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On 12/16/2023 at 5:28 PM, Anna Ko Kolkowska said:

I am not sure if this video with 15 minutes interview for Europe 1 has been posted.

 

https://fb.watch/oZy4fb07vk/

I had been looking for this video because I came across it a few days ago and wanted to watch it again.

I liked Mika's description of what "maison"

(home) means to him. He said it's inside his head and includes, among other things, the stage, his dogs, preparing a big concert, a supermarket, a discussion with his sister, choosing fabric (I guess for his outfits), preparing meatballs and . . . tomato sauce (my favorite). 😊

Mika also said that it truly warmed his heart that venues for a show promoted with a French title sold out so fast in the UK (and Ireland, I would add).

I'm not on TikTok but I admit this version is easier to read than the Instagram video 

3 hours ago, CharlotteL said:

Scusate per disturbare il vostro Thread italiano

Ma anch'io sono confusa che l'album non riceva molta promozione in Italia. La radio in Italia non suona musica in oltre lingue di Italiano o Inglese in generale?

Perché in Germania per esempio sono piú canzoni Francese che in Inghilterra almeno da artisti molto famosi come Stromae,... e ho pensato che è la stessa cosa in Italia. E specialmente Mika è un artista molto conosciuto e amato in Italia.

Non posso credere che la ragione è una rivalità antica.

Proprio oggi ho dato uno sguardo alla classifica dei top 30  album ascoltati in Italia su Spotify e iTunes. Spotify aveva solo 5 album stranieri, mi pare Buble', Travis Scott, Mariah Carey, Swift e Peter Gabriel. ITunes ne aveva un po' di più ( per es Pink Floyd) ma erano sempre pochi e in lingua inglese. Credo che in Italia non si ascolti molta musica in francese ( forse giusto Stromae?) però qualcuno che ascolta più musica di me dovrebbe rispondere.

Appena e' uscito il nuovo album di Mika è apparso in classifica di iTunes  Italia in una buona posizione ( 14°) ma poi è sparito. Immagino che le radio potrebbero fare di più se volessero.

Spero tanto che a Lucca Mika ci canti molte delle sue nuove canzoni. ❤  

Just now, silver said:

 

2026?  I know they start booking artists early but ....

 

I'm sure they will correct it soon

Even the day's wrong

Yomika has wrong info for the July 26 show in France. It  says "July 25 2026" but when you click on the website "July 26 2024" appears.

I listened to the RFM interview understanding a lot of it (knowing what Mika said on other occasions helps) but I have a question about the part where Mika is asked about Italy.

I understood that he says that for a long time he had wanted to record an album in French since ha has a special relationship with France and he finally decided to go ahead with the project, not caring about the potential risks. Then the interviewer suggests that he could put out an album in Italian as well. Mika doesn't actually reply to this ( in other interviews he has said that singing in Italian is not so simple for him) but I think answers that his new album has aroused interest in various countries, for example Japan, but not so much in Italy; he comments that even the UK has shown greater interest ( in the new album?) than Italy, which shares a border with France. And he can't explain why.

Have I understood correctly?

5 hours ago, mellody said:

 

Cool, thanks! Do you have a link to that sub page? I can't find it on their homepage.

https://untoldency.de/jules-annual-review-monotonous-or-fulfilling-how-i-spent-a-hole-year-listening-to-just-one-artist/

You'll have to scroll down a bit

A writer of this German website likes Mika's new album 😊

In my wish list:

sentire Mika cantare "Je sais que je t'aime" con l'orchestra di Sanremo

15 minutes ago, Prisca said:

It's interesting, but the private lives of Mika's family and friends are not actually discussed in the forum...

I've deleted the info

6 hours ago, Gabry74 said:

Ciao, Lucca sarà l'unica data italiana, ma è stato un delirio riuscire a prendere i posti. Fino a pochi minuti prima, la cartina dava il parterre in piedi davanti, ma così non era. I posti migliori erano nella platea gold. Il resto: tribune numerate e posti in piedi dietro. Io sono riuscita a prendere miracolosamente un posto in prima fila, fronte palco, ma non per le mie amiche. Per loro ho trovato una terza e una quarta fila. Spero di riuscire a prendere posti migliori anche per loro. C'è ancora molto tempo e chissà... Incrocio le dita! 

Io non sono abituata a prenotare posti ai concerti quindi ho dovuto ripetere la procedura lunedì mattina quando ho commesso qualche errore. ( Meno male che dovevo prendere servizio a scuola solo  alle 11!) Però quando quando mi sono collegata alle 10.02 erano già spariti i posti nelle prime file. Alla fine ho preso 3 posti Gold in fila 9 sezione B perché non ho fatto in tempo x fila 8. Pazienza 🙂

Can't see it either 🙁

1 hour ago, Mikasister said:

Not Mika with a cat but a cat with the vinyl and Mika's signature 

You took the pic at exactly the right moment!  🐈🐈🐈

3 minutes ago, lormare73 said:

 

I think it's the same house we are seeing lately both in Mika and Andy Instagram. 

When Mika stands up at the end of the song  I think you can see the blue tiles on the kitchen wall that we can see in the last Andy story ( happy eggs) and in Mika story with the Bruxelles sprouts. 

I think this house is definitely in Uk, but who knows where 

Didn't Mika and his siblings buy one of  the houses where they used to live ( in London)? Maybe the pics and video were taken there.

The author must really appreciate Mika, otherwise why would he have written such a  detailed article. 😊

On the other hand, since Mika said there were

" complicated" reasons for learning Greek, that doesn't sound like it's for a TV program in Greece . If you were on TV in Greece, obviously you'd be studying Greek.

9 hours ago, Amy hudsone said:

Mika talked about doing a TV show in a different country and that he's learning Greek. This is highly unlikely but could it be that he will be part of a TV show in Greece 

I thought the TV show might be an Australian version of The Piano but you may well be right.

15 minutes ago, krysady said:

 

I checked both Yomika and mika.store and the delivery fees are very high. So I ordered mine from Amazon France, only around 5 euros the delivery: https://www.amazon.fr/Que-Ta-Tête-Fleurisse-Toujours/dp/B0CJRZLZFQ/ref=sr_1_1?crid=S5RIK712UGAR&keywords=mika+que+ta+tête+fleurisse+toujours&qid=1701635886&sprefix=mika+que%2Caps%2C156&sr=8-1

Don't understand why it's about 16,99 euros from Amazon France but  27,99 from Amazon Italy.

Have you noticed that on Mika's YouTube channel this song has at least four times as many views (60,000+)  as the second most watched video of the new album (Je sais que je t'aime 14,000+ ; not counting Live Session Bougez, which is at 32,000+)? 

7 minutes ago, holdingyourdrink said:

I agree with Prisca. It’s also great, because they handle everything for you and you just get an email when your ticket is sold! Of course price is fixed, they ask more administrative costs which will be paid by the buyer, not you (the seller). But all in all I don’t think you lose more than a few euros, if any at all.  
Also, people will trust Fansale much more than buying from a stranger. So it’s win-win.

25 minutes ago, Prisca said:

TicketOne usually gives you the opportunity to sell your ticket via the FanSale after a while. Otherwise I can't tell you how strict the Lucca Festival is with the names

Thanks to both of you!   I also checked out paying for insurance but it looks like there has to be a pretty serious (documented) reason for cancelling. Fansale sounds like a good option.

Tomorrow I'm hoping to buy  tickets for Mika's gig at the Lucca Festival on TicketOne. If I should end up not needing one, will a different name on the ticket be an issue? Will I just need to find another fan who is interested in my extra ticket?

I want to buy the CD of QTTFT. Is yomika the best place to order it from though it might take a while to get to Italy? I also checked out Amazon but the price seems much higher.

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I wonder if the price on yomika has changed since it would no longer be a pre-order.

1 hour ago, TinyLove_CJ said:

 

I hope these pictures are ok, the top edges of them look a little blurry to me so if you have trouble reading them just let me know 🙂

 

Credit pages from the booklet:

 

 

 

 

 

close up of the dedication:

 

Look at all the instruments for Je sais que je t'aime!

I'm studying French again after more than 40 years ( I think you can guess why  ) and Bougez is the link I sent to my fellow students and teachers. I love some of the other songs too, like Passager and Je sais que je t'aime.

Evviva! Mika canterà a Lucca il 19 luglio. Qualcuno conosce il posto ? La tribuna numerata avrà i posti migliori o la platea gold? 

Da questa foto non riesco a capire quale sia la tribuna. La platea gold sarà vicino al palcoscenico immagino.

https://images.app.goo.gl/cyEscyRSorn8faxd6

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Ho trovato la pianta del "venue". L'immagine si riferisce ad un altro concerto.  I posti azzurri sono la platea gold. La tribuna numerata sembra lontana.