Marina And The Diamonds Acoustic Album Download
Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • • Background and concept [ ] Diamandis first came up with the title for the track in July 2011. Recorded in October 2011, 'Primadonna' was the last song to be recorded for Electra Heart and in her words, 'picked itself as the first single off the album.'
Diamandis has said of the song: It's about not needing anybody when it comes to love—your is to live for adoration. Girls usually feel like this when they are not appreciated in a relationship. The inspiration for the song came from an ex-boyfriend. He thought it was funny that I was a mega drama queen always talking 'global love' this, 'global love' that!
He called me a prima donna. I love it but I also kind of hate it. Like they say, 'You only hate in others what you hate in yourself', so I thought I'd channel this well-known but kind of undesirable character type into a pop song. As the saying goes (that I just made up): You've either been one or dated one at least once in your life. Composition [ ] 'Primadonna' has a length of three minutes and thirty-eight seconds. It is a song that blends grinding and beats with elements of. Crc Cyclic Redundancy Check Advanced Rar Repair. Diamandis' vocals in the song have been described as operatic.
Revolving around an, the chorus is sung in a high tone over sparkly instrumentation before the beat drops to grinding verses, where she sings in the gravelly tones of her lower register. Critical reception [ ] Robert Copesy of rated the track four out of five stars, writing that in the line 'Got you wrapped around my finger babe/You can count on me to misbehave', Diamandis 'play[s] out one of many female archetypes that feature on her forthcoming LP—though we suspect it's one she identifies with best.' Sam Lansky of described it as 'a monster song' and 'a muscular uptempo joint', concluding, 'Evoking on the high notes and then cascading down to the gravelly tones of her lower register, Marina's voice packs the track with verve and personality.' Katherine St Asaph of Popdust gave the song three-and-a-half stars 'edging toward 4', referring to it as 'a big ball of irony sprinkled with mockery and shoved beneath a blonde wig, roots be damned'. On the other hand, Luke Turner of the wrote that in the wake of 's contributions, 'plonkers like Marina have got empowerment wrong, coming up with this: Europop fart beats and cloying vocals. Marina would do well to learn that ego needs something to back it up, which you won't find in this giant guff of saccharine nothing.' Also, Elizabeth McGeown, writing for Irish webzine, dismissed 'Primadonna' as a 'wannabe feminist [anthem] disguised in a -esque dialogue.