Jamie Laing

I was... Hello everyone, my name is Jamie Lang and this is Great Company.

Hey guys, welcome back to Great Company.

Now, this episode today is going to absolutely blow your mind because we have the singer-songwriter Mika on the show.

Now, Mika and I first met, we met when we hosted the Attitude Awards together.

Right now, if you know what the Attitude Awards are, you're probably wondering why was I hosting it because Mika loved the podcast.

He thought we'd make great hosts together, so invited me to go and do it.

I was really touched by that.

And since then, we've become friends.

Now, this episode is amazing because Mika is an amazing storyteller and his life is fascinating for so many reasons.

He grew up in Beirut and his family had to leave because the civil war broke out.

His father was held hostage.

Yes, hostage.

Okay.

And his mom took the family away and had to bring them up by herself.

Mika found music and he fell in love with music.

And that was kind of his escape.

He called it a hug, which you will find out all in the episode.

Now, he's gone on to sell millions of albums.

He was nominated for a Grammy.

And so many of us have loved and listened and just fallen for everything that he's about.