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"Hollywood" is a single by Marina and the Diamonds on her first studio album, The Family Jewels. The single version of the song has slightly different lyrics than the album version.
Background
When asked why "Hollywood" was chosen as a single in an interview with the BBC News website, Diamandis said:
"I'm saying: "This is who I was. Hollywood infected my brain and I really valued the wrong things in life, but I changed dramatically."
"This obsession with celebrity culture is really unhealthy. I don't want to live my life like that, and I don't want to be a typical pop star".[1]
Diamandis told The Sun: "That track is a sarcastic and cynical take on everything that's commercial about America. I love the country and people dearly and can't wait to tour there but I hate the way it brainwashes you. I am seduced by its pop culture but I don't want my brain to be infected."[2]
Lyrics
American queen is the American dream
American queen is the American dream
She is a Polish girl in America
Tall, tanned, hot blonde called Anya
I asked her "Why would you
Wanna be a Hollywood wife?"
"Because I don't wanna end up living
At a dive on Vine, a dive on Vine"
Air hostesses doing gossip magazine
Crosswords on a flight to JFK
Thirty-nine years old with a mile high sheen
Trying to stimulate a mind
That is slowly starting to decay
I itch my skin, I jump up and say
"Lady, I know why your thoughts turn grey"
Hollywood infected your brain
You wanted kissing in the rain, oh ohh
Living in a movie scene
Puking American dreams, oh oh oh, ohh
I'm obsessed with the mess that's America, ooh
I'm obsessed with the mess that's America
A tight security making plays for me
Soon as I touch down in oh LA
He said "Oh my God! You look just like
Shakira - no no, you're Catherine Zeta"
"Actually, my name's Marina"
Your mind is just like mine
All filled up with things benign
You're looking for the golden life
Hollywood infected your brain
You wanted kissing in the rain, oh ohh
I've been living in a movie scene
Puking American dreams, oh oh oh, ohh
I'm obsessed with the mess that's America, ooh
I'm obsessed with the mess that's America
American dream is the American queen
American queen is the American dream
Is the American dream
Hollywood infected your brain
You wanted kissing in the rain, oh ohh
I've been living in a movie scene
Puking American dreams, oh oh oh, ohh
Hollywood infected your brain
You wanted kissing in the rain, oh ohh
I've been living in a movie scene
Puking American dreams, oh oh oh, ohh
I'm obsessed with the mess that's America, oh ooh
I'm obsessed with the mess that's America
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Videos
| Video | Credits | |
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| Premiere | February 1, 2010 | |
| Length | 3:30 | |
| Director | Kinga Burza | |
| Producer | Leanne Stott | |
| Production company | Partizan | |
| Executive producer | TBA | |
| Editor | Darren Baldwin at Final Cut | |
| Choreographer | TBA | |
Additional credits
DoP: Will Bex
Art Director: Sam Tidman
Stylist: Celestine Cooney
Make-up: Hiromi Ueda
Hair: Naoki Komiya
Telecine: James Bamford at The Mill
Commissioner: Alan Parks
Filmed in The White House in West London
Released onto YouTube on 30 November 2009
Promo Shoot Photos
References
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