Marina & The Diamonds – I Am Not A Robot

Marina And The Diamonds' "I Am Not A Robot"

Marina Diamandis’ third single from her debut album The Family Jewels is a re-release of the brilliant I Am Not A Robot. At first I was a bit unsure if the re-release was a good idea, there are still a few tracks tracks that have so much potential if they were chosen as a single, but now I have to agree with Marina; “people seem to empathize and relate with the song, regardless of gender or age” which will definitely make it a crowd-pleaser and show people she can be successful with something completely different to her breakthrough single Hollywood. The single release of Robot comes with a shiny new drum beat which helps to make the song even more of a belter along with Marina’s heartfelt and as powerful as ever vocals.

To go with the slight changes within the song, Marina has released something you can’t exactly call a new video and isn’t meant to be a new video either. Okay, it’s really just her walking down Hollywood Boulevard with some sort of PVA glue/shampoo she forgot to wash out in her hair while lip-syncing to her song and getting some weird looks from people passing by. But it’s really quite good. Thankfully the official video is still the original directed by Rankin and Chris Cottam, featuring lots of glitter, paint, dramatic arm movements and hair blowing in the fake wind. You can always still enter the video remake competition if you have a better idea!

The sparkling pop-gem Shampain has already been lined up as the fourth single for a late June release, I’m hoping Girls will be next. I Am Not A Robot is out April 26th in the UK; the EP comes with three remixes including Clock Opera’s and also an acoustic version.

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