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Okay.
Y'all know I have no pretensions about music whatsoever. I am completely clueless as to what's popular, or what's going on, musically, at any given time. But in a rare coincidence of the stars, I happened to stumble across a certain album, somehow, just as the artist is, in fact, current. Quite new, even. I know, what the shit. The album isn't even out in the US yet, I don't think. I'm going to assume you've all heard of Mika - Grace Kelly and Billy Brown (ftr, I hadn't. Yeah, I'm that clueless). I wandered vaguely into a *cough* legal acquisition of his first album, Life in Cartoon Motion.
Oh my god, you guys.
Oh my god.
I'm not going to lie - this is hyperactive, kitchsy, campy, glittery, orchestral, falsetto-voiced, vogue-around-your-room-in-your-Wonder-Woman-underwear, sing-into-your-hairbrush-in-front-of-the-mirror pop. It's five-star or one-star, love it or loathe it. And guys, I fucking love it. I literally don't think I've ever listened to an album as nakedly, unashamedly sparkly, snappy, bitchy/saccharine, and just fucking fun as this one. And just as you're starting to get a little out of breath from uncontrollable, irresistible bopping, along comes a perfectly-timed track like Any Other World or Happy Ending that is so unexpectedly over-the-top gorgeous that you have to drop everything you're doing, sit down, close your eyes, and listen to them.
Mika, Life in Cartoon Motion. Download. Eat too much sugar. Listen.
Y'all know I have no pretensions about music whatsoever. I am completely clueless as to what's popular, or what's going on, musically, at any given time. But in a rare coincidence of the stars, I happened to stumble across a certain album, somehow, just as the artist is, in fact, current. Quite new, even. I know, what the shit. The album isn't even out in the US yet, I don't think. I'm going to assume you've all heard of Mika - Grace Kelly and Billy Brown (ftr, I hadn't. Yeah, I'm that clueless). I wandered vaguely into a *cough* legal acquisition of his first album, Life in Cartoon Motion.
Oh my god, you guys.
Oh my god.
I'm not going to lie - this is hyperactive, kitchsy, campy, glittery, orchestral, falsetto-voiced, vogue-around-your-room-in-your-Wonder-Woman-underwear, sing-into-your-hairbrush-in-front-of-the-mirror pop. It's five-star or one-star, love it or loathe it. And guys, I fucking love it. I literally don't think I've ever listened to an album as nakedly, unashamedly sparkly, snappy, bitchy/saccharine, and just fucking fun as this one. And just as you're starting to get a little out of breath from uncontrollable, irresistible bopping, along comes a perfectly-timed track like Any Other World or Happy Ending that is so unexpectedly over-the-top gorgeous that you have to drop everything you're doing, sit down, close your eyes, and listen to them.
Mika, Life in Cartoon Motion. Download. Eat too much sugar. Listen.