MIKA

Bio

A singer/songwriter whose vibrant melodies transformed him from an outsider into a chart-topping artist, Mika's kaleidoscopic music makes the most of the escapist, empowering potential of fantasies. On his 2007 U.K. number one hit single "Grace Kelly," the vibrancy of Mika's multi-octave, classically trained voice and clever, detailed lyrics reflected his traumatic early years, when music was his only source of hope. Mika's early albums, such as 2007's number one debut Life in Cartoon Motion and 2009's The Boy Who Knew Too Much (which reached a career-high number 19 in the U.S.), were larger-than-life examples of how his music spoke to other outcasts as well as a much wider audience. As time passed, his approach grew more down-to-earth, particularly on 2015's No Place in Heaven and 2019's My Name Is Michael Holbrook, but never entirely lost the magical reality at the heart of his music.