Comments on: The meaning of Mika’s “Grace Kelly”

By: admin

admin — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 06:25:20 +0000

Ashely, you bring up a good point. We hear a lot of music around us. Sometimes without even noticing, some of the songs register in our subconscious. Luckily, we have the web now to help us dig out these songs and find out more.

Sometimes, however, we are disappointed by what we find; maybe the lyrics are dull, the singer’s a dope or the music sounded better in your head than when you get the chance to listen to it more closely.

It’s clear that Mika’s “Grace Kelly” is not one of those songs as this is by far the longest thread on the site. People seem to find endless interpretations of the song, which must be very flattering for the songwriters.

Thanks for leaving the message.

Michael

By: Ashely

Ashely — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 04:50:20 +0000

I didn’t know who song this song or the name of it and one day I found it and watched the video and listened to the lyrics closely. I saw all the colors and he say “should I bend over” I was like oh its a gay song that’s why it had the rainbow colors. And he was confused in to be man or woman, grace kelly or freddie. Him singing to a little girl was confusing. But I stl love the song.

By: mmm...

mmm... — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 20:44:27 +0000

I think he is singing to a closeted/insecure guy…

Mika is openly bi though he says he doesn’t believe in labels and that sexuality has nothing to do with love…

the part that got me on that notion was “why don’t you like me, why don’t you like yourself” … closeted/insecure gay guys often hate the “gay” in them, so they dislike other people who flaunt their gayness… in the opening lines to the song mika asks “Am I too dirty? Am I too flirty? Do I like what you like?” I think he is saying “am i too flamboyant for you? and then he is like “Say what you want to satisfy yourself, hey! But you only want what everybody else Says you should want.”… he gets fed up with him and tells him to walk out the door…

or I could be way off…

By: Rainbow Dash

Rainbow Dash — Wed, 18 May 2011 03:02:35 +0000

When I first heard the song I thought it was about a girl he was in love with and she refused to love him back.

I got curious after my boyfriend said it sounded rather creepy and decided to watch the music video only to find him singing to a…little girl? A ‘that can’t be right’ was all I could say and stumbled upon something that said he was making it because of a record company.

I looked more into it since I had nothing to do and then read over your comments. You guys were right all in all and I think it’s a pretty cool song now. Pretty clever in my opinion. Bravo Mika! Thats some great writing.

I also like how it’s happy sounding and upbeat, not angry and filled with that rough sounding hate music.

–RD

By: kaleb

kaleb — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 21:37:51 +0000

hey christina said that but longer

By: kaleb

kaleb — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 21:37:23 +0000

i just got that

By: kaleb

kaleb — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 21:30:07 +0000

The “Mr. Smith” line is actually from The Country Girl, starring Grace Kelly. In the movie it reads as “Last time we talked Mr. Dodd, you reduced me to tears. I promise you it wont happen again.” So a little name change.

By: kaleb

kaleb — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 21:23:09 +0000

i think the song is awsome . I LUV U MIKA YOU R SO AWSOME

By: admin

admin — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 17:08:56 +0000

Thanks Christina. Another interesting perspective.

Michael

By: Christina

Christina — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 00:12:43 +0000

Yes, Freddy does refer to Freddy Mercury because he has been referred to as the new Freddy, so he is making fun of the critics that say he sounds like him. Although it is flattering, every artist wants to be his or her own talent and unique.

The lines are from Grace Kelly’s The Country Girl (1954). Originally she says “Mr. Dodd” instead of Smith. He changed the names to reference a record company exec who said he should be more like Craig David who is another UK singer.

The whole song is an angry response to that instance, and came out with a bunch of lyrics that reference trying to be someone else to please someone that is not worth pleasing.

By: Jaudue

Jaudue — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 03:28:06 +0000

If you google it, there are sites about him saying this about his song also.

By: Jaudue

Jaudue — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 03:27:22 +0000

there isnt really a meaning or a story to this song. It was written because Mika got angry with his manager or someone who told him to change his style of music because they said he wasn’t good, so he wrote this song to mock them and then it became a huge hit so he didn’t change his style