Music of all kinds are drumming along the year of 2015, with new styles of music emerging throughout the world. A sweet and sad style of pop bloomed toward the end of the year with Mika’s recent album, No Place in Heaven. This style of pop is modern; it has a fast rhythm attracting young people and incorporates an older style of music which makes it enjoyable to the older generation as well.

Fear not, the album does not focus on religion but on daily issues life provides such as romance, peer pressure, the idea of perfectionism, and stress. Mika writes and sings the lyrics with such passion revealing how it connects to him personally but also to the public.

Mika’s song No Place in Heaven, which the name of album is based off, tells of his struggle to fit within society since his childhood. Mika, at a young age, moved away from his birth country Lebanon to the UK due to the war.He started his music career, but was often bullied. The song represents those hardships and his idea of never being accepted. The song is relatable to those who are isolated from society.

Mika tugs at an emotional string in his fans with his songs concerning perfectionism. His song All She Wants tells the high expectations he is supposed to achieve from his mother and other people he loves but his failure of doing so. Also, the song Rio describes beginning a new life away from the old stressful life and being the person who he really is instead of what he is expected to be. What makes these two songs successful is that Mika incorporates his ideas with a nice beat but he clearly conveys his message; it is not overpowered by the rhythm.

Another interesting aspect to the album is that Mika includes French songs, since Mika speaks fluent French from living in France. This album contains the singles J’ai Pas Envie (I Don’t Want (to)), L’amour Fait Ce Qui Qu’il Veut, and Les Baisers Perdus(The Lost Kisses), Boum Boum Boum (though it was released earlier in 2014 as a single but now is included in the album). By adding the French songs, he appeals to more people who natively speak French or know the language; he tries to appeal to a variety of individuals and not just to native English speakers.

After listening to the entire album and considering all the aspects Mika puts into his music, No Place in Heaven could be considered a successful album to all of his fans because of the older style and the meaningful lyrics. I believe it will maintain its status as a flower which will be admired forever.