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Themes[]
Marina talked a lot about feminism, sexuality, female appearance and stereotypes, Barbie dolls, love life, pop industry as well as the image and success of female pop-stars, and her own depression on her blog in 2010. These all themes were important in the creation of both die Life and Electra Heart, and show that Electra Heart was an abstract idea in her head even back then.
Blogposts with the themes of[]
In "THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT THE OLD FOLKS"
- "I don't want to be the cold, ruthless, perfect sex object- [...], it's actually quite hard to find a female who is a good example of a woman being *allowed* to be a natural woman. I feel like a lust for fame that is akin to the early days of Madonna is over,"
In "MY MOUSTACHE CAUSES HAVOC."
- One could say I shouldn't share my opinions on topics I am 'clueless' about (of course I know nothing about subjects like female sexuality- being a 24 year old female in pop music) [...] Hate that I am having to walk and talk and do interviews like some personality-less doll
In "HELLO, AMERIKA."
- I didn’t want to be Britney Spears—I wanted to challenge people. [...] The currency of provocation right now is all about being sexy, but I’m just bored with it. [...] I want to provoke people with thoughts, not by taking my clothes off. It’s time to move on from Stripperville.”
In "GERMAN JEWEL."
- Wish could just be barbie, focus on hair dye and sing about barbie world. Or be Juliana Hatfield and rage out on liquor and neon sweets.
In October Marina said in an interview[1]:
- “I think I’m very concerned about society and social issues and feminism as well and especially my next kind of work that is much more applicable in the lyrics and stuff. On this one [The Family Jewels] I’m more about success and ambition and questioning social values, whereas the next one is more about why we are as we are, especially with females, that’s what interests me. I think maybe other singers around think about that, but I think they sing more about love whereas I don’t.”
In "CHARGRILLED EYES & A LIQUOR PINK SMILE."
- "I feel like a spectator of fame and living rather than a participant. I don't know. I am just interested in people and in finding out how to start 'living life' and what have you."
In "THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT THE OLD FOLKS"
- Do you ever feel like you're not really living life and you cannot really 'connect' with it or live in the moment? Everything has less meaning and is kind of fluffy-fied.
In "MY MOUSTACHE CAUSES HAVOC."
- Sick of not being free. Living dead.
In "GERMAN JEWEL."
- I have also decided I am the worst kind of artist. I think I am like a half-pop star. Too pop for indie & too indie for pop. Half way house, hellish doom. I suppose the people decide who an artist is.
On July 13, she tweeted:
- "People used to say to me "you're music's great but you don't look like a star". And I'd think "well, what exactly DOES a star look like..?"[2]
In "I HATE POP."
- I feel like an impostor/ try-hard & awkwardly out of place in the world of pop. [...]
- i wish I was back in my room in 2007 making cds in peace, not having people say 'oh you're not very successful- can't believe that YOU, a leftfield artist, are not played on the radio non-stop and dont have 17 million no.1 singles".
In "REGURGITATE":
- Same producers, same lyrics, same chords, same images, same video treatments. [...]
- I've noticed is that american 'pop' artists who write 100% of their own songs don't seem to exist. Most of the acts marketed to you as bands and singer-songwriters do not write their material or co-write it. 99% of acts co-write, which is fine, but it's disappointing and weird that I cant think of any big female pop artists in history who wrote albums alone.
In "I HATE POP."
- I HATE POP. This industry= one, long, fake cringe fest. I cannot play the game, I am shit at lying, I am not interested in maintaining an illusion
Pop culture is better to watch than to be. Feel like recording a whole fucking album of banjo hits.
In "HOW 2 BE SUCKSESS!"
- Is there a formula?
- HIT MAKER MCGEE: "Dear Marina. Here's how to make a worldwide hit"
- First put some kinda "woah, woah" in chorus. Add generic male football cheer + blatant auto-tune- even if you're a good singer. Add ref to Being in da club + getting drunk. Comment on your swag + how all the lowly people in the club looking on at you in pure awe as they dream of being as cool as you and possibly how you are in vip list + they are not.