Elwendin Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 (edited) I'm a bit confused. Is he really saying something like this? It doesn't make any sense. I'm puzzled as well, I'm wondering on it since I read it yesterday evening rich people have for example 5 milions they encourage us for participate in charty but they don't give a ot of money for it... maybe 10 dollars, but what is 10 dollars for reach?? Well, we can't know what they do. I won't judge. Many of them just don't tell public. I really don't like paying back Mika that way. He showed us his private home and it's unfair to me to make a fuzz around what we saw in a corner. I'm just grateful he shares, he could just tell "Well, go to hell everybody". I know he surely knows he will be exposed to critics like these when he makes these choices, but anyway... Edited February 14, 2014 by Elwendin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaIrKtA Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 No, I know for a fact he paid for it. And the Eiffel tower too. How do you know it? Are you working there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marilyn Mastin Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 Part two Today there's a lot of bullying going on in schools, how did you save yourself from that nightmare? By staying a sweet person in spite of the attacks, a bit naive too and pure. I advice children who have to face this to find a distraction in drawing , science , sports...in short to have a passion , even if it's a frivolous so they are protected, not having to defend themselves all the time. This is the only way to mend yourself, to find again enough strengh to change one's life. Around the age of seventeen I finally found my freedom. I accepted my difference and even exagerated it ... Is your childhood a good memory in spite of all this? Yes in spite of those awful times . Thanks to my parents, I learned true values and become stronger. Unity in a family is a strong protection, a solid shield. But I was dyslexic, and my school time was a disaster . After all the mockeries , the changes of schools because my parents were moving,I became mute. My mother hired a russian music teacher who gave me singing lessons at home , and that unbloked me. What were the symptoms of your dyslexia? For a long time, I wasn't even able to write. Now I'm still unable to spell. Not long ago I got help by a specialist? Her method is to learn to ears the sound of words which she completes with drawings? I learned Italian within a month and a half without ever writing a word! Now my biggest challenge is to learn how to play the piano with a music sheet, which is a big challenge for me. You often talk about your mother but rarely about your father. Why? He was often away. He was a diplomat.He worked very hard , so it wasn't easy for him to have five kids. My father is a "work addict" (in English in the text) but he was very much there for us however. He is happy and proud of my success and also very conforting in case of failure. My work has always been a collaboration with my mother from the very begining If I talk about her so often , that's in a working contest. People are always amazed when they find out that she's my mother. Together we're rather funny. As far as my father is concerned he is part of my private life. That's wierd but that's the way it is. Why did you want to talk about your homosexuality in your songs? It's not an easy subject to bring up...my mother had understood a long time ago: my songs are about life and identity, I never came out via my lyrics but I never forbid myself to deal with that topic . However I did it to my family two years ago. My sister Jasmina was the only one who was surprised. Where is your hit factory? Either at my place, in my studio-office, or in a garage in the north of London. I spend between eleven and twelve hours there with a sound ingenier or a collaborator. (to be continued I fell asleep) Thanks for translation. I can identify with Mika's childhood, as mine was miserable too, in school, but happy at home. I had chronic, genetically based anxiety, which was misdiagnosed as epilepsy, and I was zonked out on medication from an early age. People thought I was "different", and I was bullied. So I know how Mika must have felt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nia-MikaHolic Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 From what I've seen, I think Fortuně got about 1,000 marriage proposals on Twitter today. Has fortune Twitter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zia Giovi Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 When Mika speaks about his partner he has such a big smile on his face that I really wonder how it is possible that his family (and sister Yasmine specifically) have not understood what's been going on for a 6 years period and just thought they were friends! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IngievV Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 How do you know it? Are you working there? No. But I know someone who has. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ceebs Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 Lately in an interview he told it's not like they have been dating only since a few months though. How are you supposed to keep something like that secret from your family and friends? I once tried and told a young hubby (he was just a boyfriend back then) to wait in the car a few minutes in the garage, all was dark and silent. Well, my father opened the door, came in, saw this guy sitting awkward in my car the dark, took his skying gear, turned again the light off, shut the door an both of them just pretend not to have ever seen each other. He just told me "do you realize there's a boy in the garage in the dark, right? You could have at least turn the light on" Anyway, whatever they are happy with. That's a really funny story. My husband and I met at work, and we weren't sure if or dating would be frowned upon, so we tried to keep it quiet, and it didn't work at all, so I'm amazed a person in the public eye could keep it quiet for so long. Especially because he can't even talk about him without blushing I think it's sweet that he wants to protect his partner. Good for them, if that's what they wish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyaboutmika Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 I'm a bit confused. Is he really saying something like this? It doesn't make any sense. I know, I was puzzled too, it seems that he is saying that he only came out to his family two years ago...but then it also says in the same newspaper that he says he wants to learn to play the piano (meaning in my opinion that he wants to play the piano as most people do with reading a music sheet, so I translated it in that sense) ...I don't know if he really meant that nor if the journalist got what he said or meant to say right , but those are the words of the journalist in French The journalist wrote that Mika wants to learn the piano and that he came out to his family two years ago and that only Jasmine was surprised... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabine64 Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 I´m sure his close family always knew and it was clearly a joke that Yasmine was surprised. Maybe his uncles, aunts and cousins in Lebonon didn´t know and he told them before he made it public. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyaboutmika Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 I'm translating the rest now, but I'll do it offline or else I get too distracted and take forever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyaboutmika Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 I´m sure his close family always knew and it was clearly a joke that Yasmine was surprised. Maybe his uncles, aunts and cousins in Lebonon didn´t know and he told them before he made it public. That's what I believe as well Sabine Unless he meant he introduced his boyfriend officially to his family two years ago? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ceebs Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 Has fortune Twitter? I have no idea if Fortuně has Twitter. What I saw was just random declarations of love and marriage. How long before he turns up on the Eligible Bachelors lists? It was funny, I showed 13yo the pictures in the article, and she looked at the picture of Fortuné, and she said, "I like Mika's outfit." I hadn't realized the younger two were quite so young. There's a big gap there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elwendin Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 it also says in the same newspaper that he says he wants to learn to play the piano (meaning in my opinion that he wants to play the piano as most people do with reading a music sheet, so I translated it in that sense) I agree, and he could also want to improve as well. He told once that he was willing to take piano and singing lessons (of course he so needs them ). I recall him also have told that he's not good at piano. I suppose he's just willing to get better and better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marilyn Mastin Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 When Mika speaks about his partner he has such a big smile on his face that I really wonder how it is possible that his family (and sister Yasmine specifically) have not understood what's been going on for a 6 years period and just thought they were friends! I suppose if they were lovers behind closed doors, the family might not have realized what their relationship actually was. I think that in some cases of a very close family, the family members don't see what's under their noses, while outsiders (in this case, the fans) can often see it. Because we're not as close with Mika, we can be more objective. I always believed Mika was gay, and felt so sorry for those young girls who wanted to get with him. I used to want to write, "you don't stand a chance, he's gay," but at the time we were being very discrete on MFC, so I didn't write that. But I was glad when he finally came out and we could finally throw out the eggshells we'd been treading on for ages. Maybe soon Mika and his partner will come out as a couple. I hope they will do so. It would be lovely since Mika is obviously deeply in love with the lucky guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 Either Mika was fooling himself into believing he was successfully hiding or someone made a mistake with his quote because I don't believe for a minute that his immediate family were not aware of his relationship. And it is even less likely that any of them would be surprised to hear he was gay. Especially Yasmine. Also his grandfather was a diplomat, not his father. I think whoever wrote this was taking some liberties with their quotes and pretty much taking what they thought were facts and pretending Mika said it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyaboutmika Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 Part 3 of the translation I always enjoy new ideas. A young man from Finland sent me his ideas through e-mail not long ago and I liked them. I suggested we 'd spend a day together and we wrote something huge! What are the secrets of the Mika touch? I write the lyrics on a computer or playing the piano . I build each song as if I piled up children bricks. I can even compose in a pub when I'm drunk. I wrote "Only Love You When I'm drunk in the lobby of a hotel in Miami with Jodi Marr. It was almost midnight and the waiter came to us and said "You seem to be in a good mood" and I answered to him " We love you because we're drunk or else you're unbearable" And he said "**** you" Jodie and I looked at each other and we wrote the song in ten minutes. You lead a big team. What sort of boss are you , a cool one or a dictator? I don't know . I m a perfectionist maybe... I'm always giving myself a hundred percent and tough , but first with myself . In a studio no one is pretending. In art the truth is essential. If you want to reach the truth you have to be very demanding sometimes. I'm excessive. A year, at school, I didn't like the Christmas tree. I was too skinny. So I forced my mother to buy another one. She left me at school and she said to me :"You'll deal with the consequences on your own" I dragged the tree all the way through the corridor into the classroom. So I was called into the director' s office ! (who was a lady as the word "directrice was used)) Do you earn a lot of money? Yes , but I slam it all. When I turned thirty I invited twenty seven people of my family for a three weeks holiday. I had rented nine cars to drive to the Piemont mountains. On the first night we had dinner on a terrace. My favorite dishes were served: roast chicken, pizza and pasta with tomatoe sauce. There wasn't any music nor flowers, only candles. Around midnight when the conversations slowed down, I said: "Time for bed" . At that precise moment a firework started above the wineyards. I'm superstitious. Just like Chinese people, I believe for events , noise is necessary. And we sure got noise! We all laughed. After that we carried on our trip to Italy , all cars following one another in a line. Do you like driving a lot? I love driving. After the three weeks I drove all the way to Greece , to Bulgaria....for me a holiday is getting into your car and driving 10 000 kilometers with my dog in the back. But you don't only have one dog in your life! What sort of lover are you? Romanticism as far as I m concerned might be a bit ghoulish I'm not a huge romantic! When I'm at a wedding and the bride and bridegroom have chosen "Happy Ending" for their first dance, I'm totally down. Are they twats or what? It's a story about a break up! Are you in love? Yes. I hope I found the love of my life. Is this the right one? I keep questioning life but it stays mute. What s a night out with friends for you ? That's my absolute happiness. I have had the same friends since childhood. They are still around me. With them I love to spend hours on the sofac in jeans and socks and laugh at jokes which are not even funny. But in mondane evenings I m a disaster , I don't speak to anyone, I don't really know social codes....But I love to invite lots of people to my house and I do it often. I like to eat and drink wine. I listen to very loud music. The Voice is breaking the records for the number of viewers this year with nine millions people watching. ..is this the Mika effect? I don't know but it was watched a lot the previous years as well. The first time we met the coaches and I was at at restaurant. I spent hours eating without saying a word. I have a hearty appetite ,but when I'm afraid I eat even more. I was totally ashamed of myself on that day. I ate so much I almost fell asleep. So is it during the show that your complicity started? After two minutes on the set when we started talking about music and not any more about television or production. It was a true explosion. I felt at ease , and in connivance with the other members coaches. They are clever people. I see us like four friends who are having a drink in a pub after work and who are talking about songs. The athmosphere is good. Do you watch yourself in The Voice? No, I don't like to. Even if I say silly things or if my choices might be disapointing, I take the risk. I don't want to control what I say nor change my personality on the set. Physical appearance is hidden in this show. However isn't it essential to have good looks to be successful? Good looks help of course. But what matters most is to feel in harmony with yourself. A singer unveils more than a strip teaser. For that to go well it takes a sincere and authentic link between the looks and what's inside. A singer is beautiful because everything is coherent in her: her personality, her voice,what she says in her songs, the way she expresses herself. Bob Dylan, Gainsbourg, Streisand and even Daft Punk with their helmets they are all very beautiful. One forgets the body, it's only a wrapping.... When Mika isn't singing what does he do? I buy lots of book, but I don't read anything. Seing all those books conforts me. I love the cosy feeling they create around me. That's the idea of potential. I collect Barbara's radio interviews and ,a few days ago I heard her say to a journalist"I have hundreds of books around me, but I'm far from having read them all. " It was as if she was talking to me. Expectation is more delicious than reality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyaboutmika Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 Either Mika was fooling himself into believing he was successfully hiding or someone made a mistake with his quote because I don't believe for a minute that his immediate family were not aware of his relationship. And it is even less likely that any of them would be surprised to hear he was gay. Especially Yasmine. Also his grandfather was a diplomat, not his father. I think whoever wrote this was taking some liberties with their quotes and pretty much taking what they thought were facts and pretending Mika said it. And that certainly is something we can not ask Mika Yes it is the same with the "learning to play the piano" Well that journalist spells the word "opéra" "opéwra" under the pic of Mika with Melachi so we shouldn't expect too much accuracy from her Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyaboutmika Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 I agree, and he could also want to improve as well. He told once that he was willing to take piano and singing lessons (of course he so needs them ). I recall him also have told that he's not good at piano. I suppose he's just willing to get better and better. Yes I don't think Mika needs to take piano and singing lessons , but I wouldn't mind if he gave singing lessons to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiibet Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 Young man from Finland??? There are young male artists like that in my country?? I'm so like him with books! I always buy too many books, I love having unread books around me so I never feel lonely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAK1 Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 I have no idea if Fortuně has Twitter. What I saw was just random declarations of love and marriage. How long before he turns up on the Eligible Bachelors lists? It was funny, I showed 13yo the pictures in the article, and she looked at the picture of Fortuné, and she said, "I like Mika's outfit." I hadn't realized the younger two were quite so young. There's a big gap there. Only in Architects Digest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabine64 Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 Either Mika was fooling himself into believing he was successfully hiding or someone made a mistake with his quote because I don't believe for a minute that his immediate family were not aware of his relationship. And it is even less likely that any of them would be surprised to hear he was gay. Especially Yasmine. Also his grandfather was a diplomat, not his father. I think whoever wrote this was taking some liberties with their quotes and pretty much taking what they thought were facts and pretending Mika said it. I totally agree with you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naectegale Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 I actually don't understand how they managed. I have a theory that "they" manage it because Mika has been lying all along and the bf doesn't exist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 I have a theory that "they" manage it because Mika has been lying all along and the bf doesn't exist Actually tabloids have published a couple of things over the years but there have been so many rumours about who Mika might potentially be dating no one noticed/cared. That's why I don't think it's going to make any negative difference if they go public as far as the press and his audience are concerned. I think what Mousetrap says is plausible about the situation with family/friends being uncomfortable. But if they plan to stay together for the rest of their lives...well...unless you're waiting for some great-granny to die so she never has to hear about it...just pull that plaster off!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naectegale Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 Actually tabloids have published a couple of things over the years but there have been so many rumours about who Mika might potentially be dating no one noticed/cared. That's why I don't think it's going to make any negative difference if they go public as far as the press and his audience are concerned. I think what Mousetrap says is plausible about the situation with family/friends being uncomfortable. But if they plan to stay together for the rest of their lives...well...unless you're waiting for some great-granny to die so she never has to hear about it...just pull that plaster off!! I agree - although part of me really likes the way he likes to be private. And it's non of my business anyway (It's not like I ever really stood a chance ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiaIchihara Posted February 14, 2014 Author Share Posted February 14, 2014 (edited) Just to get everything together INTERVIEW FOR PARIS MATCH Scans PART 1 PART 2 PART 3 Edited February 15, 2014 by BiaIchihara Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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