mellody Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 An article about Cannes: http://m.20minutes.fr/people/1606779-festival-cannes-grande-bouffe-mika-salma-hayek-virginite-gilles-jacob-coit-pierre-lescure- maybe someone could translate the Mika part? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kumazzz Posted May 13, 2015 Author Share Posted May 13, 2015 An article about Cannes: http://m.20minutes.fr/people/1606779-festival-cannes-grande-bouffe-mika-salma-hayek-virginite-gilles-jacob-coit-pierre-lescure- maybe someone could translate the Mika part? I think this Aufeminin interview is the source of the article. Mika révèle les dessous du Festival de Cannes http://www.aufeminin.com/sorties-cinema/le-festival-de-cannes-vu-par-mika-s1352452.html http://www.aufeminin.com/sorties-cinema/le-festival-de-cannes-vu-par-mika-s1352452.html Alors que le Festival de Cannes va bientôt commencer, nous avons demandé à Mika, notre rédacteur en chef du jour, de décrypter pour nous la Grand Messe du cinéma. L'occasion pour nous de découvrir que le chanteur est également un grand cinéphile. La Croisette, Mika connaît bien. Il s'y rend régulièrement pour les NRJ Music Awards. L'année dernière, pour la première fois, il a monté les marches lors du Festival de Cannes, pour assister à la projection de Saint Laurent. Une expérience unique, mais bien loin de ce que l'on pourrait imaginer : "En réalité, c'est très agressif. C'est très violent médiatiquement parce que votre montée des marches est une image qui restera très longtemps, alors que dans la réalité cela se passe extrêmement vite. Il faut savoir qu'il y a une organisation derrière tout ça. Il y a des personnes dont c'est le job de décider à quelle heure vous monterez les marches, et combien de temps vous aurez sur le tapis rouge. Ces gens-là ont beaucoup de puissance, et tous les studios, toutes les marques doivent les draguer pour obtenir le meilleur moment avec la meilleure lumière". Notre rédac chef continue les révélations sur les dessous du festival : "Tout le monde doit arriver en voiture, même s'il n'y a que quelques mètres à parcourir depuis l'hôtel. Mais il y a un trafic de dingue ! L'année dernière, je suis resté coincé 50 minutes dans une voiture avec Salma Hayek, on a attendu dans un parking et on parlait de pâtes et de sauce tomates". Vu sous cet angle, on est bien loin du glamour et des paillettes ! Mika, un grand cinéphilePour autant, Cannes reste un événement incroyable pour Mika, véritable passionné de Septième Art. Il faut voir avec quel enthousiasme il nous en parle ! Le chanteur salue la capacité du Festival à composer un savant dosage entre grosses machines Hollywoodiennes et cinéma d'auteur. Malgré l'omniprésence des marques et des super stars internationales, l'organisation du Festival de Cannes parvient à focaliser l'attention sur des projets crédibles. Si Mika n'a pas le temps de fréquenter les salles obscures, il ne manque pourtant aucune sortie, car il négocie des screeners (DVD de démonstration avant la sortie en salles NDLR) avec ses amis du monde du cinéma. "Comme ça, je regarde les films dans l'avion, ou à l'hôtel quand je suis en tournée". Un jury 2015 au topPrésidé par les frères Coen, le jury de Cannes 2015 compte parmi ses membres Sophie Marceau, Sienna Miller, Rossy de Palma, Rokia Traoré, Xavier Dolan, Guillermo del Toro et Jake Gyllenhaal. Une belle équipe selon notre rédacteur en chef d'un jour, grand fan de Xavier Dolan : "Je ne le connais pas mais je retrouve dans ses longs métrages ce que j’écris dans mes chansons. C'est un peu le même esprit. Il a une superbe énergie créative, même si ses ne projets sont pas parfaits, il se lance, il prend des risques et réalise des films humains et sensibles. C'est beaucoup plus inspirant que les productions ultra lisses et léchées des gros studios hollywoodiens. On a besoin de gens comme lui dans le Septième Art". Parmi ses autres chouchous de la cuvée 2015, le réalisateur mexicain Guillermo Del Toro, un véritable génie dont il admire la créativité, et la talentueuse Sienna Miller, qui a réussi selon lui à s'affranchir du carcan de la it-girl pour gagner une véritable légitimité en tant qu'actrice. Alors, futur membre du jury, Mika ? "Oh non, juger ce n'est pas mon truc" nous répond avec un petit sourire en coin le juré de The Voice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mellody Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 ah thanks eriko. sorry, i didn't go that far back in this thread, as the article was from today so i thought it was news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kumazzz Posted May 13, 2015 Author Share Posted May 13, 2015 ah thanks eriko. sorry, i didn't go that far back in this thread, as the article was from today so i thought it was news. no problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie20 Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 (edited) Thank you so much Charlie, for sharing and translating, what you call " an interwiew about a very serious issue" I totally agree, and would like to add that it's a global problem - and imo, also the main reason for the huge amount of views, for The Popular Song video... It's super, and useful, that beloved people - like our MIKA - gives this issue a face, and add good advises, about how to handle the problem... Love,love me You are welcome! And I totally agree with you, unfortunately it's a problem underestimated by many people and it's a real injustice that in many countries, the government leaders and institutions don't want to take serious initiatives to combat it, and when they do support them against the usual detractors, especially if it is exclusively associated to harassment / bullying towards LGBT students (and not also outside the school, obviously), despite the many suicides.Not knowing what to do and the feeling of being alone against their tormentors must be the worst thing, so well be those who speak openly about this and gives or tries to give advice to deal with it. Edited May 13, 2015 by charlie20 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucrezia Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 image.jpgimage.jpg Nice article in the June edition of Elle Québec Thank you so much Cath! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucrezia Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 image.jpgimage.jpg Nice article in the June edition of Elle Québec Thank you so much Cath! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyaboutmika Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 Thanks a lot Cath and Eriko 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyaboutmika Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 An article about Cannes: http://m.20minutes.fr/people/1606779-festival-cannes-grande-bouffe-mika-salma-hayek-virginite-gilles-jacob-coit-pierre-lescure- maybe someone could translate the Mika part? Does it still need to be translated? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamiam Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 You are welcome! And I totally agree with you, unfortunately it's a problem underestimated by many people and it's a real injustice that in many countries, the government leaders and institutions don't want to take serious initiatives to combat it, and when they do support them against the usual detractors, especially if it is exclusively associated to harassment / bullying towards LGBT students (and not also outside the school, obviously), despite the many suicides.Not knowing what to do and the feeling of being alone against their tormentors must be the worst thing, so well be those who speak openly about this and gives or tries to give advice to deal with it. Last year, in my country, at least two schools were sued, and lost in court, because they hadn't taken this problem seriously at all The victim in one case had made suicide, at the age of 13 - the other, a grown-up man, is now a spokesman for this serious issue. Acc. to him it was way more important to finally be heard and believed, than the big amount of money he got. Imo, it's heartbreaking to learn about quite some details from MIKAs years at the London school, and all the problems it caused him Nevertheless, I'm very proud of him, to speak about it openly, acc. to his own experience. And I do hope his honesty can be of help to others, in the same situation. MIKA is the best proof that it's possible to overcome such dramas - with success... Love,love me 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie20 Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 You are welcome! And I totally agree with you, unfortunately it's a problem underestimated by many people and it's a real injustice that in many countries, the government leaders and institutions don't want to take serious initiatives to combat it, and when they do support them against the usual detractors, especially if it is exclusively associated to harassment / bullying towards LGBT students (and not also outside the school, obviously), despite the many suicides.Not knowing what to do and the feeling of being alone against their tormentors must be the worst thing, so well be those who speak openly about this and gives or tries to give advice to deal with it. Last year, in my country, at least two schools were sued, and lost in court, because they hadn't taken this problem seriously at all The victim in one case had made suicide, at the age of 13 - the other, a grown-up man, is now a spokesman for this serious issue. Acc. to him it was way more important to finally be heard and believed, than the big amount of money he got. Imo, it's heartbreaking to learn about quite some details from MIKAs years at the London school, and all the problems it caused him Nevertheless, I'm very proud of him, to speak about it openly, acc. to his own experience. And I do hope his honesty can be of help to others, in the same situation. MIKA is the best proof that it's possible to overcome such dramas - with success... Love,love me Yes, it's really a big problem in all countries.In Italy there are government, institutions and other organizations initiatives, but when it comes to bullying and discrimination against LGBT people, the opposition of the Church and Catholic extremists are really a very big obstacle and in fact, unfortunately, they have already blocked some of them.Continue to insist and talk about it openly is very important. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie20 Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 (edited) image.jpgimage.jpg Nice article in the June edition of Elle Québec Thanks for sharing it, cathouzouf! Here you can see it better, I found it in pdf: Edited May 16, 2015 by charlie20 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kumazzz Posted May 16, 2015 Author Share Posted May 16, 2015 (edited) June edition of Elle Québec Thanks for sharing it, cathouzouf! Here you can see it better, I found it in pdf: ellequebec juin2015 - m1.jpgellequebec juin2015 - m2.jpg Brilliant !! Thanks a million for finding / sharing !! Translated by Cathrine. Part-1 The MIKA BOMBIt has class, kindness and genius. Meet Mika, an artist who goes boom boom boom in our hearts. he landed in the world of pop veritable gale. A fresh breath. Astonishing and detonating. But who was this charming maniac with the beautifully curled head and thehead voice (it debuted at the Royal Opera House in London), which claimed both Grace Kelly and Fred Mercury die on a decidedly addictive air ? Well Mika who else? Since then he has continued to seduce the entire planet by producing the dancing and almost hypnotic success (Love Thay Relax, Take It Easy, Big Girl (You An Beautiful), We are Golden, Rain. Elle me dit et Boum Boum Boum ...) with disarming ease. The adorable British-Lebanese 31 years was visiting home in February during a series of concerts with the symphony orchestra of Montreal. We caught him flying to chat about his amazing journey and talk to him about his artistic approach to earworms that will certainly be many on his new album, No Place in Heaven, which is due out June 16When did you catch the extent of "Mika"?There is no phenomenon .. no. (Laughs) The concept of celebrity, it is beyond me. (He thinks for a moment.) Be star is good. to create a perfume! Perfume that costs nothing to produce, which smells sweet or muffin, and are $ 65 in a beautiful bottle. The stars, they do that. (Laughs) Not me.Tell us about your relationship with your fans. Are you in close contact with them?Well .. actually, I'm terrible with social media (laughs) I can put myself fully for a week and then forget about it for several months that I'm registered. So it annoys everyone who follows me. (Laughs) In addition, social media can quickly distract me from my creative process. And I prefer not to share what I prepare because x especially not spoil the surprise. Scans by Charlie20 Part-2 Part 2One of your great qualities as a musician is to make us travel, we get carried in parallel universes in a wayI write my songs to feel transported elsewhere, too. First and foremost, I want to have fun. Even if my job requires a lot of rigor, I think candor is also very important and that we must always preserve it. But the performance? This is just fun!You have been a judge to television competition The X-Factor, Italy, and The Voice, France. What you like most in this type of program?First, I love talking! (Laughs) And I especially love to talk about music. I have fun on these shows: we sit, drink tea and coffee when we become tired and wine when we become really tired! (Laughs) We listen to music and talk. That's a crazy job, right? I'm lucky. Besides it allows me to reach a wider audience. One day, a merchant in a flea market in Paris said, "Before, I thought you was a little snobbish and stupid. But I saw you on TV yesterday and I realize that in fact you're cool!The best advice you have given to your proteges?I tell them to work seriously, but never take it seriously. And also, every day, to go a little out of his comfort zone.Conversely, what is the best advice you've given?When I was younger, I ran into Annie Lennox at a show. I took my courage in both hands and went to ask advice for a young singer who dreams of a career She said: What do you want me to say? It is a question unanswered! It was brutal, almost violent answer. Then she added:. That's the fire that burns in you, you'll do fine. Listen to the fire, that's all. I did not understand quite what she meant at the time, but now I understand. Never lose desire. Some years after this meeting, I followed lessons with a new singing teacher. In the waiting room just before my first class, I heard a familiar voice, that of Annie Lennox! For three years, just before my lesson, there was always that of Annie Lennox. She soon realized that I arrived early, often 30 or 40 minutes in advance just to be able to listen. And you know what? I have no shame, however, because I had the fire, desire! (Laughs)What can you tell us about your next album?It's very me, very pure. I wanted to establish a direct link between the audience and me. my song The Last Party originally contained an electronic sequence that I finally decided to take off, so we find rather my classical roots in this piece. This is also great that my series of symphony concerts and preparation of this album will be held at the same time, because they are actually influenced one another!What other projects do you hope to achieve in the coming years?There are plenty! But what I want and what life will give me are two different things. So I remain open. I, of course, have specific plans in mind, but I keep then secret. As I said earlier I would not want to spoil the surprise! (Laughs) Edited May 18, 2015 by Kumazzz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamiam Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 Thank you so much Catherine, Charlie20 and Eriko, for sharing this article about MIKA, which seems very nice, from the little I understand of it - so I hope someone can translate it - It also great that his concert in Montreal the 4th July is already sold out - but I'm not surprised ! - "La bombe MIKA" will surely cause a new summer explosion in this beautiful city - I'm very happy to know that the lovely MFCers I met in febr. can see MIKA again, already ...- Love,love me 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krysady Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 NEON @neon_mag Tiens, on dirait que @mikasounds sera bientôt dans #NEON (mais nous aussi on voulait être sur la photo avec lui) pic.twitter.com/8FoP4mUhVS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yuna Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 June edition of Elle Québec Brilliant !! Thanks a million for finding / sharing !! Thank you for the scanned fine, eriko! and native French peeps, could help on translation please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cathouzouf Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 The MIKA BOMB It has class, kindness and genius. Meet Mika, an artist who goes boom boom boom in our hearts. he landed in the world of pop veritable gale. A fresh breath. Astonishing and detonating. But who was this charming maniac with the beautifully curled head and thehead voice (it debuted at the Royal Opera House in London), which claimed both Grace Kelly and Fred Mercury die on a decidedly addictive air ? Well Mika who else? Since then he has continued to seduce the entire planet by producing the dancing and almost hypnotic success (Love Thay Relax, Take It Easy, Big Girl (You An Beautiful), We are Golden, Rain. Elle me dit et Boum Boum Boum ...) with disarming ease. The adorable British-Lebanese 31 years was visiting home in February during a series of concerts with the symphony orchestra of Montreal. We caught him flying to chat about his amazing journey and talk to him about his artistic approach to earworms that will certainly be many on his new album, No Place in Heaven, which is due out June 16 When did you catch the extent of "Mika"? There is no phenomenon .. no. (Laughs) The concept of celebrity, it is beyond me. (He thinks for a moment.) Be star is good. to create a perfume! Perfume that costs nothing to produce, which smells sweet or muffin, and are $ 65 in a beautiful bottle. The stars, they do that. (Laughs) Not me. Tell us about your relationship with your fans. Are you in close contact with them? Well .. actually, I'm terrible with social media (laughs) I can put myself fully for a week and then forget about it for several months that I'm registered. So it annoys everyone who follows me. (Laughs) In addition, social media can quickly distract me from my creative process. And I prefer not to share what I prepare because x especially not spoil the surprise. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cathouzouf Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 Part 2 One of your great qualities as a musician is to make us travel, we get carried in parallel universes in a way I write my songs to feel transported elsewhere, too. First and foremost, I want to have fun. Even if my job requires a lot of rigor, I think candor is also very important and that we must always preserve it. But the performance? This is just fun! You have been a judge to television competition The X-Factor, Italy, and The Voice, France. What you like most in this type of program? First, I love talking! (Laughs) And I especially love to talk about music. I have fun on these shows: we sit, drink tea and coffee when we become tired and wine when we become really tired! (Laughs) We listen to music and talk. That's a crazy job, right? I'm lucky. Besides it allows me to reach a wider audience. One day, a merchant in a flea market in Paris said, "Before, I thought you was a little snobbish and stupid. But I saw you on TV yesterday and I realize that in fact you're cool! The best advice you have given to your proteges? I tell them to work seriously, but never take it seriously. And also, every day, to go a little out of his comfort zone. Conversely, what is the best advice you've given? When I was younger, I ran into Annie Lennox at a show. I took my courage in both hands and went to ask advice for a young singer who dreams of a career She said: What do you want me to say? It is a question unanswered! It was brutal, almost violent answer. Then she added:. That's the fire that burns in you, you'll do fine. Listen to the fire, that's all. I did not understand quite what she meant at the time, but now I understand. Never lose desire. Some years after this meeting, I followed lessons with a new singing teacher. In the waiting room just before my first class, I heard a familiar voice, that of Annie Lennox! For three years, just before my lesson, there was always that of Annie Lennox. She soon realized that I arrived early, often 30 or 40 minutes in advance just to be able to listen. And you know what? I have no shame, however, because I had the fire, desire! (Laughs) What can you tell us about your next album? It's very me, very pure. I wanted to establish a direct link between the audience and me. my song The Last Party originally contained an electronic sequence that I finally decided to take off, so we find rather my classical roots in this piece. This is also great that my series of symphony concerts and preparation of this album will be held at the same time, because they are actually influenced one another! What other projects do you hope to achieve in the coming years? There are plenty! But what I want and what life will give me are two different things. So I remain open. I, of course, have specific plans in mind, but I keep then secret. As I said earlier I would not want to spoil the surprise! (Laughs) 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krysady Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 Thanks,Cath,for the translation! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamiam Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 Thank you sooo much Catherine - for translating this nice interview, that you found for us in Elle !! It's good reading - and he tells about the same Annie Lennox advice, as he did in the BBC Radio2 interview - and I love it! I'm really even more curious about NPIH now, because OSM is involved in some parts - I hope it will be more than on "Last Party" ... Love,love me 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kumazzz Posted May 17, 2015 Author Share Posted May 17, 2015 Thank a million for the translation Catherine !! I'm going to add to the first post. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucrezia Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 Thanks for scan and translation! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucrezia Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 Here are the scans of Neon Magazine 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kumazzz Posted May 20, 2015 Author Share Posted May 20, 2015 (edited) NEON #31 http://www.neonmag.fr/neon-31-est-en-kiosque-a409833.html Here are the scans of Neon Magazine Neon N 31 - Juin 2015 (9-1).jpgNeon N 31 - Juin 2015 (14-1).jpgNeon N 31 - Juin 2015 (15-1).jpg Thanks a lot for posting !!! The interview looks very interestig...hope anyone translate.... https://twitter.com/neon_mag/status/600222246213459968 @neon_mag Mais oui, c'est @mikasounds qu'on retrouvera mercredi dans NEON (et à côté, nos journalistes trop fiers). #Mika Scans by Lucrezia Translation by Sixtine Hey! I did the translation of Neon Magazine, I didn't have a lot of time so I guess I've made some mistakes, feel free to correct me What thing do you prefer about you? My adaptability. I’m the result of the mix of many cultures, thanks to that I can be in many different situations without being awkward. I’ve gained this chameleon side despite myself with moving. Instead of suffering from it, I’ve made it an advantage. One of our journalists posed nude. Could you do it? If it isn’t porn, yes. I’m quite modest and shy. When I go to a party, I don’t talk to anyone, except if I’m dead drunk. I don’t go out often, but I drink a lot (laughs) Yet, when I’ve the possibility to break away from this normal life, I do things I’d never do usually : wearing extravagant clothes, dancing, undressing… It’s not the person who makes awkwardness but the context/situation does. We interviewed the NoFap people. Those people forbid/refuse masturbation, it’s a real discipline of life… Ooh! I’m not at all as disciplined as them! I’ve never counted how long I can hold without masturbating but I won’t be as good as them! Far from it! What do you think about the spying/intelligence bill which would allow the French State to get personal and private information? I’m totally against it. It’s a quiet war. We don’t realize how much those details, collected together, the all of it, can be extremely powerful. We can build a sociologic model, predict trends,… What we shouldn’t do with a population! Everyone thinks his own little life doesn’t interest these services, that we are nothing on a global scale. But this droplet is a part of a huge wave. And this wave is very dangerous. We interviewed some prison guards. They told us their difficulties of their job in society… It’s very sad for them but I’m not surprised. I think everyone becomes aware of the limits of the traditional prison system. Putting people in prison doesn’t protect us. It doesn’t heal neither. However, there are some effective systems: in Norway, they work on the prisoner psychology, they rather help them, accompanying them than the punishment itself. This shade of difference is probably felt by the prison guards and their way to live their job. Do you consider our generation is happier than the one's of our parents? Yes, it’s funny because it’s a thing I often say. We haven’t known an economic boom and we will never know one. We have a very few things that we already have without doing anything. So, we have to fight for it. And we are proud of it. We aren’t an indifferent/blasé generation, we are impressive/stunning. I do believe in this adage : less choices, more joy. During the economic crisis, I was in Royal College of Music, in UK. The next year, I was told the entries in art schools were multiplied by three. All these people who saw there was no longer opportunities in classic career, in bank or others, decided to listen their artistic flair. It’s surprising. How do you discover new artists? With all this mass of music on Internet I think only one thing can help you differentiate: the artist identity. Does his/her music stick to his personality? Does what he/she says in itw is coherent with the music he/she makes? I think the musical credibility doesn’t end at the notes, it’s a whole. And it’s a point of reference for listeners. Do you have websites to recommend? I used to listen Radio 1 but lately I like only half of the playlist. The other half is a bit too fashionable/trendy. Otherwise, I suggest you Pandora, I find it well designed. Except the ads which piss me off. Is your hypochondria getting worse now with Internet? Totally! I spend my life on WebMD. One day, I woke up with a dry nose. I had a bit of blood in my nostrils and a burning sensation. I searched “I feel my nose burning” : I would die this instant because of a brain tumor. The next day, I harassed my doctor and forced him to make me do two brain scanners. Obviously, I had nothing I just took plane a lot in the last few days… But, I could have one (a brain tumor) one day, I have to be careful! Edited May 20, 2015 by Kumazzz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kumazzz Posted May 20, 2015 Author Share Posted May 20, 2015 (edited) PSYCHOLOGIES no 352 Juin 2015 MIKA "Mon père m'a donné le goût de lisque" "My father gave me a taste for risks" Here the scans of "Psychologies" magazine: Mika Psy 1.jpegMika Psy 2.jpegMika Psy 3.jpegMika Psy 4.jpegMika Psy 5.jpegMika Psy 6.jpeg Scans by Chloe Translation by Crazyaboutmika My father gave me a taste for risks."Relax" The singer is pushed for time but is taking a breakwhile promoting his new album. Childhood, pain, resilience: a meeting with the beautiful soul of an artist. A chat with Anne Laure GannacHe's a puny character of 1 m 91, handsome as a successful young man and as sweet as a child, whose eyes marvel at life is filled with wonders and whose voice is cheerful. He mainly kept a blatant sense of fun from his chilhood. This is what made him become famous in 2007 when singing in his higher octaves this American-Lebanese singer no one knew yet ordered us to "relax" and not to "worry" puis ce qu' on ne pouvait rien y faire. Relax, take it easy: more than a hit, a motto.The motto of a generation who's only known crisis; and who became naturally stoical. Mika is a wonderful spokesman for this population who is n their thirties now-who might seem to be quiet and immature, but who has an acute consciousness - that disillusionment has made prone to be as quickly depressed as to quickly meet all the challenges.After weeks spent chasing after him so much that we became desperate to catch him, we find ourselves chating with a kind and cheering boy in spite of a touch of melancoly which obviously makes him lovable. But Mika is also a commercial phenomenon , a family business running at full capacity: he is said to be tenacious when it comes to work. Anyway, at least on stage - everyone has seen him at least as a judge and coach in the talent show - he is a formidable competitor hiding in suits with flowers. Eternal boisterous boy or great wise man, at home everywhere as well as never settled in one place, Mika himself is a world oof his own. An artist.Psychologies: No Place In Heaven song which gave its name to your album sounds like a lament to God: the lament of a young man who feels he doesn' t deserve to go.to paradise because he sinned too much. Is this how you feel?Mika: A "lament" I like this word,.which is both melancolic and delicious. Yes, it is very much how I see life. Actually , with this song I wanted to wreck the concept of paradise itself : the idea that one would have to earn their ticket for another better place somewhere else. My feeling is that if I want tp get ahead in life and be happy, that's something I have to annihilate, before being able to concentrate on the present time. But it's not that simple, particularly when, like me, you grew up in religious schools in which each day started with a twenty minute long prayer!Psychologies: You didn' t you like this religious side?Mika: I didn' t like school mainly! Even if that's where I have had my first musical experiences especially in choirs. I had ended up making a deal with the headmaster who said : "Ok , you can skip classes once in a while. But you have to meet two conditions: do your homework and sing in the choir!!Psychologies: All things considered, very early, music was your way to get away?Mika: No I wasn't trying to escape, but to survive! Music allowed me to deal with realitywhile projecting myself in another one, a fantasy one. When I sing, ever since I started, I'm talking about the person I would dream to be. That is why I feel fine into music, as if I were "protected." Melodies give me strength, they are the muscles I don't have. And I have felt that very early. When I was seven I was obsessed with melodies. I would go everywhere with a suitcase filled with cassettes on which I had recorded melodies put together by type ( curious ones, strong ones, sad ones....) When I felt like saying something to a kid who bothered me or to my mother, I used to write it dow it down and add a melody to the text which for me gave more strength to what I meant to say.Psychologies: Why did you have to do this to express yourself?Mika: I don't know, I didn' t feel at ease, it's as simple as that. Actually I was in the exact opposite state to how I felt when I was singing. And that's still the case. Even if now I'm rather happy in life, I still feel a lot more powerful and a lot freer on a stage.Psychologies: How was your childhood?Mika: It was a very happy childhood, with lots of emotional stability. It was more complicated for material things. Till I was 7 or 8, we used to live in Paris in a pretty good neighborhood; my mother worked at home, where she designed clothes for children, my father had a good job. Then he lost it and at the same time my mother's business went down. All the sudden, we had nothing left, and the bailiffs took everything. It is very strange , for a child, to lose suddendly the confort all they have always known...Psychologies: You must have felt very insecure I suppose?Mika: What was the least reasuring was to see my parents cry. Losing what we had made us stronger I believe; ever since it happened I'm always cautious of too much materiality. It made me understand that stability is in other things than material ones. My mother's story also made me think that: she had already lived the similar story with her father, a man from Syria who arrived at Ellis Island without any money, before he became a rich in New York. When he died my mother was 18 years old and they lost everything. To protect her children from the shock she had known herself , she raised us repeating to us how important it is to learn how to create things with our hands. "If you can create, you will always be useful and you'll be able to survive everywhere." It is not a coincidence if today, her five children are artists. I have to say that when you grow up in a house filled with music, books...and freedom.Psychologie: In such a family, where why didn' t you feel at ease as a child?Mika: My anxiety was first linked to the fact that I felt unfit for what school, the world and society in general expected from me; and frustrated because I couldn' t make others undertand how I felt. I have always being somewhat dyslexic but it got seriously worse after we moved to England when I was 8. Probably due to the move but mainly because of the school: I found myself in a very severe French lycée with humiliating teachers I'm now able to know how cruel they were. When you' re already a fragile child, it makes you even more fragile. It was so bad that I had forgotten gow to read and write and nowadays I'm still unable to read music.Psychologies: How did you get out of it?Mika: After a few months, one of my sisters found out by chance, that my teacher was humiliating me, and she tols my parents My father came to fetch me at school. I still remember what a scandal it was, my teacher and him in the school yard. The headmaster summoned us. and he was very upset to tell us I could not come back to school ever. I have never been as happy as the day I got expelled! (laughs)Psychologies: What's left of that child in you?Mika: A person who once felt rejected will never forget about it. I kept a deep empathy for the "left outs", the "less than nothing". Moreover, I look for them, I defend them. And ultimately I'm proud of having been one of them. One has to be proud of one's difference.Psychologies: What helped you make a strength out of your fragilities?Mika: When I started writing songs at the age of 12 or 13, and I measured the effect they had on others, but also on myself. They gave me back a "context", I finally had a world of my own where I could express myself and find myself.Psychologies: Find yourself where?Where do you feel you find yourself from?Mika: I don' t know....even if I have almost never in Lebanon, lebanese culture has always been around in my house: in the colors, the smells. the food...And at the same time I can' t say I feel I'm from such town or such village. I often regretted it in the past. Not any more now. I don't feel attached to a place and I don't seek to be. My family is my clan, and that's where I find my identity, like Bedouins who travel all the time. A nomad is as close as one can be to nature since it moves just like seasons , just like the wind. Conversely, conflicts are born from the frontiers we set between each other and from "freezing". Yes, I think I'm happy because His news: pop and confidencesProduced as a collaboration with Greg Wells, who worked with Pharell W illiams, Katy Perry and Adèle, Mika's fourth album finds its balance between party celebrations and entrusted fragilities. The artist didn't hesitate to include in it personal messages to his mother, to his lover and to God. A genuine Mika, to discover as well during his international tour, (In France, this coming September and October) No Place In Heaven (Barclay) will be released on June 15th.Short questions:A recurring dream?Mika: I'm walking in the street and I lose my teeth. But I pick them up! And I put them in my pocket.A phobia:The sea. I like looking at the sea, at swimming pools. but I never go in. And if I dive into them I get out immediatly. That makes me water skying pro.A tic?Mika: I always frown my eyebrows, I don't know why, but that gives my forehead a fifty years old man wrinkles.Your first childhood memory?Mika: Paris, our first apartment filled with light, my father's cigarette box on the coffee table in the living room, my mother's perfume smell around us and my sisters wearing dresses with pompoms.Your "madeleine de Proust" ( food that turns you instantly into a child again)?https://wubr2000.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/madeleinedeproust.jpg?_e_pi_=7%2CPAGE_ID10%2C8632997043Financier à l'amande. It's not very " lebanese" but you know there's a joke I like to say in the family : my cousin is so Lebanese that she is convinced that she is French!A lie?When I start a sentence with "Ok super!" that means that I totally disagree with what I'm being told.A superstition?I'm superstitious. For example, if I see a cent in the street, I run and get it. I would be terrified at the idea of leaving money on the floor. His biography Michael Holbrook Penniman was born in Beirut in 1983 to a Lebanese-Syrian mother and an American father. He has two older sisters, and one young brother and a younger sister. After living for eight years in France, the family moved to England which is still the country in which he lives mostly. He goes through a difficult scolarship before joining the Royal Academy of Music which he quickly left to make his own music. In 2006, after having been rejected by several music companies, he released the song Relax, Take it Easy, from the album Life In Cartoon Motion (Barclay) which was immediatly a worldwide hit. After thatn all his albums sold several hundred thousands copies. He's also found of design , and has created several clothing lines of clothes with extravagant colors and patterns, as The Voice audience could watch as he was a judge in it during the seasons 2014 and 2015. In a relationship with a documentary filmmaker, he's currently living in England, France and Italy. Psychologies: Have you already talked to a psychologist? Mika: Never. Five years ago, my sister accidently fell through the window several floors down before my eyes. It affected me deeply, however, I didn't feel the need to talk to a psychologist: I made an album. Music calms me down because it puts light where it's naturally dark. And because I learned to fight with music. After I was expelled from that school as I told you earlier, my mother told me: "You will stay home a bit." "Awesome'" I thought. But she found a singing teacher for me who was as good as she was harsh. I used to cry everyday until I had fun because I had been working so hard. That teacher was a sort of psychologist for me in a way... It's easy to tell what you owe to your mother. But to your father? Mika: Lots of things! He's a very good, a very clever man. When he went to university at the age of sixteen, he chose finance.But , in my opinion, he should have become an artist. He gave me a taste for risks, without putting pressure on me about my studies, leaving me free to chose my path and create. I also owe him my loathing for snobbery. Highly educated, anti snob, as fond of Bollywood as of Rikle or Maupassant. He refuses class boundaries , and that's also what I fight against. Psychologies: What surprises me about you is that mix of vivacity and sweetness... Mika: My mother has it too. She is a strong woman. When we're working together, people can't tell I'm her son because we speak to each other very roughly. But at the same time, there's always a very sweet side in her. Nothing is as sad as letting life toughen you. Psychologies: Do you feel fragile? Mika: Oh, no! I know about sensitivity. But fragility is too dangerous: it leads to you be responsive and not pro active. One needs to protect oneself. One needs to have the courage not to be fragile. And not to doubt too much. That's why I work like a madman! Because basically, I don't trust myself, and I'm sure that if I let go a bit, things are not going to work out any more. Psychologies: What frightens you the most in life? Mika: Intolerance. Not being accepted. Success makes relashionships easier, but it doesn't protect you from being potentially rejected. Psychologies: You came out a few years ago. I imagine your family understood you, but... Mika: ...That's not true: I have had to face very hard reactions! But I waited, without saying a thing, to show that I remained the same, the one they had always known and loved. Some people in my extended family still reject me. I came to think that it is their problem and not mine. Psychologies: You have known success before the age of 25. What can we wish to you for the future? Mika: To be always as "hungry". After each creation,I come back to earth and, sometimes , very much under water level! So I have to start working again if I want to feel fulfilled again. Creativity is cruel. That being said, I have learned to know those ups and downs , that gives me an "emotional perspective" (laughs) Psychologies: Have you tried to regulate those, through meditation for example? Mika: Yes, I even made a visit to a lama. After two hours, he coudn't stop laughing because he had never met a person who was as unable to control themselves as I am. But I do a lot of mountain climbing , which is a sort of meditation because , when you are hung up several meters above the ground, it's best for you not to think about anything else...so to calm myself down, you have to put me either on the slopes of a mountain or on a stage. In other words, I have to be in danger! (laughs) https://www.facebook.com/Psychologies/photos/pb.274768355654.-2207520000.1432502302./10155542040355655/?type=3&src=https%3A%2F%2Fscontent.xx.fbcdn.net%2Fhphotos-xfa1%2Ft31.0-8%2Fs960x960%2F11154975_10155542040355655_3439865816707812964_o.jpg&smallsrc=https%3A%2F%2Fscontent.xx.fbcdn.net%2Fhphotos-xfa1%2Fv%2Ft1.0-9%2F10460244_10155542040355655_3439865816707812964_n.jpg%3Foh%3D91ff88e07af42b05bfeb3c380930557d%26oe%3D55F6B44D&size=2048%2C2048&fbid=10155542040355655 https://www.facebook.com/Psychologies/photos/pb.274768355654.-2207520000.1432502302./10155542037810655/?type=3&src=https%3A%2F%2Fscontent.xx.fbcdn.net%2Fhphotos-xat1%2Ft31.0-8%2Fs960x960%2F11270465_10155542037810655_4829102537962837782_o.jpg&smallsrc=https%3A%2F%2Fscontent.xx.fbcdn.net%2Fhphotos-xaf1%2Fv%2Ft1.0-9%2F11150608_10155542037810655_4829102537962837782_n.jpg%3Foh%3De2d53e5e1f5a3a3747fe23383239bbc6%26oe%3D55C3DE95&size=2048%2C2048&fbid=10155542037810655 Dailymotion http://dai.ly/x2r1ybm CANAL + La revue de presse de Catherine et Liliane - Catherine et Liliane du 28/05 http://www.canalplus.fr/c-emissions/c-le-petit-journal/pid6382-catherine-et-liliane.html?vid=1269826 Nouvelle formule : Psychologies magazine avait un besoin de "se revitaliser" ( New formula: Psychologies magazine was a need to "revitalize" ) http://lci.tf1.fr/videos/2015/nouvelle-formule-psychologies-magazine-avait-un-besoin-de-se-8611759.html?xtmc=mika&xtcr=3 Economie - 51 secondes - Le 21 mai à 15h33Le directeur de la rédaction de Psychologies magazine, Arnaud de Saint Simon, est cette semaine l’invité de La Médiasphère. Le mensuel lance une nouvelle formule avec le chanteur Mika en couverture : Arnaud de Saint Simon nous raconte ce qui change. Source vidéo : Nouvelle formule : Psychologies magazine avait un besoin de "se revitaliser" Edited June 6, 2015 by Kumazzz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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