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Marina shades gay pandering artists
I know it's hard, but READ the interview before commenting!
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The album really resonates with me in a way that I think will also resonate with a lot of people in the LGBT community.
A lot of the reason I think I have a gay fan base is because a lot of the themes, and the core of the songs, are usually stemming from something to do with identity or acceptance. I know that I always felt like that and I don't anymore. "FROOT" definitely focuses on that, but I suppose, yeah, it is a lot about letting go of certain things. Anyone who feels rejection, prejudice or discrimination in some way would connect to that.
When we spoke in 2012, you were reluctant to gush too much about your gay fan base. At the time you said, "I don't want to be a cliche pop star saying, 'I love my gays!'" When does talking about one's gay fan base become a cliche?
It's not that it's a cliche - it's more that, perhaps, I was cynical about it. I felt that people in pop use that to express themselves in that way for calculated means because they know the gay fan base is extremely loyal and extremely expressive and is a tastemaker demographic. You know what I mean? It's like, "Oh, god." It's insulting to both sides.
I kind of feel the same way now, because, yeah, of course I have a really strong gay fan base, and the fact is that it is a really enjoyable factor for me to have a really strong demographic because it makes the shows a lot more fun, for one, and because they are really expressive. But all types of people should be appreciated. I'm sure the gays would back me up on that! (Laughs)
Do you think the appreciation of one's following can morph into pandering?
On Twitter, I don't really like it when I see loads of messages from an artist saying (talks in baby voice) "I love you guys! I love you guys! I love you guys!" because I don't think there's any kind of intelligence in that. Also, how can you be genuine and say that so many times? Maybe that's when it becomes pandering, when you're dumbing down your fan base.
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http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=70993
I wonder who she's referring to.
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