Appearing on the chatshow Conan, the ‘Power & Control’ hitmaker sang a brand new middle eight bit which included the line: “Cause I’m too proud / If I’m not number one, then I’d rather be lonely.”

It’s all a bit stripped down too, but don’t let that put you off.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8airDbUMqsk

“I deeply wanted to be a pop star, but I’ve still come out of the album campaign as an alternative/underground pop artist,” she mused to The Province.

“The acknowledgement of this has helped me move on. I was like, ‘You can’t escape being alternative, Marina. That is what your brain is built, so just accept it.’”

“You may as well accept what your talent is and support it, rather than quashing it or dumbing it down to make yourself more likable for radio,” she continued.

So is that what ‘Electra Heart’ was all about, Marina?

“It’s why I built Electra Heart and the elaborate concept behind it. It was my way of justifying taking that commercial path, when really I had been signed as a lo-fi sounding songwriter.”

‘Lo-fi’.

Mind you, the campaign isn’t over just yet.

“I have three more video parts I will put out. I’ve bankrupted my label apparently, so we have no money but we’re gonna do it and finish this era the way I want to. Where there’s a will, there’s a way!”

Blimey.

That song is called ‘Just Desserts’ and as well as being very good it’s also available as a free download from here.

You can listen to it below before you decide whether or not its worth space in your iTunes library.

They should do more songs together shouldn’t they. Maybe as part of a girlband.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cohU-_F6hZA

Notes Diamandis: “At the moment in the US they’re having trouble getting it on music channels because they say it’s homoerotic.”

“And I’m like how rude and how ridiculous is that when girls, we put up with scantily-clad women grinding [in videos] and no one says, ‘This is totally lesbian and we can’t have it on TV!’ So I just don’t see the problem. I think it’s a complete double standard and it’s ridiculous.”

Good point, well raised. Do continue.

“Now that I look back, I think maybe they were just scared of the ‘homoerotic messages’. So maybe it wasn’t that but they said – they didn’t say I was ‘ugly’ [NOT WHAT YOU SAID AT THE TIME] but they said, ‘You need some ‘beauty work’ done.’ And I asked, ‘What does that mean?’ And they responded, ‘It looks like some of your skin tone needs to be evened out.’ And that’s fine and totally normal in pop videos, but I said, ‘You need to give me the budget to do that. You don’t tell me in the 11th hour.’ It’s just typical.”

Now that’s cleared up, we wonder if she has a few more ‘Electra songs’ lying about?

“I do have a few more. It’s not going to serve any purpose if I – that whole ‘Electra Heart’ concept is so concrete [!!]. I can’t leave any of those songs behind and then use them later. So don’t worry, anything I have, I’ll make sure that they’re publicly serviced.”

So now you know.

Here it is in case you haven’t seen it.

Basically, it seems some fans have been chatting about why it looks a bit cheap.

“Why are people bitching about the S.O.D video budget?” Marina tweeted earlier. “There WASN’T one!”

Well, that explains that.

But when was it filmed, Marina?

“I filmed it after a photoshoot in 2 takes.”

Well that’s alright then. Who cares about quality control, right viewers?!

‘E.V.O.L’ can be heard on the video link we’ve kindly placed below and is Part 8 of some sort of series that we’ve lost track of to be honest with you.

Anyway, here it is.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kusMinllYg

UPDATE: You can now download the song from the player below. Amazing.

‘Taking to Twitter’ the ‘How To Be A Heartbreaker’ hitmaker tweeted the cities involved, which you can see here and here, and there’s more general information on it all here.

Apparently tickets go on sale on Friday morning at 9am.

Confirmation of Charli XCX’s role on the tour came in the following tweet: “Supporting me on tour will be….. My fave Bubblegum Bitch… @Charli_XCX!!!”

So there you have it.

AS WE SUGGESTED AT THE TIME!

‘Taking to Twitter’, the ‘Power And Control’ hitmaker mused: “Electra Heart was originally a side project, separate from Marina And The Diamonds.”

“I called my manager in April 2011 and said “Hello. Can I pretend to be a totally different person?” He said “No. You cannot”, she continued.

What did you do, Marina?

“I calmly put the phone down and screamed til eternity.”

BLOODY HELL.