Fran Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 J : I read that this album will present a more adult and less light side of Mika. But what we like from you is this lightness and the fact that you are not necessarily very adult M : Not necessarily very adult; thank you that's really nice... Love him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyaboutmika Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 Thank you for sharing Marina and for translating Camille Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dreamy_Queen Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 But Mika can make an EP with those 4 songs that won't include in the album Ohhh, if only he made it! Why waste good songs? Those "people from Internet" should give him this idea on Twitter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yuna Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 Here is the translation Journalist: Hello Mika M: Hello, how are you? J : I'm fine and you? M : Very good thank you. J : I think you're in London right now, is that right? M : Yes I'm in London, in the studio, working on the album artwork and the first video for Celebrate. J : Is the album recorded? M: Everybody asks me this question every morning. Even my manager asks me 'is it finished, is it finished?' In my opinion it will be finished in 2 weeks. At the moment I have 16 songs and I want only 12. So I need to drop some songs. J : It must be quite a heartbreak to throw 4 songs away? M : Yes I know but... J : Are you the only one to make decisions about this kind of things? Do you ask for advice to people close to you, which you trust? M : Honestly, I would really like to say I'm on my own in a small tower making all my decisions but the truth is that it's my friends, it's my sisters, it's even press from time to time, or little things that people tell me on the Internet J : I read that this album will present a more adult and less light side of Mika. But what we like from you is this lightness and the fact that you are not necessarily very adult M : Not necessarily very adult; thank you that's really nice... J : It's a compliment coming from me M : Truth is that there's a feeling when you listen to this album, a feeling of joy, and a sort of lightness; we released a song called Make You Happy, which is only on the Internet for example and it is not light at all; but it's kind of an extremity of the album, but in songs like The Origin of Love or Underwater or Lola or others there's a sort of very sincere and very honest joy and also a sort of softness in the way I produced the songs. For me it's much more important to have a feeling of joy in a song, in an album than to have a 'childhood' feeling. J : We're keeping you with us Mika, we are going to listen to Celebrate that we discovered very recently and we come back with you afterwards. J : When will the album be released? It's on the 17th of September I think... M : Yes I think it's on the 17th of September. J : It will be one of the good things for the start of the year. Apart from this, there are some other good news as you will come back here, which is kind of your home too, very soon on the 7th of July, you will be at the Déferlantes in Argelès, which is a big festival, and you'll be the star of the opening day. I'd like to say to all those who still haven't seen you on stage that they really have to, because on stage you 'explode', you're a stage animal M : When I go on stage, most of the time when I get off the stage I don't remember what happened on stage. I don't know why, it's always been like that, I go on stage and I become something different, I don't know why. J : Are you really someone else when you're on stage? This explosive and extrovert character is extraordinary, I remember seeing you at the Cirque d'Hiver which was a crazy gig, at the end you were standing on the piano! M : At the Cirque d'Hiver, during the whole day I was really scared because it's an astonishing venue, the audience is all around you on 360°, and I was so scared for this gig that during the day people looked at me and I was almost like invisible, and I went on stage and there I'm like a boxer during his match, I can't lose, I need to be totally in it because I'm in some sort of bullring. J : We'd like to have a secret on the making of these new songs. In what kind of feeling do we have to be when we are composing and that we are Mika? In love, in a break-up? We'd like some secrets. M : You have to feel something. Either you have to be broken-hearted or you have to be in love, or you have to be completely happy in a way. What is worse is when you don't feel anything. J : Of course we French people have another question; will there be some other French songs in this album? M : There is Elle Me Dit and 3 others on this album. I'd like to mix the 3 or 4 French songs in the 12 English songs, for example there will be 2 songs in English, and then one in French and then something else in English, because for me it represents my universe, I am an artist who works in 2 languages more and more; until the age of 9 I only spoke French. So it's important to represent this in an honest way, and I think that mixing the French songs amongst the English ones would be cool. Thank you so much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowli Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 Does MIka mean that he will change his style a bit?its like no more opera sound,no more beautiful piano(except Underwater),no more childhood feeling,just pure love and joy left in these songs?i have to say you are totally an artist!in my opinion,music is not just a tool we use to have fun,it creates a complete world that may lead us into imagination,(the same feeling when we read Alice in Wonderland when we are yong)maybe we really dont care so much about how beautiful or how cute Mika can be,if we really love him as a man and artist,we should understand him,not criticize or feel despair when the changes come,things sure change,maybe we even get bored if he continues his old style,and then we may say why he didnt change.thats dramatic.BTW,dont you feel happy after watching the video of MYH? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kumazzz Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 Here is the translation M: Everybody asks me this question every morning. Even my manager asks me 'is it finished, is it finished?' In my opinion it will be finished in 2 weeks. At the moment I have 16 songs and I want only 12. So I need to drop some songs. J : It must be quite a heartbreak to throw 4 songs away? Thanks a lot for your translation !!! I'd love to listen ALL of songs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krjsantos Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 grazie Marina e merci Camille Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabine64 Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 Ohhh, if only he made it! Why waste good songs? Those "people from Internet" should give him this idea on Twitter. I already tried to tell him on Twitter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louiza Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 Can I just say that I love listening to all those French radio interviews, they're really relaxed and full of info:wub2: Hopefully there will be a way, like an EP for example, so that we can hear all 16 songs. Or if they cant be released in any way then it'd be great if he decided to play them live so that everyone can listen to them. Thanks for posting:flowers2: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skiwi Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 Thank you!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suzie Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 Ohhh, if only he made it! Why waste good songs? Those "people from Internet" should give him this idea on Twitter. If he has particular ways to get feedback from "people on the internet" it must be more efficient than twitter where it's mostly the 'reply to me to make my day' spam, anyway. 'People from the internet' basically means any form of communication to him that he reads, btw, and it sounds to me like a general term for him to say that he does listen to fans and critics alike if they make valid points. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 we should understand him,not criticize or feel despair when the changes come,things sure change,maybe we even get bored if he continues his old style,and then we may say why he didnt change.thats dramatic.BTW,dont you feel happy after watching the video of MYH? Yes I would get bored without change and the video makes me happy. If he has particular ways to get feedback from "people on the internet" it must be more efficient than twitter where it's mostly the 'reply to me to make my day' spam, anyway. 'People from the internet' basically means any form of communication to him that he reads, btw, and it sounds to me like a general term for him to say that he does listen to fans and critics alike if they make valid points. I don't know how much feedback he's going to get from fans on the 16 songs in order for him to make the final cut because we haven't heard anything. Obviously Celebrate and Make You Happy are not on the chopping block. I don't think you can judge anything based on live performances either. I mean Toy Boy was a delightful song with exceptional lyrics but the track was not good and I would never advise him to put that on an album as much as I loved the song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suzie Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 I don't know how much feedback he's going to get from fans on the 16 songs in order for him to make the final cut because we haven't heard anything. . Perhaps he had feedback on songs 17 and 18 I don't think you can judge anything based on live performances either. I mean Toy Boy was a delightful song with exceptional lyrics but the track was not good and I would never advise him to put that on an album as much as I loved the song. I think that song would have made a great track on the album if he had stuck to the simplicity of the live version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yuna Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 Yes I would get bored without change and the video makes me happy. I don't know how much feedback he's going to get from fans on the 16 songs in order for him to make the final cut because we haven't heard anything. Obviously Celebrate and Make You Happy are not on the chopping block. I don't think you can judge anything based on live performances either. I mean Toy Boy was a delightful song with exceptional lyrics but the track was not good and I would never advise him to put that on an album as much as I loved the song. Well ... I think BIOTW is the case.. it could be dropped from final tracklist after that 'fan feedback' reason .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 Honestly I hope BIOTW is not even up for consideration! Hopefully Suzie is right and it's track 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 I think that song would have made a great track on the album if he had stuck to the simplicity of the live version. Yes it could have been but it wasn't. He should be getting feedback from people who have heard the tracks, not acoustic performances or demos. Although I'm not sure why he has more fully produced tracks than he needs anyway. I would have thought the cuts would have happened earlier. But I guess that bodes well for them appearing somewhere in the not too distant future. I expect there will be different bonus tracks in the US, Asia, France, etc. anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suzie Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 Yes it could have been but it wasn't. He should be getting feedback from people who have heard the tracks, not acoustic performances or demos.. I think he has a problem with record company and probably people around him as well, giving him feedback on tracks and trying to match it with his image. I know I keep bringing up the topic of WAG but I remember how everyone was so enthusiastic after the listening parties whilst even for fans on MFC it was pretty clear he may face a slight problem with that overproduced song in which the message was so strangely coded in metaphors that it eventually ended up sounding like some teen anthem. Add the video full of gay visual imagery - no wonder it got media programmers confused to the extent no-one bothered to even play it anymore. Although I'm not sure why he has more fully produced tracks than he needs anyway. I would have thought the cuts would have happened earlier. But I guess that bodes well for them appearing somewhere in the not too distant future. I expect there will be different bonus tracks in the US, Asia, France, etc. anyway. I think it is all about figuring out which bonus track would fit which market and again, I wonder if they can do it right this time. I mean, Lady Jane for the US? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yuna Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 I think he has a problem with record company and probably people around him as well, giving him feedback on tracks and trying to match it with his image. I know I keep bringing up the topic of WAG but I remember how everyone was so enthusiastic after the listening parties whilst even for fans on MFC it was pretty clear he may face a slight problem with that overproduced song in which the message was so strangely coded in metaphors that it eventually ended up sounding like some teen anthem. Add the video full of gay visual imagery - no wonder it got media programmers confused to the extent no-one bothered to even play it anymore. Yes.. 'Overproduced' , that defines what I felt after listening WAG and seeing WAG vid for the first time .. and sadly I can feel that 'Overproduced' thing from Celebrate too.. And so agree about the vid. When the vid was out, quite a lot of fans here said that they don't want to see the vid again, even though they like the album and his image and character and everything. No wonder media ppl felt worse thing than that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 If Mika really is listening to us I bet BIOTW will be on the Canadian version just to spite me! I think determining the singles is wild guesswork and you may as well go to the casino or play the stock market. Especially since every market is so different. There is stuff on the current top 40 in the UK that is not better than Celebrate by any standard. I think it is all going to come down to a handful of programmers giving him or not giving him at a chance on the right radio stations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suzie Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 (edited) I think determining the singles is wild guesswork and you may as well go to the casino or play the stock market. I really don't think so. There are rules to follow for sellout artists and these rules are usually kept as they are rather predictable. The problem with promoting Mika is that he is not that type of artist and his slightest move to a more standard sound or image makes him lose his biggest appeal: his quirkiness. Especially since every market is so different. There is stuff on the current top 40 in the UK that is not better than Celebrate by any standard. I think it is all going to come down to a handful of programmers giving him or not giving him at a chance on the right radio stations. I actually forced myself though most of the UK top 40 this Saturday just to see if 'Celebrate' would fit in sound and it doesn't. That, in itself, is not a problem, since he does need to have a 'non-fitting song' to come back with, IMO. (especially when I think of Gotye's huge success with that Peter Gabriel / Sting sound). My problem with Celebrate is that it tries hard to fit but still doesn't manage to. But yes, let's see. Edited July 2, 2012 by suzie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 I really don't think so. There are rules to follow for sellout artists and these rules are usually kept as they are rather predictable. I still don't think it's any different than playing the stock market. The "sellout" artists are just blue chip stock. But eventually even they can fail as we've seen with Madonna. Look at the IPO launch of FB. Nothing is guaranteed when you are relying on market forces to decide the outcome. The buying public can be sheep but they are not machines programmed by an algorithm. I think there is also a lot of randomness involved that no one can control or even predict. Everyone will tell you that Adele's foot into the US door came because she just happened to be on Saturday Night Live when the whole country was watching. Something no one knew was going to happen until after she was booked as a musical guest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaraMay Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 I still don't think it's any different than playing the stock market. The "sellout" artists are just blue chip stock. But eventually even they can fail as we've seen with Madonna. Look at the IPO launch of FB. Nothing is guaranteed when you are relying on market forces to decide the outcome. The buying public can be sheep but they are not machines programmed by an algorithm. I think there is also a lot of randomness involved that no one can control or even predict. Everyone will tell you that Adele's foot into the US door came because she just happened to be on Saturday Night Live when the whole country was watching. Something no one knew was going to happen until after she was booked as a musical guest. It would be so awesome if Mika would ever perform on SNL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suzie Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 (edited) The buying public can be sheep but they are not machines programmed by an algorithm. I think they are (perhaps a randomized algorithm) but you need to keep changing the random input so that there is a seeming difference each time:mf_rosetinted:. Joking aside though, I do believe you can define the key to success at any particular time period based on the common characteristics of other successes in the same time period - not decades earlier, of course. The only problem is that you define it afterwards as the input you need cannot be defined objectively and hugely depends on external circumstances you can't control. Therefore, you can't predict success or failure. Once those (media exposure, image..etc) are included afterwards I don't think there should be much surprise in most cases. When the vid was out, quite a lot of fans here said that they don't want to see the vid again, even though they like the album and his image and character and everything. No wonder media ppl felt worse thing than that. It’s interesting you say that. I felt almost alone with my view on the video to WAG that time. I didn’t mind it but I totally didn’t see it function as a promotional tool as I felt it would not be played in most countries. It looked like Mika’s failed attempt to look sexy. So it was not only the lyrics but also the video that did not convey the message they were supposed to get across. Celebrate is at least simple enough in its statement. Edited July 2, 2012 by suzie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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