United Kingdom, May 4 -- Mika believes celebrity culture is "toxic".

The 'Grace Kelly' singer released his first album 'Life in Cartoon Motion' in 2007 and over the course of 18 years he has seen the problems that being famous can cause in your life.

Mika, 41, accepts that he, like other artists, "play into it in unhealthy ways" but he always relies on his songwriting and music to keep him grounded.

In an interview with Italian newspaper Il Corriere della Sera, he said: "Fame culture is toxic, we see it all around us. We all play into it in unhealthy ways, because we know exactly what we're doing, on social media, with the press, in front of the paparazzi.

"I know there's a commercial side to what I do, but it's the craft, the artisti...