2012 - MIKA @ Nibe - Denmark - July 4: REPORTS/PICS/VIDEOS

[snowli]

he is more like a real man after the relationship broke,and i wonder why he likes Rihanna's music,so that's the reason why he makes electronic sound-like music?

[Kumazzz]

 

[Hippieibbie]

 

 

There just keep showing up new pics Lol:aah:

[LaraMay]

 

 

"Oh god, that crazy girl is yelling my name again"

Lol, I think I this was when I yelled for him (politely) to greet the fans and that he'd forgotten my gift on stage? It would make sense cause of that look on his face lol That concert was soooo great

Edited August 21, 2012 by LaraMay

[Kumazzz]

Nibe festival facebook

 

I morgen kl. 10 releaser vi i samarbejde med KOMMID et superfedt e-magasin, som bl.a. indeholder en spritny video fra sommerens festival. Tjek magasinet med videoen og meget andet på http://www.nibefestival.dk i morgen fredag kl. 10. Her fortæller vi også meget mere om billetsalg, samt ikke mindst om det nye website, som ser dagens lys til november.

 

[LaraMay]

Danish Interview by fashion blogger while he was at Nibe:

 

http://clamour4glamour.looklab.dk/music/my-interview-with-mika/

 

 

 

 

 

I understand most of it but maybe a lovely danish fan could let us know if it's worth translating or not?

[kreacher]

Danish Interview by fashion blogger while he was at Nibe:

 

http://clamour4glamour.looklab.dk/music/my-interview-with-mika/

 

 

I understand most of it but maybe a lovely danish fan could let us know if it's worth translating or not?

 

T4P LaraMay!

 

someone plz translate, esp the part The Ark

[Hippieibbie]

Nice found:thumb_yello:

I could translate it, but most of if it is something we already heard before:

First album: Childhood

Second: Teenage

Third: Adult

He writing music, and his image

They fight a lot in his family.

Talking about being gay

talking about another band - The Ark

 

Dunno what people feel for? i can translate it.. but if people think it's not useful, i wont:naughty:

[LaraMay]

T4P LaraMay!

 

someone plz translate, esp the part The Ark

 

He said he didn't know who they were, naughty Mika. He needs to visit Sweden more often.

[Hippieibbie]

He said he didn't know who they were, naughty Mika. He needs to visit Sweden more often.

 

i also never heard of them

[kreacher]

He said he didn't know who they were, naughty Mika. He needs to visit Sweden more often.

 

oh that Mika! i've heard of them and i've never been to sweden. xD well, now he's heard of them, i hope he checks them out

[Kumazzz]

Interview by a blogger

 

Danish Interview by fashion blogger while he was at Nibe:

 

http://clamour4glamour.looklab.dk/music/my-interview-with-mika/

 

 

 

I understand most of it but maybe a lovely danish fan could let us know if it's worth translating or not?

 

 

The blogger post it on web at 15. februar 2013.

 

http://www.etcetera-magazine.dk/mika-me/

 

 

Google translator works wired... hope somebody translate this interview.

 

 

 

 

 

»Hvordan kan det være der har været så stille omkring dig den seneste tid?

Fordi jeg har skullet finde en grund til at lave et album. Der har været meget pres, især fra mit pladeselskab, der har villet sætte mig sammen med forskellige superproducere og sangskrivere –hvilket føles helt bizart, da jeg ikke kan og vil synge andres sange. Jeg laver alt mit eget materiale, og jeg laver altså mærkeligt popmusik. Jeg laver ikke normalt pop, men alternativt pop. Jeg ved godt det er to modsætninger, men der skal være et koncept, en grund. Og ja, det tog lidt tid denne gang. Min første plade handlede om mine venner, og jeg skrev den med musikere jeg holder meget af. Den anden plade skrev jeg alene foran mit piano, og producerede den sammen med én anden, og det var det. Så tog jeg på tour i 2 år, og i 1½ år skrev jeg ikke en eneste sang.

Så skete der noget frygteligt i min familie, som fik mig til at indse, at alle kan dø i løbet af 2 sekunder. Og bizart nok, på samme tid blev jeg forelsket. Og de to begivenheder faldt sammen, jeg pakkede mine tasker for et års tid siden, tog til Montreal, fandt Nick Littlemore (fra australske ”Empire of the Sun”) som jeg virkelig godt kan lide. Vi lavede sangen ”Origin of Love”, hvilket også er titlen på mit kommende album, og jeg tog ikke hjem de næste 6 måneder. Jeg tænkte, ”**** det, jeg er sangskriver igen!”. Og jeg fandt ”The Origin of Love” –kærlighedens oprindelse, og det var ikke Nick Littlemore, ha ha!

 

»Hvis din første plade handlede om at være barn…

Ja, altså den var ikke så meget om selve det at være barn, jeg vil nok mere sige den handler om skoletiden –faktisk er en del af den skrevet, da jeg gik i skole.

 

» Og den anden var nærmest del 2 af den første plade, som en slags teenagetid…?

Ja, præcis. Selv coveret var en blå version af det samme motiv.

Men denne plade er noget helt andet. Nogle gange har man brug for at gøre noget helt andet. Som at tage en vase, og smadre den på gulvet.

 

» Men er du så vokset op på denne plade?

Nej, jeg er nærmere vokset ned, ha ha. Nej, jeg ved ikke om jeg ligefrem er vokset op. » Men du virker også mere seriøs og voksen i din nuværende styling på scenen? Mange af farverne er væk? Men musikken har stadig masser af farve jo. Farve findes jo i mange udgaver.

 

» Så du er ikke blevet mere voksen, det er bare en ny side vi ikke har set af dig tidligere?

Hmm, jamen egentlig føler jeg mig ikke hverken ung eller gammel. Ligesom nogle dage kan jeg lide mig selv, og andre dage kan jeg ikke.

» Du har lidt en delt personlighed?

Ja, det har jeg på mange måder –og det tror jeg de fleste har. Vi har alle en form for ustabilitet i os, nogle gange elsker vi os selv, og andre gange hader vi os selv, og derfor tror jeg, vi er så desperate for at lave noget, vi kan lide.

 

» Har du nogensinde følt, at du ikke passede ind?

Ja, jeg føler stadig ikke jeg passer ind. Prøv bare at se her omkring (peger rundt i backstage, bl.a. ”The Blue Van” er lige gået forbi). De har alle sammen seje tatoveringer og stramme jeans.

 

» Men de ligner jo alle sammen hinanden?

Nej, de ser fantastiske ud.

 

» Men du kan jo se flere kilometer væk, at dér går en musiker. Du har jo noget helt unikt som de ikke har.

Det er virkelig sødt sagt, men jeg har bare aldrig følt jeg passede ind.

 

» Fair nok, det kan jeg egentlig godt se. Men du har jo så virkelig vendt det til din fordel.

Ja, og jeg har det rigtig godt med det nu. Men det har taget noget tid at nå hertil. Først var jeg nødt til at indse, at jeg egentlig ikke behøvede at passe ind.

 

» Og du har ikke fået hjælp af stylister og diverse mediefolk til at skabe dit look?

Nej nej, slet ikke. Jeg arbejder med nogle designere engang imellem, men oftest er det mig, der fortæller dem hvad jeg vil have. Jeg arbejder også rigtig meget sammen med mine søstre, de hjælper med at udvælge tøj, lave videoer, og en af dem laver f.eks. mit artwork.

 

» I virker til at være en tæt familie?

Vi er tætte, men vi er ikke totalt kernefamilie. Vi skændes en del, og det er meget sundt. Det gør, at vi rent faktisk kan have et ærligt forhold til hinanden.

 

» Medierne elsker at sætte et mærke på folk, men du er jo svær at sætte et mærke på. F.eks. hvor du kommer fra (Mika er født i Libanon, og har boet i Frankrig, men bor nu i London), og din seksuelle orientering (Mika har efter interviewet meldt ud, at han er homoseksuel). Hvorfor er du mon så svær at kategorisere?

Ha ha, jamen jeg er vel et produkt af den globaliserede verden, af immigration. Jeg symboliserer ikke en nation eller en mentalitet. Jeg er et produkt af friheden. Min generation har ikke brug for nogen til at fortælle os, at vi kan lave en musikvideo. Vi har ikke brug for et budget. Vi snupper bare et Canon, og laver en ****ing video. Vi har ikke brug for et pladeselskab der siger, at vi kan lave en plade. Vi laver den bare på vores computer. Vi har ikke brug for nogen til at fortælle os hvem vi må, og ikke må, have sex med. Noget af det vi kæmper mest for, er rettigheden til at vælge –lige meget om man er hetero- eller homoseksuel, det betyder egentlig ingenting. Vi vil bare gerne selv bestemme.

Vi er en mere handlekraftig, fri generation end den der var, før os. Og vi er nok ret svære at sætte et bestemt mærke på.

I mine sange taler jeg ofte om homoseksualitet, og hver gang er det for at give styrke og større tolerance. Og når du netop ser på sange som de nye ”The Origin of Love” og ”Make you Happy” er det vigtigste budskab frihed. Frihed til selv at vælge.

» Mika. Vi er nødt til at tale om Nibe festival 2007. Du aflyste?

Ja, det var frygteligt. Jeg havde fået fåresyge, og jeg mistede faktisk 60% af hørelsen på det ene øre. Lægerne vidste ikke om den kom igen, eller om jeg ville miste yderligere. Hver gang jeg spillede eller lyttede til musik, hørte jeg kun støj i ørerne, så jeg var nødt til at tage den med ro.

 

» Det lyder frygteligt, især for en musiker. Men ok, vi fik The Ark i stedet.

The Ark? Dem kender jeg ikke.

 

» Det er et svensk band. Ok, nu skal du høre. Jeg har en modeblog.

Faktisk en af de største i Danmark, og jeg endte med at opkalde den efter et af deres numre.

Ha ha, er det rigtigt? Hvad hedder den?

 

» ”Clamour for Glamour”

Sejt. Det er et cool navn. Det kan jeg godt lide!

 

» Ahem… tak.

Det er blevet tid til at takke af. Igen er Mika høfligheden selv, og jeg ender med at love ham, at tweete min blogs url til ham. Ikke fordi jeg tror han nogensinde vil ind at kigge, men tror det ligger til hans person at spørge, da han bare er så imødekommende.

 

Jeg går derfra med et klart billede af, hvem Mika egentlig er. Og er overasket over, hvor meget jeg egentlig kan relatere til ham. Under interviewet falder snakken bl.a. også på Wayne Coyne, den meget karismatiske forsanger fra amerikanske ”The Flaming Lips”, som Mika er helt vild med. De er bl.a. kendte for deres vilde sceneshows med konfetti, ild og udklædte dansere –ikke ulig dem Mika tidligere leverede. Personligt er jeg så stor fan, at jeg har fået Wayne Coyne til at skrive titlen på mit yndlingsnummer med dem, på min arm, så jeg kunne få det tatoveret, og have den med for altid. Vi bliver enige om, at vi burde være Coynes uægte børn, og Mika falder et kort øjeblik ud af rollen som popstjerne, og griner sig igennem vores tankespind.Udover vores førnævnte Wayne Coyne fascination, og at vi er jævnaldrende, så forstår jeg så udemærket, hvordan han uden problemer kan stå og optræde for tusindvis af mennesker, men bliver vildt genert når han ikke er på scenen, og tilmed skal tale om sig selv.

Folk forstår også sjældent, hvordan man kan være ret genert og samtidig drive en blog, hvor man dagligt viser billeder af sig selv. Men det kan man. For jeg er ud af en generation, der selv vil bestemme, og vi går efter at lave noget vi kan lide.

Og så kan jeg konstatere, at 3. gang ER lykkens gang.

[krysady]

 

 

[Kumazzz]

Large pics

 

 

[snowli]

 

wow,he's flying in this picture:blush-anim-cl:

translation!please,that's really necessary.

[mamiam]

wow,he's flying in this picture:blush-anim-cl:

translation!please,that's really necessary.

 

I really like this interview! it's made in another way than we usually get from the journalists it's also funny to read how much struggle this blogger had before she finally succeded in seing MIKA live in concert, after two failings she was lucky, and even got this interview after the concert!! She also desribed well her own impression of him, both as the proff artist - and the more private, nice and shy person

 

Thanks for finding and posting this, including the lovely photos!

I hope someone can translate it, so more than us scandinavians can read it...

 

Love,love

me

[Pernille]

I can translate if somebody hasn`t already?

 

I really like this interview! it's made in another way than we usually get from the journalists it's also funny to read how much struggle this blogger had before she finally succeded in seing MIKA live in concert, after two failings she was lucky, and even got this interview after the concert!! She also desribed well her own impression of him, both as the proff artist - and the more private, nice and shy person

 

Thanks for finding and posting this, including the lovely photos!

I hope someone can translate it, so more than us scandinavians can read it...

 

Love,love

me

[Kumazzz]

i can translate if somebody hasn`t already?

please !!!

[Pernille]

Here you are :

 

How come it`s been so quiet around you lately?

Because I`ve had to find a reason to make an album.There`s been a lot of pressure,especially from my recordlabel,to sit down with superproducers and songwriters-which feels real bizare since I can`t and won`t sing other peoples songs.I make all my own material,and I also make strange popmusic.I don`t make normal pop,but alternative pop.I know it`s 2 opposites,but there has to be a concept,a reason.And yes,it took some time,this time.My first album was about my friends,and I wrote it with musicians i care about a lot.The other album I wrote alone in front of my piano,and produced it with one other person,that was it.Then I went on tour for 2 years,and didn`t write another song for 1½ years.

Then something terrible happened in my family,and it made me realise that anybody can die within 2 seconds.And bizarrely enough I fell in love at the same time.And these 2 events coincided,I packed my bags for about 1 year,went to Montreal,found Nick Littlemore(from australian Empire of the sun),whom I like very much.We wrote the song The origin of love,which also is the title of my upcoming album,and I didn`t go home for 6 months.I thought,f... that,I`m a songwriter again!And I found The origin of love,and it wasn`t Nick Littlemore,ha,ha!

 

If your first album was about being a child

 

Well,it wasn`t as much about being a child,I would say it was more about the school years-actually a part of it was written when I was still at school

 

And the other album was sort of part 2. of the first album,a kind of teenage years?

 

Yes,exactly.Even the cover was a blue version of the same motive.

But this record is something different entirely.Some times you need to do something very different.Like taking a vase and smash it at the floor.

 

But are you grown up on this record?

 

No,I`m more grown down,ha,ha.No,I don`t know if I`m grown up.

 

But you seem more serious and grown up in your styling on stage.A lot of the colors are gone?

 

But the music still has a lot of color.Color come in many versions.

 

So you`re not grown up,it`s just a side of you we haven`t seen earlier?

 

Well,I don´t feel neither young nor old.Like some days I like myself and some days I don`t.

 

You have some sort of split personality?

 

Yes,in some ways I do-and I think a lot of us do.We all have some kind of unstability in us,Some times we love ourselves,and some times we hate ourselves,and that`s why I think we`re so desperate to do something we like.

 

Do you sometimes feel like you don`t fit in?

 

Yes,I still feel like I don`t fit in.Look around(points aroud backstage,The Blue Van has just passed us).They all have cool tatoos and skinny jeans.

 

But they all look alike?

 

No,they look fantastic.

 

But you can see miles away that you`re a musician.You have something real unique that others don`t.

That`s really sweet,but I`ve never felt like I fitted in.

 

Fair nok,I can see that,but you have really turned it around to your advantage.

 

Yes,and I feel really good about it now.But it`s taken quite some time to get here.I had to accept at first,that I really didn`t have to fit in.

And you haven`t had any help from stylist and media people to create your look?

 

No,no,not at all.I work with some designers once in a while,but I often tell them what I want.I also work a lot wit my sisters,they help with picking out clothes,make videos,and one of them make my artwork.

 

You seem like a close family?

 

We`re close,but we`re not a real nuclear family.We fight a lot,and that`s quite healthy.Because of that we can have an honest relationship.

The media love to put a label on people,but you`re hard to label.Fx. where you`re from(Mika`s born in Libanon,and has lived in France,but now resides in London),and your sexual orientation.(Mika has after the interview announced that he`s homosexual).Why are you so hard to categorize?

Ha,ha,I guess I`m a product of the globalized world,of immigration.I don`t symbolise a nation or a mentality.I`m a product of freedom.My generation don`t need anybody to tell us that we can make a music video.We don`t need a budget.We just grab a Cannon and make a f.... video.e don`t need a record company to tell us that we can make an album.We just make it on our computer.We don`t need abybody to tell us who we can and can`t have sex with.One of the things we fight for the most is the right to choose-wheter you`re hetero or homesexual-it really doesn`t matter.We just want to be able to choose.

We`re a more competent,free generation,than the one before us.And I guess we`re pretty hard to put a label on.

I often talk about homosexuality in my songs,and every time it`s to give strenght and more tolerance.And when you look at the new ones,Origin of love and Make you happy,the most important message is freedom.Freedom to choose.

 

Mika.We have to talk about Nibe Festival 2007.You cancelled?

Yes,it was terrible.I had the mumps and I actually lost 60% of my hearing in one ear.The doctors didn`t know if it would return or if I would loose more.Every time I played or listened to music,all I ever heard was noise,so I had to take it easy.

 

It sounds terrible,especially for a musician.But ok,we got The Ark instead.

The Ark.I don`t know them.

It`s actually a band.Ok,listen,I`ve got a fashionblog.Actually one of the biggest in Denmark,and I ended up naming it after one of their songs.

Ha,ha,really,what`s it called?

Clamour for Glamour.

Cool.It`s a cool name.I like it!

Thank you.It`s time to say goodbye.Again Mika is very polite,and I end up promising him to tweet my blogs url to him.Not because I think he`ll ever go look,but I think it`s in his gracious nature to ask.

 

I walk away with a clear picture of who Mika is.And I`m surprised at how much I can relate to him.In the interview we talk about Wayne Coyne,the very charismatic lead singer in The flaming lips,who Mika loves.They are,among other things,known for their wild stage shows with confetti,fire and dressed up dancer - not unlike the ones Mika deliverede earlier.I`m personally such a big fan that I got Wayne Coyne to write the title of my favorite number with them,on my arm,so I could get it tatooed,and have it with me forever.We agree that we should be Coynes bastards,and for a moment Mika falls out of his popstar role and we laugh through our figment of imagination.Apart from our previously mentioned fascination for Wayne Coyne and that we`re the same age,I can totally understand how he can perform in front of thousands of people without problems,but get really shy when he`s not on stage,and even has to talk about himself.

People seldom understand how you can be shy and have a blog where you show pictures of yourself on a daily basis.But you can.Because I`m from a generation who wants to decide and we want to do something we like.

And I can conclude that third time IS the charm.

[Kumazzz]

Here you are :

 

 

Thank you very much for the translation !!!

[Pernille]

You`re very welcome:blush-anim-cl:

 

Thank you very much for the translation !!!

[cathouzouf]

You`re very welcome:blush-anim-cl:

 

Thanks for the translation, interesting interview (again:thumb_yello:)

[dcdeb]

Thank you so much for the translation!

[Pernille]

You`re all very welcome,I`m happy to help:hug:

[krysady]

Thank you,Pernille!