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1:15 Marina's face looks like "Girl, what you sayin?"
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Ok, here is MY theory for this album. I have included 2 songs that are not in the âpartsâ because I feel like they are still essential to the story.
Part 1: Fear and Loathing. This is the song that concludes the album, but is part 1 here. I think this means that at this point, Electra Heart is already dead, which is why Marina does not have the heart on her cheek, and why she already seems to have learnt her lesson (I lived my life in bitterness⌠There is no crime in being kind⌠Iâm done with trying to have it all.â) It is already the end. She also refers to the archetypes she once was when she was Electra Heart (âI lived a lot of different lives, been different people many timesâŚGot different people inside my head, I wonder which one they like bestâŚâ) i.e. the four archetypes, âlived a lot of different livesâ implies that she has already lived as these four archetypes, as Electra Heart. We havenât been introduced to these âpeople inside her headâ yet, but we will be in Part 3.
Part 2: Radioactive: The mood and attitude in this song is completely different to Part 1, and it seems too different to follow on from Part 1. It is much too upbeat compared with the sad tones of Fear and Loathing, and her attitude to love is completely different in this song (âLove is all that I fearâ). This implies that this song must have happened in a completely different period of time, so must be a FLASHBACK to Electra Heartâs past, when she was alive (in fact, the WHOLE ALBUM is a flashback to Electra Heartâs past, until her death in Part 11). In this song, we flashback to where it all began, when Marina was becoming Electra Heart, before Electra Heart completely took her over. She wears a blonde wig to symbolise she is ready for a drastic transformation. We see her behaving irrationally, sawing a sofa, misbehaving in a shop, probably to let go of the anger she has. She has developed a negative attitude towards love, probably due to some heartbreak. She tries to convince herself that she was not the victim in the relationship breakdown, that it was HIS loss (âBaby know Iâm the one who left you/Youâre not the one who left me.â) (âReady to be let down⌠Love is all that I fearâ⌠) she is scared of being hurt in a relationship again.
Part 3: The Archetypes: we are introduced to the archetypes, and Electra Heart is a bit of all of them: Housewife, Homewrecker, Beauty Queen, Idle Teen.
Homewrecker: The first archetype. She is ready for a complete transformation (âYouâll find me in the lonely hearts/Under âIâm after a brand new startââ) but not just a blonde wig like in Radioactive. She wants a permanent change, so dyes her hair blonde. Electra Heart is disgusted by the girls around her who feel the need for a serious relationship (âGirls and their curls and their gourmet vomit/Boys and their toys and their six inch rocketsâ) According to her, love has always been one-sided (âOne will breed love, the other hateâ) She prides herself on needing no one else and being a cruel player (âDeception, perfection are wonderful traits⌠And I donât belong to anyoneâ). Sheâs a slayer, and sheâs proud of it.
Part 4: Primadonna: for the first time, we see Marina with an eyeliner drawn heart on her cheek, which symbolises that she has fully become Electra Heart. This shows Electra Heart as the âBeauty Queenâ archetype, she is obsessed with materialism and adoration, (âAll I ever wanted was the world⌠I wanna be adoredâŚâ)
Part 5: Su-Barbie-a: the third archetype, the housewife. We see Marinaâs face hidden, showing that Electra Heart has no sense of identity, like a housewife who belongs to her husband. Like most women in the industry, she is objectified and chosen for her looks over her true self (âHaving the body that you have, having the face shape that you have, this really does work for youâ). She always âbelongsâ to someone, and she hates it, like a Barbie doll, which is kind of the metaphor used here, the idea that women can be used for their looks (in both the industry and in relationships) and then thrown away (âLook at those great looking dolls! ⌠But what do I do with my old Barbie?â implying that like dolls, they can be discarded when no longer needed and wonât suit the current trendy climate. âBarbieâs new and different!â is implying that the perfect body image is changing with time, and that women with the old âBarbieâ body arenât useful in the industry now so can be thrown away like any other Barbie doll)
Part 6: Power and Control: sick of her passive housewife self, Electra Heart decides to take back control in her relationship. We see her in the video playing mind games with her lover, controlling him, highlighting how there always seems to be a power struggle in relationships (âWomen and men we are the same/But love will always be a gameâ). She wants to be the ruling power in her relationship.
Teen Idle: The last archetype âIdle Teenâ , we see Electra Heartâs more vulnerable side. Itâs emotionally exhausting for her to constantly put up her âtough-girlâ image. She wishes she could be a cold-hearted person deep down (âI wanna be a real fakeâ) but she canât, itâs an act and she knows it but she canât let the mask slip. She hates her adult life, itâs too much effort, and looks back on her teen years, wishing she had lived them to the fullest, doing whatever frivolous things normal teens do, like being âa prom Queen fighting for the titleâ instead of feeling depressed and âsuicidalâ.
Part 7: How to Be a Heartbreaker: knowing she canât afford to break, Electra Heart rebounds and letâs go of her âteen idleâ self, and we see her as even more cold-hearted than before (but this is an act, she is using this as a defence mechanism because she is still afraid). She is ashamed that she let her guard down and showed us her true emotions in âTeen Idleâ, so decides that it is time for another drastic transformation, so she dyes her hair black again to create an even more menacing identity. We can see that in the video, the ribbon ties in her hair change colour with each different boy she is with, signifying that she changes herself to appeal to each different boy, she is worse than ever before. She tells us her rules on⌠well⌠how to be a heartbreaker (duh..?) and on of the rules is to ânever wear your heart on your sleeve/unless you wanna taste defeatâ. âWear your heart on your sleeveâ is a saying that means to show your true emotions or feelings. Electra Heart is telling us to never show our true emotions if we want to come out on top in a relationship, and at the bridge of the song, she tells us why she has decided to keep her cold-hearted mask on (âWe donât want our hearts to break⌠so itâs better to be fakeâ).
Part 8: E.V.O.L: Electra Heart monologues about how love is poisonous, she hates it. She has become so bitter about having any kind of serious relationship (âEvery kiss you give me makes me sickerâ) But we also here her say (âAnd Iâm your dying beauty Queenâ) signalling that Electra Heart is weakening. She is losing control of Marina and is slowly dying.
Part 9: The State of Dreaming: inspired by Marilyn Monroe, a model who tragically took her own life aged 35. Even though she took her own life, the beautiful image of her is strong enough for her to be remembered by. In the same way, people see Electra Heart as this pretty looking character, she is really just as vulnerable as the rest of us. In this song, Electra Heart acknowledges her fake mess and how she plays into a character that she is not deep down (âMy life is a playâ) and realises that all the material things she thought she desired are fake and meaningless (âI live my life inside a dreamâ).
Part 10: Lies: The whole point of Electra Heart being a cold-hearted heartbreaker was so she could make boys fall for her, only to throw them away like she once was. It is her way of making herself feel strong. But in this song, Electra Heartâs plan seems to have backfired. She got into a relationship with someone who she hoped to trick like every other boy, but she ended up falling in love with him, but HE was playing HER, and ended up beating her at her own game. Electra Heart seems to have given up here, she is tired of playing the âlove gameâ she has always played: âYouâre never gonna love me/So whatâs the use?/Whatâs the point in playing /A game youâre gonna lose?â She has admitted defeat and she canât help but fall in love with one who played her (âI canât let you goâŚâ) , even though he doesnât feel the same (âI donât wanna admit that weâre not gonna fit/No Iâm not the type that you likeâ)
Part 11: Electra Heart is now completely broken. She is completely broken hearted and has admitted defeat, she has lost control over Marina. She admitted that the idea of materialism and stardom blinded her (âLights they blind meâ).
At the end of the video, she wipes the heart off her cheek, signalling that Electra Heart is dead and only Marina remains. She asks you to âgo back to the start, where the holy father made his markâ. She asks you to go back to the beginning of the album, Fear and Loathing, which explains what led her to that place where she learnt her lesson (âThere is no crime in being kind/Not everyone is out to screw you over/Maybe they just wanna get to know youâ)
WE NOW GO BACK TO PART 1 LIKE ELECTRA HEART TOLD US TO: We know that Electra Heart is already dead in Fear and Loathing now as MARINA has learnt the lessons she should have, and has cut her hair short, unlike the Electra Heart in the Electra Heart video who has quite long hair, and has also no longer has the heart on her cheek. Basically, Fear and Loathing is put at the beginning, but is really the end. Electra Heart is no more.
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@famouskphantom
10 years ago
She's such a diverse artist. She's also a very real and deep artist. I really admire her work and it's the type of music that should live forever.
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