I think ‘can’t pin me down’ may be about her label. Marina has stated that at the time, they wanted her to lean more towards pure pop/radio pop & she wasn’t having it. Resulting in Marina having to produce this entire album by herself with only one other guy, write alone, pay for her own album cover shoot completely out of pocket & do her own promotion without help from the label. She could’ve had it easy if she let them “pin her down” but she decided to forage her own path. Marina has also stated that label executives literally told her straight up that they didn’t think this album could do well. Just fyi ‘FROOT’ went on to be her first top ten album in the U.S. so she definitely got the last laugh ;) + Marina actually just recently left her label & is now independent!
The song Savages was made after the Boston marathon bombing, in a interview she said this “It’s so hard to reconcile how one man can be running a charity race, while another man is building a bomb to blow this person up. That’s how it started, and I think it was more a result about how these same kinds of news stories keep coming up day-in and day-out” and with that added context it makes that song even more impactful
Agree - this album is near total perfection - lyrically has some powerful existential lyrics on Happy, Froot and Immortal … and the production is both varied and cohesive - it still flaws me in its brilliance!! Praying for a vinyl rerelease
i’m super happy your reacting to marina again honestly all her music has such amazing important messages! and in reference to your question about what the media tried to pin her down as… at first she was made to sound more “rock” but she didn’t like that sound. During her first album she was introduced as quirky because for the time her music was very different from what other mainstream female artists were doing. There were a lot of comments about her she looks and her potential as a pop artist but she made it clear that she didn’t ever want to be a pop artist. I think the media actually framed her in quite a good light but there were certainly people trying to make her into something she wasn’t and didn’t want to be. I really hope you listen to her other albums at some point:)
If you plan to continue on discovering more of Marina’s albums AND you decide to do Electra Heart, please please do her Platinum Blonde Edition. “E.V.O.L.” and “Electra Heart” (the title track) give a little more insight of the character Marina created on this album.
YAY!!! This album is definitely a life changer. This album had me questioning my whole existence and human existence! LIKE WHAT ARE WE DOING!? Still today, what are we doing?!
if you like the imagery and lyricism in marinas songs i think you'll really like her family jewels and electra heart, she goes OFF with the lyrics in those albums. loved your reaction!
She's brilliant, i love this woman! When you dive into Electra Heart I highly recommend you to listen to Froot again, you'll see the album with a 3d glasses and be able to catch some layers about the struggle she's been through during Electra Heart era. I see Froot like a detox from her past album and the character (the housewife) created by the label in order to make her huge in USA. Sad that such iconic album damaged her mental health so badly. Btw, like you realized, that sassyness in Better Then That was not about her, was about Ellie Goulding 😅. Greetings and hugs! And please react to Aurora ❤️
I cried with you in the last part :') I remember when I first listened this album 7 years ago. Solitaire, Savages and Inmortal gave me a huge emotional moment. This album became a favorite since the first day and it's really nice see you enjoying it like the first time I played it 🖤
You made me emotional with this video! Whatever you're going through, know we support you! Also, you should check out Domenico Gallo's Run Away. Would love to see the react vid.
In Gold the Greek gold rush I always thought was referring to herself as a Greek gold rush as she is half Greek i genuinely never clicked that king midas was a Greek legend
I love your reactions to Marina. You are obviously enjoying her music but you don't get entirely lost in it. You still manage to analyse it thoroughly while appreciating it and I love that. Looking forward to seeing more. :)
"Better Than That" was my initial favorite song from this album back in 2015, but since then I've been changing my mind like 3 times at least LOL (Happy, I'm a Ruin, Forget...). Same with all her albums, you can listen to them over and over and you'll still find new details to dig. That's the power and richness of Marina's music. Love her.
Definitely thanks to Marina's music I was able to quickly recover from the pain of a broken heart. How could I not listen to her music before?She is a guardian angel
No Marina/Florence collab as of yet but they are friends (or acquaintances). There's actually a picture of the two of them with Lana Del Rey and FKA Twigs out for dinner ^_^ If you want Sass, you'll love some of Marina's earlier albums haha. Better than that is (allegedly) about Ellie Goulding who rose came into the music industry around the same time as Marina - both were nominated for the Rising Star Brit Award in 2010 (Florence won 2009 and Adele in 2008) and i remember them having pictures together at the time. I forget the whole story but Ellie apparently reacted badly to it when fans queried it. Savages/Immortal definitely has that impact on a lot of us first listen
The feud with Ellie was because she hook up with her ex boyfriend at the time, when she was touring in US for her Lonely Hearts Club Tour. Marina's ex boyfriend was Dj Burns. Ellie even have a song with him.
Also, a little insight of Better than That. There was speculation that Marina wrote this song about Ellie Goulding because, if I remember correctly, Marina dated this one dude, but after they broke up, he started dating Goulding sometime after. However, Marina “clarified” it was directed at her previous alter ego/persona Electra Heart.
thanks so much for reating to this album! its one of my all time faves, and honestly if you liked savages i think you should react to marina's song from love+fear "to be human" specially with the mv, it brings a lot to the song. I really feel like that song is savage's more positive little sister if that makes sense, anyways thanks again for reacting to more marina!
30:00. I think because her first album family was very against the mainstream sound, or alot more alternative, then her next one Electra Heart sounded more mainstream electro pop, so people started criticizing her saying she was giving in to the mainstream and abandoning her fans or something like that. But then others were upset when she went back to alternative
This album and 'Crybaby' are my absolute FAVORITE albums of 2015. Marina is such an incredible artist, almost EVERY. SINGLE. LYRIC. symbolizes something, which is incredible, so glad you're continuing to listen to her! ❤
I'm glad you're experiencing marinas discography. Her music is gold honestly. Keep up the great reactions! Also, you should listen to Paramore - After laughter album
This was the first marina album where she was truly expressing herself and not through a character or persona like she did with her 2 previous records, it's a beautiful album and it contains my favourite lyricism from her, by the way if you liked the contrast sad lyrics/upbeat melody of Blue you should listen to After Laughter by Paramore!!
Yeah I think the family jewels was very authentic MARINA. I’d also argue that Electra heart was authentic Marina, she played a character but she embodied each character and acknowledged that she has characteristics of each archetype
Because of the descriptive imagery solitaire is my favourite song. Because when you listen to the song, and you really listen you can indetify with every breath and sound in the song. and that is just beautiful
Listening to this album alongside you is so nostalgic. Electra Heart is one of my favorite albums of all time and extremely important to me, and when she releases FROOT and I heard "Happy" right out the gate, I bawled my eyes out. Going from EH to FROOT, that song felt so cathartic for me, but I was also so happy for Marina that she got to a place where she could write a song about finding happiness. She's written so many songs that feel so incredibly relatable or hit a deep place within.
Gavin,l've also observes that when you're acting,you get overwhelmed and try to touch the hairs on tour beard😂😂 ln allá his performances. I LOVE how Happy you are and how nice you are 🐙. Tour octopus😂
I think maybe they were trying to pin her down as the satirical shallow gold-digging melodramatic teenage dream she portrayed in the Electra Heart era, in reality she created the character as satire to allow her to explore new musical genres and themes, but critics really were polarised by it, however the album was CULT on tumblr and still at her live shows people will come with the heart on their cheeks (including me) and they really took this character and RAN, (much to marinas dismay as this was not her intention) but honestly this girlboss character was really formative for teens when it came out! Maybe thats who they were thinking she actually was, rather than just the character!! Can’t wait to see you react to Electra Heart and The Family Jewels!
I just found your channel, but I already resonate with your responses to these songs. Marina's music helped me through a lot, and it is interesting to see how someone else reacts to it. You seem to be a very intelligent and thoughtful person, so I like your videos. You're also very cute, so that's a good plus as well.
Loving to see how you're more interested in her previous work. Froot is a jewel. A Family jewel. Also... you'd be delighted to know the theories behind Better than that.
The bass line on "Gold" is great (very reminiscent of "Ashes to Ashes" by David Bowie, without the slap sound) but the bass line on "Froot" kicks ass 🎸🤘
Hello Gavin! Today the 23 RD at 1,31pm Spanish,I'm listening to tour reaction to Mónica Naranjo in Creep,you face says It all Admiratio! Good Sunday morning🎉💃🙅❤
30:25 I think she might be talking about her record label trying to put her in this role of music/aesthetics that isn't really her? that's also why she had her character/alter ego "electra heart". I saw Marina live in London a few weeks ago and she was so brilliant and she is just brilliant. and I don't think enough people give her credit for her amazing voice. she has some real range.
Fabulous reaction, man 👏👍. I agree with you on the quality/creativity of the bridges. She's a master at writing bridges (well and probably verses and choruses too 😉). To me, she's the best pop (alternative pop, but it's still pop anyway, just smarter and artier than the average) artist to ever grace this earth in the past 15 years. OK... I wouldn't say no to a Marina + Florence collaboration 🤩
i rarely leave comments but i just wanted to say i really loved your reaction and review! stumbled in here for marina as a long time stan of hers, but i may find myself sticking around for the great content! i really respect your ability to honestly and succinctly sum up your thoughts on each song and the courage of being totally transparent with your vulnerabilities, and also how you're able to really think about both the production and the lyrics. i really hope you decide to continue listening to marina's work! each album is quite different sonically/thematically, but all of them have a unique vibe that is truly marina's own to them. electra heart is a fan favorite concept album about a character/alter ego of the same name representing the roles/archetypes women are forced to play in the public lexicon, and the family jewels is an equally well-rounded debut for marina with a lot of fun experimental sounds and ideas and a lot of personality. love+fear is a little bit less of a loved album among a lot of stans for its' more commercial vibe, but also stands on its own as a great album with a cohesive and mature feeling and has a few songs that i really adore on it too. i think you'll really enjoy the rest of her work based on the way you seem to have felt about the two albums you've heard so far!
47:35 not gonna try to get you to say what happened, because like you eluded to, it’s personal, but I hop everything’s going well for you, and I hope if you’re in any type of hard times right now you get out of them ❤️
42:25 also, the weeds take energy and potential to grow away from the veggies she is trying to cultivate a.k.a. the relationships she is trying to cultivate now.
I feel sorry for the shit you've been through - Marina does not sugarcoat btw. So if you relate to her songs, this might get emotional. Big up to you for your fantastic reaction and your channel
The fact that this is all self written and coproduced…easily the best alternative pop album of the 2010s
I think ‘can’t pin me down’ may be about her label. Marina has stated that at the time, they wanted her to lean more towards pure pop/radio pop & she wasn’t having it. Resulting in Marina having to produce this entire album by herself with only one other guy, write alone, pay for her own album cover shoot completely out of pocket & do her own promotion without help from the label. She could’ve had it easy if she let them “pin her down” but she decided to forage her own path. Marina has also stated that label executives literally told her straight up that they didn’t think this album could do well. Just fyi ‘FROOT’ went on to be her first top ten album in the U.S. so she definitely got the last laugh ;)
+ Marina actually just recently left her label & is now independent!
Not that there was any feminism messenges in there as well
Savages is a brutal song, it gets me every time.
Love your videos
✨🫂
The song Savages was made after the Boston marathon bombing, in a interview she said this “It’s so hard to reconcile how one man can be running a charity race, while another man is building a bomb to blow this person up. That’s how it started, and I think it was more a result about how these same kinds of news stories keep coming up day-in and day-out” and with that added context it makes that song even more impactful
That makes so much sense now, I didn't make the connection
Froot really is her Magnum Opus. Thank you for reacting to it
Agree - this album is near total perfection - lyrically has some powerful existential lyrics on Happy, Froot and Immortal … and the production is both varied and cohesive - it still flaws me in its brilliance!! Praying for a vinyl rerelease
AAAAAA LOVED IT.
I think FROOT is her best album!
Ps.: Savages is THAT SONG
Yup, I feel the same.
The way you cut weeds off right before the guitar solo hurt my soul
Talk about preaching to the converted when you said Marina and Florence should do a collab. Would love to hear that!
YES MARINA AGAIN
Seeing your reactions to her slower, more emotional songs makes me think that you'll LOVE her LOVE+FEAR album.
if you like upbeat marina you’re gonna love electra heart and the family jewels!! i personally think tfj is her best album, the production is amazing.
i’m super happy your reacting to marina again honestly all her music has such amazing important messages! and in reference to your question about what the media tried to pin her down as… at first she was made to sound more “rock” but she didn’t like that sound. During her first album she was introduced as quirky because for the time her music was very different from what other mainstream female artists were doing. There were a lot of comments about her she looks and her potential as a pop artist but she made it clear that she didn’t ever want to be a pop artist. I think the media actually framed her in quite a good light but there were certainly people trying to make her into something she wasn’t and didn’t want to be. I really hope you listen to her other albums at some point:)
Marina and Florence? yes please :0
If you plan to continue on discovering more of Marina’s albums AND you decide to do Electra Heart, please please do her Platinum Blonde Edition. “E.V.O.L.” and “Electra Heart” (the title track) give a little more insight of the character Marina created on this album.
YAY!!! This album is definitely a life changer. This album had me questioning my whole existence and human existence! LIKE WHAT ARE WE DOING!? Still today, what are we doing?!
if you like the imagery and lyricism in marinas songs i think you'll really like her family jewels and electra heart, she goes OFF with the lyrics in those albums. loved your reaction!
She's brilliant, i love this woman! When you dive into Electra Heart I highly recommend you to listen to Froot again, you'll see the album with a 3d glasses and be able to catch some layers about the struggle she's been through during Electra Heart era. I see Froot like a detox from her past album and the character (the housewife) created by the label in order to make her huge in USA. Sad that such iconic album damaged her mental health so badly. Btw, like you realized, that sassyness in Better Then That was not about her, was about Ellie Goulding 😅. Greetings and hugs! And please react to Aurora ❤️
Savages moves me too 😭 MARINA is a powerful lyricist 👑
I cried with you in the last part :') I remember when I first listened this album 7 years ago. Solitaire, Savages and Inmortal gave me a huge emotional moment. This album became a favorite since the first day and it's really nice see you enjoying it like the first time I played it 🖤
You made me emotional with this video! Whatever you're going through, know we support you! Also, you should check out Domenico Gallo's Run Away. Would love to see the react vid.
Yesss! Please do a vid for Run Away by Domenico Gallo! Love it!
Best album
What a beautiful voice and the chorus is heavenly, like angels singing
In Gold the Greek gold rush I always thought was referring to herself as a Greek gold rush as she is half Greek i genuinely never clicked that king midas was a Greek legend
YAY ANOTHER MARINA REACTION
I love your reactions to Marina. You are obviously enjoying her music but you don't get entirely lost in it. You still manage to analyse it thoroughly while appreciating it and I love that. Looking forward to seeing more. :)
"Better Than That" was my initial favorite song from this album back in 2015, but since then I've been changing my mind like 3 times at least LOL (Happy, I'm a Ruin, Forget...). Same with all her albums, you can listen to them over and over and you'll still find new details to dig. That's the power and richness of Marina's music. Love her.
Definitely thanks to Marina's music I was able to quickly recover from the pain of a broken heart. How could I not listen to her music before?She is a guardian angel
No Marina/Florence collab as of yet but they are friends (or acquaintances). There's actually a picture of the two of them with Lana Del Rey and FKA Twigs out for dinner ^_^
If you want Sass, you'll love some of Marina's earlier albums haha. Better than that is (allegedly) about Ellie Goulding who rose came into the music industry around the same time as Marina - both were nominated for the Rising Star Brit Award in 2010 (Florence won 2009 and Adele in 2008) and i remember them having pictures together at the time. I forget the whole story but Ellie apparently reacted badly to it when fans queried it.
Savages/Immortal definitely has that impact on a lot of us first listen
The feud with Ellie was because she hook up with her ex boyfriend at the time, when she was touring in US for her Lonely Hearts Club Tour. Marina's ex boyfriend was Dj Burns. Ellie even have a song with him.
Also, a little insight of Better than That. There was speculation that Marina wrote this song about Ellie Goulding because, if I remember correctly, Marina dated this one dude, but after they broke up, he started dating Goulding sometime after. However, Marina “clarified” it was directed at her previous alter ego/persona Electra Heart.
PONYBOY, you’re golden. How sweet you bring this reference up. Love you soo much😊⭐️🌼
electra heart is going to be a head wrecker, if u know what i mean
Marina ❤ love your reaction
Weird Fact : sometimes I binge your reaction videos 😅😍
thanks so much for reating to this album! its one of my all time faves, and honestly if you liked savages i think you should react to marina's song from love+fear "to be human" specially with the mv, it brings a lot to the song. I really feel like that song is savage's more positive little sister if that makes sense, anyways thanks again for reacting to more marina!
30:00. I think because her first album family was very against the mainstream sound, or alot more alternative, then her next one Electra Heart sounded more mainstream electro pop, so people started criticizing her saying she was giving in to the mainstream and abandoning her fans or something like that. But then others were upset when she went back to alternative
This album and 'Crybaby' are my absolute FAVORITE albums of 2015. Marina is such an incredible artist, almost EVERY. SINGLE. LYRIC. symbolizes something, which is incredible, so glad you're continuing to listen to her! ❤
Omg.yesss MARINA!!!.Pleas react to Electra heart deluxe album
I'm glad you're experiencing marinas discography. Her music is gold honestly.
Keep up the great reactions! Also, you should listen to Paramore - After laughter album
This was the first marina album where she was truly expressing herself and not through a character or persona like she did with her 2 previous records, it's a beautiful album and it contains my favourite lyricism from her, by the way if you liked the contrast sad lyrics/upbeat melody of Blue you should listen to After Laughter by Paramore!!
She was definitely writing and expressing herself in the family jewels as well
@@ella.exe3 totally agree
Yeah I think the family jewels was very authentic MARINA. I’d also argue that Electra heart was authentic Marina, she played a character but she embodied each character and acknowledged that she has characteristics of each archetype
my favorite album of her
Because of the descriptive imagery solitaire is my favourite song. Because when you listen to the song, and you really listen you can indetify with every breath and sound in the song. and that is just beautiful
Am crying like a river… I felt like what’s she is saying in this song for a long time
Listening to this album alongside you is so nostalgic. Electra Heart is one of my favorite albums of all time and extremely important to me, and when she releases FROOT and I heard "Happy" right out the gate, I bawled my eyes out. Going from EH to FROOT, that song felt so cathartic for me, but I was also so happy for Marina that she got to a place where she could write a song about finding happiness. She's written so many songs that feel so incredibly relatable or hit a deep place within.
Love + Fear is her best 100%
When you get to react to Electra heart make sure you react to the platinum blond edition 😁
Gavin,l've also observes that when you're acting,you get overwhelmed and try to touch the hairs on tour beard😂😂 ln allá his performances.
I LOVE how Happy you are and how nice you are 🐙.
Tour octopus😂
I think maybe they were trying to pin her down as the satirical shallow gold-digging melodramatic teenage dream she portrayed in the Electra Heart era, in reality she created the character as satire to allow her to explore new musical genres and themes, but critics really were polarised by it, however the album was CULT on tumblr and still at her live shows people will come with the heart on their cheeks (including me) and they really took this character and RAN, (much to marinas dismay as this was not her intention) but honestly this girlboss character was really formative for teens when it came out! Maybe thats who they were thinking she actually was, rather than just the character!! Can’t wait to see you react to Electra Heart and The Family Jewels!
I just found your channel, but I already resonate with your responses to these songs. Marina's music helped me through a lot, and it is interesting to see how someone else reacts to it. You seem to be a very intelligent and thoughtful person, so I like your videos. You're also very cute, so that's a good plus as well.
I love her!
Loving to see how you're more interested in her previous work. Froot is a jewel. A Family jewel. Also... you'd be delighted to know the theories behind Better than that.
your reaction just was beautiful, i felt conected during the whole process
This was amazing ✨
This is amazing! Marina is one of my fav indie singers all the time. You should check out VERITE too!
The bass line on "Gold" is great (very reminiscent of "Ashes to Ashes" by David Bowie, without the slap sound) but the bass line on "Froot" kicks ass 🎸🤘
I'm happy to see your videos
happy is one of her best songs, possibly her best
Hello Gavin! Today the 23 RD at 1,31pm Spanish,I'm listening to tour reaction to Mónica Naranjo in Creep,you face says It all Admiratio!
Good Sunday morning🎉💃🙅❤
when you do Electra Heart, you should do the Platinum Blonde Edition :)
30:25 I think she might be talking about her record label trying to put her in this role of music/aesthetics that isn't really her? that's also why she had her character/alter ego "electra heart".
I saw Marina live in London a few weeks ago and she was so brilliant and she is just brilliant. and I don't think enough people give her credit for her amazing voice. she has some real range.
Fabulous reaction, man 👏👍. I agree with you on the quality/creativity of the bridges. She's a master at writing bridges (well and probably verses and choruses too 😉). To me, she's the best pop (alternative pop, but it's still pop anyway, just smarter and artier than the average) artist to ever grace this earth in the past 15 years. OK... I wouldn't say no to a Marina + Florence collaboration 🤩
i rarely leave comments but i just wanted to say i really loved your reaction and review! stumbled in here for marina as a long time stan of hers, but i may find myself sticking around for the great content! i really respect your ability to honestly and succinctly sum up your thoughts on each song and the courage of being totally transparent with your vulnerabilities, and also how you're able to really think about both the production and the lyrics. i really hope you decide to continue listening to marina's work! each album is quite different sonically/thematically, but all of them have a unique vibe that is truly marina's own to them. electra heart is a fan favorite concept album about a character/alter ego of the same name representing the roles/archetypes women are forced to play in the public lexicon, and the family jewels is an equally well-rounded debut for marina with a lot of fun experimental sounds and ideas and a lot of personality. love+fear is a little bit less of a loved album among a lot of stans for its' more commercial vibe, but also stands on its own as a great album with a cohesive and mature feeling and has a few songs that i really adore on it too. i think you'll really enjoy the rest of her work based on the way you seem to have felt about the two albums you've heard so far!
47:35 not gonna try to get you to say what happened, because like you eluded to, it’s personal, but I hop everything’s going well for you, and I hope if you’re in any type of hard times right now you get out of them ❤️
42:25 also, the weeds take energy and potential to grow away from the veggies she is trying to cultivate a.k.a. the relationships she is trying to cultivate now.
I feel sorry for the shit you've been through - Marina does not sugarcoat btw. So if you relate to her songs, this might get emotional. Big up to you for your fantastic reaction and your channel
Great reaction! I love you really pay attention to all the lyrics. Next is Electra Heart please🖤💎
Savages is my favourite funnily enough
I love you Marina, you are the love of my life.
Please, react to Love+fear from Marina
NOW ELECTRA HEART
Can you please review Electra Heart? I adore this album!
React to the album ancient dreams in a modern land by Marina pleaseee
He already did! That was his first marina album
💖💖💖💖
I like your chair…
pls react to her album the family jewels
Please do Katy Perry album reactions too please!!
Please do a reaction to christina Aguilera la fuerza
PLEASE REACT TO ELECTRA HEART
Miley Cyrus or Katy Perry pls