Marina Diamondis says Charli XCX feud is over and that she “absolutely deserves” ‘Brat’ success
Marina Diamondis has mentioned that her feud with Charli XCX is over, and that the latter “absolutely deserves” all of the success from her ‘Brat’ album.
The singer, also referred to as MARINA, had an notorious falling out with Charli XCX round 10 years in the past.
It got here following them each being large on Tumblr again within the 2010s as a result of visible aesthetics seen of their respective albums, ‘True Romance’ and ‘Electra Coronary heart’. Round this time additionally they toured collectively, nonetheless a Charli photoshoot led to them falling out.
It occurred in 2015 when the ‘Fancy’ singer held a photoshoot that drew parallels to the artwork seen for MARINA’s single ‘Immortal’ – with each that includes neon colored fruit. MARINA known as out Charli by writing “Imagery is inventive property. Please respect your fellow artists,” on social media, and the latter responded: “You already know what, generally you do a photoshoot standing in entrance of a plant, generally you do a photoshoot in black and white, generally you put on purple eyeshadow.
“Typically you shoot with the identical photographer a fellow artist has shot with. That’s simply how issues occur within the business I work in.”
Imagery is inventive property. Please respect your fellow artists.
— MARINA (@MarinaDiamandis) March 10, 2016
The feud continued for years, and in 2023 Charli even revealed that the 2 of them nonetheless didn’t observe each other on her personal Instagram account, @brat_360. She did, nonetheless, say that whereas she “did [still] really feel negatively years later”, there was “no negativity” anymore as “our worlds simply don’t cross”.
Now, it appears that evidently the disagreement has lastly been put to 1 aspect as Diamondis has mentioned in a brand new interview that the reward for the ‘Brat’ album is effectively deserved. The feedback additionally come after she despatched Charli a message final summer season, saying that the “brave” track ‘Lady, So Complicated’ moved her to tears.
MARINA praises the “Lady, so complicated” remix by Charli xcx and Lorde:
“THIS IS BEAUTIFUL
Simply cried listening to it.
It’s so brave and human to make work about this matter and it’s so therapeutic to take heed to it” pic.twitter.com/trElVJKhcq
— Pop Crave (@PopCrave) June 21, 2024
“I feel these moments are necessary. It was candy to see individuals reply to that,” Marina advised Rolling Stone, trying again on the dialogue that they had final yr. “I really like her work and it’s so inspiring to see what she did with ‘Brat’. She simply absolutely deserves it.”
Earlier than their falling out, the 2 of them labored collectively on a track known as ‘Simply Desserts’ in 2013, though the track was by no means formally launched. It’s nonetheless out there on every of their YouTube channels, nonetheless.
‘Brat’ had a big impact final yr, resulting in a months-long Brat Summer time, a groundbreaking remix album, sold-out area excursions and three Grammy Awards.
‘Brat’ additionally went on to be named NME‘s greatest album of 2024, with Karen Gwee writing: “‘Brat’ as cultural sensation was a sight to behold, to make certain. However ‘Brat’ as an album – the document on the core of the rollout, the music beneath the advertising – is kind of merely distinctive… This album just isn’t solely peak Charli, however a brand new bar set for contemporary pop.”
As for MARINA, the singer has at this time shared her new album ‘PRINCESS OF POWER’, which marks her sixth studio document and first since 2021’s ‘Historic Desires In A Trendy Land’.