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‘Pride’s a special event for everyone involved, but with this one, it’s a different gig,’ she explains. This Friday she’s back in the Big Apple for WorldPride’s Love Above All Ball. It made me realize how important it is that we hold this each year.’ ‘New York Pride in 2016 was amazing, one of the best,’ remembers the star – who released her fourth album, Love + Fear, this year. (Stream I’m Not a Robot, Fear and Loathing, Happy and Superstar immediately). She has a talent for rich, emotive meditations on vulnerability, self-acceptance and not fitting in. Marina’s empathy is hardly surprising given her music. My fanbase as well.’ ‘It was after the Orlando shootings I cried my eyes out’
I’m not because of my sexuality, but many of my friends are. ‘Especially if you haven’t been discriminated against. ‘It’s easy living in a cosmopolitan city, to assume everyone has freedom, equal rights,’ she says. But to my mind, the straight allyship of singer-songwriter Marina – formally known as Marina and the Diamonds – runs deeper that most. There’s been a lot of talk of straight stars using LGBTI issues and Pride for marketing purposes. ‘People saying “Do we still need a pride?”‘ Are you joking?’ ‘I’ve seen discussion online,’ says an incredulous Marina Diamandis.