Mika served as a model for fashion designer Paul Smith's spring/summer 2007 global ad campaign. [176]

Fourny, Marc (24 October 2021). "Mika investit dans le CBD, issu du cannabis". Le Point (in French) . Retrieved 17 October 2022. Representando a la Industria Argentina de la Música". CAPIF. 31 January 2010. Archived from the original on 15 April 2009 . Retrieved 23 May 2010. IFPI" (in Slovak). Hitparáda – Radio Top 100 Oficiálna. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: insert 200718 into search.

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Music, crowd bath in Verona for Mika - LaPresse US". www.lapresse.us. 20 September 2022 . Retrieved 11 October 2022. a b "Introducing the sound of 2007: Mika". The Belfast Telegraph. 23 January 2007. Archived from the original on 3 February 2007 . Retrieved 20 March 2007. Dates in Japan, China and South Korea postponed". Mika Sounds. 27 February 2020 . Retrieved 4 May 2022. Blame It on the Girls" was the second American and Japanese single from the album. [28] [29] It peaked at number one in Japan but failed to make any impact in the United States. It was released as the third UK single, on 15 February 2010. [27] It peaked at number 72.

Magali Vogel (17 January 2011). "Mika: L'accident de ma sœur m'a fait réfléchir"[Mika: My sister's accident made me think]. France Soir (in French). Archived from the original on 9 July 2012 . Retrieved 28 September 2014. Attitude Music Award: Mika". Attitude.co.uk. 9 October 2019. Archived from the original on 18 December 2019 . Retrieved 18 December 2019.Mika uses Freddie's piano?". Metro. 24 January 2007. Archived from the original on 2 June 2008 . Retrieved 22 June 2007. ItalianPostNews (19 June 2022). "Baby K and Mika announce the release of Bolero, the new single for the summer". Italian Post . Retrieved 11 October 2022. In July 2015, posters advertising Mika's upcoming concert in Florence, Italy, were defaced and marked with a homophobic slur. [170] In response to this, Mika and his team launched a campaign against homophobia and the discrimination of the LGBTQ+ community in Italy, posting on social media with the slogan and hashtag #rompiamoilsilenzio (Let's Break the Silence). Mika also wrote about the experience for Italian publications, speaking out against not only homophobia, but bullying in general. [2]

In addition, Mika retained one Italian concert date—at the famed Arena di Verona on 19 September. [131] There, nearly 20,000 fans were entertained for almost two hours, with confetti, balloons, bubbles, fan actions and more in an explosive end-of-summer celebration. [132]

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Before Mika released his debut album, he promised the media that "It was a magical world that you could live in. A parallel universe for people that is illusory and enchanting and amazing." [7] Some songs on the album are sexually ambiguous, which prompted some questioning regarding Mika's sexuality. On this, Mika commented that he has no taboos about what he can use to tell a story or what stories he can actually tell, and said that while he believes that sexualising music is great, politically sexualising music and making the artist's sexuality the defining point of someone's music is "boring". [5] He said about his own sexuality: "laying myself out on the table to almost a tabloid level and kind of sharing my entire personal life, I'm really not into that." [5] The songs on the album have different subjects. "Grace Kelly", as stated before, is about the struggle of getting a record deal. Mika stated that the song is important because "it's a flagpole for the record in terms of lyrical content and the whole pop vision I wanted to get across." [6] Singles [ edit ] As lead artist [ edit ] List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications Major, Michael. "VIDEO: MIKA Releases the Video for His New Single 'Yo Yo' ". Broadway World . Retrieved 11 October 2022. Mika - The Boy Who Knew Too Much". mexicancharts.com. Archived from the original on 8 October 2010 . Retrieved 23 May 2010.Classifica annuale 2008 (dal 31.12.2007 al 28.12.2008)" (in Italian). FIMI. Archived from the original on 15 November 2019 . Retrieved 7 June 2022.