2011[]
January[]
On the 19th Marina said in "BE YOUR OWN PET.": I only hate in others what I hate in myself. Which was likely the shift in her mindset that she wanted to be apart of pop so was complaining about it.
February[]
On the 2nd Marina tweeted: Perhaps a leopard can change her spots after all.[1]
On the 9th in a blogpost called "SEWER PIPES BE LEAKIN'."
- The new album is not going to be out this year. I don't know when it will be out because I don't know when I will finish it. It could be 1 or 5 years. The more leaks that happen, the slower I go. As you can imagine, the thought of people invading my privacy and listening to half-assed unfinished songs that I write at 3am on a tour bus does not make me feel too relaxed or creative.
On the 11th in a blogpost called "EPIPHANY IN TRANNY BAR."
- Realised [...] there was not much of a reason to be cynical/ permanently riding my phantom high-horse anymore. Pop music is in such amazing shape. And what have I got to say? There are many great artists, communicating interesting things. I have wasted my time 100% trying my best not to acknowledge anyone. Lest, shock horror, my own dumb-arse value be lessened. Cringe. :( [...] Note to self: No crime in being kind. Not everyone is out to screw you over. [...] Repeat to self, whilst looking dramatically into mirror, one million times
Further saying in her track by track album interview that:
- It was a turning point for me, that I stopped being a slightly bitter person and that was actually the time where I started to work with other people. Fear and Loathing I wrote on my own in my bedroom in London and I started to try new things and open up my mind a little bit, and so it's kinda a letting go song.
Fear and Loathing was produced with Liam Howe a producer from The Family Jewels. As it was a turning point, it was probably the end of die Life. Marina later asked her fans if they would mind product placement in videos for a bigger budget in them.[2]
Betatraxx posted Relic,[3] and Marina contacted him to ask to sing over the instrumental.[4] This would become Electra Heart, the title track.
March[]
On the 16th Marina tweeted:[5][6] Sometimes i just go "Marina, why dont you just accept now that your ambition is way stronger than your self respect + integrity." / Sometimes i think "i have so many people in my head, i'm getting confused which one's me & which one's are just extras in my dramatic life."
Which could be a reference with her working with American pop producers that she previously said she would never work with, like Dr. Luke.
Marina was in LA in late March,[7] and on the 25th, Marina was in the studio,[8] the next day she tweeted:[9] ♫ I wish I'd been a, wish I'd been a teen, teen idle ♫ : (Chorus begins. People rejoice)
On the 31st, she was with Greg Kurstin,[10] probably for finalisation of the 2010 die Life demos and also Starsmith. She also tweeted Labrinth and Starsmith which lead her to be connected to both of them in the early development of the album despite them not appearing on Electra Heart.[11]
April[]
On the 5th Marina tweeted: "I just wrote a happy song. This is either the beginning or the end."[12] It's not not known what song this was.
On the 9th in a blogpost called "WHAT FRESH HELL IS THIS?"
- I went to Hollywood for 3 weeks for some musical endeavours.
- I have decided I want to be the epitome of fluffy wuffy bimbo-brain world at the mo. It is quite the ammunition. "Oh look at her, a lil piece o fluff, walking down the road in her fluffy pink brain". Then one day catch them off guard one day mid- conversation and reveal my true superior levels of intelligence which have become accustomed to.* They will feel almighty embarrassment for judging me too soon. Then, I suppose, they will fall in love with me. Almost immediately.
*In a 2013 Tumblr post Marina captioned it "Gain power by pretending to be weak"[13]
On January 15, 2013, Marina tweeted:[14][15][16] Electra Heart was originally a side project, separate from Marina And The Diamonds / I called my manager in April 2011 and said "Hello. Can I pretend to be a totally different person? He said "No. You cannot" / I calmly put the phone down and screamed til eternity
May[]
On the 28th Dr. Luke tweeted "@MarinasDiamonds singing in the booth !!!! me likey !!!"[17], this was for Lies. (Primadonna was recorded in October and How to be a Heartbreaker was written and recorded later than that so didn't make it on the UK tracklist.)
June[]
On the 5th she was in the studio with Rick Nowels writing Bubblegum Bitch[18] tweeting ""Electra Heart" ... is a Bubblegum Bitch."[19] Hypocrates was the first song she wrote with Rick,[20] so the song is either from this session or from earlier.
On the 11th Marina tweeted: "At Jay-ZZZ's Roc the Mic studios in New York. With Norway's finest. Magic days ..."[21] This would be for Radioactive, written in New York and produced by Norwegian producers Stargate, Eternity and Bump in the Night, were most likely done in these sessions. Stargate introduced Marina to the work of Cindy Sherman[22] who inspired shots in the Archetype series.[23]
On the 21st Marina tweeted: Oh... that was the 666th tweet. E.V.O.L . (Perfection)[24]
July[]
On the 2nd, E.V.O.L lyrics were on the Electra Heart Tumblr: ♡ I M Y O U R D Y I N G B E A U T Y Q U E E N ♡[25] And on her website's blog she posted:
- I look at you, you look at me. Milk and roses, squeaky clean. You are the best i’ve ever seen. And I’m your dying beauty queen.[26]
On the 3rd Marina posted to Tumblr: ♡ D E A R D I A R Y, M Y N A M E I S E L E C T R A H E A R T ♡[27]
On the 7th Greg Kurstin tweeted: "Aaaand new @MarinasDiamonds also excited about."[28] Marina had already recorded demos with Greg in 2010, so this is most likely the reproduced versions for Electra Heart as Power and Control has a writing credit from Steve Angello and the lyrics changed drastically from demo one.
August[]
Behind the Scenes of Fear and Loathing
On the 8th Fear and Loathing was posted to YouTube as "Part 1" of 'The Archetypes'.
On the 15th Marina posted to Tumblr: ♡ M Y H E A R T I S N U C L E A R ♡[29]
On the 22nd Radioactive was posted to YouTube as "Part 2" of 'The Archetypes'.
On the 28th Marina tweeted:[30] I have sold my soul, I have changed beyond recognition + I have sold out too. I am so happy though. I have done everything I said I wouldn't. And am glad I did b/c I'm not a class A bitch anymore. Oh who am I kidding. OF COURSE I STILL AM! A TINY TINY BIT
On the 30th Radioactive (Acoustic) was posted to YouTube.
September[]
On the 23rd Radioactive was released as a single.
On the 25th, E.V.O.L lyrics were on the Electra Heart blog: ♡ E V O L ♡[31]
October[]
On the 3rd a demo of EVOL was made.
On the 7th, Marina said she had a song called Primadonna, that it wasn't written yet but she was going to LA next week to complete it.[32]
Valley of the Dolls was the final song written for the UK tracklist and likely written around this time.[33]
December[]
On the 15th The Archetypes (song) was posted to YouTube as "Part 3" of 'The Archetypes'.
References[]
- ↑ https://twitter.com/MarinaDiamandis/status/32634380153266176
- ↑ https://twitter.com/MarinaDiamandis/status/38567910196781056
- ↑ https://soundcloud.com/betatraxx/betatraxx-relic
- ↑ https://fuckyeahelectraheart.tumblr.com/post/83554123864/info-from-the-betatraxx-qa-electra-heart-will
- ↑ https://twitter.com/MarinaDiamandis/status/48152442684186624
- ↑ https://twitter.com/MarinaDiamandis/status/48153447882694656
- ↑ https://twitter.com/MarinaDiamandis/status/43435976411979776
- ↑ https://twitter.com/MarinaDiamandis/status/51371891453206528
- ↑ https://twitter.com/MarinaDiamandis/status/51832368293625856
- ↑ https://twitter.com/GregKurstin/status/53209968844881921
- ↑ https://twitter.com/MarinaDiamandis/status/47449065990004736
- ↑ https://twitter.com/MarinaDiamandis/status/55126538831667201
- ↑ https://electraheart.tumblr.com/post/55346360174/g-a-i-n-p-o-w-e-r-b-y-p-r-e-t-e-n-d-i-n-g-t
- ↑ https://twitter.com/MarinaDiamandis/status/291000814946885632
- ↑ https://twitter.com/MarinaDiamandis/status/291001484882096128
- ↑ https://twitter.com/MarinaDiamandis/status/291001644362121217
- ↑ https://twitter.com/thedoctorluke/status/74343017414262784
- ↑ https://twitter.com/MarinaDiamandis/status/198758761412829184
- ↑ https://twitter.com/MarinaDiamandis/status/83035971431567360
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlqqwE5ToWc
- ↑ https://twitter.com/MarinaDiamandis/status/79359303974260737
- ↑ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-15173056
- ↑ https://ollaway.tumblr.com/post/56453839770/cindy-shermans-untitled-film-stills-19781980
- ↑ https://twitter.com/MarinaDiamandis/status/83043406309376001
- ↑ https://electraheart.tumblr.com/post/7168694298/i-m-y-o-u-r-d-y-i-n-g-b-e-a-u-t-y-q-u-e-e
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20110903141056/http://www.marinaandthediamonds.com/?news_pg=2
- ↑ https://electraheart.tumblr.com/post/7183595150/d-e-a-r-d-i-a-r-y-m-y-n-a-m-e-i-s-e-l-e-c
- ↑ https://twitter.com/GregKurstin/status/88823710584283136
- ↑ https://electraheart.tumblr.com/post/8953416283/m-y-h-e-a-r-t-i-s-n-u-c-l-e-a-r
- ↑ https://twitter.com/marinadiamandis/status/96698726432768000?lang=en https://twitter.com/MarinaDiamandis/status/96701240028831744 https://twitter.com/MarinaDiamandis/status/96701920625954819
- ↑ https://electraheart.tumblr.com/post/10621975695/e-v-o-l
- ↑ https://youtu.be/FeR9MqCmVQQ?t=1161
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlqqwE5ToWc