are indescribable using simple ingredients. He says Sendak was physically like the characters he drew, and had a quick sense of humour. People don't realise how much of an influence the illustrators from the 40s (many of them Jews) like Sendak had. Many of them emigrated to the States to escape the war and found a growing editorial industry, with new developments in printing techology creating books that needed to be filled with illustrations. He also says that it's thanks to Walt Disney that many revolutionary illustrations were created.

 

He then goes on to talk about how he was expelled from school when he was 11. He didn't know how to read or write, but his mum decided to make him start from scratch and kept him away from school for a year, when he learned to sing and play the piano, and studied the characters in childrens' books. A couple of years later he used his savings to buy his first painting, a watercolour by Jim Woodring, of a rabbit called Frank that lived in a surreal immaginary world. And that was only the beginning, if he earned a bit of money he would spend it on a painting. At 17 he exchanged and sold his designs online, and he wasn't the only one.

 

And the illustration on the page, it's by Yasmine, who thought it'd be a nice idea if one of us designed something for the next article. So if you want your design to appear in next month's XL, send an email to feedback@xelle.it (Subject: Illustrazione Mika) by May 13th and they will then choose the best one!

Thank you very much for the quick translation! I like the sound of this one a lot!

Can't Stand Losing You - The Police

Red - Daniel Merriweather

No Reply At All - Genesis

Your Redneck Past - Ben Folds Five

Yellow - Coldplay

One Day I'll Fly Away - Randy Crawford