MARINA (and The Diamonds)

[Sinner Get Ready 379]

OH BABY IT’S A WAY OF LIIIIFE 

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12 hours ago, brandon said:

…… why does it look like there’s a heart on her cheek… 

 heart on the cheek or not one thing is for certain and it’s that platinum blonde hair on her is stunning 

[Embach 53,126]

7 hours ago, PipeDelRey said:

At this point I think she's back with everything! 
 

 

Thank you for supporting my designs, I love you all! 

That's a nice poster, I really hope that she uses that name logo on the album cover, because I love how the M forms a 6 to reference her 6th album.

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13 hours ago, 14n4 said:

dude i just want a heartfelt well written ballad 

you mean half of her already existing discography? we need meaningful bops!!!

 

13 hours ago, shay said:

i dont mean to be negative but cupids girl didnt age that well with me at all. it was super fun at first but doesnt really have great replayability 

listened to it around 250 times so have to disagree. the bass hits hard on GOOD earphones

 

12 hours ago, Charlottexseax said:

 

the family jewels was so cunty too. the fact that it's a play on words on testicles but it flew over everyone's head bc it doesn't exist in english..

TOTALLY. she served cunt and quirky way before it was in fashion. she ate so hard with electra complex, shampain, hypocrates etc and everyone went blind basically that i understand her going simpler routes now

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10 minutes ago, vrtvie said:

listened to it around 250 times so have to disagree. the bass hits hard on GOOD earphones

i just got bored of it fast, the chorus especially. still streaming butterfly

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5 hours ago, Escapism said:

 heart on the cheek or not one thing is for certain and it’s that platinum blonde hair on her is stunning 

 

very much this. even if it's just a drawn on mole or something, she knew what she was doing i fear. going blonde, drawing something on her cheek - don't try and fool us miss marinara and the sauce. 

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electra after flop

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6 hours ago, Life said:

 

very much this. even if it's just a drawn on mole or something, she knew what she was doing i fear. going blonde, drawing something on her cheek - don't try and fool us miss marinara and the sauce. 

the way she’ll do all that but still refuse to do a bubblegum bitch MV  

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unpopular opinon but I don't like any of her recent releases  

it doesn't feel meaningful or soulful to me idk 

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18 hours ago, godsmonster said:

Every time she puts on a blonde wig bitches start saying “ELECTRA HEART IS ALIVE”

like girl no let her stay dead. She served cunt then died, leave her alone to rest

it’s such a nonissue but when everyone was like OMFGGGG ITS ELECTRA!!!! when she had the blonde wig on in venus fly trap i was soooo annoyed omfg… literally not giving electra WHATSOEVER 😭 she made ONE joke about it because everyone kept saying it… and everyone seemed to take that as confirmation that OMG!! IT RLLY IS ELECTRA!!

[brandon 13,921]

the mv still rlly isn’t giving electra either, apart from what looks like a heart on her cheek (but is probably a fake mole, as the title has that french feel to it and she’s probably going for a cunty artsy marie antoinette thing)

 

if anything.. its giving her 2011 era during the gap between TFJ and EH 

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7 minutes ago, brandon said:

it’s such a nonissue but when everyone was like OMFGGGG ITS ELECTRA!!!! when she had the blonde wig on in venus fly trap i was soooo annoyed omfg… literally not giving electra WHATSOEVER 😭 she made ONE joke about it because everyone kept saying it… and everyone seemed to take that as confirmation that OMG!! IT RLLY IS ELECTRA!!

It's like that one popular comment I used to see on YouTube many years ago:

 

Marina: *sighs*

People: "I wish it was Electra Heart era"

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i don’t know what it is but i feel like if her name was still marina and the diamonds she would not be dogpiled on this much by literally everyone for anything she does. or at least it wouldn’t be as bad. i fear the name change was the first domino…

 

i miss and the diamonds so bad 

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13 minutes ago, Sinner Get Ready said:

i don’t know what it is but i feel like if her name was still marina and the diamonds she would not be dogpiled on this much by literally everyone for anything she does. or at least it wouldn’t be as bad. i fear the name change was the first domino…

 

i miss and the diamonds so bad 

i still dont fully understand why she changed the name. but thats okay because its not mine to understand and i doubt id really understand it unless i had a similar experience i could relate it to, which i dont. but i agree that dropping "and the diamonds" had some sort of effect on her image/reputation, especially because of how established the name already was for her and MARINA in comparison is way less unique and memorable

 

i think the history that surrounds and the diamonds also has something to do with it. when i think of MARINA, despite it being like 7 years since she changed it, theres not as much history or moments that stand out in relation to the name. like, marina and the diamonds is so reminiscent of her roots and beginnings as an indie artist on myspace. creating iconic moments like the ones ive and many others have personally tied to and the diamonds is harder to replicate with just marina

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the hipocrisy on how she said she wanted to move away from electra heart, how she's a changed woman tuning into her own psyche and now she's milking the tiktok 20 sec spectacle of ego? like bitch be for fucking real..... the need to stay relevant using tools that have aged like milk................................................. girl get a grip..... so fed up with this woman snjfkjwfoiwejfowfoiwfoiefjwoefef

and if i hear one more song recorded in a villa about capitalism making us poor im gonna eject out of here..... these people are going crazy and so am i...

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14 minutes ago, shay said:

i think the history that surrounds and the diamonds also has something to do with it. 

and that's why she has stated she wanted to change it--she felt disconnected from people's perceptions of the stage name and wanted to frame new releases around just her first name. It makes sense based on how she speaks about her constant re-evaluation of fame and her desire in 2017/18 to feel in control. The only issue I have with the decision is that it is a metadata nightmare across music platforms, so she should've gone with her full name MARINA DIAMANDIS--it could've had the same artistic shift but been more distinct (plus a nice nod to what was changing it from). Aside from that, and especially since she just dropped part of it, I don't really see the big deal. People already just called her Marina for short.  And besides, it's not as big of a change as May Jailer-->Lizzy-->Lana and all of the other monikers in between. 

 

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I also prefer whatever backlash it caused than the constant confusion that she was a band 

 

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1 minute ago, Formation said:

and that's why she has stated she wanted to change it--she felt disconnected from people's perceptions of the stage name and wanted to frame new releases around just her first name. It makes sense based on how she speaks about her constant re-evaluation of fame and her desire in 2017/18 to feel in control. The only issue I have with the decision is that it is a metadata nightmare across music platforms, so she should've gone with her full name MARINA DIAMANDIS--it could've had the same artistic shift but been more distinct (plus a nice nod to what was changing it from). Aside from that, and especially since she just dropped part of it, I don't really see the big deal. People already just called her Marina for short.  And besides, it's not as big of a change as May Jailer-->Lizzy-->Lana and all of the other monikers in between. 

this gives more insight and makes me understand a little better. as a fan though i also completely understand how much people miss and the diamonds because of just how attached to that era and time it is. it makes sense to why she did it, but of course, fans will miss it. i dont think may jailer - lizzy - lana has the same effect because no one really knew lana before she was lana

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OH SHE FVCKING SLAYS IN THAT BILLBOARD

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13 minutes ago, motel six said:

OH SHE FVCKING SLAYS IN THAT BILLBOARD

“cunting soon…” oh she’s serving…

 

kinda love how bad she seems to want it this era like…

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she's cunting