Queer singer/songwriter Mika is back, with a latest music video for new track ‘Sanremo’ which is a track from his new album My Name is Michael Holbrook. both of which were released thos week.
Sanremo is a stunning tribute to the gay community of the 1950s when homosexuality was not illegal but was socially unacceptable. It was time of discrimination and persecution when gay men and women lived secret lives in the margins just to survive.
Mika who ha also refused to pinned down by his own sexuality has nevertheless been happy to be controversial in his choice of material such as in 2007 with “Billy Brown” where he wrote about a married man who has a homosexual affair.
In Sanremo Mika is seen saying goodbye to his wife and daughter at the start of the video, and culminates in a visit to an underground gay bar, filled with members of the LGBT+ community being their unapologetic selves. However, it ends with Mika’s desired hook-up being interrupted by a police officer, as a real-life recording says: “The policy of this administration is that we do not knowingly hire homosexuals, and if we find a homosexual in our administration, we terminate their employment without delay.”
Labels: 2019, Mika, music video
