Marina and the Diamonds: Just Asking

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Clare Shilland

We love songstress Marina Diamandis -- a.k.a. Marina and the Diamonds -- for both her beguiling vocals and her playful, irreverent style. Marina, who rose to pop prominence with songs like "I Am Not a Robot" and "Oh No!" from 2010's The Family Jewels, recently released "Fear and Loathing," a preview track from her upcoming album. On the new release, she'll assume the guise of Electra Heart, which according to her blog, "embodies the lies, illusions and death of an American Dream." (Presumably, it also involves a bob: the video, below, sees her lopping off her long locks.)

Who: Marina Diamandis

Occupation: Solo artist, Marina and the Diamonds

From: Wales and Greece

Currently lives: In a dream

What literary character would you be? Neely O'Hara from "Valley of the Dolls". Duh!

If you could only shop in one store for the rest of your life, what would it be? Probably Opening Ceremony in L.A.

What's one superpower you'd like to possess? Make all the boys fall in eternal love with me

Give three adjectives to describe your style. Unapologetic, flamboyant, feminine

Mojito or Margarita? Oh, margarita all the way... Too much water in a Mojito

What's your ideal summer travel destination? I'd love to go to Bali.

Last song you downloaded? "So Perfekt" by a german artist called Casper. XOXO.

What trend do you wish would die? Ugg boots

Kindle or book? Book

What's your signature scent? Chance by Chanel

What's your guilty pleasure music? Spice Girls. But there's nada guilty about that, girls.

What item do you wear every day? My bubblegum pink Swatch watch


 
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