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  • 8 Things to Do This Week in DC (and Beyond)

    From Perfume Genius and MIKA to Drive-In Movies and a very fit Merman, here are our editor-selected picks for your week.

  • Fun.’s Boost for Tegan & Sara

    One day soon here’s hoping we’ll see an American pop hit from a bona fide out LGBT artist or act. You don’t have to look...

  • The origin of Mika’s “super-stylish” dancing shoes

    Ever notice the brightly colored, baroque hi-tops that Mika wears? Turns out, they were created for the international pop star by celebrity shoe designer Christian...

  • Pop and Circumstance

    ''I'm completely uncomfortable in my own skin,'' says Mika. ''I'm neurotic, self-contradictory and just unbearable.'' That may be how the international pop star sees himself,...

  • Pop Love

    It's funny how freeing coming out can be. Though Mika only officially came out as gay a few months ago, after he had already completed...

  • Watch Mika’s new video: Celebrate

    The recently out Mika has released the video for “Celebrate”, from his forthcoming album The Origin of Love, due out October 16. The song, written...

  • Mika comes out to Instinct, no surprises here!

    “If you ask me am I gay, I say yeah. Are these songs about my relationship with a man? I say yeah. And it’s only...

  • Mika at the 2011 HRC National Dinner [video]

    Metro Weekly's Justin Stewart has a few minutes with Mika on the arrival carpet at the 2011 HRC National Dinner, Saturday, Oct. 1 in Washington,

  • Pop Circus

    When Mika first emerged on the pop scene a couple years ago with Life In Cartoon Motion you could hear echoes of many of his...

  • Looney Tunes

    He may sing ''I've gone identity mad!'' on his debut album's opening tune and single, ''Grace Kelly,'' but Mika doesn't actually sound as confused about...

  • Soundwaves

    Mika FREDDIE MERCURY'S SPAWN: MIKA... George Michael. Robbie Williams. Elton John. Scissor Sisters. Up-and-coming pop sensation Mika channels those four contemporary artists, among many others....