Marina and the Diamonds open up

Following the recent release of her critically acclaimed third studio album Froot, British pop supremo Marina Diamandis opens up and explains the record inside the latest issue of Notion Magazine.

On being one of a small group of artists whose songs are played on the radio and deal with something other than love, or sex, or dancing: "It's weird to talk about, because you don't want it to come off as like, 'people should be doing what I'm doing!', because it's not that at all. It's more just actually talking about it. I just think we should have a healthier landscape, because of course we can have songs about sex and love and being in the club, but we should also have an alternative for people who do want to hear other types of music. My aim is to talk about the songwriting industry".

On people understanding her new album: 'I definitely feel people understand who I am [now]' as opposed to 'the Marmite way the other two albums were received'.
On writing her new album: 'Froot was effortless to write in comparison to how I'd felt before'.

On album track 'Savages': 'I'm really glad it's got attention' ... 'It's nice to talk about song writing and why the radio doesn't play songs that are that controversial or talk about anything social or political.'

On the lyrics behind her new album: 'It just came from feeling really quite disturbed and knowing I wasn't the only one who was feeling like that, and trying to make sense of those thoughts'.