CarolinaAsh

He's so dreamy... and of course married to a freaking model. Story of my life. Married or gay, one of the two. SIGH.

Holy crap, cutest thing I've ever seen in my life.

I was listening to the Cattolica concert, and just heard Ordinary Man right before reading this? ALL THE FEELS GUYS. ALL OF THEM. I am crying at work.

Yeah I wish I looked that cool taking a mirror selfie. I just look sad and stupid lol.

Besides, if he were going to dedicate it to someone wouldn't it be more likely to be the real Carolina? Since she inspired him?

Haha But he's so adorable in it. That's why I made the crack about calling Vogue in his comments.

Just went to see his edit on the instagram pic, and I read a few comments, and wow some are a little... But anyways, I'm not sure if I'm amused that I compared the hat to a squirrel while most everyone else is comparing him to his girls... or a little terrified that people would even consider skinning dogs. Not that I think all of the comments are that but enough for me to think that SOMEWHERE in this world that must actually be a thing.

Lmfao I saw this before the edit. I even commented. Poor Mika.

Girl clear your messages.

True he did. I don't know. The damn man is an enigma wrapped in a riddle coated in mystery. I'm sure everyone has theories as to why he does some of the things he does, but I'm not convinced he even knows lol.

Lol!

Oh lord. Promiseland live is gonna kill me. So good.

Wait I don't see ordinary man on there. Did he improvise? Also how'd you get that sneaky deb? Oh wait prob Periscope. I was at the movies so I didn't get to see live. Can't wait to hear all about it though based on his tweet after!

I dunno... I think it does show Mika. I mean that one with the bird is so Mika based on the reports of his house. And I can see the butt shot and the other one like it being totally him being a spaz. Or demonstrating his yoga poses. The shirtless one seems LEAST Mika to me.

His hair is getting long again! :insert happy jumpy smiley here.: also he posted another of the girls back in London but i... don't know if there's a special way to post these?

Whoa hold up. Mika has a playlist? Where? Spotify? I know there's one on there on his official account that claims to bee all his stuff but it so isn't. Also I will sign as well.

Yes! I love Promiseland, it's my favorite. But I am also partial to the bottom part of Mika's range... no pun intended? I have not heard the original version of Cheerleader but I am sure about to look it up. Also I'm pretty sure I can usually thank the Brits for most of the things I like. I mean, I prefer their news, they have great music, great style, their TV shows are great. I like Canada too but, they gave us Bieber so right now they're in my dog house lol.

And thanks to you I did as well. In fact I rewarded from the beginning this morning at work. I'm hoping someone lovely can translate his prayer before BG because it seemed funny and longer. Also I think it was in the intro to Over My shoulder he had a whole long speech about something?

Ha I agree! Something about the remix is a little slicker and makes me move. I also agree with the bit about the 60s/70s music wrong choice. He mentions these great singer-songwriters as inspiration but I don't see it very much. Once in a while a little hint but not as much as I expected. I really expected some more Carly Simon feel and Fleetwood Mac maybe in the ballads. I think he actually should have looked more towards those who straddled the line of pop and rock back then, like Journey and Boston with a bit of a modern twist. I did however notice something about the current state of "pop music" in the US yesterday while I was running errands, maybe some of you can tell me if it's the same over there. I've noticed most of the top songs right now have a rap aspect. Almost like... soft rap? Not so hard as straight up rap but still with a lot of spoken flow and features of rappers. In fact one song started on the radio and I went, holy crud a Mika song? But no, just the beginning sounded like Mika with horns and a lovely piano melody but it ended up being OMI's Cheerleader, which isn't really rap, but is kinda close. Oddly I think something like Toy Boy would have done decently about now, and Lola maybe. And Lollipop of course but that may be why it's starting to get good exposure here. And even though I like the version with Ariana Grande better the original Popular Song would too. Maybe Mika is ahead of the curve in some ways? Edit: Also just occurred to me in the same vein as British artists doing well with retro sounds so are some here, like Meghan Trainer and Bruno Mars. They had huge hits that were throwbacks to a retro style.

I'm kind of jealous of all of you. I wish I could draw even half as well as any of you!

You are not alone.

I must have missed the part about it being the blog comments. I'm so sorry! Yeah some places online, news and blogs in particular, breed a specific variety of troll that just needs to be exterminated. I hadn't seen that here so I was shocked. And nope, didn't know til yesterday. I hope we're good still Christine? Anytime you need to share anything you can message me. I promise not to hold it against you or call you a bad fan. I actually enjoy thoughtful debate and discussion because it helps me see things differently and often, clearer.

Agree! It's gorgeous and dark and lovely.

I just realized I misspelled embrace as embrass. Lol. Oops. Any way, yes I think a musical would be an amazing thing coming from Mika. I see it as being some sort of mix of like, Rent, Wicked and Avenue Q.

Oh so much to say... Hope I make it through... 1) I will address the mocking comment I made at the end of this as it ties all these posts together. 2) I am glad you left that comment. And that was one bit of snark in the article I was kind of happy to see. 3) I didn't read that last review, sounds like a good thing. He did, kind of. I'd like to think Mika is not desperate, based purely on the ways he has handled himself professionally over the years. The immaturity? Heck Mika owns up to that himself and I love it about him. We all need to embrass our inner child once in a while, it's what makes life worth living. On that note: I will clarify exactly what I mean at the end of this post... I am incredibly flummoxed right now. I feel like I hit some kind of button I didn't even know was there and now it's all... bad. I also really very seriously feel like other people's issues are being projected upon me, and that really makes me mad. I don't like being told how to feel any more than anyone else does, so to automatically jump to conclusions and make assumptions about how I might react to something based on past experiences with other people is pretty insulting and frustrating. Everyone has a right to their own feelings and opinions. Just because someone doesn't like something doesn't make them bad. Just like someone liking something doesn't make them foolish. I apparently have not seen that dark, bashing, side of the fans yet because so far everyone I've met with the exception of Christine has been fine sharing opinions and agreeing to disagree. So I'm sorry for whatever jaded you Christine, but please don't project that person's mean-ness on me. Actually it's pretty clear you shared your opinion except in a round about way so as to make it negative. That's not fair to you either. I wish you could feel comfortable sharing but it seems you won't so instead I will just apologize. I am sorry that you feel that way. I hope in the future you will remember this moment and realize I won't judge you for an unpopular opinion. Lord knows I have enough of them myself. Friends? That said, like I've been saying, I'll address what I said again at the end here... It is very nice to see that they do think he has potential. Even this guy praised Origin of Love. It would be interesting to see him go in a different direction, but that road is so very very hard. Pop music is called pop for a reason, also I really think that's where his heart is. He already does it in such a unique way compared to other popstars. I really enjoy the layered-ness of some of the songs with the classical influence. It would be interesting to see him eventually, years in the future maybe? Do a kind of... best of, re-imagining, of some of his most well known songs in different styles. It's one of the reasons I like the Scott Bradlee's Post Modern Jukebox group. Okay, here goes. Explanation time. It is entirely possible that when I commented I explained myself very poorly. I went with the first thing in my mind and it was a poor choice of words. I did not mean that the reviewer was bitter, I meant that some of the words and phrases used had the same sort of connotation as tasting something bitter. I also do believe there was some mocking, but on re-reading it I believe it was mostly aimed at Mika's management. Kind of a "tsk tsk, you have this gold mine waiting why aren't you trying to work with it?" Over all I do believe the review was very good for Mika, it definitely complimented his talents, and even complimented his poorest performing album. That's definitely not someone who hates Mika, and sure, when it comes to Mika as a person, and his music, the review was very fair. I even agree with the vast majority of it. I do think there is a difference between TOOL and NPIH, clearly, as far as emotional maturity. But I also realize TOOL was largely done at a very dark time for him, so that can definitely influence things. I also agree with the reviewer that the ballads drag the record off tracks at times. And at the risk of finding out why Christine is so against voicing her opinion... I must say I am not that big a fan of Talk About You, I'm just not. Sure it feels sometimes like I could have written it about him, but after hearing the whole album all I can say to Mika's management is "wtf?" Oh well, and really the only "ballads" I like are "Good Guys" and "Good Wife." Although I don't see any of those as really ballads. Porcelain I cannot stand, I appreciate the lyric mostly, and the sentiment, but I am not a fan of his tone while singing it. Now, all that said and explained I'm hoping we can all still be friends and agree to disagree on what songs are awesome and stuff, and agree that Mika is amazing and talented? Yes? Please?