Le Parisien-Mon dîner avec Mika

[Ruth]

And here is the translation, thanks to my crafty online transator:

 

 

My dinner with Mika

 

Guess who treats this evening? Mika. Forgiveness? Yes, Mika. And the singer can accept. In spite of two years of madness which he has just lived, the star had the delicate idea, the day before yesterday, of inviting seven journalists around him at table in Fidelity, a restaurant near the Eastern railway station (Paris the Xth century). Those who had believed straightaway in his «Life in Cartoon Motion», at the beginning of 2007, sold in more than a million copies at our place.

« I wanted to spend a little of time with people who supported me from the beginning», he announces in French always quasi perfect. «It is really my first language, I lived here until the age of 7 years. »Then, willy-nilly, the anglo-Lebanese singer treats on us, without big twines either.

Jacket azure, rising beard, little curls and generous smiles, it even passed unobserved by arriving. A kissing here, and here is Mika who already gives news, in the bar, for the drink, between champagne and glass of wine. «I finished my disc three days ago. I recorded fourteen titles in Los Angeles.

There will be eleven on the album. It will be a bit the disc of my adolescence, first agitations, while precedent spoke about my childhood.»

 

« I am going to put a CD for sale on my Internet site four titles»

 

ONE waits in mid-September for this CD, preceded of a single in July. Mika will be then in tour in March, 2010 with Bercy in Paris. But he will sing already before summer. «I am going to make some acoustical concerts with ropes on June 11th and 12th to the Winter circus, he explains by ordering a gaspacho of cucumber. A return on stage which will follow the exit of new titles. «I wanted to take back music without thinking of commercial considerations. I am going to put a CD for sale on my Internet site, at the end of the month, four titles " Songs for Sorrow " in only 10 000 copies. It will be available in 15 € in a book of 68 pages illustrated by designers' about twenty, of which Peter Blake who made the case of Sergeant Pepper s of Beatles, Frenchmen de Kerascoët or the couturier Paul Smith. It will be very inspired by ambiences of fairy tale.»

Mika has already a lot said about it while an imposing rib of beef arrives. «This makes too much there, no? »Not sure finally, the time of new confidentiality.

« I am searching a home in one Paris time, in the campaign. I want to spend six months in Paris and six months in London. I would really like to find something on the side of Fontainebleau.» The meat is already far, puts in a bread lost for dessert while the artist remembers his last concerts in France: the Park of the Princes, Francofolies of Rochelle, «one of the best of tour». He was not ironed in Paris since, in spite of calls of the foot of the Élysée Palace.

 

« Madonna told me strange things on her sexual life»

 

« When the Lebanese president came in France in March, I accepted an invitation to have dinner with Nicolas Sarkozy and Carla Bruni. I did not want to enter this game. Carla Bruni, nevertheless, it is incredible! When I think in Taratata that I made with her at my beginning» Mika has a good time, answers, denies mildly: no duet with lady dodderer, no songs for Madonna. «It was never a matter of it. I met Madonna then in Los Angeles in a holiday after Oscars. She told me strange things on her sexual life and drank heavily alcohol.»

It is more than midnight. Meal is ended. The musician feels like making us listen to some pieces of his future disc. They discover Mika more done wonders for the self-confidence there than ever, daring arrangements in technicolour. Special mention in "We Are Golden", impressive symphony pop who would make one tousling single, "Keys «, ballade as mellow as dazzling, or "Rain", small more ambitious sister of «Rest, Take it Easy». Of tasty affectation to conclude a dinner really not as others.

 

That's hysterical. Best laugh all day

[Grace Ally]

What a nice article - another portion of exciting news! Thanks for posting it .

[Gatagordinha]

Nice article, a few more titbits in there for us to digest, thanks for posting!

I'm getting more and more anxious to hear We Are Golden!

[dcdeb]

Do I need to retranslate or will the online translation do ?

 

If you feel like retranslating, I wouldn't mind -- I've gotten the gist, but

I'd like to see what you have to say. PM me if you don't want to post it

[Blue Sky]

Thanks to ID3 for the sweated-over and drink-fueled translation.

 

Finally making yourself useful.

 

And to Mari for posting it here for us.

[guylainem123]

we also had an article in the Montreal La Presse newspaper, which says pretty much the same thing.

 

http://www.cyberpresse.ca/arts/musique/disques/200905/07/01-854327-un-nouvel-album-pour-mika.php

[Fmbm]

It says there's gonna be 11 songs on the album....does that include the songs on the EP?

[mari62]

It says there's gonna be 11 songs on the album....does that include the songs on the EP?

the article also says they recorded 14 songs altogether, so 3 songs must not be included in the album, but just in the EP or single/s

[mari62]

we also had an article in the Montreal La Presse newspaper, which says pretty much the same thing.

 

http://www.cyberpresse.ca/arts/musique/disques/200905/07/01-854327-un-nouvel-album-pour-mika.php

thanks Guylainem

[vanessa]

Interesting article !

Looking forward to the "Keys" ballade

[robertina]

i want to read the other 6 reports left

[Louiza]

Thanks to Williwonka:thumb_yello:

http://www.leparisien.fr/loisirs-et-spectacles/mon-diner-avec-mika-08-05-2009-505621.php

 

Mon dîner avec Mika

 

Devine qui régale ce soir ? Mika. Pardon ? Oui, Mika. Et le chanteur sait recevoir. Malgré les deux ans de folie qu’il vient de vivre, la star a eu la délicate idée, avant-hier, de convier autour de lui à table sept journalistes à la Fidélité, un restaurant près de la gare de l’Est (Paris Xe ). Ceux qui avaient cru d’emblée à son « Life in Cartoon Motion », début 2007, écoulé à plus d’un million d’exemplaires chez nous.

« Je voulais passer un peu de temps avec les gens qui m’ont soutenu dès le début », annonce-t-il dans un français toujours quasi parfait. « C’est vraiment ma première langue, j’ai vécu ici jusqu’à l’âge de 7 ans. » Alors, forcément, le chanteur anglo-libanais nous soigne, sans grosses ficelles non plus.

Veste azur, barbe naissante, frisettes et sourires généreux, il est même passé inaperçu en arrivant. Une embrassade ici, et voilà Mika qui donne déjà des nouvelles, au bar, pour l’apéro, entre champagne et verre de vin. « J’ai fini mon disque il y a trois jours. J’ai enregistré quatorze titres à Los Angeles.

Il y en aura onze sur l’album. Ce sera un peu le disque de mon adolescence, des premiers émois, alors que le précédent parlait de mon enfance. »

 

« Je vais mettre en vente sur mon site Internet un CD quatre titres »

 

Ce CD est attendu à la mi-septembre, précédé d’un single en juillet. Mika sera ensuite en tournée en mars 2010 avec un Bercy à Paris. Mais il chantera déjà avant l’été. « Je vais faire quelques concerts acoustiques avec des cordes les 11 et 12 juin au Cirque d’Hiver, explique-t-il en commandant un gaspacho de concombre. Un retour sur scène qui suivra la sortie de nouveaux titres. « J’ai voulu reprendre la musique sans penser aux considérations commerciales. Je vais mettre en vente sur mon site Internet, à la fin du mois, un CD quatre titres « Songs for Sorrow » à seulement 10 000 exemplaires. Il sera disponible à 15 € dans un livre de 68 pages illustrées par une vingtaine de dessinateurs, dont Peter Blake qui a fait la pochette de Sergent Pepper’s des Beatles, les Français de Kerascoët ou le couturier Paul Smith. Ce sera très inspiré par des ambiances de conte de fées. »

Mika en a déjà beaucoup dit alors qu’arrive une imposante côte de boeuf. « Ça fait trop là, non ? » Pas sûr finalement, le temps de nouvelles confidences.

« Je suis en train de chercher une maison à une heure de Paris, à la campagne. Je veux passer six mois à Paris et six mois à Londres. J’aimerais bien trouver quelque chose du côté de Fontainebleau. » La viande est déjà loin, place à un pain perdu en dessert tandis que l’artiste se souvient de ses derniers concerts en France : le Parc des Princes, les Francofolies de La Rochelle, « l’un des meilleurs de la tournée ». Il n’était pas repassé à Paris depuis, malgré des appels du pied… de l’Elysée.

 

« Madonna m’a raconté des choses bizarres sur sa vie sexuelle »

 

« Quand le président libanais est venu en France en mars, j’ai reçu une invitation à dîner avec Nicolas Sarkozy et Carla Bruni. Je ne voulais pas entrer dans ce jeu-là. Carla Bruni, quand même, c’est incroyable ! Quand je pense à Taratata que j’ai fait avec elle à mes débuts… » Mika s’amuse, répond, dément gentiment : pas de duo avec Lady Gaga, pas de chansons pour Madonna. « Il n’en a jamais été question. J’ai rencontré ensuite Madonna à Los Angeles dans une fête après les Oscars. Elle m’a raconté des choses bizarres sur sa vie sexuelle et buvait beaucoup d’alcool. »

Il est plus de minuit. Le repas est terminé. Le musicien a envie de nous faire écouter quelques morceaux de son futur disque. On y découvre un Mika plus décomplexé que jamais, osant des arrangements en technicolor. Mention spéciale à « We Are Golden », impressionnante symphonie pop qui ferait un ébouriffant single, « Touches », ballade aussi fondante qu’éblouissante, ou « Rain », petite soeur plus ambitieuse de « Relax, Take it Easy ». De savoureuses mignardises pour conclure un dîner vraiment pas comme les autres.

 

very interesting article!!! t4p:thumb_yello:

cant wait to hear we are golden and touches!!!

 

also the bit about madonna and carla bruni made me laugh a lot:roftl:

[mariposa]

cant wait to hear we are golden and touches!!!

 

also the bit about madonna and carla bruni made me laugh a lot:roftl:

 

OH YEAH! It's gonna be amazing to hear all these new songs!

[PurpleCat]

There is another article in Le Parisien from the previous day. Sorry if it has already been posted:

 

http://www.leparisien.fr/loisirs-et-spectacles/mika-devoile-son-nouvel-opus-07-05-2009-505373.php

 

 

Mika dévoile son nouvel opus

 

Le nouveau Mika est enfin arrivé. Le chanteur américano-albanais haut en couleur qui avait squatté les ondes en 2007 avec son album «Life in Cartoon Motion», revient sur le devant de la scène, avec un livre-disque intitulé «Songs for Sorrow» («Chansons pour la tristesse»). Edité à seulement 10.000 exemplaires, le nouvel opus n'est en fait qu'un avant-goût du prochain album, dont la sortie est prévue en septembre.

Mis en vente en préréservation sur le site du chanteur, http://www.mikasounds.com, le livre-disque sera disponible dès le 24 mai. «Le premier album était la bande originale de mon enfance, avec beaucoup de références naïves, le deuxième sera celle de l'adolescence», a-t-il révélé en avant-première.

 

«Le côté sombre de l'univers des contes de fées»

 

A l'intérieur, l'artiste présente quatre nouvelles chansons, «Toy Boy», «Lonely Alcoholic», «Blue Eyes» et «Lady Jane», toutes inspirées par «le côté sombre de l'univers des contes de fées» et mises en images par dix-huit illustrateurs. «Ce projet très personnel m'a donné un espace de travail hors de toute pression commerciale, car elle dévore tout et j'avais peur qu'elle nuise à ma créativité», a déclaré le chanteur de 25 ans, qui se prépare à une donner toute une série de concerts acoutisques. Des dates déjà prévues à Londres, Milan, New York... Et que les fans français de Mika se rassurent : le trublion de la pop passera également à Paris, les 11 et 12 juin au Cirque d'hiver.

 

 

Nothing new... just the gig in New York

[celien]

Thank you for posting this!! That was very interesting to read!

[natmika]

Thanks for posting Purplecat!:thumb_yello:Did you notice that in the original article it says that Mika is "american-albanian"?

God, journalists don't do their homework anymore:sneaky2:

[MiKaL00v3]

I found this..

 

Guess who's treating us this evening? Mika. What ? Yes, Mika. And the singer knows how to receive. Despite two years of madness which he has just lived, the star had the delicate idea, the day before yesterday, to invite to table seven journalists in la Fidélité, a restaurant near the east station ( Xth Bets). Those who believed from the outset in his "Life in Cartoon Motion", in early 2007, which sold over a million copies in France.

"I wanted to spend some time with the people who have supported me from the very beginning," he announces in a french which is almost always perfect. "It's really my first language, I lived here until the age of 7."

HERE THERE'S AN EXPRESSION AND I DUNNO HOW TO TRANSLATE IT.. SORRY.

Blue jacket, emerging beard, little curls and generous smiles, he even arrived unnoticed arriving. An embrace here, and Mika arrives, already giving us news. In the bar, for the apéritif, champagne and a glass of wine.

" I finished my disk three days ago. I recorded fourteen songs in Los Angeles.

There will be eleven on the album. It will be a bit like the disk of my adolescence, my first emotions, while the first spoke about my childhood. "

"On my website I'm going to sell a CD with four songs"

This CD is due to come out in mid-September, preceded by a single in July. Mika will be on tour in March 2010 with a Bercy in Paris. But he'll sing before then.

" I am going to do some acoustic concerts with strings on June 11th and 12th in the Cirque d'Hiver, he explains, ordering a cucumber gazpacho. A return on stage which will follow the release of new songs. " I wanted to start with the musical side of things without thinking of the commercial side. On my website, at the end of the month, I'm going to sell a CD with four songs called "Songs for Sorrow", but only 10 000 copies.

It will be available for 15 € in a book of 68 pages illustrated by about twenty artists, of whom Peter Blake who made the cover of Sergeant Pepper by the Beatles, the french of Kerascoët or the dressmaker Paul Smith. I was very inspired by fairy tale atmospheres." Mika has already said a lot about it when an impressive beef rib is brought to his table. " That's too much isn't it ?" Mika tucks in and now's the time for more secrets.

"I'm trying to find a house about an hour away from Paris, in the countryside. I want to spend six months in Paris and six months in London. I'd like to find something around Fontainebleau." Dessert now and the artist remembers his last concerts in France: the Parc des Princes, the Francofolies de La Rochelle, "one of the best of the tour ". He hadn't returned to Paris since, despite of appeals from the foot of the Elysee.

 

 

"Madonna told me bizarre things about her sex life"

 

" When the Lebanese president came to France in March, I received an invitation to have dinner with Nicolas Sarkozy and Carla Bruni. I didn't want to play along with this. Carla Bruni, all the same, it is incredible! When I think of Taratata that I did with her for my debuts … " Mika enjoys himself, answers, denies things in a friendly way: no duet with Lady Gaga, no songs for Madonna. " I wasn't ever going to. I then met Madonna in Los Angeles at a party after the Oscars. She told me bizarre things about her sex life and she was drinking a lot of alcohol."

It's after midnight. The meal is finished. The musician wants to make us listen to some tracks off his next album. Through them, we discover an incredibely relaxed Mika, daring things in technicolor. A special mention to "We Are Golden", an impressive pop symphony which would make one ruffling single, "Touches", a ballad which is as tender as it is brilliant, or "Rain", a more ambitious younger sister of " Relax, Take it Easy ". Delicious treats to finish off a dinner which is really, like no other.

[avoca]

thanks for translation and sharing.

 

oh, so next tour from beg. 2010..? right, thanks for info.