Electra Heart Fan Made

SHE TRIED TO HIDE IT, BUT WE KNOW THE TRUTH

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Who is

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Oh my God! She looks just like Shakira.

No, she is Catherine Zeta Actually her name is Marina Better be ready, we about to discover Electra and get in Froot Planet.

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arina Lambrini Diamandis better known by her stage name Marina and the Diamonds, is a Welsh singer and songwriter. Born in Brynmawr and raised in nearby Pandy, she performed for choir productions in her childhood. In 2009, Diamandis came to prominence after being ranked in second place on the Sound of 2010 poll organised by the BBC. Her debut studio album The Family Jewels (2010) incorporated indie pop and new wave musical styles, while her follow-up record Electra Heart (2012) integrated prominent elements of electropop. The latter project debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart, and introduced Diamandis to several international markets. She has described herself as an “indie artist with pop goals” and often analyses components of human behaviour in her music.

Diamandis was born in Brynmawr in Wales, and grew up in the nearby village of Pandy. She has one older sister. Their mother is Welsh, while their father is Greek. Diamandis has been diagnosed with synesthesia, and consequently associates particular colours with musical notes and days of the week. In her childhood, she attended Haberdashers’ Monmouth School for Girls, Her parents separated when she was 16 years old; she initially moved to Greece with her father, then returned to Wales two years later. Diamandis first began writing music when she was 18 years old; she moved to London to attend dance school, but quit two months later.

Diamandis later travelled for several unsuccessful auditions, including opportunities with the musical for The Lion King and a boy band organised by Virgin Records. In 2005, she created the stage name “Marina and the Diamonds”; after coming to prominence, “the Diamonds” was established as a reference to her fans, instead of her backing band. Diamandis self-composed and produced her earlier demos with GarageBand, and independently released her debut extended play Mermaid vs. Sailor through Myspace in 2007. She came to the attention of Neon Gold Records’ Derek Davies in 2008, and was hired as the supporting act for Australian recording artist Gotye. In October, Diamandis finalised a recording contract with 679 Recordings (eventually renamed 679 Artists), a subdivision of Warner Music Group.

Heartbreaker, beauty queen, bubblegum b*tch, teen idle or primadonna? We about to discover who is Electra and what she is hiding . Welcome to the planet of FROOT. Cause she’s been saving all her summer for us.

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Welcome to the life of the

Electra Heart.

“I’ve lived a lot of different lives, been different people many times. I live my life in bitterness and fill my heart with emptiness.” DIAMANDIS, Marina.

An archetype is a generic character that can be pinpointed within an otherwise unique individual. In Electra Heart’s case she is made up of the Housewife (or Su-Barbie-A), the Beauty Queen (or Primadonna), the Homewrecker and the Idle teen. The songs on the album don’t really fall neatly under each archetype as Marina herself has said that she only thought of the archetype concept once many of the songs had been written – she was writing as these four different archetypes without really realising it and then from this Electra was born.

Electra Heart

Is a character created by Marina who seems to be unsure of her identity and hurts men

before they can hurt her. Marina has been telling Electra’s story through YouTube videos.

She isn’t just a random character – Marina seems to use Electra as a way of expressing her own real-life insecurities and her unsuccessful relationships, approaching love as ‘the slayer’ rather than ‘the slayed’ as Marina has said she finds playing the victim quite embarrassing.

Electra also allows Marina to explore material corruption and feminism, something we know, from The Family Jewels, that Marina feels very strongly about.

Electra is a powerful woman who is tired of being disapointed by men in general. She hates the idea of being stuck with somebody. She decided to care only about herself.

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Inside of this excentric personality, we have different sides of her, one of them is the Primadonna

Primadonna

Primadonna girl, yeah. All she ever wanted was the world. She can’t help that she needs it all. The primadonna life, the rise and fall.

We think that she is kinda difficult But it’s always someone else’s fault. She got us wrapped around her finger, babe. We can count on her to misbehave.

“Would you do anything for me?

Buy a big diamond ring for me?

Would you get down on your knees for me?

Pop that pretty question right now, baby” DIAMANDIS, Marina.

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Is that you gotta have fun But when you’re done, You gotta be the first to run.

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Just don’t get attached to Somebody you could lose.

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Wear your heart on your cheek But never run your sleeve Unless you wanna taste defeat.

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Gotta be looking pure Kissing goodbye at the door, and leave him wanting more.

This is how to be a heartbreaker, boys they like a little danger, we’ll get him falling for a stranger, a player, singing lo-lo-love you. How to be a heartbreaker, boys they like the look of danger.We’ll get him falling for a stranger, a player, singing lo-lo-love you, at least I think I do.Girls, we do, whatever it will take cause girls don’t want, we don’t want our hearts to break in two, so it’s better to be fake, can’t risk losing love again babe.

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