I don't think "Oh No!" is supposed to be sarcastic. She spends the whole album criticizing society for forcing people in boxes and then in "Oh No!", she acknowledges the irony in the fact that in searching for herself, she's boxed herself into one archetype. She regrets that in doing so, she's had to sacrifice other parts of her life.
My idea is on top of that, it is also kind of sarcastically s*icidal. Like she's kind of depressed and numbed by the world. So she plays with the idea of dying, without giving true credence to it. Kind of based on my own thoughts lol.
oh yeah, this one is WILD. The lyricism here is just pure perfection, I just love how honest she is in this one, the same kinda of honesty that she puts on Froot too. And you're right, ADIAML totally feels like she found this sound again in so many levels, wich is just amazing. Great reaction, cant wait for the rest of her discography!
Guilty is a song based on a dark dream Marina had. In the dream, Marina was trusted to watch a wealthy friend’s rare dogs. Every time she tried to pick up a dog, she would break its legs. She could either tell the owner and face the consequences or lock them in a cabinet to die. She chose to let them die. Instead of facing the reality of what she did, she ran from it and suffered the guilt in secrecy. Now it seems when she’s looking back, she regrets how she handled the aftermath of her actions. Dreaming about dogs is symbolically associated with loyalty, intuition and protection. Maybe the song is suggesting how losing familial love due to certain ambitions and ways of thinking has caused guilt/resentment and she realises this is wrong. There are many alternative interpretations to this and i don't think Marina specifically revealed the meaning of the song. Anyway, i enjoyed your reaction! I can't wait for you to react to FROOT!
I know that Marina has also said that she later realized that dream was directly linked to an event from her childhood. I think that the song uses that dream as a vessel to talk about childhood trauma. Intense feelings of unexplained guilt and avoidance in relationships are common symptoms of childhood trauma., and I know that in my personal experience, I've spent most of my life feeling like I was "guilty and on the run" for a crime I didn't remember committing. It's very confusing to work through these feelings as an adult.
"Mowgli's Road" was the starting point for me, such an incredible, complex and mature song, to think she wrote and recorded it when she was only 24 is just mindblowing 👏👏
i was waiting for "Seventeen" :( such a good song, and shows how she sees her relationship with her father but yeah, this album is such a masterpiece, lyrically perfect!
@@Luscent Rootless isn't on the US version and the order of songs is different too. Numb is the closing song on the album. I'm always so sad because family jewels and electra heart had this same issue and I want all the songs in one order lol
NUMB is one of my favorite songs by Marina. The “I’ll light up the sky, stars that burn the brightest fall so fast and pass you by, spark like empty lighters” really really gets me. Like even on the way down she’s going to keep trying even as her stars fading she’ll keep flickering cus that’s just the type of relentless person she is. I take that lyric with me everywhere since the first time I heard it like 10+ years ago
People keep saying how Electra Heart is the anti Marina but I always interpreted it as it being a twisted version of her darkest side, Electra Heart could be Marina and for me this album confirms it
I really think, and Marina has touched on this, that Electra heart is a part of her that she dug into for the album to process and heal that side of her. It makes complete sense to me when you listen to TFJ first. TFJ is my favourite album but Electra heart is really clever and great, it gets more hate than it deserves. There’s a reason it’s her most well known album.
@@ienzio7795 maybe now it doesn’t and even then it was her most commercially successful but it got a lot of hate from both fans and critics. Even up until 2019 when love + fear became her most hated album lol
I recently discovered marina! This album is awsome, and i'm not really a pop listener for the most part. But marina proves that pop can be dark at times, and thought provoking. In this album she reminds me of PJ harvey for some reason, because of the rythmic thing (and her super expressive attitude. reminds me a lot of rock music)
Ok I could be totally wrong, but here is my interpretation of Mowgli's Road: I think the song is about how society influences peoples decisions. The song is about someone who grows up having people (symbolized by the silver spoons) all around them basically whispering in their ear and trying to influence their decisions and lifestyle. They keep telling this person that being individual is wrong and that they'll be the happiest if they just follow the norm (thus the line, "I have been told that I must take the unforsaken road.") The person continues to be influenced by society until eventually they realize that they've degraded to a state of "monkey see monkey do." They realize they are no longer making their own decisions and are just subconsciously going along with society and doing what what is "expected" of them without giving it any thought at all (the line: "We (the spoons aka society) scooped our way into your brain to knock the knives (individuality) out bloody cold and lead you down the unforsaken road). The person realizes that they don't actually know who they are anymore, and only know the version of themselves that society has created. It took me quite a while to finally fully grasp the meaning (at least what I think it is) of the song, and it's actually quite an upsetting song that addresses modern issues including the affect social media has on people.
Love your reactions! This album is a masterpiece and because of it I didn’t think she could do it again until ‘Ancient Dreams in a Modern Land’ came out. I don’t think a lot of people understand the concept behind ‘Electra Heart’, which wasn’t about her “selling out” although I understand why on the surface it may be perceived that way. In ‘Electra Heart’ she’s personifying different archetypes of society in each song. However each song has an ironic/comical undertone which points to the fact that Marina is actually doing her good old fashion-political criticism, the album was a parody on society. Will keep watching your videos, stay blessed. 🙏🏼
🙌🙌🙌 Been waiting for this one :D Loved your reaction to mowglis road especially. It has always been one of my favorite songs of all time and my fave of the album and it is just bonkers and weird and yeah. Gotta appreciate marinas lyrics and sound. Gonna start waiting for the next album now hahaha
I think 'Rootless' is beautiful, but you're right, it's sad. There's often an air of sadness around her :( I hope in time she finds that place you call 'half and half', where she can be herself and also connect with others.
I'm glad you enjoyed the album! I started listening to Marina ages and ages ago and watching this was not only a fun trip down memory lane but also really reminded me how much I enjoyed some of these songs. I'm the type of person who when I find an album I like I play it so much that I get burnt out on it and seeing family jewels through a pair of fresh eyes was really nice
Yes Dan I knew you'd like this album all her records are insanely different yet cohesive but this is the most similar to ANCIENT DREAMS. Mowglis Road will always be one of the most unique and amazing pop and pop-rock songs I've ever heard it still gives me goosebumps till this day haha. yess oh no was a single the music video is like pop art and so good.
Personally I think this is Marina's best album by miles, Electra Heart is second. I think Love + Fear isn't really worth listening to as its way more collaborative and it results in everything being really watered down. I think she explores her general themes best in this album, I looove it, I listened to it a lot as an early teenager and learnt chords to sing songs from it, so it hold a special place in my heart
@@Luscent No it‘s not about abuse, don’t think it’s about loosing her virginity either (sure that’s what seventeen is about tho) it‘s more like they had different expectations of this relationship and for him it was more about Sex and for her it wasn‘t.
@@chriswoods1955 don‘t think so, she‘s saying „ my heart just burst like a Glass balloon“. The glass balloon is a symbol for her heart (probably because it’s fragile)
I love that looking at this album alone you can see why she is loved by queer people. Like, on a genre level, it plays a bit with hyperpop, a genre created by trans people. And in the lyrics, she is unabashed in her criticism of the world, and so herself while she's at it. I love it.
DUDDEEE!!!! I’ve been telling you to listen to this for years!!!!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣. I knew you’d love it and I can’t believe you never got on board in like 2009! 😂😂.
Guilty is quite literally about a dream as she states at the beginning of the song. People with depression tend to have dreams about hurting animals and hiding bodies and feel guilty about it. Also she doesn't have a good relationship with her dad.
I love this album and froot the most, but Love and fear was really refreshing to me. Because i was kind of at the same stages in life, when she released her music, and At the point of love and fear i could relate to overcoming a lot of things and growing (up) as a person. Love and fear almost disappointed me at the first listen , but then I really loved a lot of songs and sang them under the shower😊
The family jewels song from this album might just be my favorite, it’s existential and brings this whole album together, a song about breaking the cycle of abuse in her family
i've always thought of hermit the frog as the name she gave her inner saboteur or her depression. it takes hold. breaks your heart and hits you when you least expect it. it drags you down when you stand still and you always feel like it's bitch even when standing up to it. at the end your glass balloon will shatter too soon, over and over.
Luscent: I live that she talks about this in a pop song. You don’t hear that often do you? I’m here like: I think that rings true to a huge portion of her discography
Seventeen is in the US version instead of Rootless, so he probably listened to the UK version, honestly I love both songs, when it comes to marina almost every song is basically a masterpiece.
I don't think "Oh No!" is supposed to be sarcastic. She spends the whole album criticizing society for forcing people in boxes and then in "Oh No!", she acknowledges the irony in the fact that in searching for herself, she's boxed herself into one archetype. She regrets that in doing so, she's had to sacrifice other parts of her life.
That's an amazing insight yes!
My idea is on top of that, it is also kind of sarcastically s*icidal. Like she's kind of depressed and numbed by the world. So she plays with the idea of dying, without giving true credence to it. Kind of based on my own thoughts lol.
oh yeah, this one is WILD. The lyricism here is just pure perfection, I just love how honest she is in this one, the same kinda of honesty that she puts on Froot too. And you're right, ADIAML totally feels like she found this sound again in so many levels, wich is just amazing. Great reaction, cant wait for the rest of her discography!
It's such a great album! I get why people love her so deeply having heard this one
Guilty is a song based on a dark dream Marina had. In the dream, Marina was trusted to watch a wealthy friend’s rare dogs. Every time she tried to pick up a dog, she would break its legs. She could either tell the owner and face the consequences or lock them in a cabinet to die. She chose to let them die.
Instead of facing the reality of what she did, she ran from it and suffered the guilt in secrecy. Now it seems when she’s looking back, she regrets how she handled the aftermath of her actions.
Dreaming about dogs is symbolically associated with loyalty, intuition and protection. Maybe the song is suggesting how losing familial love due to certain ambitions and ways of thinking has caused guilt/resentment and she realises this is wrong. There are many alternative interpretations to this and i don't think Marina specifically revealed the meaning of the song. Anyway, i enjoyed your reaction! I can't wait for you to react to FROOT!
Wow I LOVE this interpretation what an interesting thing to write about and I love that second level of meaning there
I know that Marina has also said that she later realized that dream was directly linked to an event from her childhood. I think that the song uses that dream as a vessel to talk about childhood trauma. Intense feelings of unexplained guilt and avoidance in relationships are common symptoms of childhood trauma., and I know that in my personal experience, I've spent most of my life feeling like I was "guilty and on the run" for a crime I didn't remember committing. It's very confusing to work through these feelings as an adult.
"Mowgli's Road" was the starting point for me, such an incredible, complex and mature song, to think she wrote and recorded it when she was only 24 is just mindblowing 👏👏
i was 13 when i watched mowglis road on mtv and my life has changed ever since
i was waiting for "Seventeen" :( such a good song, and shows how she sees her relationship with her father
but yeah, this album is such a masterpiece, lyrically perfect!
Yeah apparently not on the UK version of the album!
@@Luscent Just got released everywhere too
@@Luscent Rootless isn't on the US version and the order of songs is different too. Numb is the closing song on the album. I'm always so sad because family jewels and electra heart had this same issue and I want all the songs in one order lol
NUMB is one of my favorite songs by Marina. The “I’ll light up the sky, stars that burn the brightest fall so fast and pass you by, spark like empty lighters” really really gets me. Like even on the way down she’s going to keep trying even as her stars fading she’ll keep flickering cus that’s just the type of relentless person she is. I take that lyric with me everywhere since the first time I heard it like 10+ years ago
If I ever get a tattoo it will be that line 🥺
People keep saying how Electra Heart is the anti Marina but I always interpreted it as it being a twisted version of her darkest side, Electra Heart could be Marina and for me this album confirms it
I really think, and Marina has touched on this, that Electra heart is a part of her that she dug into for the album to process and heal that side of her. It makes complete sense to me when you listen to TFJ first. TFJ is my favourite album but Electra heart is really clever and great, it gets more hate than it deserves. There’s a reason it’s her most well known album.
@@davidpatterson2925I've never seen a single person hate Electra Heart, let alone to say it gets "more hate than it deserves"
@@ienzio7795 maybe now it doesn’t and even then it was her most commercially successful but it got a lot of hate from both fans and critics. Even up until 2019 when love + fear became her most hated album lol
Numb might be one of my favorite songs of her.
I recently discovered marina! This album is awsome, and i'm not really a pop listener for the most part. But marina proves that pop can be dark at times, and thought provoking. In this album she reminds me of PJ harvey for some reason, because of the rythmic thing (and her super expressive attitude. reminds me a lot of rock music)
Yeah definitely pop music is no one thing and I love what marina brings to the genre
"Cause I feel like I'm the worst so I always act like I'm the best. If you're not very careful, your possessions will possess you." 👏👏👏
queen of lyrics!!!
Ok I could be totally wrong, but here is my interpretation of Mowgli's Road:
I think the song is about how society influences peoples decisions. The song is about someone who grows up having people (symbolized by the silver spoons) all around them basically whispering in their ear and trying to influence their decisions and lifestyle. They keep telling this person that being individual is wrong and that they'll be the happiest if they just follow the norm (thus the line, "I have been told that I must take the unforsaken road.") The person continues to be influenced by society until eventually they realize that they've degraded to a state of "monkey see monkey do." They realize they are no longer making their own decisions and are just subconsciously going along with society and doing what what is "expected" of them without giving it any thought at all (the line: "We (the spoons aka society) scooped our way into your brain to knock the knives (individuality) out bloody cold and lead you down the unforsaken road). The person realizes that they don't actually know who they are anymore, and only know the version of themselves that society has created.
It took me quite a while to finally fully grasp the meaning (at least what I think it is) of the song, and it's actually quite an upsetting song that addresses modern issues including the affect social media has on people.
This makes so much sense to me! I always half understood the song but didn’t think the whole thing through with the spoons, etc.
Love your reactions! This album is a masterpiece and because of it I didn’t think she could do it again until ‘Ancient Dreams in a Modern Land’ came out. I don’t think a lot of people understand the concept behind ‘Electra Heart’, which wasn’t about her “selling out” although I understand why on the surface it may be perceived that way. In ‘Electra Heart’ she’s personifying different archetypes of society in each song. However each song has an ironic/comical undertone which points to the fact that Marina is actually doing her good old fashion-political criticism, the album was a parody on society.
Will keep watching your videos, stay blessed. 🙏🏼
Thanks for the comment I love hearing all your perspectives on it!
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Been waiting for this one :D
Loved your reaction to mowglis road especially. It has always been one of my favorite songs of all time and my fave of the album and it is just bonkers and weird and yeah.
Gotta appreciate marinas lyrics and sound. Gonna start waiting for the next album now hahaha
I think I get her vibe a lot more now after hearing this one it makes more sense
I think 'Rootless' is beautiful, but you're right, it's sad. There's often an air of sadness around her :( I hope in time she finds that place you call 'half and half', where she can be herself and also connect with others.
YAASS MARINA again!! ✨
For me Obsessions is her best song
She's back babes! Obsessions is great
Obsessions is Marina's fav!
I'm glad you enjoyed the album! I started listening to Marina ages and ages ago and watching this was not only a fun trip down memory lane but also really reminded me how much I enjoyed some of these songs. I'm the type of person who when I find an album I like I play it so much that I get burnt out on it and seeing family jewels through a pair of fresh eyes was really nice
I’m so excited! I love your reactions especially for MARINA ❤️
Yes Dan I knew you'd like this album all her records are insanely different yet cohesive but this is the most similar to ANCIENT DREAMS. Mowglis Road will always be one of the most unique and amazing pop and pop-rock songs I've ever heard it still gives me goosebumps till this day haha. yess oh no was a single the music video is like pop art and so good.
seventeen and the family jewels are great songs as well but yes, its not available in UK streamings saddly
Waiting for FROOT!!
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i think rootless is about what she felt when she was with her father but your analysis is good too!!
I can’t wait for your reaction to froot. My fave albums by her. Though I’m yet to listen to her most recent one 😅
Yeah I'm hyped to hear it!!
Whaaaaat? What are you waiting for? Go listen to it asap!
Personally I think this is Marina's best album by miles, Electra Heart is second. I think Love + Fear isn't really worth listening to as its way more collaborative and it results in everything being really watered down. I think she explores her general themes best in this album, I looove it, I listened to it a lot as an early teenager and learnt chords to sing songs from it, so it hold a special place in my heart
agreed! i think l+f has hidden gems though like tbh & handmade heaven
@@spfwithpeter_ handmade heaven is a stand out for sure
Hermit the frog is actually about Marina's "first time", but is dark cause the person abused her
Oh f*** wow
@@Luscent No it‘s not about abuse, don’t think it’s about loosing her virginity either (sure that’s what seventeen is about tho) it‘s more like they had different expectations of this relationship and for him it was more about Sex and for her it wasn‘t.
@@DarkParadise__ "I let go of my glass balloon" is symbolic for losing your virginity.
@@chriswoods1955 don‘t think so, she‘s saying „ my heart just burst like a Glass balloon“. The glass balloon is a symbol for her heart (probably because it’s fragile)
So cool that I found your channel and that I get to re- fall in love with some of my favorite albums and artists.
You will find another song alike im not a robot and highly emt pple on love and fear. Its emotional machine.
Cool!
You should check out either "I Never Learn" or "Wounded Rhymes" by Lykke Li!
Thanks for the rec!
I love that looking at this album alone you can see why she is loved by queer people. Like, on a genre level, it plays a bit with hyperpop, a genre created by trans people. And in the lyrics, she is unabashed in her criticism of the world, and so herself while she's at it. I love it.
Yeah wow definitely! She gives people who are made to feel like outcasts a place in her music
everything and their mother was created by trans people
Love your reaction, Marina is unique and I love that you like it! when you can react to Froot 🙏🏻
I'll be attentive to your music ✨
Glad you enjoyed it I'll be doing froot quicker than it took me to do this one lol 💕
@@Luscent oh so glad to hear that haha love the reaction btw x
your insights on the songs are so clever and deep. it's hard to find that that in reaction videos
So excited!
I love numb λατρεύω το numb I’m from Greece 🇬🇷
Shampain (Shame-Pain) if u didn’t catch on 😌
I honestly thought it was sham- meaning a farce or fake
Dude ur voice is so asmr its crazy
waiting for "after school" next pleaaasee...... ❤❤❤❤❤
i love the song hollywood but i’ve always wondered the significance of the polish girl lyric
Maybe it's about someone she knows?
Some people mentioned who it was about on the Hollywood music video
YAYAYA I love your reactions! And marina is awesome.
Um dos meus álbuns favoritos do década❤️
DUDDEEE!!!! I’ve been telling you to listen to this for years!!!!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣. I knew you’d love it and I can’t believe you never got on board in like 2009! 😂😂.
🤣 it was actually so good I liked it more than Electra heart
Guilty is quite literally about a dream as she states at the beginning of the song. People with depression tend to have dreams about hurting animals and hiding bodies and feel guilty about it. Also she doesn't have a good relationship with her dad.
I love this album and froot the most, but Love and fear was really refreshing to me. Because i was kind of at the same stages in life, when she released her music, and At the point of love and fear i could relate to overcoming a lot of things and growing (up) as a person.
Love and fear almost disappointed me at the first listen , but then I really loved a lot of songs and sang them under the shower😊
IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS AH!
Wooo!
aaaaa waiting for love+fear reaction now
Please react to Jessie Ware's "What's Your Pleasure?" album!
React to Krassow’s discography! He does a lot of rock and his guitar/drumming is SO GOOD
Cool thanks for the recommendation!
No problem! He’s actually our drum instructor in my marching band, he’s a cool guy
are you satisfied? YEauhh
YESSSS more marina pls
I love this album sfm!! It’s absolutely wild.
thank you for reminding me of her, I just listen her new song, her voice is unique and lyrics is badass
Yeah definitely!
i could listen to your accents forever LOL such a calming voice AHHH
Awesome reaction! I love how you pay attention to details on this one. Can’t wait for your reaction to FROOT🖤
8:02 Emotional Machine is coming for you honey
The family jewels song from this album might just be my favorite, it’s existential and brings this whole album together, a song about breaking the cycle of abuse in her family
i've always thought of hermit the frog as the name she gave her inner saboteur or her depression. it takes hold. breaks your heart and hits you when you least expect it. it drags you down when you stand still and you always feel like it's bitch even when standing up to it. at the end your glass balloon will shatter too soon, over and over.
Not you actually mimicking the Oh No music video! :D I love you! Been spending a lot of time with your videos, and enjoying it a lot!
Luscent: I live that she talks about this in a pop song. You don’t hear that often do you?
I’m here like: I think that rings true to a huge portion of her discography
Loveeeeeeee marina!!! ❤️❤️❤️
react to froot album next:))
React to froot next please.
please REACT TO FROOT BY MARINA OR LOVE AND FEAR BY MARINA
♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
and the song Seventeen? 😥
Seventeen is in the US version instead of Rootless, so he probably listened to the UK version, honestly I love both songs, when it comes to marina almost every song is basically a masterpiece.
Yeah I don't have access to American Spotify! There's often a deluxe version that includes these country specific ones but I couldn't find one