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Originally posted by zombaland
That's what every stans feel about their faves album when it's not being perceived by the public positively. Please,the critics are judging the quality of music. Yes concept is important but if you are failing to convey it,then that's your failure. And they wouldn't be critic if they failed to get the concept. If they are paid to review sth,they bloody hell has credentials to back it up.
Now if there are biased opinions,then that's another issue. But let's not bash the critics.
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Considering the critics can't even get basic information about Marina right, I don't think it's too far of a stretch to say they don't know what they're talking about when it comes to the concept of Electra Heart.
I didn't realise how confusing the concept of this album was to grasp until I saw majority of ATRL and critics struggle at understanding it. I mean, one proper listen to 'Fear and Loathing' basically sums up the concept. Marina states that she has all these personalities inside of her head, and she wonders which one other people like best. The whole album is exploring these different personalities/archetypes in more detail, and then ties all the archetypes together with F&L.
There are four archetypes; Primadonna, Homewrecker, Su-Barbie-A (the housewife), and Bubblegum Bitch (some also call Bubblegum Bitch 'Idle Teen'). Electra Heart is the character that is made up of all these archetypes.
I mean, I don't think it's
that difficult to comprehend.