FREDDIESDOUBLE Posted September 25, 2009 Share Posted September 25, 2009 After leaping onto the world stage wih a single bound almost three years ago,Mika became one of the biggest pop stars on the planet. His second album,the boy that knew too much,is his adolescent album,Mika says. Adolescent became a second album is an artist's coming of age he, believes. What's more,while his flair for playful melodies remains,the sugar-coated sound hides a darker side that draws on his troubled teenage years. "The context of a lot of the storyline is my adolescence,"the 26-year-old singer says of his new album.I made a movie in my head and I was a loner.I was a watcher,and there are a lot of references in the albums lyrics about looking from the outside in." "The boy who knew too much is because he always sat around looking at everybody".Mika says "The stalker". If his first album contained innocent fairytales,Mika pitches the new songs as gothic Tim Burton-esque fantasties. The new songs include I See You,about "making movies in your head instead of approaching a potential partner. Mika says : "Your afraid that you're going to be punched in the face and laughed at,and so you resign yourself to just stalking that person.And I think was a lot of me during my adolescene". A truely international star,Mika was born in Beirut to Lebanese and American parents,but moved to Paris before landing in London at the age of nine. When his debut album came out,it was a major global hit.In the US,though,ge became nothing more than a cult star.Mika himself is wary of putting too much pressure on secceeding in the US. "There is this stigma that gets put onto an artist when they do well all over the world except the States," he says. "I saw it happen to Robbie Williams.I saw this whole insane amount of pressure be put on to break America and I think it's unhealthy." One person watching closely when Mika's first album came out was Lady GaGa,who went on to conquer the charts herself. "She said he thought,"okay,the floodgates have opened and mainstream pop music is changing.She thought she had hope,mika says. So after turning his teenage troubles into grist for is new album,would the young Mika approve of his older,famous self?. "Ummmm the verdict's still out,"he replies."Im still alive" <can read BBC1 text page 523> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suzie Posted September 25, 2009 Share Posted September 25, 2009 It has already been posted, but better twice than never:wink2: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FREDDIESDOUBLE Posted September 25, 2009 Author Share Posted September 25, 2009 It has already been posted, but better twice than never:wink2: Really? god I spent 30 mins typing that up Grrrrr damn cold:aah: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertina Posted September 25, 2009 Share Posted September 25, 2009 shall i close it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Droopsy Posted September 25, 2009 Share Posted September 25, 2009 Yes, two times before even http://www.mikafanclub.com/forums/showthread.php?t=19877&highlight=pains http://www.mikafanclub.com/forums/showthread.php?t=19878&highlight=pains I'm sorry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kodes100 Posted September 25, 2009 Share Posted September 25, 2009 Yes, two times before even http://www.mikafanclub.com/forums/showthread.php?t=19877&highlight=pains http://www.mikafanclub.com/forums/showthread.php?t=19878&highlight=pains I'm sorry Wow! I didn't realize that I had read it 3 times! Hahaha! Still I can't get enough!:shocked: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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