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Mika on Pharrell Williams collaboration: 'He was intrigued by me'

Flamboyant hitmaker Mika has opened up about how he came to collaborate with Pharrell Williams on his new album's lead single, 'Celebrate'.

In a new interview with Blunt Talking, Mika explained that he'd heard the 'Can I Have It Like That' hitmaker was "intrigued" by his material and wanted to set up a meeting:

"I think Pharrell had heard was I was doing and was quite intrigued. He contacted me through a mutual friend and we met up and wrote this sad song called 'China Boy'."

"Then I took it to Nick Littlemore from Empire, we reworked it and turned it into 'Celebrate'. It was just happy chaos theory."

Mika also recently spoke about his decision to come out as gay and told London's Metro newspaper that falling in love and being true to his feelings encouraged him to be honest about who he truly is: "‘I’m not afraid any more because I am quite happy and quite confident."

"I was scared of not being accepted by my family. No one in my family is gay. No one in my extended family is gay."

 

 

 

Listen to 'Celebrate' below: