1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,430 - Yes. Iconic. - Oh my god. 2 00:00:02,430 --> 00:00:05,317 When I first heard this, I was driving, and I almost crashed, 3 00:00:05,317 --> 00:00:06,460 because it was that good. 4 00:00:06,460 --> 00:00:09,640 ♪ (industrial music) ♪ 5 00:00:10,656 --> 00:00:14,290 - ♪ Primadonna girl, yeah ♪ 6 00:00:14,290 --> 00:00:18,521 ♪ All I ever wanted was the world ♪ 7 00:00:18,521 --> 00:00:20,720 - I don't think I know who this is. 8 00:00:21,333 --> 00:00:23,480 - Oh, this is Marina and the Diamonds. 9 00:00:23,480 --> 00:00:28,520 - YES!! (screams) I love Marina so much! 10 00:00:28,520 --> 00:00:30,180 - (squeals) Oh my god!! 11 00:00:30,180 --> 00:00:33,440 - ♪ The primadonna life, the rise and fall ♪ 12 00:00:33,440 --> 00:00:36,910 - Oh my god. Is this happening? Wait, wait. I need a second. 13 00:00:36,910 --> 00:00:39,600 I need a second! (exhales) Okay. Wait, I really need to relax. 14 00:00:39,600 --> 00:00:41,600 Oh my god! I'm reacting to Marina?! 15 00:00:41,600 --> 00:00:44,270 Are you joking? - ♪ The primadonna life, 16 00:00:44,270 --> 00:00:47,520 the rise and fall ♪ ♪ You say that I'm ♪ 17 00:00:47,520 --> 00:00:50,170 - (singing along) ♪ ...kind of difficult ♪ 18 00:00:50,170 --> 00:00:53,820 ♪ But it's always someone else's fault ♪ 19 00:00:53,820 --> 00:00:58,069 - ♪ Got you wrapped around my finger, babe ♪ 20 00:00:58,069 --> 00:00:59,900 - You know, sometimes when I look at her, 21 00:00:59,900 --> 00:01:01,210 she reminds me of Sheila. 22 00:01:01,210 --> 00:01:02,970 - (singing along) ♪ Primadonna girl ♪ 23 00:01:02,970 --> 00:01:05,209 ♪ Would you do anything for me? ♪ 24 00:01:05,209 --> 00:01:08,166 It's gonna be Karaoke Sheila all video. 25 00:01:08,166 --> 00:01:13,640 - This was the best era for her as well. 26 00:01:13,640 --> 00:01:15,670 This was the Electra Heart era. 27 00:01:15,670 --> 00:01:19,630 - (singing along) ♪ Pop the pretty question right now, baby ♪ 28 00:01:19,630 --> 00:01:23,550 - ♪ Ooh ♪ - She makes me so happy and sad. 29 00:01:23,550 --> 00:01:27,380 - ♪ Every day is a chore, chore, chore ♪ 30 00:01:27,380 --> 00:01:30,010 - I'm not gonna say I know her yet, but this is really good. 31 00:01:30,010 --> 00:01:33,040 - ♪ ...more, more ♪ ♪ I wanna be adored ♪ 32 00:01:33,040 --> 00:01:35,300 - Yes. Oh my god. I'm so excited! 33 00:01:35,300 --> 00:01:37,660 - I'm like 10 out of 10 super happy. 34 00:01:37,660 --> 00:01:40,980 - This album, it was a character that she created. 35 00:01:40,980 --> 00:01:42,450 That's when I fell in love with her. 36 00:01:42,450 --> 00:01:44,900 I didn't start off with her first album. 37 00:01:44,900 --> 00:01:48,100 - She's so underrated, so I was not expecting to be reacting to her. 38 00:01:48,100 --> 00:01:50,440 I used to write, "React to Marina and the Diamonds" 39 00:01:50,440 --> 00:01:51,650 before I was on the show, 40 00:01:51,650 --> 00:01:54,380 so reacting to her right now, it's surreal. 41 00:01:54,380 --> 00:01:59,390 ♪ (funky electro music) ♪ - ♪ Froo-oo-oo-oot ♪ 42 00:01:59,390 --> 00:02:03,390 - Froot. I love this music video so much. 43 00:02:04,130 --> 00:02:07,810 - Look at her figure! She's a literal goddess. 44 00:02:07,810 --> 00:02:10,900 - She looks gorgeous as always. 45 00:02:10,900 --> 00:02:16,040 - ♪ This ain't my first time at the rodeo ♪ 46 00:02:16,040 --> 00:02:20,040 - This sound is very '80s, but her look is very '60s. 47 00:02:20,900 --> 00:02:23,140 - (singing along) ♪ Ready to be juiced ♪ 48 00:02:23,140 --> 00:02:26,950 She knows how to write in a very subtle way 49 00:02:26,950 --> 00:02:30,000 something very sensual. 50 00:02:31,570 --> 00:02:34,800 - ♪ Life couldn't get... ♪ - It's definitely stylistic. 51 00:02:34,800 --> 00:02:39,540 It definitely has a style. - ♪ ...give me a reason ♪ 52 00:02:39,540 --> 00:02:45,477 ♪ That it's not the right season ♪ - Oh, so good. 53 00:02:45,477 --> 00:02:48,720 - Her version of pop is just so fun, and it's not the same lyrics over 54 00:02:48,720 --> 00:02:52,340 and over and over again. - She kind of has the sound 55 00:02:52,340 --> 00:02:56,155 in between super mainstream and super indie, 56 00:02:56,155 --> 00:02:57,640 and it works so well for her. 57 00:02:57,640 --> 00:03:01,750 - ♪ She is a Polish girl in America ♪ 58 00:03:01,750 --> 00:03:04,500 ♪ Tall, tanned hot blonde called... ♪ 59 00:03:04,500 --> 00:03:06,832 - Okay, this is one of her more popular songs. 60 00:03:06,832 --> 00:03:11,770 - Yeah, this is her first album. - ♪ I don't wanna end up living 61 00:03:11,770 --> 00:03:17,509 in a dive on Vine ♪ - All of her videos are so artsy 62 00:03:17,509 --> 00:03:20,600 and such a similar theme but such different visuals. 63 00:03:20,600 --> 00:03:24,520 - ♪ I fight security making plays for me ♪ 64 00:03:24,520 --> 00:03:26,650 - Oh, okay, I like this a lot. This is hype. 65 00:03:26,650 --> 00:03:28,820 - ♪ ...in old LA ♪ - (singing along) ♪ She said ♪ 66 00:03:28,820 --> 00:03:32,220 ♪ Oh my god, you look just like Shakira ♪ 67 00:03:32,220 --> 00:03:34,250 - (singing along) ♪ Oh no ♪ - ♪ You're Catherine Zeta ♪ 68 00:03:34,250 --> 00:03:37,900 ♪ Actually, my name's Marina ♪ - Yes. Iconic. 69 00:03:37,900 --> 00:03:42,890 - ♪ Your mind is just like mine ♪ - This song is so true, 70 00:03:42,890 --> 00:03:45,220 'cause it's how-- you know, she's not from the US. 71 00:03:45,220 --> 00:03:49,541 So people perceive America in like the movie scene. 72 00:03:49,541 --> 00:03:56,120 - ♪ American dream is the American queen ♪ 73 00:03:56,120 --> 00:03:58,850 - I love her music video. I feel like they're all so creative. 74 00:03:58,850 --> 00:04:00,830 - She's talking about living the American dream 75 00:04:00,830 --> 00:04:03,140 and being a beauty queen, about how they want you 76 00:04:03,140 --> 00:04:04,770 to all be the same. You look like this, 77 00:04:04,770 --> 00:04:06,170 you look like that. She's like, "No, I'm me." 78 00:04:06,170 --> 00:04:08,860 - She doesn't write something just for writing it. 79 00:04:08,860 --> 00:04:11,560 Everything she writes has a meaning. That's why I like her lyrics. 80 00:04:11,560 --> 00:04:13,520 She makes it with a beat and everything, 81 00:04:13,520 --> 00:04:18,690 but her lyrics are very poetic. - Any song, I will sing to it. 82 00:04:18,690 --> 00:04:21,050 I don't know if you guys are gonna play "How to Be a Heartbreaker," 83 00:04:21,050 --> 00:04:23,020 'cause that's a little scandalous. 84 00:04:23,020 --> 00:04:28,030 - ♪ Rule number one ♪ - YES! My shit! 85 00:04:28,030 --> 00:04:29,650 - Oh my god! When I first heard this, 86 00:04:29,650 --> 00:04:33,000 I was driving and I almost crashed, because it was that good. 87 00:04:33,600 --> 00:04:37,150 - ♪ But baby when you're done... ♪ - Her little heart on her cheek 88 00:04:37,150 --> 00:04:39,640 is so iconic. I used to do that all throughout high school. 89 00:04:39,640 --> 00:04:42,720 - I used to walk around with that heart on my face just for fun. 90 00:04:42,720 --> 00:04:45,340 - ♪ So le-le-let me tell you ♪ 91 00:04:45,960 --> 00:04:49,710 - (singing along) ♪ This is how to be a heartbreaker ♪ 92 00:04:50,260 --> 00:04:53,040 - This music video was a little controversial, I remember, 93 00:04:53,040 --> 00:04:56,520 because it was the kind of reverse sexism type of thing 94 00:04:56,520 --> 00:05:00,460 where people were upset that there were men behind her. 95 00:05:03,400 --> 00:05:08,330 - She also has a very different look per song, like this song compared 96 00:05:08,330 --> 00:05:11,880 to some other ones, I wouldn't even know it's the same person. 97 00:05:11,880 --> 00:05:14,960 - ♪ We don't want our hearts to break ♪ 98 00:05:14,960 --> 00:05:19,220 - See, it's a fun pop song, but it has feeling and emotion to it 99 00:05:19,220 --> 00:05:20,660 and she's talking about a real thing. 100 00:05:20,660 --> 00:05:25,637 - ♪ ...risk losing ♪ ♪ In love again, ba-abe ♪ 101 00:05:25,637 --> 00:05:27,660 - I like it. I like her stuff a lot. 102 00:05:27,660 --> 00:05:30,540 - She's so good! Ah! I'm just like... (laughs) 103 00:05:30,540 --> 00:05:34,020 overflowing with so many emotions right now . 104 00:05:34,020 --> 00:05:37,180 - ♪ You're never gonna love me ♪ 105 00:05:38,500 --> 00:05:42,460 ♪ So what's the use? ♪ - No, my heart. 106 00:05:42,460 --> 00:05:49,490 - ♪ What's the point in playing a game you're gonna lose? ♪ 107 00:05:49,490 --> 00:05:51,300 - This song makes me sad every time. 108 00:05:51,300 --> 00:05:57,690 - ♪ Why don't we just pretend... ♪ - She sounds just as good toned down 109 00:05:57,690 --> 00:06:00,320 as it did with electropop, which is good. 110 00:06:02,340 --> 00:06:07,390 - (singing along) ♪ I can't let you go ♪ 111 00:06:07,390 --> 00:06:10,780 ♪ Can't let you go, oh, oh, oh ♪ 112 00:06:12,850 --> 00:06:14,560 - Dude you can tell just from the little things. 113 00:06:14,560 --> 00:06:15,960 She's a phenomenal singer. 114 00:06:15,960 --> 00:06:19,288 - ♪ ...can't let you go, oh, oh, oh ♪ 115 00:06:19,288 --> 00:06:23,160 - My heart. She just sings with so much passion. I love it. 116 00:06:23,160 --> 00:06:26,820 - I honestly can't think of anybody with a voice like hers. 117 00:06:26,820 --> 00:06:28,660 I feel like-- I've always described it 118 00:06:28,660 --> 00:06:33,450 as, like, she has these chocolatey, deeper tones in her voice 119 00:06:33,450 --> 00:06:36,260 that are really unique. - She's so pure. 120 00:06:36,260 --> 00:06:37,870 She's one of those artists where it's, like, 121 00:06:37,870 --> 00:06:41,240 you listen to her stuff, and you don't get sick of it. 122 00:06:41,240 --> 00:06:43,070 You only appreciate it more and more. 123 00:06:43,070 --> 00:06:46,460 - I love Marina. She's my queen. Girl, I hope you're watching this. 124 00:06:46,460 --> 00:06:48,880 I really do, because if you do, I'm gonna cry. 125 00:06:48,880 --> 00:06:51,056 - (FBE) So all those videos come from Marina and the Diamonds. 126 00:06:51,056 --> 00:06:54,530 - Yeah. I love her so much. - (FBE) Marina and the Diamonds 127 00:06:54,530 --> 00:06:56,395 has been one of the most requested artists 128 00:06:56,570 --> 00:06:59,040 for us to cover on this channel. - Yeah, I've seen. 129 00:06:59,040 --> 00:07:00,560 (laughs) I've seen some of the comments. 130 00:07:00,560 --> 00:07:02,900 - I kind of contributed to that too in the comments. 131 00:07:02,900 --> 00:07:05,280 - (FBE) After seeing her today, why do you think that is? 132 00:07:05,280 --> 00:07:07,760 - Yeah. I mean, she's got such a unique voice, 133 00:07:07,760 --> 00:07:11,530 and she has enough of the common beats and stuff 134 00:07:11,530 --> 00:07:14,050 that hits top 40, but she adds her own little spin to it. 135 00:07:14,050 --> 00:07:18,000 - She's so underrated, so the people that know about her just love her. 136 00:07:18,000 --> 00:07:20,080 - She has a lot of different variety. 137 00:07:20,080 --> 00:07:25,010 She doesn't always have to be poppy, fun. She goes-- slows down. 138 00:07:25,010 --> 00:07:27,680 - Her voice doesn't really quite match the music, 139 00:07:27,680 --> 00:07:29,800 so it's a nice juxtaposition I think. 140 00:07:29,800 --> 00:07:30,830 It's different. 141 00:07:30,830 --> 00:07:32,670 - She reaches so many different audiences. 142 00:07:32,670 --> 00:07:36,060 Going to her concerts for years, I mean, I've always seen 143 00:07:36,060 --> 00:07:39,104 just a wide demographic of people. 144 00:07:39,104 --> 00:07:42,480 She just speaks to a lot of different groups of people. 145 00:07:42,480 --> 00:07:44,760 - (FBE) So many claim that one of the most interesting aspects 146 00:07:44,760 --> 00:07:46,840 of her music has been how bluntly and honestly 147 00:07:46,840 --> 00:07:48,370 she has opened up about mental health, 148 00:07:48,370 --> 00:07:50,880 the dark side of relationships, and self-acceptance. 149 00:07:50,880 --> 00:07:54,600 - Oh, for sure. Yeah. I think that's what's so relatable about her. 150 00:07:54,600 --> 00:07:57,530 - When you do that, it makes your music 151 00:07:57,530 --> 00:08:00,120 so much more relatable to your fans and audience. 152 00:08:00,120 --> 00:08:02,000 - (FBE) Marina herself has expressed that she suffers 153 00:08:02,000 --> 00:08:04,880 from anxiety and depression. Do you feel it's important 154 00:08:04,880 --> 00:08:06,960 for artists to open up in this way in music? 155 00:08:06,960 --> 00:08:09,280 - Yeah. What is art if you can't cover that? 156 00:08:09,280 --> 00:08:11,136 Art is supposed to be expressive and open. 157 00:08:11,340 --> 00:08:12,920 No one wants to talk about it, 158 00:08:12,920 --> 00:08:14,410 so that's what brings people towards it, 159 00:08:14,410 --> 00:08:16,475 'cause they're like, "Oh, yeah she has it too." 160 00:08:16,475 --> 00:08:18,880 And that's how we cope. We need each other. 161 00:08:18,880 --> 00:08:21,813 - If you open up and let us into a part of your world, 162 00:08:22,060 --> 00:08:24,820 it's, like, okay, I feel like this is more tailored 163 00:08:24,820 --> 00:08:29,600 not to just put on the radio, but to connect with me. 164 00:08:29,600 --> 00:08:33,299 - You have music like the one that she writes, 165 00:08:33,299 --> 00:08:36,360 that kind of music is the one that really gets deep into you. 166 00:08:36,360 --> 00:08:38,460 Her song "Happy," I cried with that song, 167 00:08:38,460 --> 00:08:40,080 because that song is, like... 168 00:08:40,080 --> 00:08:43,650 I feel like she wrote it from my diary. 169 00:08:43,650 --> 00:08:46,660 - We look up to celebrities so much, it's almost a God-like status. 170 00:08:46,660 --> 00:08:49,860 And so, to see them talk about issues that you go through 171 00:08:49,860 --> 00:08:51,760 kind of validates how you feel a little bit, 172 00:08:51,760 --> 00:08:53,845 especially when you're a 12-year-old kid 173 00:08:53,845 --> 00:08:54,890 in the middle of nowhere, thinking, 174 00:08:54,890 --> 00:08:58,140 "Oh, wow. This big, famous star is just like me." 175 00:08:58,140 --> 00:09:01,050 - (FBE) And finally, in June 2016, Marina expressed that she will be 176 00:09:01,050 --> 00:09:03,760 taking a break from her music for a while, because she feels 177 00:09:03,760 --> 00:09:05,580 it will be helpful for her creatively, 178 00:09:05,580 --> 00:09:07,440 with many thinking it's to distance herself 179 00:09:07,440 --> 00:09:10,360 from her creative persona from her second album, "Electra Heart." 180 00:09:10,360 --> 00:09:13,620 - Oh yeah. Electra Heart was a character that she created, 181 00:09:13,620 --> 00:09:16,800 and I think I can understand why she needs that break. 182 00:09:16,800 --> 00:09:19,660 - Her Electra Heart album was very reminiscent 183 00:09:19,660 --> 00:09:24,860 of a Hannah Montana type of persona. When you're doing that for so long, 184 00:09:24,860 --> 00:09:28,120 and you kind of become this other person, 185 00:09:28,120 --> 00:09:29,780 and you take over this other personality, 186 00:09:29,780 --> 00:09:32,880 I'm sure it becomes draining. - Taking a break is definitely good. 187 00:09:32,880 --> 00:09:36,555 I mean, the saying goes, "Distance makes the heart grow fonder." 188 00:09:36,555 --> 00:09:38,520 When it becomes oversaturated, you kind of don't get 189 00:09:38,520 --> 00:09:40,370 the same pleasure of what you're putting out. 190 00:09:40,370 --> 00:09:42,640 - (FBE) So aside from "Disconnect," which is a single that was 191 00:09:42,640 --> 00:09:45,100 recently released in collaboration with Clean Bandit, 192 00:09:45,100 --> 00:09:47,650 Marina and the Diamonds has not put out any new solo work. 193 00:09:47,650 --> 00:09:50,440 When she does release a new album, do you think her music style 194 00:09:50,440 --> 00:09:52,250 will stay the same, or will we be introduced 195 00:09:52,250 --> 00:09:54,410 to an entirely new Marina and the Diamonds? 196 00:09:55,440 --> 00:09:57,909 - I mean, I honestly don't know what she has planned. 197 00:09:57,909 --> 00:09:59,660 I think whatever she does, it's gonna be great, 198 00:09:59,660 --> 00:10:01,640 because she is talented, and I trust in her 199 00:10:01,640 --> 00:10:03,560 that whatever she makes is gonna be great. 200 00:10:03,560 --> 00:10:06,190 - Probably will evolve. Most artist evolve. 201 00:10:06,190 --> 00:10:07,560 - I wouldn't mind if she experimented. 202 00:10:07,560 --> 00:10:10,050 Obviously, she needs to try out new things. 203 00:10:10,050 --> 00:10:11,900 - I don't expect anything bad from this. 204 00:10:11,900 --> 00:10:14,560 I'm just waiting for her to skyrocket, and I'm like, 205 00:10:14,560 --> 00:10:17,000 "Yeah, I was there when she started, so you know." 206 00:10:17,000 --> 00:10:20,100 - Have seen that in, you know, all of her albums 207 00:10:20,100 --> 00:10:21,440 and all of her solo music, 208 00:10:21,440 --> 00:10:24,603 there still is some level of consistency, 209 00:10:24,603 --> 00:10:27,840 so I feel like she won't stray too far. 210 00:10:27,840 --> 00:10:30,610 - When Electra Heart came out, that was something very different 211 00:10:30,610 --> 00:10:33,000 from the first album. And then, when Froot came out, 212 00:10:33,000 --> 00:10:34,800 That was way different from Electra Heart. 213 00:10:34,800 --> 00:10:36,680 So I think when she comes out with something new, 214 00:10:36,680 --> 00:10:39,120 it's a whole new project. It's a whole new sound, 215 00:10:39,120 --> 00:10:41,660 and it's something fresh for her. - I think she's gonna try 216 00:10:41,660 --> 00:10:45,730 to reach for something else. I think she's gonna try 217 00:10:45,730 --> 00:10:48,030 and do some-- maybe she tries more acoustic things, 218 00:10:48,030 --> 00:10:50,090 maybe she's gonna try to do some more... 219 00:10:50,620 --> 00:10:53,640 not grown up, but a little bit maybe more mature sound. 220 00:10:53,640 --> 00:10:56,170 I'm excited for it. Yeah, I'm just, like... 221 00:10:56,170 --> 00:10:58,350 You can tell. 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