User:Rebbekkah/Love + Fear

Upon album announcement, it was revealed that the album was to be a double album and is split into two eight-track collections ("Love" and "Fear"), with each collection exploring psychologist Elisabeth Kübler-Ross' theory that humans are only capable of experiencing the nominal two emotions. Marina elaborated on this, saying "There are only two emotions: love and fear. All positive emotions come from love and all negative emotions from fear. From love flows happiness, contentment, peace and joy. From fear comes anger, hate, anxiety and guilt. It's true that there only two primary emotions: love and fear, but it is more accurate to say that there is only love or fear for we cannot feel these two emotions together at exactly the same time. They are opposites. If we are in fear, we are not in a place of love. When we are in love, then we are not in a place of fear." It's the first album Marina wasn't involved in the production of any song. In an interview in June 2019, Marina spoke about the conception of the title and stated, " I think [Love +Fear] can both be motivating forces...I mean there's a reason why we feel fearful- it’s from evolutionary reasons. We need fear to survive, we need love but...I think because this whole chapter of my life has had like a psychological backdrop it was a very fitting universal title. I didn't write with this concept in mind I just wrote ready freely. I didn't even know if I was going to do an album I was just writing for the joy of it and then at the end I was like what should I name it?... I went through and so what the main themes were...[Love+ Fear] kept jumping out on me." It's the first album Marina wasn't involved in the production of any song. When asked about the collaborations, Diamandis said, "It's really important as a writer to feel like I'm excited about doing new things ...that's why I collaborated a lot on this record...Orange Trees, I never would’ve wrote on my own"

Tour[edit]
The Love + Fear Tour ran from 29 April to 18 November 2019 and saw Marina play across the United Kingdom, North America, and Europe. The tour included Spring and Fall dates, as well as festival dates across various countries during the Summer. The tour was opened by various artists, including DAYA, Allie X, and Broods.

On 28 May 2019, Diamandis announced a further five UK dates for a "part 2" of the tour. On 17 June 2019, Diamandis announced additional European dates intertwined with the second part of the UK tour. On 16 September 2019, Diamandis announced two extra concerts in Madrid and Amsterdam.

The tour would differ from previous tours as Diamandis did not have a band. Instead, she toured with four dancers/back up singers. When asked about the tour, she stated, "[The tour] is contemporary...the format is like a contemporary dance or theatre show." The stage design would include slanted stages and a white background.

The costumes were inspired by Beyonce's old stage shows. Diamandis state, "I wanted to have something that was really powerful and female".

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