Peacock

Glittering, theatrical, and utterly obsessed with her own mythology.

Marina Diamandis, the Welsh-Greek singer-songwriter behind Marina and the Diamonds, built her entire artistic identity around spectacle, persona, and visual extravagance — from the candy-coated excess of 'Electra Heart' to the bold theatrical costuming of her live shows. She crafts larger-than-life alter egos and inhabits them fully, thriving on the admiration her glamorous, high-concept image commands. Like a peacock, she is acutely self-aware of her visual power and uses it as her primary artistic weapon, while also possessing genuine intelligence and wit beneath the dazzle.