![]() ![]() (A trip to Japan was “mind-blowing.”) She tried to write songs, even going on a few writing trips to try and spark her creativity, but nothing felt right. (And her two cats, Mavis and Jupiter.) She traveled around the world for pleasure. ![]() Here’s how Diamandis spent her time off: She hung out extensively with her family. Like, you need to be in pain to make good art? romanticizing what is essentially mental health problems.” It’s actually destructive in its own way. “I really don’t like the idea, the stereotype, of artists being damaged or destructive, because I just think it’s inaccurate. “I’m really behind this idea or this message that artists can have healthy and happy lives, and still create meaningful, interesting work,” she says. ![]() It’s also her first release under her new moniker - just Marina, no Diamonds - that represents an entirely different relationship with herself as an artist. The result of that journey is Love + Fear, a double album whose sunny first installment, Love, arrived this week. She surfaced for the occasional collaboration (“Disconnect,” a track with Clean Bandit, arrived in 2017) but she mostly kept to herself as she embarked on a private to journey to figure out how to be a healthy, functioning pop singer in an industry that’s rife with all kinds of pressures and rewards turning personal struggles into ear candy. She shared periodic updates on social media, but took breaks from Twitter for months at a time. So Diamandis all but disappeared from the public eye. ![]()
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