linzijay

Hello and welcome @Deepblue! I also found Mika during a hard time in my life, so I understand the gratitude you feel. 

I hope you have a wonderful time at the concert and enjoy being a part of the MFC 

Hi @willprest, welcome! I hope being a Mika fan keeps helping with your studies, and I’m glad he has such a positive effect on your life.

I hope you enjoy being a part of the MFC!! 

1 hour ago, mellody said:

it's not "Free, I don't know how to do that", as I had thought, but "I don't know how to be me" ...

This particular part was interesting to me, too. It almost changes the whole song for me a little bit (not in a bad way, just something that makes you think).

This is my new favorite of all of Mika’s music videos!! The English translation in the captions was interesting, since some of the lyrics were translated differently compared to what I’ve seen before.

1 hour ago, Arianne921 said:

don't know if I can be able to explain well this concept in English but I hope someone of you can understand what I have intention to say...

I know... I'm not very good to explain my opinion with words...Is better, for me, to draw or speak through drawings and emoticons

Like @QueenBigFat I thought you were very clear and I agree with you! I often have a hard time explaining my opinion with words, too, which surprises me sometimes because I’m a professional writer (not really the emotional or creative kind of writer, though).
 

I like that you mention C’est la vie, because I think AC and CLV are two songs with different themes but a similar approach in using a song that feels uplifting to talk about something that is honestly painful-which I think Mika does a lot, but this album is one of his best in that way.

52 minutes ago, ACG said:

I totally understand the comments raised but my tuppence worth is that this track acknowledges that the world has gone to S*** but he's got us! I view this as a warm hug in the face of disaster. It's not defeatist but comforting.

I agree with this, especially when you consider the somewhat dreamy sound of the song. It still sounds hopeful to me because of that.

There are some situations, like the 2020 lockdowns for example, where I think life changes for the worst so fast and so unexpectedly that we start to feel resigned to what is going on around us and need to find hope wherever we can get it. This song speaks to that feeling for me. It still finds a sliver of goodness where there seems to be nothing left to do but be there for the ones you love.

Going back to what @ACG said, it's like a warm hug in the face of disaster and I honestly think it feels unifying. Even if the song is talking about physical love, the overall feel of the song is much deeper to me. Sometimes love or even passion could be what helps you keep going through a disaster so you can get back to hoping for and fighting for a better future. (I might be overthinking the song at this point, but that's how I feel about it, and I honestly love Apocalypse calypso because it makes me feel uplifted )

How that will translate into the tour and whether it actually will be uplifting or not I wouldn't know, since I have absolutely no experience with Mika concerts, but I'm interested to follow everyone's experiences and see how the shows pan out 

Congrats @TinyLove_CJ and @CharlotteL 

Welcome @apocalypsecalypso! I’m Lindsey from Indiana, USA. You’ve come to the right place to meet others who are passionate about Mika  Have fun in the MFC!!

Hello and @Arianne921! I'm Lindsey from Indiana, USA. I know it's hard to not always fit in with others and MIKA and his music definitely help with that feeling.

3 minutes ago, Arianne921 said:

Well...Many years ago it happened a very strange thing!... In my everyday life I always heard some songs that I loved very much but I have no idea who sang this songs!

This is similar to what happened to me, too! It took me a long time (2021) to discover who MIKA actually was but I heard some of his songs all the time. Now I wish it hadn't taken so long to discover him!

I hope you enjoy being a part of the MFC! 

I never realized no one shared their signed vinyls on here. These are my best images of mine right now (I didn’t take an individual picture of the inner sleeve with the lyrics).

@CharlotteL Your experience reminds me of when I tried to read Oryx and Crake after I heard Mika liked it. I’m think it has a better overall main theme/point than Atlas Shrugged (which I’ve already heard bad things about), but I found it way too distasteful and dark while it was trying to make its point. It was interesting to try to read it, though, even if I couldn’t get myself to finish it.

15 hours ago, holdingyourdrink said:

the quality of this T Shirt seems to be outstanding so far (only washed it once, but it already feels so much more high quality than the others).

15 hours ago, dcdeb said:

But when you have issues like this, please let me know. I pass this sort of info on to Mika's team, so they're aware for when they make the next merch.

I’m sorry to say part of the letter A on my QTTFT shirt is loosening already like on my black FTROS shirt (I actually have part of the A on the sleeve loosening on there just like on the front of the new shirt 😆). Hopefully mine will be an outlier, though. I think I’ve washed it twice already but I’ve been very gentle with it (I haven’t looked at the print on the back lately, but I haven’t noticed any issues).

Honestly I haven’t had many problems with my older MIKA shirts I bought secondhand, it’s only the newer ones I’m having this happen to.

1 hour ago, kreacher said:

lol I did the same when I heard GK in a Nebraska Walmart. It seems his music I had been licensed for grocery store use or something. I heard Popular w/ Ariana there too.

The stores playing those songs isn’t so shocking, but TAY in the USA? Wow, that one does surprise me! 

This grocery store in particular plays pretty interesting music, I actually kept meaning to look up Talk About You and see what it was at the time because I liked it. It took me 5 years to discover Mika after that 

I also heard Staring at the Sun last year, and I think I heard Rain at my local mall way back when it was newish. That’s about it for Mika songs around here, though (so far)!

1 hour ago, linzijay said:

 It’s the same store I think I heard Talk About You at for months back in 2016 

Wow that was some confusing writing  I meant I heard the song for months and months in 2016, just to be clear!

I heard Grace Kelly at my Indiana grocery store today. It’s the same store I think I heard Talk About You at for months back in 2016 when I didn’t know what it was. I got some funny looks from the other customers when I was acting excited about a song playing and recording it. 

1 hour ago, silver said:

It has been pointed out to me that I only seem to like miserable-sounding Christmas songs.

This is my favorite Christmas song right now, it is also miserable and barely a Christmas song.

1 minute ago, Tori13 said:

Do you think there will be a music video for Jane Birkin as well? It's my absolute favourite from the 3 songs already released, I can't explain how but it makes me feel so many emotions at the same time, I feel my heart is about to explode every time I listen to it 

I feel the same way, and I haven’t felt that way about a song in a while 🥰 I feel that there will be a music video since his singles usually seem to have videos that go with them.

1 minute ago, Divera Zilvania said:

How about this?? Another fake account? 

Yes, it is fake. Block and report, especially if it is interacting with you.

51 minutes ago, Hero said:

Poor Amire.. 

Usually these fakes have a dog named MAlachi, this is the first Amire I’ve seen 

On 3/24/2023 at 3:35 PM, linzijay said:

Storms on the Horizon is definitely my favorite so far. It’s so unique and relaxing.

This is still my answer 😁

7 minutes ago, dcdeb said:

Ooops, free associating...  -- no, but really, is it necessary to post the exact same video/photos and text multiple times just because Mika has posted it on Twitter, TikTok, and Instagram... and sometimes Facebook and YouTube, too? I mean, I find it clutters up the thread, and I'm scrolling and scrolling trying to find something new and I see the exact same thing over and over again -- and multiply that when people quote including the videos (as I've done here). Isn't it enough to just post once and then say, he posted it also on the other social media?

I agree with you @dcdeb. Honestly, I find the multiples confusing at times because I think it’s something new but is just the same post from a different platform.

13 minutes ago, Hero said:

 

 A few people have mentioned similarities between CLV, AC and JB. I'm not getting that the songs are the same. To me, there is a thematic similarity, there is a definite sound to them that I think will be distinctive to the album as a whole, for the concept. But they are each their own, individual songs, with their own intentions. 

 

This is how I feel, too. I think there’s an intentional connection through the songs, but not that they are the same, really.

38 minutes ago, crazyaboutmika said:

Translation

 

I am
 Sometimes much too big

Sometimes much too small/little
I often live in the background( litterally erasing myself).
 No matter where I am

 Free, free, free as the air 
Live, live in my own way 
Free, free, I don't know how to do (be) 
 Me, I'm not comfortable in my blue jeans
 I dream of a love the Birkin way
All these looks are killing me 
And I don't dare to get out of the swimming pool 
To live my dream to the end 
I would only like to tell myself that I I don't care/ give a f♡♡♡

 I'm not comfortable in my blue jeans
 I dream of a love the Jane Birkin way

 Tonight I'm a child who is dancing.
 I'm a man who forgets himself
 Never mind if my arms swing 
You make fun of me and you laugh
 Free, free, free as the air 
Live, live in my own way 
Free, free I don't know how to do (be) 
 Me, I'm not comfortable in my blue jeans
 I dream of a love the Birkin way
 All these looks that are killing me
 I don't dare getting out of the swimming pool

 To make my dream come true
 I would just like to tell myself that I don't care
 I'm not comfortable in my blue jeans
 I dream of a love  the Jane Birkin way
  la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la Jane Birkin

 I am not comfortable in my blue jeans
 I dream of a love the Birkin way 
All these looks that are killing me
 I don't dare leave the swimming pool

 To make my dream come true
I would just like to tell myself that I don't care/give a f♡♡♡
 I'm not comfortable in my blue jeans
 I dream of a love like Jane Birkin I'm not comfortable in my blue jeans
 I dream of a love the Birkin way
All these looks that are killing me 
 I dream of a love the Jane Birkin way

Thank you for sharing the lyrics and translation!

It's interesting how MIKA sounds a bit confident and a bit insecure at the same time with these lyrics. This song gives me a lot to think about.

10 minutes ago, mellody said:

Don't understand what he sings (except for the parts we already have), but I like it.  The sound is very French, if that makes sense...? Quite melancholic too. With a dance beat. The melody might be similar to C'est la Vie but still it sounds different. And it's pretty catchy, especially the la la la la part towards the end ... also glad it sounds nothing like that "je t'aime" song by Jane Birkin, as I never liked that. 🙈

So I'm not the only one who heard a slight C'est la vie resemblance, then. I really thought I was overthinking it.

I love the sound (it's almost dreamy like Apocalypse calypso, but in a more energetic way, I suppose?), but I want to know the lyrics so I can fully appreciate it.

I keep dreaming that Mika is having a concert at my house. I think it’s a recurring dream where he has an entire US tour just in my home.

The problem is that having people crowding in my house ends up being pure chaos every time.

It always ends up being so overwhelming and confusing that I never even get to watch Mika perform or meet him at any point in the dream, because I’m running around trying to keep order.

Of course it is hilarious and ridiculous when I wake up, but I’m always very stressed in the dream as it’s happening.

I think the “stage” is the kitchen, which ends up being even more ridiculous than the rest of the dream, as there is definitely no room for a concert in there.