Song of the Day #3: We Are Golden by Mika
When I’m feeling like shit, there is a handful of artists I generally turn to to make me feel better, and Mika is at the top of the list. I was having a horrible day yesterday, but felt much better after watching the video for “We Are Golden” about five times, so it gets the nod today.
“We Are Golden” is the first single from Mika’s new album, The Boy Who Knew Too Much, and was released in early September this year. It isn’t my favorite Mika song or even my current favorite from the new album, but the video has the unique effect of turning me on while making me laugh my ass off. It’s certainly a testament to Mika’s uncompromising and relentless charisma and naked chest: Not many people could carry off a cupcake scarf and lasers shooting from their crotch in the same video. At some point I’d like to do a whole post on the brilliance of Mika, as I feel he’s generally under-appreciated in the States, but for now this will have to do.
It’s probably pretty asshattish of me to make one of Lady Gaga’s BFFs my song of the day after I ragged on her video earlier, but apparently that’s just how I roll.
