MARINA (and The Diamonds)

[TrashMagiq]

I’m so excited for the To Be Human video. Idk what to expect from it. Imagine if she dresses up as a robot like in the IANAR video and she’s just observing humans being a mess

[lil aerosol]

Eh, I'm disappointed. I had high hopes! Although tbh the last two singles and the snippet had me somewhat less excited than when Handmade Heaven came out.

I love Handmade Heaven, True and End Of The Earth, I kind of like Enjoy Your Life but all the rest are pretty bland to me. Haven't heard much of FEAR though, I hope it'll be better!

[renaissance]

Oh wow .... End Of The Earth????? True is a fucking BANGER???? Enjoy Your Life is amazing as expected???? Not sure why she chose the worst songs (apart from Handmade Heaven) as singles but this is a really solid collection of tracks. It's also so clever how she released this album because now fear just seems so mysterious as she hasn't really talked about/teased it a lot which is exciting. I hope she doesn't release any singles from Fear before the album tbh, it will be cool to digest it as a whole

[KeybladeMeister]

My Depression:

Marina: I SAID. ENJOY. YOUR. LIFE.

 

[Cacciatore]

I still don't understand why she decided to include Baby it was such a weird choice, the song sounds so random amongst the other ones.

[Ultra Violet]

Does anyone else think To Be Human sounds a lot like Handmade Heaven? They're both produced by Joel Little, which I didn't even realize when I first thought that.  There's just something about them that strikes me as quite similar

Yeah which is why I'm glad they're separated by lots of songs. Both soooo good though, and not too similar for me to be like why

[creditcardromancer]

This album is amazing, after she releases FEAR i'm confident she's going to surpass the excellence of The Family Jewels. the other girls simply cannot relate.

 

Enjoy Your Life is THAT B*TCH!

[LonelyHeart]

Love is a mix of Tfj + EH and Froot. She delivered a gem

[WHATCOLORISTHEALBUM]

To Be Human is really good holy shit 

[June Gloom]

enjoy your life, to be human and end of the earth are fantastic, true is pretty good too- fear cannot get here soon enough honestly

[godsmonster]

There's Nothing Wrong With You totally should have been in Baby's place, I'm mad she hid that gem from us

[LanaRayDelMar]

Playing Enjoy Your Life to the music video of Orange Trees.. oh my god we were robbed

[abombnd]

my theory is she wanted to have some outtake in place of Baby but her label stepped in and said she needed to cut one to have baby on the album for streams and shit so she cut whatever she thought the album could do without.... truly tragic....

[Cacciatore]

Playing Enjoy Your Life to the music video of Orange Trees.. oh my god we were robbed

 

Oh wow it fits perfectly, dare to say it fits even better than Orange Trees  we were def robbed

[Gone user]

There's Nothing Wrong With You totally should have been in Baby's place, I'm mad she hid that gem from us

 

I read she cut it from the album cause she worked on it with Jesse Saint John and she found out about the rape and underage flirting tea on him. Don't know if it's true but it's possible.....

[BloomForYou]

wow i luv end of the earth

[Cacciatore]

My favorite lines/moments from each song:

 

Handmade Heaven: "This life don't suit me anymore..."

 

Superstar: "My love is a planet revolving your heart" 

 

Orange Trees: "Flowers in my hair, I belong by the sea..."

 

Enjoy Your Life: "Cause your worst days they are over, so enjoy your life"

 

True: "You're skin and bone, full of fear, but you're just a human being." (the chorus is amazing too)

 

To Be Human: "From Kyoto, Hiroshima, watch the black cloud crawling nearer"    (BUT THE WHOLE THING IS AMAZING)

 

End of the Earth: "We're all living in the same universe, where the stars collide and the planets turn, but I'll give you my life I don't care if it hurts, cause I'll love you till the end of time." 

[bluefiona]

The only song I like is End of the Earth. Everything else does nothing for me.   

[bluefiona]

The only song I like is End of the Earth. Everything else does nothing for me.   

[HEARTCORE]

Haha I love it when smart production and writing becomes "faux deep" when ppl try to defend basic music. There are plenty of examples how simple music can be great. "Love & Fear" is just going with the most mainstream-ish, already aged-like-milk way of production that lacks any kind of soul. But yeah, to each their own I guess.

The point being that it's not trying to be deep...she's writing simple, happy songs to reflect how she's feeling...simple and happy...away from the pretension of feeling that she needs to be deep or serious. What's not clicking