Hyperlove is the seventh studio album by British singer-songwriter Mika. It was released on 23 January 2026 through Republic Records. The album was primarily written by Mika, and is his first English language album since My Name Is Michael Holbrook (2019). Mika collaborated with Nick Littlemore, who had previously worked on the singer's album The Origin of Love (2012), and Peter Mayes on production. The album is a pop record, which incorporates sounds of electropop and synth-pop. Lyrically, Hyperlove explores what it means to love amid the "struggles and disillusionment" of the modern world.
Two singles preceded the release of the album; the lead single, "Modern Times", was released on 31 October 2025, followed by the second single, "Immortal Love", on 5 December 2025. The album's third single "Excuses For Love" was released simultaneously alongside the album on 23 January 2026. To promote the album, Mika is set to headline two concerts in February 2026, at the OVO Arena Wembley in London and the AO Arena in Manchester, as part of his Spinning Out Tour,[6] before embarking on shows in North America in April 2026.[5]
Background
In an interview with Rolling Stone magazine in January 2026, Mika stated: "I was created by the UK, but 100 per cent I went away" when discussing his lack of commercial visibility in the United Kingdom following his 2009 album The Boy Who Knew Too Much, in favour of markets that "embraced him more warmly". He explained how a turning point came when he signed up to be a judge on the British music competition show The Piano (2023), describing it as "completely [reconnecting] me with the UK, and not just London, because we film in different cities: Glasgow, Leeds, Cardiff".[6] In the same interview, he described his intentions as being to "make alternative experimental pop" and not "music that plays in the aisles of Lidl", while acknowledging that "if that happens, it’s brilliant, but I’m not fighting for that space".[6]
Speaking to Roisin O’Connor of The Independent that same month, Mika likened "writing at the piano" to "chasing a state of euphoria", which helped to conceive Hyperlove. He described the album's title as a "state of loving in the modern age" and "that feeling we chase when we’re writing songs – about desire, the celebration of having it and wanting more".[7]
Composition
Hyperlove is a pop album, which also incorporates sounds of electropop[1] and synth-pop[2]. Lyrically, the album explores the "struggles and disillusionment of modernity",[2] and "radical emotional honesty in a world that encourages restraint".[5]
Singles
The album's lead single "Modern Times" was released on 31 October 2025, alongside its music video.[8] The second single, "Immortal Love", was released on 5 December 2025, followed by its music video two weeks later on 19 December 2025.[4] The track reached number 27 on the UK Airplay Chart in January 2026.[9] The album's third single, "Excuses For Love", was released simultaneously with the album on 23 January 2026.[5]
Writing for Attitude magazine, Nick Levine gave Hyperlove four out of five stars, describing the project as a "triumph", and highlighted the tracks "Take Your Problems with You" and "Modern Love" as standouts, noting that the former sounds like "a breezy evening in Nice", and the latter as being "deliciously camp". He concluded that "it feels great to have [Mika] back".[1] Megan Philip of Buzz magazine gave the album four out of five stars, describing the project as being a "energetic synth-filled examination of love in the modern world", and favourably compared the tracks "Nicotine" and "Bells" to the sound of Mika's 2007 album Life In Cartoon Motion. She concluded that she album "signals the beginning of a new era for Mika" that is "driven by high-energy dance anthems".[2] Talia M. Wilson of Riff magazine gave the album a score of 9/10, describing the project as "experimental" and "nostalgic new wave". Wilson praised the "stellar" piano work on tracks such as "Hyperlove" and "Spinning Out", describing the former as being "reminiscent of Coldplay with a touch of Enya".[10] British news publication The Times included Hyperlove on their '10 best new tracks and albums' list[11] while Rolling Stone included the album on their '6 albums you need to hear' list, for the release week ending 23 January 2026.[12]
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