2020[]
January[]
On the 16th, Marina posted to Instagram that she was writing in Paris.[1]
On the 25th, she posted a picture to Instagram entitled "Album 5".[2]
February[]
Around February Pandora's Box was written, a month before the pandemic started in the UK.[3]
On the 26th, Marina was in the studio with songwriter and producer Jennifer Decilveo,[4] finishing production on Man's World, which she had intended to debut at Coachella.[5]
March[]
On the 8th, Marina posted to her Instagram a snippet of a song, Man's World.[6] Later that day Neon Gold retweeted her Twitter post, with "Happy International Women’s Day, something special coming soon."[7]
Highly Emotional People was written in London along with 4 other songs in 5 days,[8] this is likely sometime between March and early July as Marina went to Greece in late July, before quarantining in St. Lucia[9] and moving to L.A.
April[]
On the 8th, Marina said she was writing the album alone, stating it was "Froot 2.0 but wilder".[10]
On the 10th, during her livestream on Bose's Instagram Marina revealed:
- 70% of the album was written.[11]
- Two of the songs she wanted as singles really connected to "what was going on right now", with the pandemic, politics and socially.[12]
- Pink Convertible, she initially played a snippet of the wrong mix, "pink convertible - jack lesson",[13] possibly meaning it was co-produced with Jack Patterson, Marina's boyfriend at the time, as said that she wanted to release it "soon" but wasn't sure how to produce it.[14]
- Marina said that she was working with a female producer, and she was writing it on her own.[15]
- The album wasn't like FROOT, the only similarity being she was writing it by herself, and described sonically as having a "rougher sound" than Electra Heart and LOVE + FEAR.[16]
- The themes of the album; "some of it so far is about being a woman, about inequality, but maybe only two songs. Other songs are just inspired about what's going on socially, 'why are people so mean to each other?' 'why are people so good to each other' y'know, stuff that we're all trying to understand."[17]
May[]
On the 14th, Marina posted a photo of herself to her social media with the caption "Purge The Poison".[18] this was followed by a video in which she played a short snippet of the song's demo.[19]
Marina started writing New America in late May/early June in response to the death of George Floyd, and finished it about six months later.[20]
August[]
On the 26th, Marina posted Man's World lyrics: Cheeks are rosy like a Boucher cherub,[21] and said she was "close to finishing writing" the album.[22]
September[]
On the 6th, Marina said she was "Ready to go record the best album I can for you all. I’ve been writing it since last August."[23]
On the 11th, Marina shared a snippet of a new song, Happy Loner, to Twitter.[24]
November[]
On the 10th, several of Marina's popular songs on Spotify were updated with a new Spotify Canvas, which showcased a new logo.[25]
On the 13th, Marina revealed the artwork and release date for the lead single, Man's World.[26]
On the 25th, on Bose' YouTube Page, Marina said she hadn't finished the album though she had "pretty much" finished writing it, she was in the process of finishing the production which she called a "slow process" for her.[27]
References[]
- ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/B7Y0FmwhYkT/
- ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/B7tsJJVB9WK/
- ↑ https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/9585629/marina-interview-ancient-dreams-in-a-modern-land-album/
- ↑ https://twitter.com/MarinaDNet/status/1232709938826403840
- ↑ https://www.vogue.com/article/marina-mans-world-single
- ↑ https://youtu.be/8PR1OJDXxQE
- ↑ https://twitter.com/neongoldrecords/status/1236826067366752256
- ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/CTPQYiupQUY/
- ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/CExosm_jsLx/
- ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/B-uiyKPDlaZ/
- ↑ https://youtu.be/Zf-4YYukkus?t=850
- ↑ https://youtu.be/Zf-4YYukkus?t=866
- ↑ https://youtu.be/Zf-4YYukkus?t=960
- ↑ https://youtu.be/Zf-4YYukkus?t=993
- ↑ https://youtu.be/Zf-4YYukkus?t=1470
- ↑ https://youtu.be/Zf-4YYukkus?t=1540
- ↑ https://youtu.be/Zf-4YYukkus?t=1758
- ↑ https://twitter.com/MarinaDiamandis/status/1261013249937608704
- ↑ https://twitter.com/MarinaDiamandis/status/1261019807287316481
- ↑ https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/9585629/marina-interview-ancient-dreams-in-a-modern-land-album/
- ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/CEXnaCijldn/
- ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/CEXr5d2DPpT/
- ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/CExosm_jsLx/
- ↑ https://twitter.com/MarinaDiamandis/status/1304611131835576321
- ↑ https://twitter.com/Marinasphere/status/1326204851668267014
- ↑ https://twitter.com/MarinaDiamandis/status/1327296240460070913
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZk0KRoeQZo