Marina Shows She’s The ‘Princess Of Power’ On New Album

Welsh singer Marina has taken full control of her creative output since the release of her 2021 album Ancient Dreams in a Modern Land. The following year, she completed her contract with Atlantic Records and created her own Queenie Records label, stepping into her power as an independent artist.

It’s only fitting, then, for her first independent album to be titled Princess of Power. Marina first teased that she was coming out of her cocoon in February with lead single “Butterfly,” an appropriate metaphor for an artist emerging into a new phase of her life and career. She followed it up with the attitude-packed “Cupid’s Girl” and “C*ntissimo,” further showing that she was coming back with a vengeance and isn’t a malleable pop star bending to the whims of the music world.

Look no further than songs like “Digital Fantasy” and “Princess of Power.” “I livеd the sweet and I lived the sour / Been living lifе locked up in a tower / But now I’m blooming like a flower / Welcome to my world, princess of power,” she sings on the album’s titular track. “Stuck in a loveless generation / Ready to go through a transformation / I’m gonna glow like a meteor shower / Welcome to my world, princess of power.”

When discussing the project with Rolling Stone, Marina described a creative process unlike anything she’s experienced before in her career.

“There’s a weird spaciousness in me that hasn’t been present in previous album releases, and I think it’s because I feel so happy and confident with what I’ve created,” she said, adding, “I don’t like forcing things anymore.”

“I was trying to access this euphoric energy that I wanted in my everyday life,” she added. “That was the blueprint for this record energetically.” Tracks like “Rollercoaster” speak to that state of mind. “I wanna swim topless in the ocean / Have sex on the sand, on the grass, in the garden / Spread me like a picnic on the floor in the forest / ‘Cause I don’t wanna live if I can’t be honest,” she croons.

As she approaches her 40^th birthday later this year, Marina has flipped her perspective on what it means to be an “aging” woman in pop music, confessing that women in music face an unfair double standard despite women in their 40s, 50s, and beyond proving that they can continue to enjoy successful careers.

“We’ve been told that it’s something that’s going to take our value from us, whilst men get to age and gain power, and wisdom, and respect, and better pay. Why’s it the reverse for women?” she said. “Youth is usually where the fresh new things are happening, but I want to disrupt that.”