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"Radioactive" is a song by Welsh recording artist MARINA, included on the deluxe edition of her second studio album, Electra Heart (2012). It was released on 23 September 2011 as a promotional single, and was originally intended to serve as the album's lead single. Due to its limited UK chart success, "Primadonna" was retroactively chosen instead.
The song was written by Marina, both members of Stargate, Fabian Lenssen and DJ Chuckie and produced by Stargate, Lenssen and DJ Chuckie. Radioactive used as Part 4 of 'The Archetypes', and is a 'Teen Idle' song. It is also a 'Teen Idle' song, along with Teen Idle, and Bubblegum Bitch.
The music video was directed by Caspar Balslev, in Los Angeles and is the second part of The Archetypes video series, following Fear & Loathing. Prior to the video's premiere, Marina teased several promotional images of the video via her official Tumblr account, mostly featuring shots of the desert environment and images of her in a blonde wig.
Marina explained the concept behind the video in an interview with Popjustice, saying:
"That's like a really 70s thing, it's set in the desert… I just think every artist always has something at the core of them that fascinates them and inspires them. In the beginning, I had exactly the same thought—"oh God, I'm still inspired by America, I don't want to make 'Hollywood Pt II'". And it's not like that. I'm just really inspired by that topic and that culture and I think I always will be. It's kind of like how every longterm artist always has a thread running through their image, or their lyrics, and that's mine. America."
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