Marina & the Diamonds!

Hey guys!

I've been into Marina & the Diamonds for a while, but her new album, Electra Heart, has just come out today! So i thought i should do a post on her!
I've loved all her songs, my favourite being Hollywood (link below!) But i saw her performance on Graham Norton of Primadonna, and it was just amazing. All her new songs are about stereotypes, or 'the archetypes' as her website is called (linked here, check it out, it's amazing http://electraheart.tumblr.com/) She focuses on 4 archetypes; Su-Barbie-A, Teen Idles, Primadonna and Homewrecker.
She released 4 parts (or songs, but she called them parts) in the build up to the release of Electra Heart; the first was 'fear and loathing', the second was 'radioactive', the third wasn't really a song, more of a message called 'the archetypes'; in it, she lists the stereotypes and the image society creates, but plays with the idea of breaking out of that cycle. The last one was 'primadonna'. Please please please listen to them, she's sending out such a strong message about how we've created these ideals and that's what young girls are aspiring to be; beauty queens and rich girls.
Whatever your take on it, you might not even think she's trying to send a message, just listen to her songs. They're so gripping, this whole idea she's putting forward to society is so interesting and inspirational.
Also, i hate to gush, but i have to for her. She's such an icon, first of all she is so undoubtedly cool. Like, effortlessly cool. Whatever she does, wears, says, she is just so cool and individual. Second, her music is perfect, i could listen to it forever, i just love it. Third, she's so talented and her website that i linked to up there^ isn't like all the artists of today; she consistently (in Hollywood especially) is talking about the 'American Dream' and that it's not all it seems.
You can probably tell that i could go on forever about how i love her and her music and everything.
so i'm gonna go now, and leave you with a picture, because pictures are cool.

love,

Lily x

ps: you've probably figured, but if i could be anyone, i'd be her.

hollywood: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1VTcJfL7RE
part 1; fear and loathing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9txg0XicoJ0
part 2; radioactive: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dU7GoCKSQfg&feature=branded
part 3; the archetypes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ww8lYVerLo4&feature=branded
part 4; primadonna: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gj5L9SYhoSE&feature=branded