That’s why some of the songs are really bitchy. I was a walking broken heart and I was angry. But being like that makes you undesirable and bitter. At the beginning you feel really angry and you literally want to kill them. When you are hurt by someone, you go through stages of how you feel. I was more, ‘I hope you get screwed over by another girl!’ I’m not the type of girl who writes songs like ‘Baby, I really love you, please come back’. Marina told The Sun that Electra Heart is a collection that, “personifies love and what you go through when your heart gets broken.” She added that one of the inspirations for the album was a failed relationship: The title of this album contains an allusion to the term “Electra Complex”, which is a stage of development where the young female “competes” with her mother for her father’s approval if this complex is not dealt with correctly (such as having a missing father), the woman can grow up with the urge to dominate men, either being overly seductive (think of “How to Be a Heartbreaker”) or overly submissive (think “Teen Idle”.) This entire album deals with female sexuality and the unresolved Electra complex that Marina had when her father left (in reference to the album Mermaid vs. A socially engaged artist, MARINA has given a powerful address at the Oxford Union and boasts an incredibly passionate global fan base with an online following in excess of 7M.Electra Heart is the second album by Marina and the Diamonds. MARINA has also performed at a number of world renowned festivals, including Glastonbury, Coachella, and Governors Ball. All four albums were accompanied by global sell-out headline tours featuring shows at some of the world's most prestigious venues, including the London's famed Roundhouse and London Palladium, Los Angeles' Greek Theatre, and New York City's Terminal 5. MARINA's most recent album, 2019's LOVE + FEAR, debuted among the Top 5 in the UK and in the Top 10 on the US Albums chart. MARINA has since released four Top 10 albums including 2010's gold certified THE FAMILY JEWELS, 2012's ELECTRA HEART (which debuted at #1 on the UK's Official Charts), and 2015's FROOT, which reached #1 on the iTunes 'Top Albums' chart in a range of countries including the US, the UK, Argentina, and more. With over 2.3 billion worldwide streams and over 660 million video views, MARINA is an award-winning, platinum-selling singer-songwriter who burst onto the scene in 2009. The self-penned new album also sees MARINA co-producing six tracks alongside songwriter/producer James Flanigan (Dua Lipa, Carly Rae Jepsen, Hayley Kiyoko) and GRAMMY® Award-nominated producer/multi-instrumentalist Jennifer Decilveo (Andra Day, Bat For Lashes, Hinds). ANCIENT DREAMS IN A MODERN LAND marks MARINA's fifth studio album and first full-length release since 2019's acclaimed LOVE + FEAR.
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