Song Analysis: Marina And The Diamonds

Marina and the Diamonds’ “Sex Yeah” is not provocative in the way that it is seductive, it is provocative because the song is basically a jab at western culture. It is scandalous in the way that it invokes thought about media’s portrayal of sex, especially in the United States and Europe, and brings up questions about how this consequently treats women in areas such as the arts. “Sex Yeah” is a feminist critique of western culture’s representation of sexuality and uses over-saturated pop music, play-on words, and masterful lyrics that belittles media and educates the listener at the same time. This song leads to uncomfortable questions that the listener will eventually ask oneself: Is the media affecting how women act and ultimately, my view of women?
Not even fifteen seconds into the song, the word “sex” is sung a staggering thirty times ("MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS | ♡ "SEX YEAH" ♡"). This seems to be an unnecessary attention-grabber, but from the very start, one can find that Marina has subtly started to make fun of western media, especially pop music. Pop music …show more content…
She is self-aware of this, and ultimately ashamed of it. Even in her period of the sexualization of herself, she realizes that what she is doing is against her personal believes and, as a feminist, is wrong of her to do (Craig). She fights this, and realizes how she is not the only one affected by this, but that all women have felt the consequences of the fixation of sex in culture. She addresses her fight in the following lyrics: “All my life I've felt it deep inside of me / All this time was fighting for what I believe / All my life I've tried to hide what history has given me. (“Sex Yeah!” lyrics)”. She reveals that all her life she has felt that she has been a victim of provocative entertainment, and consequently, finds herself brainwashed into fulfilling a sexual role she did not want to take part