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Haha, I posted “jumping between different timezones”. It would’ve been even better, had the guy in the animation jumped like the “Relax” jump, but alas 🙃

I can hold your drink, too. You may need it.

Dear Mika, it’s only the third day 🙈 I am holding my breath (and my drink) for day 10 🙊

Your introduction is lovely. I love that they played Origin of Love during your wedding ceremony ❤️ That is very special! Good you got to see Mika right before Covid happened 🌸

Age is just a number 😉 welcome!!

More fans from Germany! Herzlichen wilkommen ☺️ I live in “der Stadt met K” 😉 and we’re all Mika crazy here, so you’re in good company!

“I want to break free” gets a whole different meaning now 😆

Haha, when does he ever do what we suggest him to do 🙈🤣 I think he will just chill and sleep in. It’s been a busy couple of months, maybe a bit of downtime will do him good. Though I’m afraid after two days he’s like “ok, now what?” 🤣

I also think he will refine his tea making skills and may even bake the occasional cookie to get the Martha Stewart experience.

So who of you think Mika will pick up a new hobby during quarantine and if so, what will it be? I think he would consider for 2 seconds to pick up knitting, but due to logistical difficulties (he can’t go to the store to get the materials) he realizes it will never happen.

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This gives a whole new dimension to the “I feel 18 again” (what he mentioned now that he is writing again). If he is used to living in big houses, it then truly feels like back to basic in a small apartment. My first apartment I lived in was similar in size and it was my “rite to adulthood”. I think back of it fondly and the time I had spent there. Everything was just adapted to a one person household, it gives a lot of clarity and there is not a constant chaos, which frees your mind for other (creative) processes. He seems to have found it there. Haha I was thinking the same! “Is it the same apartment we’re talking about!?”

I just love his enthusiasm. It just spats of the screen! Wish I could see it all in person.

Wish I lived in Paris ❤️ I would love to walk around and see all the beautiful artwork brighten the streets.

That is very true. Especially what you say about this; And then when you have the liberty to decompress your brain, that is a luxury we don’t give ourselves time to do in the fast paced society that we’re in. Didn’t you also find it liberating? I was actually slowly breathing for the first time in maybe years during the first lockdown, so to say. I LOVED it that we didn’t “have” or “should” do anything. The realization a lot of things are trivial, was a big eye opener. But... with a time of complete decompression, there also comes the moment of complete boredom 😆 and I personally compensated that by being incredibly active in other things (drawing, learning Italian, playing the piano again, going on more runs because I HAVE TO GET OUT 🤣). Him immersing himself in work is maybe also part of who he is, and maybe he’s always this busy normally, but I can also understand there was maybe a need for him to counteract that moment of absolute lockdown.

You’re right! The Canadian show! I hope they do it from a different perspective in the Italian one and add new elements in there or surprising things Fans didn’t know yet ☺️ Maybe more of a backstage look to SCM?? ☺️ Looking forward to it very much though. Why are you surprised he’s taking part in a show like that? I actually think it’s perfect, because he’s had a career that is worth of such a show. I can imagine him not doing it maybe 5-6 years ago. I think it’s also a good marketing move, since the whole music industry has been destabilized and can’t promote itself it usually would with concerts etc, it’s a way for him to stay in the minds of people and to remind existing fans, that he’s still there. Maybe it hasn’t been a conscious decision, but timing is perfect.

I love your little analyses after interviews. So of course I’m here to dive right in with you 😆 For all of us fans, a lot of things Mika does is very relatable to us - in whatever little way possible. Like how he told the story about his first encounter with Ida. I could just imagine that his eyes would widen in complete awe. It goes to show how he perceived this particular event different from maybe the majority of people (how many would’ve thought “oh man that’s arrogant”, for example?) and how seeing the beauty in this moment opened him up for a beautiful friendship. And that reminds me of my oldest son, we can walk the same path but he will always point out the things that are not obvious to me, but beautiful to him. Perspective changes things. A positive perspective opens doors, always. Especially in these times we shouldn’t rob ourselves the opportunity to such experiences. I actually think it is exactly as you say. His life’s routine changed to something that is more like any other’s during lockdown. The way we think his life is extraordinary, it just goes to show he thinks the same way about our little domestic lives 🤣 I think that’s precious, because from superstars (in general, not specifically Mika) you could maybe suspect that our lives (and therefore we as people) are incredibly boring to them. Mika continuously appreciates life and isn’t number by it all. It is something I believe is very important to him (always see the beauty in things, isn’t that is life motto?). I thought it was interesting to read this. Because of course everyone was being destabilized during this pandemic, but I thought that him living the irregular life he has with all of these different projects going on simultaneously, it was just another project change for him. Now how I understand him talking about this: his coping mechanism was to immerse himself completely in work - we know how much he did in 2020 and continues to do still now here in the beginning of 2021. He’s always been incredibly active and focused, otherwise he wouldn’t be where he is now artistically and professionally speaking, but even he felt destabilized! He’s human after all 😆 Oh my, do you have hoarder tendencies 🤣 during lockdown I actually made it a mission to reduce reduce reduce. It took a pandemic to make me organize and realize this though (although there’s always a reorganizing element with three kids running around). There is a term in Feng Shui (the art of free flow of energy in your living/work spaces), my mom always reminds me to “clear my clutter”! If Mika doesn’t cling onto things, I guess it means he lives by this in his professional life: to make room for new, you have to get rid of old that is blocking your flow of energy to be able to create etc.

That sounds like a lovely episode to watch out for!! I can’t wait! It sounds a bit like “Le Divan” but then more career focused.

Been listening to this album on repeat 🌸 all day! Secretly hoping he will do a similar announcement for I ❤️ Beirut. But in the meantime, I am going to swoon over this one 🥰

Hee Renate! Nog een dutchie op het forum! Ik ben zelf geboren en getogen in Amsterdam 💪🏽🎉 top stad 😉 En Mika in het Concertgebouw of Carré zou echt geweldig zijn, daar heb je absoluut gelijk in. Heb je daar contacten? Of ga je gewoon op goed geluk contact met ze opnemen en hopen op het beste? Ik duim met je mee!!! Groetjes, Michelle

Hier in deze post zie je veel links naar video’s, zelfs een link naar het hele concert:

Yay weer wat berichten hier! 🎉 was het jullie gelukt het Versailles concert te zien?

I will watch it for the third time next week, I can’t wait to discover and feel something new about this concert. But everything you described, I agree!!

I thought the same!!! He rented the apartment with the piano 🤣 how he got rid of the neighbour is more worrying to me 🤪

The picture is from before he went to Italy summer 2020, I believe. Remember the IG story he posted with this jacket on? Same hair same jacket. And the English translation is also confusing to me and not clear wether he is renting the apartment above right now or back in March. But if he’s writing music for his 6th album then it must be now, because he wasn’t writing anything during the first lockdown, his own words. Does this mean he isn’t going to Montreal?