Carátula del álbum The Origin Of Love de Mika

The Origin Of Love de Mika

Álbum de Mika

  • Fecha de lanzamiento: 17 de Septiembre de 2012
  • Compositores: Mika, Jodi Marr, Pharrell Williams, Nick Littlemore, Benjamin Diamond, Mathieu Jomphe, Hillary Lindsey, Wayne Hector
  • Productores: Mika, Greg Wells, Nick Littlemore, Benny Benassi, Klas Åhlund, Pharrell Williams

Valora este álbum

The Origin Of Love es un álbum de Mika, publicado en 2012. El disco incluye 14 canciones, entre ellas «Origin Of Love», «Lola», «Stardust» y «Make You Happy».

Antecedentes: un nuevo sonido y una nueva etapa

Para su tercer álbum, "The Origin of Love", Mika se embarcó en una transformación sonora. Después de dos álbumes de pop-rock grandilocuente, sintió la necesidad de explorar un sonido más electrónico y bailable, influenciado por la música de club y el synth-pop. Este cambio coincidió con un período de apertura personal para el artista, quien habló públicamente sobre su sexualidad por primera vez poco antes del lanzamiento del álbum.

El título del álbum, "El Origen del Amor", hace referencia al discurso de Aristófanes en "El Banquete" de Platón, que describe cómo los humanos fueron originalmente seres dobles que fueron separados y ahora pasan sus vidas buscando a su otra mitad. El álbum es una exploración del amor en todas sus formas: romántico, platónico, gay, heterosexual, feliz y doloroso. Es su trabajo más conceptualmente enfocado en el amor hasta la fecha.

Grabación y colaboradores

Para lograr este nuevo sonido electrónico, Mika se abrió a un nuevo grupo de colaboradores. Trabajó con productores de renombre de la música dance y electrónica como Nick Littlemore (de Empire of the Sun), Benny Benassi y Klas Åhlund (conocido por su trabajo con Robyn). También se reunió con Pharrell Williams en una de las canciones. Esta diversidad de productores dio un álbum con una gama sonora rica y variada, pero con un claro enfoque en el dance-pop.

El álbum también es bilingüe. El primer sencillo, "Elle me dit", una canción de electropop increíblemente pegadiza cantada íntegramente en francés, se convirtió en un éxito masivo en los países francófonos. Esto llevó a la decisión de lanzar dos versiones del álbum: una internacional en inglés y una edición francesa con varias canciones en ese idioma.

Estilo y contenido de las letras

"The Origin of Love" es el álbum más electrónico y bailable de Mika. El sonido está dominado por sintetizadores, cajas de ritmos y ritmos de club, aunque sin perder nunca la fuerte sensibilidad melódica que caracteriza su música. Es un disco más directo y menos teatral que sus predecesores, con un enfoque en crear himnos de pop que funcionen tanto en la radio como en la pista de baile.

Líricamente, el álbum es una celebración del amor en su sentido más amplio. Las canciones son más directas y menos narrativas que en sus trabajos anteriores, centrándose en las emociones universales del amor, la alegría, el desamor y la conexión.

Análisis de las canciones principales

"Elle me dit": El primer sencillo de la edición francesa y uno de los mayores éxitos del álbum. Es un tema de electropop irresistible que se convirtió en un número 1 en Francia y en un himno en todo el mundo francófono. Su versión en inglés, "Emily", fue incluida en la edición internacional.

"Celebrate" (feat. Pharrell Williams): El primer sencillo internacional del álbum. Co-producida y co-escrita por Pharrell Williams, es una canción de dance-pop optimista y despreocupada. Aunque no fue un gran éxito comercial, marcó la nueva dirección sonora del álbum.

"Underwater": Una balada de synth-pop atmosférica y emotiva. Es una de las canciones más destacadas del álbum, mostrando que Mika podía aplicar su nuevo sonido electrónico a temas más introspectivos y vulnerables.

"Popular Song": Una canción que interpola la melodía de "Popular" del musical "Wicked". La versión del álbum es en solitario, pero la canción se hizo famosa un año después con una nueva versión regrabada como un dueto con la entonces emergente estrella del pop Ariana Grande. Esta versión se convirtió en un éxito viral y en un himno anti-bullying.

Ventas y crítica

"The Origin of Love" tuvo un gran éxito en Europa, especialmente en Francia, donde el álbum alcanzó el número 1 y fue certificado triple platino. En otros mercados, el rendimiento fue más modesto, ya que el cambio de sonido no conectó de la misma manera su público.

La recepción crítica fue generalmente positiva, aunque algo dividida. Algunos críticos elogiaron la evolución de su sonido y su abrazo al dance-pop, mientras que otros sintieron que había perdido parte de la excentricidad y el encanto de sus dos primeros álbumes. Sin embargo, el disco es visto como un paso importante en su carrera, una demostración de su capacidad para reinventarse.

Posición en listas:

Listado de Canciones

  1. Origin Of Love4:37
    vídeo del tema Origin Of Love
    Love is a drug and you are my cigarette Love is addiction and you are my Nicorette Love is a drug like chocolate like cigarettes I'm feeling sick, I've got to medicate myself I want your love don't try and stop me Can't get enough, still hanging on me Your guilty heart, don't let it break you And if you pray well no one's gonna save you Like everyone that you fear and everything you hold dear Even the book in your pocket You are the sun and the light, you are the freedom I fight God will do nothing to stop it The origin is you You're the origin of love Love is a drug and you are my cigarette Love is addiction and you are my Nicorette Love is a drug like chocolate like cigarettes I'm feeling sick, I've got to medicate myself Well if God is a priest and the devil a slut Now that's a reason for love then Like every word that you preach Like every word that you teach With every rule that you breach You know the origin is you From the air I breathe, to the love I need Only thing I know, you're the origin of love From the God above to the one I love Only thing that's true, the origin is you [x2] Padre nostrum, deus machismo Padre deus, deus machismo Dione madre, deus machismo Deus esso sancto spirito Like stupid Adam and Eve they found their love in a tree God didn't think they deserved it He taught them hate, taught them pride Gave them a leaf, made them hide Let's push their stories aside You know the origin is you From the air I breathe to the love I need Only thing I know, you're the origin of love From the God above to the one I love Only thing that's true, the origin is you [x2] Some love's a pill and some love is a candy cane It tastes so sweet but leaves you feeling sick with pain Your love is air, I breathe it in around me Don't know it's there but without it I'm drowning Love You're the origin of love Love You're the origin of love love love Love love [x4] The origin of love love love Love love Thank God that you found me Thank God that you found me Thank God that you found me
  2. Lola3:45

    Letra

    People always make me crazy Love me last, don't love me maybe What's the point in singing silly love songs? Who do they think they are to tell us? Make me sad and make me jealous Don't believe a word 'cause they are so wrong Lola, Lola Oh sex and lies and mystery They don't bring out the best in me Keep jumping from one lover to another Thank you for the time you've taken Cleaning up the mess I'm making Make the same mistake over and over (Oh) Lola, I've made up my mind And I'm not gonna fall in love this time [x2] Lola, oh Lola Oh why pretend to be so jaded It's so easy just to hate it Everyone can love you for a dollar But when you find your love's for real You'll beg and borrow, cheat or steal Trying to get the money just to call her (Oh) Lola, I've made up my mind And I'm not gonna fall in love this time [x2] Like a fish out of water It picks you up then spits you out Why do we even bother? When there's only one way out And we both know it, Lover (Oh) Lola, I've made up my mind And I'm not gonna fall in love this time [x2] Oh you can stop it if you try Love makes you laugh, it makes you cry The oldest game in history, repeating. [x2] Oh Lola Oh Lola baby it's just another love song [x2] Oh Lola, I've made up my mind And Lola baby it's just another love song [x2] (Lola, lololollala lalala)
  3. Stardust3:18

    Letra

    I could be staring at somebody new But stuck in my head is a picture of you You were the thunder I was the rain I wanna know if I see you again I said I love you, you said goodbye Everything changes in the blink of an eye It's been a while, I still carry the flame I wanna know will I see you again See you again, see you again Want you to know, what you mean to me What will it take, take you to see? I could put a little stardust in your eyes Put a little sunshine in your life Give me a little hug you'll feel the same And I wanna know will I see you again Will I see you again I feel like a fool cause you're not even there I'm writing this song and you don't even care Throw me a lifeline open the door I'll pick up my heart that you left on the floor On the floor On the floor Want you to know what you mean to me What will it take, take you to see I could put a little stardust in your eyes Put a little sunshine in your life Give me a little hug you'll feel the same And I wanna know will I see you again Will I see you again Funny how the time goes rushing by And all the little things we leave behind But even any other thing I do Is a little bit of me and a little bit of you When will I see you again When will I see you again When will I see you again When will I see you again I could put a little stardust in your eyes Put a little sunshine in your life Give me a little hug you'll feel the same And I wanna know will I see you again Will I see you again I could put a little stardust in your eyes Put a little sunshine in your life Give me a little hug you'll feel the same And I wanna know will I see you again Will I see you again Funny how the time goes rushing by And all the little things we leave behind But even any other thing I do Is a little bit of me and a little bit of you When will I see you again When will I see you again When will I see you again
  4. Make You Happy3:36

    Letra

    All I wanna do is make you happy All I wanna do is make you happy All I wanna do is make you happy All I wanna do is make you happy All I wanna do is make you happy All I wanna do is make you happy Baby you ain't tryin' If I said I'm upbeat, I'd be lying Show me what you're hiding But if this is love then watch me die on you All I wanna do is make you happy All I wanna do is make you happy All I wanna do is make you happy Maybe you can't hear me But I feel like screaming when you're near me Save me from your theories At the very least just let me cry on you Undervalued I can't be far from the truth Maybe I knew Hardly a bolt from the blue All I wanna do is make you happy All I wanna do is make you happy All I wanna do is make you happy All I wanna do is make you happy All I wanna do is make you happy All I wanna do is make you happy Love and hate each other If we can't get it together You know we'll never ever ever Fix a heart don't break it Can't you see the love around you? You know you're crazy not to take it Undervalued I can't be far from the truth Maybe I knew Hardly a bolt from the blue All I wanna do is make you happy All I wanna do is make you happy All I wanna do is make you happy All I wanna do is make you happy All I wanna do is make you happy All I wanna do is make you happy Whatchu gonna do? I am not over you Whatchu gonna do? I am not over you Whatchu gonna do? I am not over you Whatchu gonna do? I am not over you Never gonna give you up Never gonna sort you out When's it gonna hit ya? I'm never gonna let you down Never gonna give you up Never gonna sort you out When's it gonna hit ya? I'm never gonna let you down Never gonna give you up Never gonna sort you out When's it gonna hit ya? I'm never gonna let you down Never gonna give you up Never gonna sort you out When's it gonna hit ya? All I wanna do is make you happy All I wanna do is make you happy All I wanna do is make you happy
  5. Underwater3:11
    vídeo del tema Underwater
    Bursting through a blood red sky A slow landslide and the world we leave behind It's enough to lose your head, disappear and not return again... When I fall to my feet Wearin' my heart on my sleeve All I see just don't make sense You are the port of my call You shot and leavin' me raw Now I know you're amazing 'Cause all I need Is the love you breathe put your lips on me and I can live underwater, underwater, underwater! Underwater! Flying through a bright blue sky with a space boy high from the world I leave behind It's enough to lose my head disappear and not be seen again When I fall to my feet Wearin' my heart on my sleeve All I see just don't make sense You are the port of my call You shot and leavin' me raw Now I know you're amazing 'Cause all I need Is the love you breathe Put your lips on me and I can live underwater, underwater, underwater! Underwater! Underwater underwater I can live underwater With your love I can breathe I can breathe underwater Underwater underwater We could live underwater With your love I can breathe I can breathe underwater Underwater underwater We could live underwater With your love we could breathe We could breathe underwater
  6. Overrated3:38

    Letra

    Words get broken Cut me open Love confound me Kill me quickly Breathe out breathe in Throw me living off the deep end While I'm sleeping I'm a crazy fool I'm a fool addicted To the touch of you To your poison kisses What you got to lose What do you think this is? Nothing left to prove And we know that love is Overrated Overrated in this goddamn world Overrated Overrated in this goddamn world Overrated Overrated Overrated in this goddamn world Overrated Overrated Overrated in this goddamn world Stars are magic Life is tragic Crime of passion I'm just asking Offered up my wrist And you thought you hit it But your arrow missed Couldn't kill me with it All I asked of you Was to free my pain So you couldn't do This to me again Overrated Overrated Overrated Overrated in this goddamn world Overrated Overrated Overrated in this goddamn world Words get broken Cut me open Breathe out breathe in Throw me living Words get broken Cut me open Stars are magic Life is tragic Overrated Overrated Overrated in this goddamn world
  7. Kids3:04

    Letra

    The kids are playing in the sun They think their life has just begun For them it's just another day Playing games only kids would play There won't be a me and you If we keep on fighting like we do Baby don't you walk away Saying things only kids would say Kids what do they know about nothing at all Lover love when your hear and I love when you're gone Just another California day [Chorus: x2] Take your kid gloves off This is love not war Give our peace a chance Make it worth fighting for You shout with nothing to say And fight till you get your way It hurts but what can I do I won't turn into a kid too Kids what do they know about nothing at all Lover love when your hear and I love when you're gone [Chorus: x2] Take your kid gloves off This is love not war Give our peace a chance Make it worth fighting for You're playing in the sand and the sun You think your life has just begun You're throwing all my love away Just another California day Kids what do they know about nothing at all Just another California day Lover love when your hear and I love when you're gone Just another California day [Chorus: x2] Take your kid gloves off This is love not war Give our peace a chance Make it worth fighting for
  8. Love You When I´m Drunk2:54
  9. Step With Me3:36

    Letra

    Is this happening to me? Have I lost all my defenses? Should I wait around and see What it's like to lose my senses? Always looking for the chance From the high ground to the ditches But the chance I'll never miss Now I know what happiness is This love's delicious Like home-cooked dishes I'm tasting mischievously Step 1, come a little closer Step 2, rest upon my shoulder Step 3, I'm calling you baby Three steps away from me Step 4, we can get married Step 5, top it with a cherry Step 6, as good as it gets Now come along and step with me Sun is shining up ahead In thirty years we'll still be happy Making movies in my head Making Hollywood look tiny Don't know why but all your words Sound just like a melody From the pieces that I've heard I could build a symphony This love's delicious Like home-cooked dishes I'm tasting mischievously Step 1, come a little closer Step 2, rest upon my shoulder Step 3, I'm calling you baby Three steps away from me Step 4, we can get married Step 5, top it with a cherry Step 6, as good as it gets Now come on and step with me Step 1, I don't even know you Step 2, come a little closer Step 3, you can't even see you're Three steps from loving me Step 1, come a little closer Step 2, rest upon my shoulder Step 3, I'm calling you baby Three steps away from me Step 4, we can get married Step 5, top it with a cherry Step 6, as good as it gets Now come along and step with me Three steps three steps
  10. Popular Song4:06
    vídeo del tema Popular Song
    La la, la la You were the popular one, the popular chick It is what it is, now I'm popular-ish Standing on the field with your pretty pompom Now you're working at the movie selling popular corn I could have been a mess but I never went wrong 'Cause I'm putting down my story in a popular song I said I'm putting down my story in a popular song [Chorus:] My problem, I never was a model, I never was a scholar, But you were always popular, You were singing all the songs I don't know Now you're in the front row 'Cause my song is popular Popular, I know about popular It's not about who you are or your fancy car You're only ever who you were Popular, I know about popular And all that you have to do is be true to you That's all you ever need to know So catch up 'cause you got an awful long way to go So catch up 'cause you got an awful long way to go Always on the lookout for someone to hate, Picking on me like a dinner plate You hid during classes, and in between 'em Dunked me in the toilets, now it's you that cleans them You tried to make me feel bad with the things you do It ain't so funny when the joke's on you Ooh, the joke's on you Got everyone laughing, got everyone clapping, asking, "How come you look so cool?" 'Cause that's the only thing that I've learned at school, boy (uh huh) I said that that's the only thing that I've learned at school [Chorus:] My problem, I never was a model, I never was a scholar, But you were always popular, You were singing all the songs I don't know Now you're in the front row 'Cause my song is popular Popular, I know about popular It's not about who you are or your fancy car You're only ever who you were Popular, I know about popular And all that you have to do is be true to you That's all you ever need to know (that's all you ever need to know) So catch up 'cause you got an awful long way to go So catch up 'cause you got an awful long way to go It's all you ever need to know You're only ever who you were It's all you ever need to know You're only ever who you were (It's all you ever need to know) It's all you ever need to know Popular, I know about popular It's not about who you are or your fancy car You're only ever who you were Popular, I know about popular It's not about who you are or your fancy car You're only ever who you were Popular, I know about popular And all that you have to do is be true to you. That's all you ever need to know... (That's all you ever need to know...)
  11. Emily3:34

    Letra

    Emily, Emily Emily, can't you write a happy song Get your ass to number one You could try a little harder Emily, you could be a millionaire But you're so full of hot air Gonna end up like your father Emily, you can't leave your life to chance Get a boy and learn to dance Be a girl like any other Emily, are you stuck up? Are you gay? If you are, well that's OK 'Cause it doesn't even matter Emily Emily, it's your life And you can't live it twice One day you'll understand Emely, take my hand Emily, I love you And I know you do too You never make no sense Screaming at me in French Pourquoi tu gâches ta vie? Pourquoi tu gâches ta vie? Shut up listen to me Dance with me Emily Pourquoi tu gâches ta vie? Pourquoi tu gâches ta vie? Shut up listen to me Dance with me Emily Emily, you got so much in your life Me I got no one's advice Don't you know you got it easy Emily, what you smoking, what's that stench Who you screaming out in French Did you really think you had me Emily, that's enough, do as you're told Acting like you're eight years old I give up it's not worth trying Emily, one day I will end up dead That's the only thing I've said That would ever get her smiling Emily Emily, it's your life And you can't live it twice One day you'll understand Emily take my hand Emily, I love you And I know you do too You never make no sense Screaming at me in French Pourquoi tu gâches ta vie? Pourquoi tu gâches ta vie? Shut up listen to me Dance with me Emily Pourquoi tu gâches ta vie? Pourquoi tu gâches ta vie? Shut up listen to me Dance with me Emily Emily, live your life in a balloon Lock yourself up in your room So the world can never reach ya Emily, am I speaking Japanese? Got me falling on my knees Got me praying to Saint Peter Emily, see the price I have to pay I would give my life away If I knew that I could reach ya Emily, why d'you make this hard for me It's not the way it's meant to be I don't ever wanna hate ya Emily dance Emily dance, dance, dance Emily dance Emily dance, dance, dance Emily dance Emily dance, dance, dance Emily dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance Emily Emily, it's your life And you can't live it twice One day you'll understand Emily take my hand Emily, I love you And I know you do too You never make no sense Screaming at me in French Pourquoi tu gâches ta vie? Pourquoi tu gâches ta vie? Shut up listen to me Dance with me Emily Pourquoi tu gâches ta vie? Pourquoi tu gâches ta vie? Shut up listen to me Dance with me Emily Emily dance
  12. Heroes3:16

    Letra

    The kids in the hundreds tomorrow Will march through the door They're fighting someone else's war They'll have so many stories to tell In exchange for a hero's farewell I wish I could I wish I could make you return And what if I'll never discern As you walk to the toll of the bell You'll be fighting for our heaven with hell And you don't understand Why no one else can see Your blood on me And my blood on you But to make you bleed The only thing I wouldn't do And you know heroes aren't meant to survive So much harder to love when alive Walk with the devil in your head You would think you were better off dead And you don't understand Why no one else can see Your blood on me And my blood on you But to make you bleed The only thing I wouldn't do Where can you go? We fight we earn We never learn And through it all The hero falls I wish there was a way To give you a hand to hold Cause you don't have to die in your glory To die to never grow old Your blood on me And my blood on you But to make you bleed The only thing I wouldn't do Your blood on me And my blood on you But to make you bleed The only thing I wouldn't do Where can you go? We fight we earn We never learn And through it all The hero falls
  13. Celebrate3:08
    vídeo del tema Celebrate
    Right about now it's time for everybody to stand up Stand up, stand up And have fun 'Cause we just begun I want the whole world to celebrate, Let's go Once I get up I feel better Then I pull myself together I remember those two letters It will be OK Everyone says now or never I say only if it's better Be a night like this forever I want the whole world to celebrate I wanna come home To the only place I know Where the trees I planted grow I wanna come home Once I get up I feel better Then I pull myself together I remember those two letters It will be OK Everyone says now or never I say only if it's better Be a night like this forever Will we know better I want the whole world to celebrate I want the whole world to celebrate I want the whole world to celebrate I want the whole world to celebrate I'll be just fine When I see you at the finish line Doesn't matter if I take my time I'm coming home Once I get up I feel better And I pull myself together I remember those two letters It will be OK Everyone says now or never I say only if it's better Be a night like this forever Will we know better I want the whole world to celebrate I want the whole world to celebrate I want the whole world to celebrate I want the whole world to celebrate I'm not mad at you at all But I want the whole world to celebrate Yeah, mmmm Right about now it's time for everybody to stand up Stand up, stand up And have fun 'Cause we just begun I want the whole world to celebrate Let's go Once again if I feel better Then I pull myself together I remember those two letters It will be OK Everyone says now or never I say only if it's better Be a night like this forever I wanna go home (I want the whole world to celebrate) I wanna go home (I want the whole world to celebrate) I wanna go home (I want the whole world to celebrate) And celebrate I'll get the whole world to celebrate I want the whole world to celebrate I want the whole world to celebrate
  14. Make You Happy (Miami Edit)3:11

    Letra

    All I wanna do is make you happy [x6] All these years of trying If I said I’m happy, I’d be lying Think it’s love we’re making? But if this is love then watch me die on you Oh maybe you can’t hear me But I feel like screaming when you’re near me Save me from your theories At the very least just let me cry on you Undervalued Love is a bolt from the blue If only you knew But you were so far from the truth All I wanna do is make you happy [x6] A heart’s a lonely hunter We can’t fight the cold and fight the hunger Who can you rely on? Can you share the shoulder that you cry on? You talk, how can I listen? When I hear the people’s screams Telling me the things I should believe in I’ll show you what I’m made of They can’t cover up for me Because there’s nothing I’m afraid of Undervalued Love is a bolt from the blue If only you knew You were so far from the truth All I wanna do is make you happy [x6]