Diamandis self-composed and produced her earlier demos with GarageBand (a music creation studio app for Macs), and independently released her debut extended play Mermaid Vs Sailor through the social media platform Myspace in 2007. She told the BBC "I was never massively musical, but since I was about 15, I've known I had to be a singer." Setting to work on her own material, she composed and produced her first work on a laptop using the musician app. Those recordings became a demo which came to the attention of the influential Neon Gold label of New York. In 2005, she created the stage name Marina and the Diamonds. Fun fact: 'the Diamonds' bit was established as a reference to her fans, instead of her backing band.
I love Stephen King and music festivals; I eat my toast upside down; I daydream about getting married probably a bit too much; and I wish every day for a pet sausage dog puppy (who never materialises – sob).
