*Vv* Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 (edited) Here's the translation of Pride article. If you spot any mistake please do tell! Everything about Mika On the occasion of the release of his new album “No Place in Heaven”, Pride meets Mika. A funny and sincere dissertation about gay-culture myths and his heroes with one of the most incredible artists of today’s musical scene. No Place in Heaven is out on June 15th, fourth studio record for Mika. It took two years of work to produce a mature album, full of politics meanings, which one more time highlights the Lebanese singer’s skills to deal with important topics, facing them out with the gentleness of his melodies, approachable by anyone. From the sexual freedom hymn “Boum Boum Boum” to the acceptance of his homosexuality portrayed in “All she wants”, from the memory of his teenage-years (gay) heroes of “Good Guys” to the courage of dealing ironically with the fate (the suggestive “Last Party” tells the last moments of life of Freddie Mercury). But most of all the awareness that a love – as a unique and unrepeatable thing - won’t never be considered “ordinary” (Ordinary man). All these themes entwined with the melodies that ideologically represent the vehicle, give the listener, a soundtrack for the upcoming seasons. To Summer, the season which is meant to be the one of hot loves, Mika dedicated “Talk about you”, a times-gone kind of song in which quite obvious (and credited) allusions to “Sarà perchè ti amo” and ”Only want to be with you” (brought to fame by Dusty Sprignfield) can be found. An attention to details, which can easily be spotted in the title track, in which the well-known Alfred Douglas, (Oscar Wild’s lover), verse “The love that dare not speak its name” is quoted to state that “there’s no place in heaven for people like us”. At the moment of our arrival to the interview meeting, Mika was pleasantly surrounded by a bunch of very young fans to whom he reserved a special music lesson. Before spending time with us and wiht the Festival MIX Milano friends, for whom he recorded a special video for their crowdfunding campaign, he underwent a tough interview by “Famiglia Cristiana” (an Italian catholic newspaper). We can easily say it: from holy water to hell…. Mika: ”I’ve never read gay-culture-newspapers in Italy, you’re the first one for me… Amazing.” Pride: Yes, we’re the survivors… (general laugh). In “Good guys” you sing about your teenage-years gay heroes, in “All she wants” the courage of restarting a new life after a failed heterosexual marriage. We think your record is very politic. Your observation is right: a psychologist’s analysed it on Wired Magazine, stating that that’s almost a politic or sexuality politic-related work. In “All she wants” I speak about my mother too. I’ve always feared what she could think about me, about what me and her didn’t have the courage to talk about. I think some topics, when dealt with in a pop song, turn out to be much easier than spoken with in plain words. But, with your mother it all went smoothly… Yes but there’s always this kind of fear.There’s the idea that my mother will always have this little percentage of wish of having a son with a wife and many children. That might only be a 10%, but details are more interesting than the other 90%; so it’s funny to write songs dealing with this 10% of doubt. You’ve talked about sexuality politics. Can we say that BBB is a sexual freedom hymn? Yes, it’s an engaged song, even though the music and the lyrics seem funny. Nevertheless the French press has been very tough about me, by creating a controversy, it kind of became a hymn everywhere. That means that using lightness you can even deal with important themes. Indeed, your music is very accessible but at the same time, your lyrics are full of refined quotes and references: Alfred Kinsey and Ralph Waldo Emerson, just to quote a couple of them from Good Guys. How do you combine these two sides of your artist being, music and lyrics? For me immediacy is, metaphorically speaking, a sort of gun. The message, the thought is the bullet shot by that gun. I’ve always been a watcher, who looks people from outside, I even state it in “Good Wife”. In those years, I found out that melody has got a kind of power. It’s not anything dirty, it’s something amazing as it’s the key to freedom. It’s a speaker for my opinion and my voice. Without melody I wouldn’t have had the same power of expression. When I was younger I was desperate, in particular as I was 14 or 15 years old, melody was my safety valve. I’ve got a deep respect for pop music, to me it’s not something dirty, just like colours in fashion or in art that can assume a pornographic character. Melody is analogue in music, it can turn out being quite pornographic. But when melody is used in a more sincere and precise contest, it can turn out amazingly colourful. From the mix of the black of lyrics and the colours of music, the grey comes out, it describes the reality. The mix of those elements makes the message more accessible. In “Good Guys” you talk about your teenage-years myths, how’s your relationship with today’s icons? In “Good Guys” there aren’t just gay myths, but also “ordinary” or “alleged” gays, like Alfred Kinsey. Back then it would’ve been very hard for a scientist like him to carry out that kind of research coming out with his homosexuality. He wouldn’t have been considered serious. The original title of the song was “Where Have All The Gays Guys Gone”. The intention was provoking gays with a kind of accusation act. If I had to look for icons I would say we’re living a transitional moment, from the old information system, of media, internet, and the new reality which’s yet to come. Nowadays it’s more difficult to find an icon. The thing that scares me a bit is that today’s landmarks are all establishment-related to the materialistic condition. That’s the reason why I’m wondering: where are those icons that were important in your life? Not only physically but inside you too. Would you be bold enough to become an example like they’ve been, for the rest of your life? One of your BBB video is very cinema-like, full of quotes: from James Bond to spaghetti western, to Kubrick’s Barry Lyndon. Music was a powerful cultural change-tool in the 60ies or 70ies with those protest songs, glam rock and disco music sexual liberation. Movies had this role for the gay world in the 80ies and 90ies, giving a huge and authentic visibility to our community. Do you think cinema was as important as music? I would say it was as important as music. And television too, because it allowed you to think: “I’m as they are, and they do have a normal life. They can project and think about a normal life.” For all people who feel outcast in life, cinema has been extremely important and useful. The recent Elton John and Ricky Martin’s stances towards Dolce and Gabbana’s declarations, brings out the question whether gay artists should just talk through their art or express their politic opinion as well, as their voice can be a very powerful tool. What’s your thought about this? The topic is very important. To me the idea of family is very easy: when we talk about family, we’re talking about love. There’s no traditional love, it doesn’t exist, love doesn’t work in this way. The adjective “traditional” is very dangerous, in any way, both culturally and politically. You could perhaps talk about “traditional made chips”, or you could talk about cheese (he thinks over). Yes, traditional cheese is fine. (everyone laughs). But the traditional family concept is false, it’s a dangerous idea. That is not a problem, problems are: psychological and sexual abuses, economics problems, bullying, sexual education… Those are problems that have always existed, tradition doesn’t help solving them. Only love can. Where there’s love, there’s always a solution to all these issues, which represent the biggest challenges for all families; I think that’s the only important thing. The only thing we’ve got to politically stick up for, not the way people have their children. We’ve been impressed by Elton John and Ricky Martin’s statements about this… Why have you been impressed? Because we’re in Italy! One year ago I made a shooting for Vanity Fair’s cover, its title said: “Gay and father, why not?”. I intentionally wanted to seem like Bret Easton Ellis’ American Psycho main character, and I talked about how it is a conscious decision to be gay and father, the super conservative liberal playboy. I think there’s nothing wrong with it. I think the government should protect and take care of in vitro fertilization and support couples, and mainly women who don’t have fertile eggs. Potential abuses from the system are incredible and the only way to protect from in vitro fertilization abuses is legally and burocratically defending people who want to have babies. It’s not anything that needs discussion, it’s just a matter of ethic and responsibility and the question is not about those who are allowed to have babies but about how to protect anyone who have this desire and women who carry a child in their womb. Skin, your future colleague and judge in Xfactor said in an interview that a talent show is a very tough way as you start from having nothing and then explode and if you’re not able to learn a lot and fast you disappear. What would be your advice for a young talent to stay afloat in the show business, when talent itself isn’t enough? To me preparation and discipline are essential. Only discipline can give you the will to train when there’s no immediate payoff. Today we upload a photo on Instagram and we wait for a reaction. Where’s the reward for this tiny effort? What are comments like? Iper-reactivity is very counterproductive in the artistic process and it’s anti-creative. Being too reactive is a kind of creative cancer. XFactor is just a way to put light on a talent, which has to grow up little by little. It takes discipline and a mix of intelligence and resoluteness in such a strongly competitive contest. 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cathouzouf Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 Thanks Vv! You put June 25 as album release dste, isn't it the 15? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dreamy_Queen Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 Thanks a lot!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Vv* Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 Thanks Vv! You put June 25 as album release dste, isn't it the 15? It is! Sorry!! Thanks for telling me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alyara Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 I wonder what HE answered them You're right! We'll see Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marilyn Mastin Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 Thank you for the translation. It's a lovely interview. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamiam Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 Thanks a million Lucrezia for finding/sharing, and Vv for translating, this great and important interview!! I'm so pleased and happy about how serious, good and wise questions MIKA gets these days - from the people who interview him, and how much they go into the lyric of his songs! They really seem to dig deep, and do proper researches - and it gives MIKA so much credit!! Finally MIKA gets what he deserves!! Love,love me 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mellody Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 Thanks for the translation! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyaboutmika Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 Thanks a lot for your translation Vv 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marilyn Mastin Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 Thanks a million Lucrezia for finding/sharing, and Vv for translating, this great and important interview!! I'm so pleased and happy about how serious, good and wise questions MIKA gets these days - from the people who interview him, and how much they go into the lyric of his songs! They really seem to dig deep, and do proper researches - and it gives MIKA so much credit!! Finally MIKA gets what he deserves!! Love,love me That's what I think as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kumazzz Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 (edited) PRIDE 188 GIUGNO 2015 http://www.prideonline.it/?p=3380 29 mag 2015 | Stefano Bolognini Mika intervistato da “Pride” interviene su matrimoni gay e procreazione in vitro In occasione della promozione del suo nuovo album No Place In Heaven, in uscita il 15 giugno prossimo, Mika ha rilasciato la sua prima intervista italiana a una testata di cultura omosessuale: “Pride”. Nell’intervista di copertina del numero di giugno ha parlato di identità, rapporti famigliari e riferimenti culturali. In particolare si è così espresso a proposito di famiglia tradizionale e matrimoni omosessuali: “Secondo me l’idea di una famiglia è molto semplice: quando parliamo di famiglia, parliamo di amore. Non c’è un amore tradizionale, non esiste, non funziona così l’amore. L’aggettivo tradizionale è molto pericoloso, in tutti i sensi, culturalmente e politicamente. Sono altri i problemi: abusi psicologici, sessuali, problemi economici, bullismo, l’educazione sessuale… Questi problemi esistono sempre, la tradizione non aiuta a risolvere questi problemi. Solamente l’amore può farlo. Dove c’è amore, si trova una soluzione a tutti questi problemi che sono le più grandi sfide per tutte le famiglie; secondo me questa è l’unica cosa che è importante e politicamente dobbiamo difendere, non il modo in cui le persone hanno i bambini.”Continuando nell’intervista, Mika ha sostenuto la sua opinione sulla procreazione in vitro:“Credo che il governo debba proteggere e assistere la procreazione in vitro e supportare le coppie, soprattutto le donne che non hanno ovuli fecondi. I potenziali abusi del sistema sono incredibili e l’unico modo per proteggere dagli abusi della fecondazione in vitro è difendere legalmente e burocraticamente le persone che desiderano avere bambini. Non è un punto di discussione, è solo una questione di responsabilità ed etica: il punto non è a chi permettere di avere figli, ma come proteggere tutti quelli che desiderano averne e chi li porta in grembo.” Online magazine http://www.prideonline.it/?page_id=2276 issuu.com http://issuu.com/prideitalia/docs/pridegiugno.compressed/1 pdf file http://s3.amazonaws.com/document.issuu.com/150530114156-0bd3202831c628540be3fb75e53efc5c/original.file?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAJY7E3JMLFKPAGP7A&Expires=1433091265&Signature=3duckdY2fVcL2X1BySwaVSMrYAs%3D Edited May 31, 2015 by Kumazzz 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kezza Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 Thanks, as always, for the translation. It seems that getting all the questions out of the way about his sexuality has opened the interviewers' heads up to more than that, and I for one am glad. It's nice to see a reasonably articulate artist out there who actually has a mind and knows how to use it. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marilyn Mastin Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 Thanks, as always, for the translation. It seems that getting all the questions out of the way about his sexuality has opened the interviewers' heads up to more than that, and I for one am glad. It's nice to see a reasonably articulate artist out there who actually has a mind and knows how to use it. Yes, I agree. I used to think this, back in the day. I used to be saying to the computer screen. "Mika, come on, just say those three little words and have done with it. Then they'll stop mythering about it and move on to the important stuff. So now he has and everyone has moved on to the music. Just as it should be. . 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamiam Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 Yes, I agree. I used to think this, back in the day. I used to be saying to the computer screen. "Mika, come on, just say those three little words and have done with it. Then they'll stop mythering about it and move on to the important stuff. So now he has and everyone has moved on to the music. Just as it should be. . Yes, thanks God MIKA now gets more intelligent questions - it's really good! We might think it took a long time to get there, but I'm sure MIKA needed all these years, in the public eye, to get ready for it ... Love,love me 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marilyn Mastin Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 Yes, thanks God MIKA now gets more intelligent questions - it's really good! We might think it took a long time to get there, but I'm sure MIKA needed all these years, in the public eye, to get ready for it ... Love,love me I just saw the latest Hong Kong interview. He's very honest about how he needed time, in order to be confident about talking about his sexuality more openly. I think, maybe, he was in a kind of chrysalis in those years, and simply needed that cocoon to protect himself for a while. But now he's emerged as a wonderful butterfly. The best butterfly ever, who is now soaring to the sky. It's a privilege to watch him soar. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamiam Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 I just saw the latest Hong Kong interview. He's very honest about how he needed time, in order to be confident about talking about his sexuality more openly. I think, maybe, he was in a kind of chrysalis in those years, and simply needed that cocoon to protect himself for a while. But now he's emerged as a wonderful butterfly. The best butterfly ever, who is now soaring to the sky. It's a privilege to watch him soar. Yes, I heard this new Hong Kong inteview, right after I had written my last post here, and was very pleased to have my own thought about it confirmed, by MIKA himself! But imo, he has tried to explain it, through his songlyrics, all the way from LICM. When listening to "Billy Brown" I was a bit confused about it, but then came "Toy Boy" on TBWKTM, and I've never doubted it, ever since Imo, this song is such a genius way of telling it - like a very good presentation of himself That's why I'm so happy, that he uses it regularly now, as an opening song at his shows And your way of comparing MIKA with the most wonderful butterfly, is just lovely! Love,love me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marilyn Mastin Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 Yes, I heard this new Hong Kong inteview, right after I had written my last post here, and was very pleased to have my own thought about it confirmed, by MIKA himself! But imo, he has tried to explain it, through his songlyrics, all the way from LICM. When listening to "Billy Brown" I was a bit confused about it, but then came "Toy Boy" on TBWKTM, and I've never doubted it, ever since Imo, this song is such a genius way of telling it - like a very good presentation of himself That's why I'm so happy, that he uses it regularly now, as an opening song at his shows And your way of comparing MIKA with the most wonderful butterfly, is just lovely! Love,love me Awww thanks. I agree about the song lyrics. It was those lyrics, plus the fact that if anyone asked him if he was dating someone, if he was straight, he could have said. "I have a girlfriend but we want to keep things private." But he didn't say if it was a girl or a boy he was dating. That told me it was a boy. So, basically, I guessed from the start. I used to feel sorry for some of the female fans he had, who were hoping one day he'd see them across a crowded gig and basically propose to them. Of course, that happens to any pop star. But yes, I always knew the truth and hoped he'd emerge from the chrysalis one day. Now he has done so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kumazzz Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 Is anyone able to translate this interview ? PRIDE http://www.mikafanclub.com/topic/26273-mika-in-italian-press-articles-scans-translations/?p=4003658 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucrezia Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 Is anyone able to translate this interview ? PRIDE http://www.mikafanclub.com/topic/26273-mika-in-italian-press-articles-scans-translations/?p=4003658 The translation and the scans were on the previous page, maybe you didn't notice it Here's the translation of Pride article. If you spot any mistake please do tell! Everything about Mika On the occasion of the release of his new album “No Place in Heaven”, Pride meets Mika. A funny and sincere dissertation about gay-culture myths and his heroes with one of the most incredible artists of today’s musical scene. No Place in Heaven is out on June 15th, fourth studio record for Mika. It took two years of work to produce a mature album, full of politics meanings, which one more time highlights the Lebanese singer’s skills to deal with important topics, facing them out with the gentleness of his melodies, approachable by anyone. From the sexual freedom hymn “Boum Boum Boum” to the acceptance of his homosexuality portrayed in “All she wants”, from the memory of his teenage-years (gay) heroes of “Good Guys” to the courage of dealing ironically with the fate (the suggestive “Last Party” tells the last moments of life of Freddie Mercury). But most of all the awareness that a love – as a unique and unrepeatable thing - won’t never be considered “ordinary” (Ordinary man). All these themes entwined with the melodies that ideologically represent the vehicle, give the listener, a soundtrack for the upcoming seasons. To Summer, the season which is meant to be the one of hot loves, Mika dedicated “Talk about you”, a times-gone kind of song in which quite obvious (and credited) allusions to “Sarà perchè ti amo” and ”Only want to be with you” (brought to fame by Dusty Sprignfield) can be found. An attention to details, which can easily be spotted in the title track, in which the well-known Alfred Douglas, (Oscar Wild’s lover), verse “The love that dare not speak its name” is quoted to state that “there’s no place in heaven for people like us”. At the moment of our arrival to the interview meeting, Mika was pleasantly surrounded by a bunch of very young fans to whom he reserved a special music lesson. Before spending time with us and wiht the Festival MIX Milano friends, for whom he recorded a special video for their crowdfunding campaign, he underwent a tough interview by “Famiglia Cristiana” (an Italian catholic newspaper). We can easily say it: from holy water to hell…. Mika: ”I’ve never read gay-culture-newspapers in Italy, you’re the first one for me… Amazing.” Pride: Yes, we’re the survivors… (general laugh). In “Good guys” you sing about your teenage-years gay heroes, in “All she wants” the courage of restarting a new life after a failed heterosexual marriage. We think your record is very politic. Your observation is right: a psychologist’s analysed it on Wired Magazine, stating that that’s almost a politic or sexuality politic-related work. In “All she wants” I speak about my mother too. I’ve always feared what she could think about me, about what me and her didn’t have the courage to talk about. I think some topics, when dealt with in a pop song, turn out to be much easier than spoken with in plain words. But, with your mother it all went smoothly… Yes but there’s always this kind of fear.There’s the idea that my mother will always have this little percentage of wish of having a son with a wife and many children. That might only be a 10%, but details are more interesting than the other 90%; so it’s funny to write songs dealing with this 10% of doubt. You’ve talked about sexuality politics. Can we say that BBB is a sexual freedom hymn? Yes, it’s an engaged song, even though the music and the lyrics seem funny. Nevertheless the French press has been very tough about me, by creating a controversy, it kind of became a hymn everywhere. That means that using lightness you can even deal with important themes. Indeed, your music is very accessible but at the same time, your lyrics are full of refined quotes and references: Alfred Kinsey and Ralph Waldo Emerson, just to quote a couple of them from Good Guys. How do you combine these two sides of your artist being, music and lyrics? For me immediacy is, metaphorically speaking, a sort of gun. The message, the thought is the bullet shot by that gun. I’ve always been a watcher, who looks people from outside, I even state it in “Good Wife”. In those years, I found out that melody has got a kind of power. It’s not anything dirty, it’s something amazing as it’s the key to freedom. It’s a speaker for my opinion and my voice. Without melody I wouldn’t have had the same power of expression. When I was younger I was desperate, in particular as I was 14 or 15 years old, melody was my safety valve. I’ve got a deep respect for pop music, to me it’s not something dirty, just like colours in fashion or in art that can assume a pornographic character. Melody is analogue in music, it can turn out being quite pornographic. But when melody is used in a more sincere and precise contest, it can turn out amazingly colourful. From the mix of the black of lyrics and the colours of music, the grey comes out, it describes the reality. The mix of those elements makes the message more accessible. In “Good Guys” you talk about your teenage-years myths, how’s your relationship with today’s icons? In “Good Guys” there aren’t just gay myths, but also “ordinary” or “alleged” gays, like Alfred Kinsey. Back then it would’ve been very hard for a scientist like him to carry out that kind of research coming out with his homosexuality. He wouldn’t have been considered serious. The original title of the song was “Where Have All The Gays Guys Gone”. The intention was provoking gays with a kind of accusation act. If I had to look for icons I would say we’re living a transitional moment, from the old information system, of media, internet, and the new reality which’s yet to come. Nowadays it’s more difficult to find an icon. The thing that scares me a bit is that today’s landmarks are all establishment-related to the materialistic condition. That’s the reason why I’m wondering: where are those icons that were important in your life? Not only physically but inside you too. Would you be bold enough to become an example like they’ve been, for the rest of your life? One of your BBB video is very cinema-like, full of quotes: from James Bond to spaghetti western, to Kubrick’s Barry Lyndon. Music was a powerful cultural change-tool in the 60ies or 70ies with those protest songs, glam rock and disco music sexual liberation. Movies had this role for the gay world in the 80ies and 90ies, giving a huge and authentic visibility to our community. Do you think cinema was as important as music? I would say it was as important as music. And television too, because it allowed you to think: “I’m as they are, and they do have a normal life. They can project and think about a normal life.” For all people who feel outcast in life, cinema has been extremely important and useful. The recent Elton John and Ricky Martin’s stances towards Dolce and Gabbana’s declarations, brings out the question whether gay artists should just talk through their art or express their politic opinion as well, as their voice can be a very powerful tool. What’s your thought about this? The topic is very important. To me the idea of family is very easy: when we talk about family, we’re talking about love. There’s no traditional love, it doesn’t exist, love doesn’t work in this way. The adjective “traditional” is very dangerous, in any way, both culturally and politically. You could perhaps talk about “traditional made chips”, or you could talk about cheese (he thinks over). Yes, traditional cheese is fine. (everyone laughs). But the traditional family concept is false, it’s a dangerous idea. That is not a problem, problems are: psychological and sexual abuses, economics problems, bullying, sexual education… Those are problems that have always existed, tradition doesn’t help solving them. Only love can. Where there’s love, there’s always a solution to all these issues, which represent the biggest challenges for all families; I think that’s the only important thing. The only thing we’ve got to politically stick up for, not the way people have their children. We’ve been impressed by Elton John and Ricky Martin’s statements about this… Why have you been impressed? Because we’re in Italy! One year ago I made a shooting for Vanity Fair’s cover, its title said: “Gay and father, why not?”. I intentionally wanted to seem like Bret Easton Ellis’ American Psycho main character, and I talked about how it is a conscious decision to be gay and father, the super conservative liberal playboy. I think there’s nothing wrong with it. I think the government should protect and take care of in vitro fertilization and support couples, and mainly women who don’t have fertile eggs. Potential abuses from the system are incredible and the only way to protect from in vitro fertilization abuses is legally and burocratically defending people who want to have babies. It’s not anything that needs discussion, it’s just a matter of ethic and responsibility and the question is not about those who are allowed to have babies but about how to protect anyone who have this desire and women who carry a child in their womb. Skin, your future colleague and judge in Xfactor said in an interview that a talent show is a very tough way as you start from having nothing and then explode and if you’re not able to learn a lot and fast you disappear. What would be your advice for a young talent to stay afloat in the show business, when talent itself isn’t enough? To me preparation and discipline are essential. Only discipline can give you the will to train when there’s no immediate payoff. Today we upload a photo on Instagram and we wait for a reaction. Where’s the reward for this tiny effort? What are comments like? Iper-reactivity is very counterproductive in the artistic process and it’s anti-creative. Being too reactive is a kind of creative cancer. XFactor is just a way to put light on a talent, which has to grow up little by little. It takes discipline and a mix of intelligence and resoluteness in such a strongly competitive contest. Another Mika's interview this week on Italian press: this time is for Pride, a gay magazine Here are for you the scans 06 (1-1).jpg06 (Page 11).jpg06 (Page 12).jpg06 (11-1).jpg06 (12-3).jpg 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kumazzz Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 The translation and the scans were on the previous page, maybe you didn't notice it Thanks a million !! I overlooked those posts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucrezia Posted June 4, 2015 Share Posted June 4, 2015 (edited) Mika on Italian Magazine "Gioia"!! Edited June 4, 2015 by Lucrezia 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kumazzz Posted June 4, 2015 Share Posted June 4, 2015 Mika on Italian Magazine "Gioia"!! Gioia13Giugno2015 (Page 1).jpg Gioia13Giugno2015 (Page 12).jpg Gioia13Giugno2015 (Page 48).jpg Gioia13Giugno2015 (49-1).jpg Gioia13Giugno2015 (Page 49).jpg Gioia13Giugno2015 (Page 50).jpg Thank you very much for sharing !! EXCELLENT photo !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emelyne412 Posted June 5, 2015 Share Posted June 5, 2015 (edited) Thanks Lucrezia ! Amazing picture ! (She reminds me one picture who was taken in 2011/2012 when I see his face expression...) Edited June 5, 2015 by Emelyne412 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pupaclaudia Posted June 5, 2015 Share Posted June 5, 2015 Mika on Italian Magazine "Gioia"!! Gioia13Giugno2015 (Page 1).jpg Gioia13Giugno2015 (Page 12).jpg Gioia13Giugno2015 (Page 48).jpg Gioia13Giugno2015 (49-1).jpg Gioia13Giugno2015 (Page 49).jpg Gioia13Giugno2015 (Page 50).jpg Thanks a lot Lucrezia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mari62 Posted June 5, 2015 Author Share Posted June 5, 2015 Thank you very much Lucrezia! It's a lovely interview, I like the last question/answer: are you in love? 'Here's one more important question I can answer yes' 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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