- 2019-06-02
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Donate to support families affected by the crisis in Ukraine ➔ MIKA Announces New Album “My Name Is Michael Holbrook”, Unveils New Song “Ice Cream”
On May 30th, English singer-songwriter MIKA announced his fifth album “My Name Is Michael Holbrook” will be released on October 4, 2019. The album is his first LP in four years.
On the same say, he released the lead single “Ice Cream”.
“‘Ice Cream’ was written on a day of extreme heat,” MIKA said of the song in a statement. “It was the last few weeks of writing for the album; a writing period that lasted two years. Through the writing I had confronted personal, serious and at times painful issues, now I felt lighter and freer. This was one of the last songs written for the new album.”- The song came about during an August trip to Italy and was inspired by '90s music, including George Michael.
“The song is a daydream fantasy. Like a heat mirage, and makes me feel like anything is possible. Summer and heat provokes that. The surreal dreamlike state of endless heat soaked afternoons. Pearls of sweat, dreams of summer flings, the smell and feel of a car in summer when you first step into it, the smell of a plastic parasol baking in the sun. The mix of possibility and lazy frustration. Senses and daydreams on the run.” he added. - source : Rolling Stone
