Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • • Background and concept [ ] Diamandis first came up with the title for the track in July 2011. Recorded in October 2011, 'Primadonna' was the last song to be recorded for Electra Heart and in her words, 'picked itself as the first single off the album.' Diamandis has said of the song: It's about not needing anybody when it comes to love—your is to live for adoration.

Girls usually feel like this when they are not appreciated in a relationship. The inspiration for the song came from an ex-boyfriend. He thought it was funny that I was a mega drama queen always talking 'global love' this, 'global love' that! He called me a prima donna. I love it but I also kind of hate it. Like they say, 'You only hate in others what you hate in yourself', so I thought I'd channel this well-known but kind of undesirable character type into a pop song.

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As the saying goes (that I just made up): You've either been one or dated one at least once in your life. Composition [ ] 'Primadonna' has a length of three minutes and thirty-eight seconds. It is a song that blends grinding and beats with elements of. Diamandis' vocals in the song have been described as operatic. Revolving around an, the chorus is sung in a high tone over sparkly instrumentation before the beat drops to grinding verses, where she sings in the gravelly tones of her lower register. Critical reception [ ] Robert Copesy of rated the track four out of five stars, writing that in the line 'Got you wrapped around my finger babe/You can count on me to misbehave', Diamandis 'play[s] out one of many female archetypes that feature on her forthcoming LP—though we suspect it's one she identifies with best.'

Sam Lansky of described it as 'a monster song' and 'a muscular uptempo joint', concluding, 'Evoking on the high notes and then cascading down to the gravelly tones of her lower register, Marina's voice packs the track with verve and personality.' Katherine St Asaph of Popdust gave the song three-and-a-half stars 'edging toward 4', referring to it as 'a big ball of irony sprinkled with mockery and shoved beneath a blonde wig, roots be damned'. On the other hand, Luke Turner of the wrote that in the wake of 's contributions, 'plonkers like Marina have got empowerment wrong, coming up with this: Europop fart beats and cloying vocals. Marina would do well to learn that ego needs something to back it up, which you won't find in this giant guff of saccharine nothing.' Also, Elizabeth McGeown, writing for Irish webzine, dismissed 'Primadonna' as a 'wannabe feminist [anthem] disguised in a -esque dialogue. Admittedly, it doesn't take itself seriously. Heavily pop culture laden, it contains a tongue-in-cheek superficiality.' Videos Of Star Plus Serial Arjun.

'Primadonna' was well received within the first hours of its release to radio by fans and new listeners alike, especially on the social networking site where it was a worldwide trending topic. Chart performance [ ] 'Primadonna' debuted at number eleven on the with 25,337 copies sold in its first week, giving Diamandis her highest-charting single in the United Kingdom to date. As of March 2014, the song had sold 205,000 copies in the UK. In its third week on the, 'Primadonna' rose to a new peak of number three, becoming Diamandis's highest-charting single in Ireland as well. The song peaked at number four in New Zealand, her first single to chart in that country. 'Primadonna' also saw success on pop radio formats in the United States, bubbling under the respective chart. The song also saw a certain amount of club play, almost charting on the chart.

In May of 2017 Primadonna was certified Gold by the RIAA for sales exceeding 500,000 copies. Music video [ ] The music video was directed by Casper Balslev and shot in. It serves as the fourth part of the Electra Heart series, for which Balslev also directed the videos for part 1 ('Fear and Loathing') and part 2 (').

Buku Rouhani Kristen Gratis Pdf Unlocker. The video premiered on 12 March 2012, the same day as the song's release to UK radio. Two days prior to the video's release, Diamandis released a fifteen-second preview of the video.

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