The video for Mika’s glamtastic “We Are Golden” has the singer trying on the old “shirtless guy dancing around his bedroom” routine, I guess so he can trick people in the States into liking him by thinking that he’s actually the star of “Single Man Dances To ‘Single Ladies’ “? The song’s still pretty stompily great, don’t get me wrong, but I can’t help but think that there’s a weird sort of reversal-of-fame trajectory going on here with Mika’s attempt to show that despite his major-label backing, all he wants to be is a YouTube success story. Clip after the jump.
Mika – We Are Golden [YouTube]
Are you sure that this isn’t an outtake from Maybe You’ve Been Brainwashed Too?
@D.R.Mosby: Weird, I totally got that vibe too. (comments section)
@D.R.Mosby: What if Gregg Alexander listened to “Heaven Is a Place on Earth” all day and then tried to write a song?