Hanging like a fruit, listening to froot

Irania Quintero, Staff Writer
December 2, 2014

Welsh singer Marina Lambrini Diamandis, known by her stage name Marina and the Diamonds, released the song “Froot” on Oct. 10, 2014, in honor of her birthday. The song is a product of the material she has been working on for her new album that will be released in 2015. Diamadis has been able to successfully incorporate a wide spectrum of genres in her music from alternate pop, in her album The Family Jewels, to electropop and new wave music in her second album Electra Heart. “Froot” uses a mix of all genres Diamandis has played with in her previous albums, making it a fun song with a catchy beat and an enticing melody. Throughout the song, Diamandis introduces herself in third person as she compares herself to a fruit tree in the sense that she has to always be clean and have a good reputation with guys. The verse, “Hanging around like a fruit on a tree/ Waiting to be picked, come on cut me free,” shows Diamandis comparing herself to fresh fruit that ripens in the summer and waits to be someone’s choice or “pick.” She waits all year for summer as she prepares herself to be a dreamy guy’s pick. She encourages men with her playful tone to pick her before it is too late because all fruit rots if you wait too long to pick it. Diamandis’s upbeat selection serves her well as it leaves people with excitement and anticipation for what is to come in her unnamed, upcoming album.

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Irania Quintero, Staff Writer

As a first year staff writer, senior Irania Quintero joined The Downey Legend in search of new experiences and opportunities. “I joined Newspaper because it gives me a chance to explore and build upon my passion for writing,” Quintero said. “It is indeed a new environment for me but a challenge worth taking on.” She has a passion for writing and hopes that with being a part of the staff she’ll expand her knowledge on different writing styles, improve her own writing, and get a feel for what she plans to do in the future. “Great writing to me is writing that makes the reader feel like he or she is a part of the experience or event described,” Quintero stated. “My ultimate goal is to deliver the same feeling to readers as many writers have done for me.” As a writer for The Downey Legend, Quintero will be in charge of pitching new story ideas and meeting deadlines. The job of a writer may get stressful and tedious at times but with Quintero’s passion for writing and undeniable reliability, she’ll take this job on without the slightest of difficulty.

Aside from being a writer for The Downey Legend, Quintero enjoys writing poetry, reading books by Nicholas Sparks, watching the Angels during their baseball season, and cooking and/or baking in her spare time. She also says that her favorite music varies from John Legend, Kanye West, The XX, to different alternative bands. Quintero also shared that she’s great with puns and that she has a positive vibe about herself at all times. “There’s almost always a smile on my face no matter what my mood is,” Quintero said. After high school she plans to attend a four-year-university, her top choice being San Francisco State University, and eventually become a journalist. Quintero has the right mind set and motivation to help her accomplish her dreams and succeed in her near future as well as in her current position on The Downey Legend.