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  1. holdingyourdrink
    And you know what? I have been trying to learn French for a year now. Once I tell the francophone fans when I see them at concerts, they are 100% willing to be patient with me when I’m struggling to say something and are all willing to help me. There is so much kindness when learning eachother’s languages!
  2. holdingyourdrink
    This is what I had in my mind, but I couldn’t word it as eloquently as you just did, so thank you! It’s for a non-French speaker quite easy to make mistakes with the liaisons. Especially when they are not consonant dependent but pronunciation dependent
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    You need to tell Mika this, because to him he has many French “zero’s” as heroes!
  4. holdingyourdrink
    The famous liaison that has so many exceptions! Like “les heros” and “les zeros”
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    It is a very honest interview where he was left very vulnerable. I have to admit I usually don’t take the time to look at all his interviews (both filmed or written) he has done. I only skim through to get an impression. But from all the impressions of interviews I have gotten, I haven’t seen interviews like this again (like you said, in other interviews he is more emotionally detached compared to this one). He felt safe enough to open up like that, just like in the shooting with Peter Lindbergh - not just the photoshoot, but especially the music video for Last Party. And good night! Dear me, that’s late!!
  6. holdingyourdrink
    Lindbergh is just a tiny tiny part of it, but the whole interview is interesting and gives you a different energy from his “normal”interviews.
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    If you have the time, you really should watch “Le Divan” (it’s an hour long in depth interview, he became good friends with the interviewer after that). He speaks shortly about making the Last Party video with Peter Lindbergh and how Peter had the talent to allow him (and anyone else in front of his lens) to feel safe and allow themselves to show their vulnerability:
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    It is sold out!! I just went on the Ticketmaster website and only resale tickets are offered! This is amazing!! I knew “my” city wouldn’t let me down ❤️
  9. holdingyourdrink
    I think this is very likely, because the World Cup Rugby Final is the 28th of October (just did a quick google search) and if it’s like previous times, filming for the Voice is in November. Let’s not forget the promo and working on the artwork for the new album! Busy man!
  10. holdingyourdrink
    I can’t get “à bientôt in your speedo” not out of my head now. Speedos is what it is from now on!
  11. holdingyourdrink
    Yes, it’s a hygiene measurement. But I believe very tight shorts are also allowed. They also give too much information, though Either way, I have no desire to see anyone in speedos, not even Mika (sorry @TinyLove_CJ)
  12. holdingyourdrink
    Which means we will never see him swimming in Belgian pools. Speedos are mandatory there
  13. holdingyourdrink
    Haha! This is the first time I hear him speak French with an English pronunciation, usually he speaks English with a French pronunciation when doing a French interview
  14. holdingyourdrink
    Yes this actually happened at Caribana Festival in June 2022 and to clarify: I wanted to get out of the way to make room, but there was no space and people were pushing. I had no intention of touching him (still don’t: to me he’s like the queen, you don’t touch him unless he touches you, you know?), but he had no choice but to kind of bodycheck me… Needless to say I got my answer if the fabric of his suit was soft (it was!) and secondly, I got a full on Mika experience during a pandemic, who can say that!?!
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    The adorable thing? He’s very humble about it. I have noticed when people tell him all the amazing things his work has enabled them to do, he gives them a shy smile and at one point even said “well, I’m glad that I could play a very tiny part in your journey, but I think you would have gotten there by yourself any way.” I think it was the M&G in Bristol where he said that. But it holds true for any other time people come up to him and tell him their story.
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    @QueenBigFat, thank you for sharing. It is wonderful to read how connected you are with yourself again. With a part of you that has been tucked away, but resurfaced due to his work. I’m very glad that you found him and this community! And that you found a safe space here ❤️
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    I had made a transcript for those who couldn’t acoustically fully understand what he said. There is a lot of noise in the background, so here you go: “This is something I look forward to every year. We are backstage and it’s a very glamorous backstage - it’s not very glamorous, but this is very glamorous! [shows yearbook] …and it’s full of heart and that’s why I love it. It was a really good show! A very powerful show. Now I have to tell you that I already saw a hint of this cover and it blew my mind, because you guys had no idea about the piano and you came up with it on your own. And it was insane synchronicity as my thoughts and my process started. It’s a huge compliment to have something like this happen. It’s a coincidence….’cause it’s not a coincidence. It’s a really beautiful thing to happen, so thank you with all my heart. Just for the cover! I haven’t even opened it, but I already find it beautiful. I have this impression that every single year the art just gets better and the drawings get better and the quality of the drawings get better and better and better. And I just want you to know that it doesn’t go unnoticed. And you guys have pictures that I don’t have! So… I am going to go through this properly, but I really want to thank you in advance and I will probably mention it again later. Thank you very much with all my heart, you are the best. And I’m a very lucky man to have so much love and creativity surrounding me. From a distance and very close. So thank you for all your hard work and investment. Your tiredness, your traveling, your tickets, your airline tickets, your drawings… but more than anything your love and creativity. Thank you.”
  18. holdingyourdrink
    And @CharlotteLand @linzijay, I really loved reading your stories and your version of how Mika opened your mind to things that were always there…just hidden inside of you all this time. But it came to expression and that is such a beautiful thing.
  19. holdingyourdrink
    Thank you, but I am not sure if it’s victorious per sé. It’s been a natural outlet to what felt like unanswered questions in my life, if that makes any sense? Like I mentioned in the other topic when we started talking about this: creativity begets creativity. I feel Mika’s work just gave me the right nudge to allow myself to be creative again. Doesn’t take away from the fact that I’m a total fangurl though! Which means he is embarrassingly often the victim of my doodles. It’s my way of giving back. My form of a tiny love. Thank you! And you know what? After I have discovered his work more and even have seen him live now many times, I keep expanding my colour palette. Not just in my own life: but when I’m drawing him as well. I feel that this is his superpower, one that he probably didn’t anticipate on, but ultimately the reality to us fans.
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    Love that you have decided to start this thread. If you allow me, I’d love to dive into it right away. I think this mostly applies to me. I come from a very emancipated and immigrant household where education is everything and was absolutely the main focus growing up. I have been raised with the idea that in order to excel and to succeed, distractions were not allowed if they would possibly hurt my education. The best metaphor I can find is that I was only allowed to be one colour, in order to succeed and to excel. And that one colour was my education. I used to draw for fun. It was my meditation. But I had given up on it when I was 17, because life happened. I had put this part of me away. For almost 20 years. Then BAM a pandemic happened and my incredibly efficient constructed life just kind of went POOF. In the meantime my life was still very busy, but different. So the one colour I had chosen to be, was kind of established and settled in my life. I had already reached the point where I had succeeded and excelled. One day during the start of pandemic I heard Mika on the radio in a frantic pandemic supermarket craziness, it was “Relax” and although I knew the song, it’s the first time I really started listening while witnessing the bizarre situation in front of me unfold. I decided to look him up and dove into a whole discovery of not just his entire discography, but also the rest of his work. That day I also decided to start drawing again. Long story short: his music and his work have opened my mind, to not only acknowledge but also honour all sides of me. Including my artistic side. It allowed me to see myself in all the colours that I am and to BE colourful. And to be proud of that. It allowed me to connect the dots that have always been there, his work just opened my eyes to it. I now feel very enriched in all aspects of my life. I don’t really share my doodles on the forum, but I do so on my Instagram profile. In case anyone is curious.
  21. holdingyourdrink
    Makes perfect sense. Can’t wait to see him back as a coach!
  22. holdingyourdrink
    How likely is it he will do a second date right after?
  23. holdingyourdrink
    There are many things about Mika’s stories and work that resonate with me, which made me a fan in the first place. However, this point seems to be resonating with many of us and it is a small part of what makes this not “just” a fanclub, but a community of kindred spirits. And it’s a beautiful thing. However, how much I *can* be transported back into my 14 year old self again, I am just as much reminded that I am responsible for my own happiness and I cannot blame my bullies for being unhappy nor for feeling like an outsider or weirdo. Today I am a very proud weirdo and I completely own my weirdness (yes it’s weird to just be drawing one face all the time, but I don’t care!). And this community gives me the safe space where I can do this and to feel accepted. So thank you ❤️
  24. holdingyourdrink
    I really loved this reaction as well, it was such a nice surprise and the fact that the show contacted him is actually really sweet, I don’t think it has been done before? Good research! They must’ve had some Mika fans working in production!
  25. holdingyourdrink
    Speaking from own experience as a bullied person as well, this is unfortunately true. Those who know me know that I’m very outgoing and actually quite open, but in certain crowds that could intimidate me I completely shut down. I am transferred back into my 14 year old self and although it’s been a long time, my first reaction is still the same. I just hide it better now.
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