Alexandra1

I made a translation, sorry my english is not so good. It is also a bit weird as you don't have the questions in the soundcloud recording (except for the one about inspiration), only Mika's answers.. Anyway, here is my translation It is one of my favorite festivals in France. Also it’s… In the U.S., it is called a shed, a baseball shed. It is like a kind of amphitheater, in the summer, it feels great for an artist to have such a contact with the public all around, almost at 360°, well 180… Hmmm. Yes it’s great, it’s like a circus. I am a bit confused by the accent, this is the only thing, to me it sounds like the accent from Quebec. Everybody gets upset when I say that and I don’t know why because both accents are beautiful. No they are very warmhearted and fabulous as an audience, they completely take part in the show, they sing, they dance. I already write in French, I already have 3 songs in French for the new album, in addition to the other songs that I have already written for the album in English and well I have fun when I sing in French. It is like being two persons at the same time, it allows a lot of musical possibilities. Being able to sing in French is really a great pleasure. This time, the album is different. It sounds very pop but also very original (he says “organique” in French.. not quite sure what he means sorry) as the 70s or 60s pop albums. And I am truly excited about that because in my opinion, when you think about “organique” music, most people immediately think about folk and stuff like that but I think that doing a very very pop album but which would not be overproduced is very exciting, I like it. It is something new because the last album I made was very much produced, and well now of course I am doing the opposite. I think that there are so many melodies in the songs, this is how I work, I put one melody on top of another. I can also do it on stage, it is not only dance music to which you only have to press play, no, we are musicians, we play everything, we sing everything and yes.. it does work pretty well on stage. You said you had difficulties finding the inspiration for your last album. What about your next album ? Was it easier to find the inspiration ? I found inspiration quite easily. I don’t know why but I am not the one who has to find the reason why. I don’t ask myself too many questions, when I feel like I can do it, I put great efforts into it otherwise it would be foolish and I would be wasting my time. If I have changed? Well, I changed my Shampoo. Aside from this, no. You don’t change, you become… well I know I am very lucky to be doing what I do in my life. I have a huge freedom. I’ll turn 30 in 6 days, I was eleven when I got my first job in classical music, on the London Royal Opera stage in London and now, next week I’ll be 30, I have been on tour or recording for almost 9 years, I know that… I think to myself… I pinch myself… I think waouh, merde… I feel privileged. I think you have to evolve, not necessarily to change. You may change but when people ask me wether I’ve changed, I always feel like they are looking for something negative. I like the program tonight, I appreciate the artist who will play, Asaf Avidan, and of course I know some of his songs very well but I like the fact that an Israelite and a Lebanese share a stage tonight, in Colmar, thank you for that privilege, it’s cool. Yesterday, Sziget in Budapest, tonight Colmar and two days ago, I was at the Faroe Islands, so 3 shows. In the Faroe Islands, 35 % of the population came to the show. I am delighted to be here for the third time, thank you very much, I have to get prepared.

Eeek... Oh, please, I hope he'll never go that far

Thank you so much for your report !!! Seems like it was a very intimate gig indeed, must have been so great !! and you even met Melachi, that's awesome !!!!

Hey I would like to thank tiibet and suzie for their reports... can't wait to hear more, if possible, and to see more, if possible of course !!! Awww MEEEEEKs !!! he is just too cute imo I have nothing against the ear ring !

Hey Tiibet !! thank you so much for sharing ! Aww I am so happy to see Melachi, all grown up and she seems to be such an adorable dog !!! Ok, now I completey about Mika's dog ! Can't wait to here more about this gig !

En même temps !

coucou ça veut dire you miss me I miss you ça veut dire tu me manques...

But I have to admit... "silver planet" would actually not be that bad... I mean as lyric in this song... yes it would ??? ok sorry..

OHHHH :roftl::roftl: I've just looked it up in the dictionnary... At least, I've learned a new word tonight !!I'd mingled it with "blade"... which could have made sense.. btw, I've just listened to it again and focused really hard.. well now I hear "on a silver PLANET !!"

What's wrong with silver bladder ?? I've always heard that too NEver checked the writtn lyrics though...

this thread is so much fun !! I've misheard a lot of lyrics in Mika's songs actually... In love today, I always sung "well you ain't gonna TASTE no other" lol instead of "tease"... and even with the written lyrics, I kept the taste habit ! edit and "we BUY each other" instead of BITE in stuck in the middle...