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  1. I'm watching the European Figure Skating Championships this week, it's in Kaunas and the DJ in the arena is always playing a song after each skate to fill the "break" as usual. Yesterday during the men's final, I suddenly heard a very familiar tune and the most beautiful voice started singing the words "is it really necessary every single day...". I was so happy and started singing for myself at home because it's really rare to hear Rain somewhere and I love the song! Later he also played Relax. Good music taste!
  2. I saw people ranking the songs so I wanted to share my personal current ranking after being addicted to the album for 5 days: 1. Je Sais Que Je T'aime 2. Moi, Andy Et Paris 3. Passager 4. Bougez 5. Jane Birkin (grew on me a lot lately) 6. 30 Secondes (this one also) 7. Touche Touche (used to be in my top 5 but I guess now I prefer JB and 30s) 8. Apocalypse Calypso (from 8. to 10., it's pretty even to me tbh) 9. Amour Pirate 10. Doucement 11. C'est La Vie (I'm really sorry, I like the "EMD" bridge but otherwise, it's not my cup of tea musically) 12. Sweetie Banana (it's not bad but tbh, I do skip it sometimes also after Lollipop and Ice Cream... I don't trust Mika singing about bananas If that makes me go to the NC, it's all Mika's fault.) It's still impressive that I like all the songs in the top 10, only the last two I skip sometimes when I'm listening multiple times... I think that's great considering it's a French album.
  3. Thank you, I'll definitely use it! I need this kind of alternative lyrics for all the songs.
  4. The album is so good! I shouldn't be surprised but my expectations were quite low to be honest, I didn't like the first singles that much and even though I don't mind a few French songs, I've never listened to a French album before. I thought I will only enjoy a few songs but it's really growing on me, I can't stop listening to it since yesterday and the songs are getting better. That's so unexpected for me, but it seems the Mika magic it's there, even though I don't understand most of the lyrics. I'm also really grateful Mika did these reels about each song so I get the meaning a bit better, it makes it easier to get an idea about the songs.
  5. Bougez officially made it from one of my least favourite songs to my top 5!
  6. Same but I think I will end up buying it anyway I really like the artwork and there are a couple of great songs I do enjoy even without understanding the lyrics (or at least most of them). can relate I see most of us share the same favourite songs, so far I like Je sais que je t'aime, Moi, Andy et Paris and Passager the most. Touche Touche is my favourite upbeat song. The second half of the album is really strong. As usual, the singles are some of my lesser favourites...
  7. Tbh, I didn't like the song at first but I have to admit it grew on me a lot and now I'm starting to enjoy it. It's not my favourite one but a really good opener. And I think it will be great live!
  8. Mika and Amira :cloud:

    This made my day. 

     

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  9. I really like this song, it has a different vibe than most of the other songs, less upbeat, more calm and dreamy.
  10. That's my favourite part of the snippet! This song sounds very catchy, it's probaby not the deepest one on the album lyrically, but I think I will enjoy it because you don't need to understand the lyrics to dance to it. Also, it would make a good single imo. It's already stuck in my head.
  11. There's a Mika for everyone...

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  12. Czech music website informing about Mika's new French album: https://musicserver.cz/clanek/72144/mika-nahral-sve-prvni-francouzsky-zpivane-album/ They are also mentioning Mêlée des Chœurs and the Rugby World Cup performance. (Although it's a bit of a stretch to write that besides English, French and Italian, he also speaks Spanish... )
  13. I don't speak French but it's the same in Spanish. So it's probably common for all Romance languages. Actually, now when I'm thinking about it, even in Czech you would say "give me your hand" without "your" (sounds very strange with it, you usually only have your own hands anyway, it's also a common mistake in translations from English/German) so maybe it's rather something typical for Germanic languages. (Sorry, I studied linguistic and translation so I always think too much about these things... )
  14. Tbh, in winter it sometimes feels like there is no sunrise at all as there is not enough light in the morning or even during the day...
  15. That's indeed a thing I don't have to worry about, no matter how explicit the French lyrics are, I will never feel uncomfortable listening to it because I don't really care or know what he is singing in French... Even after reading the lyrics and knowing what's the song about, when I'm listening to it, I can't match the meaning with the words I'm listening to as I've never even learned French so for me it's just the sound of the language I hear without any meaning. My favourite French song from Mika is BBB btw. The only lyrics I know are obviously boum boum boum and tequila.
  16. I agree, I love how sweet and soft his voice sounds. C'est la vie is definitely more profound lyrically, but musically speaking, I prefer the melody and Mika's voice in AC. Same!
  17. I feel the same way so far! I like the verses and especially the pre-chorus more than the chorus. I think it will be harder for me to get into these new songs because usually the lyrics help, but with French songs it's just the music for me.
  18. I won't take part as I both can't sing and also don't speak French which is a deadly combination... But why are there only a few countries to choose from in the form? A lot of countries are missing.
  19. PART 2 OF MY REPORT (Mika!): Finally, the best part is coming! As I mentioned in part 1, this was the only (and my very first) festival I visited this summer and I haven't watched many videos from the other ones as I prefer to be surprised during the show but of course I still saw some photos of the stage from other gigs. The set was only 1 hour 15 minutes so I was expecting a more regular setlist with all the mandatory hit songs and also Live Your Life because of Spain. I wasn't quite sure about C'est La Vie but I thought he will probably sing it as it is his latest single. Other than that, I didn't expect many songs I haven't heard live before. The show started with Love Today and the intro where you see only Mika's silhouette holding the big flower against the red background, singing the first verse of the song – it was impressive and set the mood from the beginning! The atmosphere was really great. Later during the chorus, Mika run to the front of the catwalk and we could finally see him clear, in his green glitter suit, glowing and smiling like always. I really missed him! The energy, the dancing, the smile... I was so happy to see him again. Then he started to talk in Spanish. I did expect him to speak a little bit of Spanish but he said he is going to speak only Spanish tonight which was quite surprising but I didn't mind – I do understand Spanish but I also have to admit that his Spanish is very Italian so sometimes I struggled a bit more than with Spanish people speaking Spanish. However, his speeches were always very short with a clear message so it wasn't complicated to understand what he means even if he spoke with Italian accent or rather espaliano. I also had a feeling that he usually speaks far more at regular gigs, I wasn't sure if it's usual for him to speak less at festivals (I only saw him at his "solo concerts" so far) or if he kept it shorter and simple because of the language but at least there was time for more songs in those 75 minutes. During Origin of Love, the second song if I remember correctly, we took part in the fan action with the pink and green hearts. Unfortunately, nobody in our closest surrounding was having the hearts but we saw some fans on the left side of the catwalk and Mika did notice the fan action and took one of the hearts too, so I guess it was quite a success. A few songs later, Mika changed to a pink suit to match the dress code "pink power", as he commented. He started to sing Big Girl and after a while, he entered the crowd on the right side of the podium and then walked towards the rear rows. As I mentioned before, we were standing near the barrier at the left corner of the catwalk so he was quite far away and we couldn't see him in the crowd. But of course we were still enjoying the song. Towards the end of it, he was coming back to the stage and suddenly we realized he is coming our way! He really passed by, right next to us and I could touch the sleeve of his suit (I would never grab him in such a situation so I only gently touched the corner of the fabric for a moment to make sure it is real and this is really happening right now ). The fabric felt really nice and very comfortable. When he started to sing Overrated, I was really happy because I've never heard the song live and it's so great! And I wasn't sure if he will have time for any less famous songs during his shorter setlist so it was a nice treat. Then he also sang Rain – I absolutely love this song and I only heard it in Paris before with the symphonic orchestra but the mood of the slower version is very different – and I couldn't be happier at that moment because this song is really my all-time favourite (of course, there are many all-time favourites when it comes to Mika ) and hearing the studio version live was a dream coming true. I love to dance to this song, it's such a bop! Now I want to listen to Rain again but I have to focus and finish this report first... I was on cloud nine so I didn't even mind when Mika started singing Yoyo, the only song I'm still not a fan of, even though I would definitely prefer Tiny Love which he unfortunately had to skip. He sang Live Your Life as I expected but neither Lollipop, nor C'est La Vie. But at that time, I already felt too spoiled to complain. Even though the setlist was shorter than usual and some songs were missing, the concert didn't feel too short. I felt so grateful afterwards and I think it was one of the best Mika gigs I've ever been to (but to be honest, I would probably say the same after every Mika gig if you have asked me... ). We waited for a while after the gig, finally seeing other MFCers near the stage but quickly realized he is probably not coming out later as we saw mellody going backstage with the yearbook. So we only greeted her and went back to our hostel as we were really exhausted after about 6-7 hours of sightseeing and at least 6 more hours of waiting for Mika – on that day we really spent about 18 hours on our feet. But it was all worth it and it's another jewel in my collection of Mika experiences.
  20. Today they even sent an email with the link to the form and there is a photo of Mika!
  21. Btw, on the website of Brava Madrid, there is a link to a Google form where you can choose the artists you want to see next year (Mika is there too!). Just go to https://bravamadrid.com/ and click here: (the form is in Spanish but it's easy, you just have to choose the artists you like from the list – and you have to choose at least one of the Spanish artists too)
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