Favorite Thing #1: Mika

As you may or may not know, Queen is probably one of my all-time favorite artists. So, when my sister told me "you have to listen to this guy Mika. He sounds just like Freddie Mercury", I was a little sceptical. How could anyone sound like Freddie and not be just a hack. So, I did a little research and found he was described as "Freddie Mercury meets the Scissor Sisters meets David Bowie." Anyone who knows me knows that while I may love Queen, I absolutely HEART Bowie. I gave Mika a shot and I was not disappointed. His song "Grace Kelley" is such an exuberant, head bopping song that I could listen to it on repeat a million times and the kitschy lyrics of "Big Girl (You are Beautiful)" and "Lollipop" get me smiling every time. And if his songs are good, his videos are even better. I first saw a Mika video for "Grace Kelly" in Greece last year (Europeans and South Africans are obsessed with him) and I laughed the whole time. But the best video (and song for that matter) by far has to be "Big Girls". Check it out and hopefully you too will become a Mika fan.