How To Be A Heartbreaker

Marina made How To Be A Heartbreaker as a kind of theatrical game, all swagger and calculated seduction. The song doesn’t pretend to be sincere; it’s playing a character, enjoying every second of the performance. What gets to me is how it understands something true: the performance becomes the real thing. After a while, the role and the person are the same thing. It’s a pop song that’s actually honest about dishonesty.