"Oh, No!"

 

"Don't do love

Don't do friends

I'm only after success

[...]

I know exactly what I wanna do, I wanna be

I know exactly why I walk and talk like a machine

I'm now becoming my own self-fulfilled prophecy

Oh! Oh, no! Oh, no! Oh, no! Oh!"

"Oh, No!" - Marina And The Diamonds

Marina And The Diamonds's examples of what not to be are by far my favourite inspiration for my blog, so I never keep myself from using one of her songs to write an entry about some typical teen situation or some stereotype/archetype (mostly inspired by ♥ Electra Heart ♥). The thing is that I found myself in an existential need of sharing one of those songs just because i liked it, without getting into society's crap, insensitive stereotyped males (entry about this) and fear and misconception of others' opinions (entry about this).

This concrete song, called "Oh, No!", belongs to Marina's debut album The Family Jewels (2010). It was released as the album's fourth single on August 2nd, 2010. Its lyrics deal about a girl who, carried by TV and idealisation of reality, goes far from real life to get a feelingless success, hiding her lacks and insecurities and avoiding human relations in order to get to the social media stereotype of the successful aggressive insensitive business woman.
 

The reason why I firstly liked this song is its videoclip: Marina looks like a diva! Her dresses, the choreography and the special effects are simply gorgeous; I think it's one of the fanciest music videos ever! Even though, I must say that, with or without the videoclip, it is one of my favourite songs!

  

You can look up the lyrics here.