For those who had forgotten, long before doing a duet with Vianney, his colleague from The Voice, ““Keep it single”, Mika collaborated with the beautiful Ariana Grande. The song is called “Popular Song”and it was adapted from the song “Popular” from the musical “Wicked“, in 2012, for the third album of the Franco-Lebanese singer, “The Origin of Love.
“I was really unsettled by the quality of the voice”
This is what the coach told Nikos Aliagas, in a video shared on April 17, 2024, by TF1. On the channel, while the candidates of the 2024 class of tele-hook compete in battles, Mika returned to this duo, which completely turned him upside down. He assured: “10 years ago, yeah that’s it, it’s his first pop gesture. I remember, we did the Skype session, and I was really destabilized by the quality of the voice.”
Ariana Grande was a real pro right down to her physical appearance, remembers Mika, who reveals: “She came in with red hair, at 4 a.m., we were together, she dyed her hair completely brown for the video. We finished at 10 p.m., she stayed until midnight doing it dye it red, then go to the airport, eat pizza, take a flight back to Toronto, and start shooting again at 10 a.m.
“She’s half Italian, I’m half Lebanese, and believe me”
In this sequence, TF1 slipped a few images from the clip, featuring the two artists. And Mika comments with humor: “Anyway, we were both very heavily made-up because we had to be completely white. And she’s half Italian, I’m half Lebanese, and believe me, it took a lot of wax, and a lot makeup to make us so white.
Behind the scenes of the day @mikasounds did a duet with Ariana Grande ✌️ Find #TheVoice Streaming on TF1+ ▶️ https://t.co/IEUqdjaAy3pic.twitter.com/ewmyHZkQpC
— The Voice ✌️ (@TheVoice_TF1) April 17, 2024