Mika in Korean Press 2023

[Kumazzz]

 

 

 

 

• Mika in Asian Press 2019 - 2020

• Mika in Asian Press 2016

 

Edited Thursday at 11:39 AM by Kumazzz

[mellody]

What about that (radio?) interview from his story today, was that live or a recording?

Seems this is the website of the radio station, but I'm unable to search for anything on there. 🙈 https://www.imbc.com/broad/radio/fm4u/musiccamp/?fbclid=PAAab-QZVmozPiHOHGWtlejg0ANZ-W0cZZFKKp43CFoCJlKU8_7H9bWSqRvUI 

[Kumazzz]

4 hours ago, mellody said:

What about that (radio?) interview from his story today, was that live or a recording?

Seems this is the website of the radio station, but I'm unable to search for anything on there. 🙈 https://www.imbc.com/broad/radio/fm4u/musiccamp/?fbclid=PAAab-QZVmozPiHOHGWtlejg0ANZ-W0cZZFKKp43CFoCJlKU8_7H9bWSqRvUI 

 

MBC radio

https://playvod.imbc.com/Vod/VodPlay?broadcastId=1000588107169100000

2023-05-25 배철수의 음악캠프 with Mika

 

Here is a captured video.

 

playing

• Big Girl
• Happy Ending
• Feels like fire
• YO YO

 

 

 

Edited Friday at 03:05 AM by Kumazzz
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[Kumazzz]

43 minutes ago, mellody said:

What about that (radio?) interview from his story today, was that live or a recording?

Seems this is the website of the radio station, but I'm unable to search for anything on there. 🙈 https://www.imbc.com/broad/radio/fm4u/musiccamp/?fbclid=PAAab-QZVmozPiHOHGWtlejg0ANZ-W0cZZFKKp43CFoCJlKU8_7H9bWSqRvUI 

 

It was in 2015, a fan took a video from the outside the studio.

 

 

[Kumazzz]

6 hours ago, Kumazzz said:

 

MBC radio

https://playvod.imbc.com/Vod/VodPlay?broadcastId=1000588107169100000

2023-05-25 배철수의 음악캠프 with Mika

 

Here is a captured video.

 

playing

• Big Girl
• Happy Ending
• Feels like fire
• YO YO

 

 

 

mikainstagram stories

 

Mika at the MBC radio

 

 

[mellody]

8 hours ago, Kumazzz said:

 

MBC radio

https://playvod.imbc.com/Vod/VodPlay?broadcastId=1000588107169100000

2023-05-25 배철수의 음악캠프 with Mika

 

Here is a captured video.

 

playing

• Big Girl
• Happy Ending
• Feels like fire
• YO YO

 

 

 

 

Thank you! Aww such a sweet interview! So now please someone give him a radio show where he has enough time to talk, to tell the whole "long story" of the tiger head!  He says it's his fave part of the show, but I wonder if he'll still think that when it's 35°C at the open air summer gigs. 😅 Loved his reaction to the presenter saying he reminds him of James Bond, so sweet!  And what he says about taking inspiration for the show by the crowd, kinda an interactive show, I'm really looking forward to experience this live!  Also that the English album will be songs with crazy energy as well as songs that are so sad they make you cry. Love this! Like in Yoyo, take me high, take me low, off to the rollercoaster ride that being a fan of Mika is!  

[krysady]

@Kumazzz Thanks for posting!  Very nice interview, I wish we could hear what he was talking about during the commercials as well 

Edited Friday at 08:53 AM by krysady

[mellody]

33 minutes ago, krysady said:

@Kumazzz Thanks for posting!  Very nice interview, I wish you could hear what he was talking about during the commercials as well 

 

Haha, I was thinking the same.  His face expressions really make me curious.

 

Ah, something else I noticed, how he's mixing up times again. Because he said that 2013 was the NPIH tour, while the album was only released in 2015. It's interesting, because to me his album releases and tours are kinda like a timeline to my life - along with other things from my personal life ofc, but it's very useful for remembering when certain things happened, especially my travels. I thought to him it would be even more of a timeline, as it's his career. But maybe for him it all mixes up, because he's writing, recording, promoting, performing the album, so the actual release date/year might not be on his mind at all, after it happened.

[krysady]

6 minutes ago, mellody said:

Ah, something else I noticed, how he's mixing up times again.

Probably his brain works on a different algorithm... we know his visual memory is fabulous ( remembers fan's face since 7 years ago), but messing up quite often with dates, numbers and events 

[Anna Ko Kolkowska]

10 hours ago, Kumazzz said:

 

MBC radio

https://playvod.imbc.com/Vod/VodPlay?broadcastId=1000588107169100000

2023-05-25 배철수의 음악캠프 with Mika

 

Here is a captured video.

 

playing

• Big Girl
• Happy Ending
• Feels like fire
• YO YO

 

 

 

 

 

Thank you a lot, Eriko 

 

I was watching it with a big smile on my face. And Mika was smiling all the time! His eyes were smiling. 

 

He mentioned that he decided to make a show more flexible and to change the setlist during the show.

And when he said that he was thinking about the round stage in the middle of the venue I almost jumped up 

 

After Cheltenham and then what I saw on the videos from Japan I had this idea that as Mika is coming to the audience more and more it would be better to put him already in the middle of the venue! The energy in a round venue is incredible. You are literally in the music, in the sound. I love this feeling which I know from the past when I was singing in a choir. Vibrations put you into another dimension. I want to feel it again!!!!

[holdingyourdrink]

I adored this interview. I am also very curious to hear the story of the tigerhead, but an interactive show.. OMG! 

[crazyaboutmika]

1 hour ago, krysady said:

Probably his brain works on a different algorithm... we know his visual memory is fabulous ( remembers fan's face since 7 years ago), but messing up quite often with dates, numbers and events 

He works with his instinct and good vibes, not with maths. 

 I am the same, awful with numbers

We are lucky he remembers our faces  and cares about us  

[crazyaboutmika]

2 hours ago, mellody said:

 

Haha, I was thinking the same.  His face expressions really make me curious.

 

Ah, something else I noticed, how he's mixing up times again. Because he said that 2013 was the NPIH tour, while the album was only released in 2015. It's interesting, because to me his album releases and tours are kinda like a timeline to my life - along with other things from my personal life ofc, but it's very useful for remembering when certain things happened, especially my travels. I thought to him it would be even more of a timeline, as it's his career. But maybe for him it all mixes up, because he's writing, recording, promoting, performing the album, so the actual release date/year might not be on his mind at all, after it happened.

That's why he is thankful for our yearbooks to keep tracks

[mellody]

2 hours ago, Anna Ko Kolkowska said:

And when he said that he was thinking about the round stage in the middle of the venue I almost jumped up 

 

After Cheltenham and then what I saw on the videos from Japan I had this idea that as Mika is coming to the audience more and more it would be better to put him already in the middle of the venue! The energy in a round venue is incredible. You are literally in the music, in the sound. I love this feeling which I know from the past when I was singing in a choir. Vibrations put you into another dimension. I want to feel it again!!!!

 

Interesting, thanks. I can't remember ever attending a show with a main stage like that... well, Take That often have a 2nd stage, which also was round a few times - and Mika loves Paris was the same, but I was at the main (front) stage for that. My experience is that it's not that much fun at the times when you can only see the performer's back. The catwalk & 2nd stage he had at the Revelation tour was brilliant, because you could be close to him at many places of the venue, and ofc Mika keeps moving a lot - and for the slower songs where he didn't move that much, I think he was either on the main stage or at his flying piano. Anyway, I guess it's like with the tiger head for me... I'm not too convinced, but I think I'll get it when I see it live.  

 

58 minutes ago, crazyaboutmika said:

That's why he is thankful for our yearbooks to keep tracks

 

Maybe he should read them again.  Nah, it's fine, I just found it interesting that there's things about him and his career that his fans know better than himself. Not just the Elle me Dit lyrics, lol!  (me excluded, I don't know the French lyrics any better than he does )

[krysady]

Some pics from the interview: https://www.instagram.com/p/CsshuGGL8bM/

 

 

[Kumazzz]

23 hours ago, Kumazzz said:

 

MBC radio

https://playvod.imbc.com/Vod/VodPlay?broadcastId=1000588107169100000

2023-05-25 배철수의 음악캠프 with Mika

 

Here is a captured video.

 

playing

• Big Girl
• Happy Ending
• Feels like fire
• YO YO

 

 

 

 

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MBC radio

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Edited Friday at 10:29 PM by Kumazzz

[bluebear]

Waiting time for MIKA was also very pleasant thanks for the relay broadcasting by the radio presenter noticing where MIKA was passing by in Seoul and the name of the bridge he was crossing to reach the radio station. Hahaha🤣 He was stuck in the rush hour traffic of Seoul in the evening. Maybe he didn't know well about the traffic in Seoul especially in the rush hour.

[Kumazzz]

52 minutes ago, bluebear said:

Maybe he didn't know well about the traffic in Seoul especially in the rush hour.

 

MBC Radio or local people should pay attention to the traffic situations.

[Kumazzz]

NEWSIS

https://www.newsis.com/view/?id=NISX20230526_0002318938

2023.05.27 07:02:1

 

김믹하(미카), 널 보면 '핫핑크 심장'이 튀어나와…

"7년이네요. 전 7년 동안 잠을 자버렸어요. 마침내 일어날 시간입니다!"

 

26일 오후 서울 올림픽공원 케이스포돔(옛 체조경기장). 무대 위 놓인 검정 그랜드 피아노를 침대 삼아 잠을 자던 영국 팝스타 미카는 흰색 조명이 자신을 햇빛처럼 비추자 눈을 비비며 기지개를 활짝 켜고 마침내 일어났다.

미카가 이날부터 시작한 '제15회 서울재즈페스티벌 2023'을 통해 7년 만에 내한했다. 해당 축제 첫 번째날 헤드라이너로 나선 그의 에너지는 세월이 지났음에도 여전히 명불허전이었다.

 

관객이 함께 어우러져 자유롭게 뛰어 노는 '놀이공원'을 방불케하는 연출, 이를 통해 빚어지는 감정선의 롤러코스터가 미카 내한공연의 전매특허인데 '롤리팝'으로 본격적으로 시작된 이번 공연에서도 증명했다.

특히 하이라이트는 공연 초반부터 나왔다. '빅 걸'을 부를 때 핫핑크 슈트를 입은 채 플로어석으로 내려와 관객들 사이를 종횡무진했다. 이것이야말로 페스티벌의 묘미라는 걸 몸소 보여줬다. 관객들은 열광했고 "유 아 뷰티풀(You Are Beautiful)"을 쉴 새 없이 떼창했다.

 

이 같은 풍경은 엔데믹의 확실한 증거였다. 서울재즈페스티벌은 코로나19 여파로 열리지 않다가 3년 만인 지난해 대면으로 관객을 만났다. 하지만 88잔디마당 한 곳만 공연 장소였다. 마침내 올해 예전처럼 케이스포돔·88잔디마당·SK올림픽핸드볼경기장·88호수 수변무대 네곳을 모두 무대로 삼았다.

2020년 내한공연을 예정했었으나 코로나19 여파로 취소해야 했던 미카는 2016년 단독 공연 이후 처음 찾은 한국에서 마음껏 한을 풀었다. '타이니 러브(Tiny Love)'를 부를 때는 상의를 탈의한 뒤 객석 팬으로부터 넘겨받은 '무지개 하트'를 가슴에 붙이기도 했다.

 

'해피 엔딩(Happy Ending)' '블레임 잇 온 더 걸스(Blame It On The Girls)' '그레이스 켈리(Grace Kelly)' 등으로 이어진 약 90분간 히트곡 퍼레이드에서 미카는 남들보다 몇배나 되는 열정을 발산하면서도 지치지도 않았다. 객석에서는 "하나도 안 했다가 아니라 그의 시간은 거꾸로 가는 거 같다"는 감탄이 나올 정도였다.

무엇보다 성별, 나이, 국적을 가리지 않고 모두를 하나로 만드는 무지갯빛 연출과 마음 그리고 열정이 다시 한번 빛을 발했다.

 

한국 팬의 미카에 대한 사랑 못지 않게 한국에 대한 미카의 사랑도 대단하다. 그는 '김믹하'라는 한국 애칭도 갖고 있지 않은가. 공연 막판에 호랑이 탈을 쓴 채 자신의 이름 이니셜 M이 박힌 태극기를 든 그는 이번에도 한국 사랑을 제대로 보여줬다.

 

미카가 흥의 절정이긴 했지만 다른 뮤지션들의 무대 역시 각자의 매력을 발산했다. 특히 '서울 재즈 페스티벌'이 재즈 대중화에 기여한 만큼, 프로그램 곳곳에 자리 잡은 재즈 무대들이 돋보였다.

 

 

Google translator

Micha Kim (Mika), when I see you, a 'hot pink heart' pops out...

 

"Seven years. I've been sleeping for seven years. It's finally time to wake up!"

 

On the afternoon of the 26th, Seoul Olympic Park Case Po Dome (former gymnastics arena). British pop star Mika, who had been sleeping on the black grand piano on her stage as a bed, rubbed her eyes and stretched herself wide open as her white lights illuminated her like sunlight, and finally woke up.

She came to Korea after 7 years of her life through the '15th Seoul Jazz Festival 2023', which Mika started on this day. His energy as the headliner on the first day of the festival was still unparalleled even after all these years.

 

The directing reminiscent of an 'amusement park' where the audience harmonizes and runs freely, and the emotional roller coaster created through this is the exclusive patent of Mika's concert in Korea, and this performance, which started in earnest with 'Lollipop', proved it.

 

In particular, the highlight came from the beginning of the performance. As she sang 'Big Girl', she came down to the floor seat in a hot pink suit and ran through the audience. It showed directly that this is the beauty of the festival. The audience went wild and sang "You Are Beautiful" non-stop.

 

A landscape like this was clear evidence of endemic. The Seoul Jazz Festival was not held in the aftermath of Corona 19, but met the audience face-to-face last year, three years later. However, only one of the 88 Lawn Yards was a performance venue. Finally, as before this year, all four venues were set: Case Po Dome, 88 Lawn Yard, SK Olympic Handball Stadium, and Lake 88 Waterside Stage.

 

Mika, who was scheduled to perform in Korea in 2020 but had to cancel it due to the aftermath of Corona 19, resolved her regrets to her heart's content in Korea, her first visit since her solo performance in 2016. When he sang 'Tiny Love', he took off his top and attached a 'rainbow heart' handed over from a fan to his chest.

In the 90-minute hit song parade, including 'Happy Ending', 'Blame It On The Girls', and 'Grace Kelly', Mika showed her passion many times greater than others. It was exhilarating but not exhausting. It was to the point of exclamation from the audience, "It's not that he didn't do anything, but that his time seems to go backwards."

 

Above all, the iridescent production, heart, and passion that unite everyone regardless of gender, age, or nationality shone once again.

Mika's love for Korea is as great as Korean fans' love for Mika. Doesn't he also have a Korean nickname, 'Kim Mic-ha'? At the end of his performance, wearing a tiger mask and holding a national flag with his initial M on it, he showed his love for Korea this time as well.

 

Although Mika was at the peak of excitement, other musicians' stages also radiated their own charms. In particular, as much as the 'Seoul Jazz Festival' contributed to the popularization of jazz, the jazz stages located throughout the program stood out.

 

 

[Kumazzz]

Maybe... Mika will be on a Korean magazine soon.

 

Some pics shared by Hanul Kim 하늘 김 ( Fashion Stylist )

In 2015, he worked with Mika for ELLE KOREA.

https://www.instagram.com/p/5dpet-H3CB/

 

 

INSTAGRAM

https://www.instagram.com/p/CsvWcmwOpmV/

 

#Sooo happy to see Mika back in Seoul

#Mika#😎👍🏻

 

 

 

 

[Kumazzz]

Radio Korea

Entered 05.26.2023 01:10 PM

https://www.radiokorea.com/news/article.php?type=entertainment&uid=419711

 

7년 만에 한국 관객 만난 미카 "열일곱 소년처럼 설렜다"

 

서울재즈페스티벌 첫날 헤드라이너 출연…"7년의 잠에서 깬 기분"
4년 만에 4개 무대 오픈…재즈·팝·힙합 아우른 음악의 향연

 

"솔직히 말할게요. 오늘 무대 오르기 전에 17살 소년이 된 것처럼 긴장되고 설렜습니다. 다시 오기까지 너무 오래 걸려 미안해요."

'떼창 공연'의 원조 격인 영국의 싱어송라이터 미카가 2016년 이후 7년 만에 한국 관객과 만났다.

26일 오후 서울 송파구 올림픽공원 일대에서 열린 서울재즈페스티벌의 첫째 날 간판 출연자(헤드라이너)로 올림픽체조경기장 무대에 오른 미카는 긴 기다림 끝에 만난 한국 관객을 보고 "다시 돌아와 정말 행복하다"며 벅찬 기색을 감추지 못했다.

무대 위 피아노에 어린아이처럼 누워서 등장한 미카가 이날 마이크를 잡고 뱉은 첫 단어는 "7년"이었다.

한국 관객과 만나지 못한 이 기간이 믿기지 않는다는 듯 재차 강조하며 "7년을 자고 일어난 기분"이라고 말하는 그의 눈에서는 누구보다 이 순간을 기다려왔다는 진심이 느껴졌다.

그 못지않게 이날을 기다려 온 팬들도 양손에 금색 제기 응원 도구를 들고 열띤 환호와 '떼창'으로 화답했다.

'롤리팝'(Lollipop), '빅 걸'(Big Girl) 등 미카 특유의 밝고 에너지 넘치는 노래가 체조경기장에 울려 퍼지자 1만여명의 관객이 입을 모아 미카의 '행복 주문'을 따라불렀다.

 

2007년 데뷔곡 '그레이스 켈리'(Grace Kelly)로 혜성처럼 등장한 미카는 '빅 걸', '해피 엔딩'(Happy Ending), '롤리팝', '위 아 골든'(We Are Golden) 등으로 세계 팝 시장을 강타한 싱어송라이터다.

2000년대 후반부터 국내 TV 광고에 미카의 음악이 대거 사용되며 한국에도 이름을 알렸다.

발랄하고 편안한 멜로디와 따뜻한 가사, 진성과 가성을 오가는 개성 넘치는 음색으로 국내에서도 탄탄한 팬층을 보유하고 있다.

미카는 팬데믹(전염병의 세계적 대유행) 기간 예정됐던 국내 공연이 무산됐던 일을 두고 "당시 서울 공연은 내가 팬데믹 때문에 취소해야 했던 첫 공연이었다"고 회상하며 감정이 벅차오른 듯 잠시 말을 잇지 못하기도 했다.

이어 "7년 만에 만난 여러분은 그 전보다도 더 멋진 관객이 됐다. 이전 공연을 취소해서 미안하다"고 진심을 전한 그는 한국어로 "감사합니다"라고 인사했다.

미카는 그간 보지 못했던 관객을 조금이라도 가까이에서 만나고 싶은 듯 공연 중 두 차례나 스탠딩석으로 뛰어들어 관객과 호흡했다.

미카가 스탠딩석 사이에 설치된 펜스도 넘어 완전히 관객 틈에 섞여 노래를 부르자 예상치 못한 이벤트에 객석 열기는 절정에 달했다.

 

2009년 첫 내한 공연 이후 여러 차례 한국을 찾았던 미카는 대표적인 '떼창 유발자' 중 하나로 불리기도 한다.

앞선 내한 공연에서 한국 관객 특유의 열띤 '떼창'의 맛을 본 미카는 이후 여러 인터뷰에서 이에 대한 애정을 숨기지 않고 드러내며 한국과 각별한 인연을 키워왔다.

이날 공연에서도 팬들은 그간 쌓여왔던 갈증을 풀듯 목을 아끼지 않는 완벽한 떼창으로 미카를 감동하게 만들었다.

'투모로우'(Tomorrow)와 '언더워터'(Underwater) 등 고음을 요구하는 곡까지 정확한 음정으로 관객이 따라부르자 미카의 얼굴은 땀만큼이나 행복으로 흥건하게 젖었다.

공연 내내 온 몸을 던져 노래하고 춤추다가도 연신 터져 나오는 행복한 웃음을 감추지 못하던 미카는 대표곡 '위 아 골든'을 마지막 앙코르곡으로 선사하며 7년 만의 재회의 밤을 마무리했다.

 

이날 미카가 공연한 서울재즈페스티벌은 재즈부터 팝을 아우르는 다채로운 음악 공연을 즐길 수 있는 국내 대표 야외 음악 페스티벌이다.

지난해 팬데믹 이후 3년 만의 대면 행사로 관객과 만났으며, 올해에는 4개의 무대로 규모를 키워 찾아왔다.
 

Mika meeting a Korean audience for the first time in 7 years

"I was thrilled like a 17-year-old boy"

 

Headliner on the first day of the Seoul Jazz Festival... "Feels like waking up after 7 years of sleep"
4 stages opened in 4 years... A feast of music that encompasses jazz, pop, and hip hop

 

"I'll be honest. Before going on stage today, I was nervous and excited like a 17-year-old boy. I'm sorry it took me so long to come back."

British singer-songwriter Mika, the originator of the 'singing performance', met Korean audiences for the first time in 7 years since 2016.

On the first day of the Seoul Jazz Festival held in the Olympic Park area in Songpa-gu, Seoul on the afternoon of the 26th, Mika, who stood on stage at the Olympic Gymnastics Arena as a representative performer (headliner), saw the Korean audience she met after a long wait and said, "I am really happy to be back again." couldn't hide

Appearing lying on the piano like a child on stage, the first word Mika uttered while holding the microphone was "7 years".

 

He emphasized again as if he couldn't believe this period of not being able to meet Korean audiences, and in his eyes, saying, "It feels like I woke up after sleeping for 7 years," I could feel the sincerity of waiting for this moment more than anyone else.

Fans who had been waiting for this day as well responded with enthusiastic cheers and 'singing together' with golden jegi cheering tools in both hands.

As Mika's unique bright and energetic songs such as 'Lollipop' and 'Big Girl' resonated throughout the gymnastics arena, more than 10,000 spectators sang along to Mika's 'Happiness Spell'.

 

Mika, who appeared like a comet with her debut song 'Grace Kelly' in 2007, has made world pop hits such as 'Big Girl', 'Happy Ending', 'Lollipop', and 'We Are Golden'. He is a singer-songwriter who hit the market.

Since the late 2000s, Mika's music has been used extensively in her domestic TV commercials, and she has become known in Korea as well.

With her lively and comfortable melodies, warm lyrics, and her unique voice that goes back and forth between genuine and falsetto, she has a solid fan base in Korea.

Regarding the cancellation of a scheduled domestic performance during the pandemic, Mika recalled, "The Seoul performance at the time was the first performance I had to cancel because of the pandemic." did.

Then, she sincerely said, “The people I met after 7 years have become even more wonderful audiences than before. I’m sorry for canceling the previous performance.”

Mika seemed to want to meet the audience she hadn't seen before, even a little bit closer.

When Mika climbed over the fence between her standing seats and sang completely mingled with the audience, the audience heat up to an unexpected event.

 

Mika, who has visited Korea several times since her first concert in Korea in 2009, is also called one of the representative 'singers'.

Mika, who tasted the passionate 'singing together' unique to Korean audiences in her previous performances in Korea, has since developed a special relationship with Korea by revealing her affection for it without hiding it in various interviews.

Even at her performance on this day, her fans impressed Mika with his perfect singing voice that did not spare his throat as if he was quenching his thirst that had accumulated over the years.

Mika's face was wet with happiness as much as sweat as her audience sang along in precise pitch to her high-pitched songs such as "Tomorrow" and "Underwater." .

Mika, who couldn't hide his happy smile while throwing her whole body into singing and dancing throughout her performance, presented her representative song 'We Are Golden' as his last encore song, marking his reunion after 7 years. finished the night.

 

The Seoul Jazz Festival, where Mika performed, is a representative outdoor music festival in Korea where you can enjoy a variety of music performances ranging from jazz to pop.

Last year, after the pandemic, we met with the audience as a face-to-face event for the first time in three years, and this year, we expanded the scale to four stages.