Marina & The Diamonds, O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London

From glancing at the tracklist of Marina & The Diamonds’ new album ‘Electra Heart’, it could be assumed that our favourite kooky pop starlet has developed a rebellious streak. With song titles such as ‘Bubblegum Bitch’, ‘Primadonna’ and ‘Home Wrecker’, the former dark-haired singer has bleached her locks, donned Lolita-esque attire and started singing about stealing other people’s boyfriends.

But fear not, the new, darker edge to her songwriting has not permeated into real life, with Marina Diamandis taking to the stage and instantly thanking her legions of fans at the packed O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire for coming out on a Sunday night. Frankly, if there’s anything that would get the working week off to a positive start, it’s waking up on a Monday morning and remembering you were present at tonight’s show.

The darker material sits wonderfully with the singer’s vocal ability, with her soaring, operatic voice adding extra depth to the schizophrenic overtones of ‘Fear & Loathing’ and the eternally haunting love affair that is ‘Radioactive’. Slicker production shoots through the veins of ‘Electra Heart’, with Swedish House Mafia and Diplo having helped out with the album’s production, giving the material a dancier, more radio-friendly edge.

Of course, classics from first album ‘The Family Jewels’ are thrown in, with piano laments ‘Obsessions’ and ‘I Am Not A Robot’ chased by ‘Hollywood’, with its sarcastic take on America’s unhealthy obsession with celebrity culture. To finish, we have the wonderfully eccentric ‘Mowgli’s Road’, with its tales of stampeding cutlery and jungle shenanigans.

To summarise tonight: new hair, new material, same lovely Marina. Just as we ordered.