UMika ungumculi waseBrithani nombhali wezingoma. Lo mculi useqokwe izikhathi eziningi emklomelweni wodumo lweGrammy.
Ubuntwana nobusha bukaMichael Holbrook Penniman
UMichael Holbrook Penniman (igama langempela lomculi) wazalelwa eBeirut. Unina wayengowaseLebanon, kanti uyise wayengumMelika. UMichael unezimpande zaseSyria.
Lapho uMichael esemncane kakhulu, abazali bakhe baphoqeleka ukuba bashiye iBeirut yakubo. Lesi sinyathelo sidalwe ukusebenza kwamasosha eLebanon.
Ngokushesha umndeni wakwaPenniman wazinza eParis. Lapho eneminyaka engu-9, umndeni wakhe wathuthela eLondon. Yilapho uMichael angena khona eWestminster School, okwabangela umonakalo omkhulu kumfana.
Ofunda nabo kanye nothisha wesikhungo semfundo bamgcona ngazo zonke izindlela. Kwafinyelela eqophelweni lokuthi uMick waba ne-dyslexia. Umfana wayeka ukukhuluma nokubhala. Umama wenza isinqumo esifanele - wakhipha indodana yakhe esikoleni futhi wayidlulisela esikoleni sasekhaya.
Engxoxweni, uMichael washo ngokuphindaphindiwe ukuthi ngenxa yokusekelwa unina, wafinyelela eziqongweni ezinjalo. Umama wasekela yonke imizamo yendodana yakhe futhi wazama ukuthuthukisa amandla akhe okudala.
Ebusheni, abazali baqaphela isithakazelo sendodana yabo emculweni. Kamuva uMika wafunda amazwi kumculi we-opera waseRussia u-Alla Ablaberdyeva. Wathuthela eLondon ekuqaleni kuka-1991. Ngemva kokuphothula imfundo yakhe yesibili, uMichael wafunda eRoyal College of Music.
Ngeshwa, uMichael akazange aqedele izifundo zakhe eRoyal College of Music. Cha, umfana akazange axoshwe. Wayelindelwe isiphetho esimnandi kakhulu. Iqiniso wukuthi usayine inkontileka yokuqopha i-albhamu yakhe yokuqala neCasablanca Records. Ngaso leso sikhathi, kwavela igama lesiteji, lapho izigidi zabathandi bomculo zathandana naye - uMika.
Ngokusho kwabahlaziyi bomculo, iphimbo lalo mculi liphuma kuma-octaves amahlanu. Kodwa umculi waseBrithani ubona ama-octave amathathu nesigamu kuphela. Enye nengxenye esele, ngokusho komculi, kusadingeka "ifinyelelwe" ekupheleleni.
Mika: indlela yokudala
Ngenkathi efunda eRoyal College of Music, uMika wasebenza eRoyal Opera House. Lo mculi wabhala izingoma zeBritish Izindiza, kanye nezikhangiso ze-Orbit chewing gum.
Kuphela ngo-2006 uMika wethula ingoma yokuqala ethi Relax, Take it Easy. Ingoma yaqala ukudlalwa ku-BBC Radio 1 eBrithani. Sekudlule isonto kuphela, futhi ukuqanjwa komculo kwaqashelwa njengengoma eshisa izikhotha yesonto.
Ngokushesha uMika waqashelwa abagxeki bomculo nabathandi bomculo. Izwi elizwakalayo nesithombe esigqamile somculi kwaba uhlobo lokugqama kukaMichael. Waqala ukuqhathaniswa nabantu abavelele njengoFreddie Mercury, Elton John, Prince, Robbie Williams.
Uhambo lokuqala lukaMick
Ngemva konyaka, umculi British wahamba uhambo lwakhe lokuqala, okwenzeka e-United States of America. Imisebenzi kaMick yaguquka kahle yaba uhambo lwaseYurophu.
Ngo-2007, umculi wethula enye ithrekhi engathatha isikhundla sokuqala seshadi laseBrithani. Sikhuluma ngomculo kaGrace Kelly. Ngokushesha ithrekhi yaba phezulu kumashadi kazwelonke ase-UK. Ingoma yayiphezulu kumashadi amaviki angu-1.
Ngawo lowo nyaka, i-discography yomculi yagcwaliswa nge-albhamu yokuqala yesitudiyo, i-Life in Cartoon Motion. I-albhamu yesibili yesitudiyo kaMika ethi The Boy Who Knew Too Much yakhululwa ngoSepthemba 21, 2009.
Umculi uqophe izingoma eziningi ze-albhamu yesibili eLos Angeles. I-albhamu yakhiqizwa nguGreg Wells. Ukwandisa ukuthandwa kwe-albhamu, uMika wanikeza imidlalo eminingi ebukhoma kumabonakude.
Womabili amarekhodi amukelwe ngemfudumalo abalandeli nabagxeki bomculo. Ukwethulwa kwamaqoqo amabili kuhambisane nokuvakasha. UMika wethule iziqeshana zevidiyo zezinye zezingoma.
Umthwalo we-semantic wezingoma zomculi uMika
Ezingomeni zakhe zomculo, umculi waseBrithani uthinta izihloko ezihlukahlukene. Isikhathi esiningi lokhu kuba yinkinga yobudlelwano phakathi kwabantu, izindaba ezibuhlungu zokukhula nokuzikhomba. UMika uyavuma ukuthi akuwona wonke amathrekhi ochungechunge lwakhe athathwa njenge-autobiographical.
Uthanda ukucula ngobuhle besifazane nowesilisa, kanye nezothando ezidlulayo. Kwenye ingoma, lo mculi ukhulume ngendaba yendoda eshadile eyaqala ukujola nenye indoda.
UMika uye waba umzuzi wezindondo nemiklomelo kaninginingi. Kusukela kuhlu oluningi lwemiklomelo, kufanelekile ukugqamisa:
- indondo ka-2008 ye-Ivor Novello Yombhali Wezingoma Ongcono Kakhulu;
- ukuthola i-Order of Arts and Letters (enye yemiklomelo ephakeme kakhulu eFrance).
Impilo yomuntu siqu yomculi uMika
Kuze kube ngu-2012, kwakukhona amahemuhemu emaphephandabeni ukuthi umculi uMika uyisitabane. Kulo nyaka, umlingisi waseBrithani ukuqinisekisile ngokusemthethweni lolu lwazi. Ubeke amazwana:
“Uma uzibuza ukuthi ngiyisitabane yini, ngizophendula yebo! Ingabe amathrekhi ami abhaliwe ngobudlelwano bami nendoda? Nami ngizophendula ngokuvuma. Yilokho engikwenzayo kuphela lapho ngiba namandla okubhekana nobulili bami, hhayi kuphela endabeni yamagama ezingoma zami. Lena impilo yami…".
I-Instagram yalo mculi inezithombe eziningi ezivusa inkanuko namadoda. Kodwa-ke, umculi waseBrithani akakhulumi ngombuzo othi "Ingabe inhliziyo yakhe imatasa noma ikhululekile?".
Ukubuyela kukaMick ekudaleni ngemuva kwenhlekelele yomuntu siqu
Ngo-2010, umculi wabhekana nokushaqeka okunamandla ngokomzwelo. Udadewabo uPaloma, owasebenza isikhathi eside njenge-stylist yomuntu siqu yomculi, wawa esuka esitezi sesine, ethola ukulimala okubi. Isisu nemilenze yakhe yayibhotshozwe ngezinsimbi zothango.
Intombazane ibingafela khona lapho ukube umakhelwane akazange ayithole kusenesikhathi. UPaloma usehlinzwe kaningi. Kwamthatha isikhathi eside ukuthi alulame. Lo mcimbi washintsha umqondo kaMick.
Kuphela ngo-2012 wakwazi ukubuyela lokusungula. Eqinisweni, umculi wabe esethula i-albhamu yesithathu yesitudiyo. Irekhodi lalibizwa ngokuthi The Origin of Love.
Engxoxweni ne-Digital Spy, umdwebi uchaze irekhodi ngokuthi "i-pop elula, enezingqimba ezingaphansi kunangaphambili", enamazwi amaningi "abantu abadala". Engxoxweni no-Mural, umdwebi uthe ngokomculo, iqoqo lihlanganisa izici zezitayela ze-Daft Punk ne-Fleetwood Mac.
Kusukela kumathrekhi amaningana, abalandeli bomsebenzi womculi waseBrithani bahlonze izingoma eziningana. Ukunaka kwabathandi bomculo kukhangwe izingoma ezithi: Elle me dit, Celebrate, Underwater, Origin of Love nengoma edumile.
UMika: amaqiniso athakazelisayo
- Umculi usazi kahle iSpanishi nesiFulentshi. UMichael ukhuluma isiShayina esithile, kodwa akakhulumi kahle.
- Ezingqungqutheleni zabezindaba zomculi, umbuzo mayelana nobungqingili bakhe uvame ukuphakanyiswa.
- UMichael waba knight omncane kunabo bonke emlandweni we-oda.
- Umculi waseBrithani unabalandeli abangaphezu kwesigidi esi-1 ku-Instagram.
- Imibala ayintandokazi kaMichael iluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka nopinki. Kusezimpahleni zemibala ethulwe lapho umculi evame ukuma phambi kwamakhamera.
Umculi uMika namuhla
Ngemva kweminyaka eminingana yokuthula, uMika wamemezela ukukhululwa kwe-albhamu entsha. Iqoqo, elikhishwe ngo-2019, lalibizwa ngegama lami nguMichael Holbrook.
I-albhamu ikhishwe kuRepublic Records / Casablanca Record. Ingoma ephezulu yeqoqo bekuyingoma yomculo ethi Ice Cream. Kamuva, kwaphinde kwakhishwa ividiyo yethrekhi, lapho uMika edlala khona umshayeli weveni lika-ice cream.
UMika useneminyaka emibili ehlanganisa i-albhamu entsha. Ngokusho komculi, iculo lesihloko labhalwa ngosuku olushisa kakhulu e-Italy.
“Ngangifuna ukubalekela olwandle, kodwa ngahlala ekamelweni lami: umjuluko, umnqamulajuqu, ukulunywa yizinyosi futhi ngingenawo umoya wokupholisa umoya. Lapho ngiqamba leli culo, ngabhekana nezinkinga ezinkulu. Ngezinye izikhathi lezi zinkinga zazingibangela ubuhlungu obungokomzwelo kangangokuthi ngangifuna ukuyeka ukubhala ingoma. Ekupheleni komsebenzi wokuqamba, ngazizwa ngilula futhi ngikhululekile ... ".
Ngemuva kokwethulwa kwegama lami nguMichael Holbrook, umculi wahamba uhambo olukhulu lwaseYurophu. Yahlala kwaze kwaba sekupheleni kuka-2019.
Iqoqo elisha lithole izibuyekezo eziningi ezinhle ezivela kubalandeli nabagxeki bomculo. UMika utshele izintatheli ukuthi leli lingelinye lamaqoqo asondelene kakhulu e-discography yakhe.
