- She has a neurological phenomenon called synesthesia which causes her to see notes and the days of the week as different colours.
- Electra Heart is not an alter ego, she is a fictional character used to portray four different character types. In fact, she hates when people say it's an alter ego.
- When explaining her stage name Marina and the Diamonds, she has stated: "I'm Marina. You [her fans] are the diamonds.".
- Her grandmother is singing a Greek folk song on the outro of "Fear and Loathing".
- On Diamandis's first album "The Family Jewels", she released a song on the birthday of a man dear to her, but he told her the wrong date to protect his identity, which resulted in a ruptured vocal cord because of her anger. She was only allowed to talk for television appearances. The song was back-dated and Google information was changed. The argument she had was with lead singer of AFI and his wife, who knew the correct birthday. The melody towards the end of the song Obsessions is similar to music Style Shiny Toy Guns in which lead singer of AFI worked with the group.
- Born to a Greek father and a Welsh mother.
- She attended Haberdasher's Monmouth School for Girls.
- She was born in Abergavenny, Wales.
- Her favourite flavour of crisps is pickled onion.
- She once stopped mid-song to ask security to remove a disruptive audience member from the building.
- Despite Electra Heart released in 2012 having commercial success in mind more than her stripped back critically acclaimed 2015 record Froot. Electra Heart did not preform as well commercially. Froot sold an impressive 818,000 copies worldwide in just a few months of release with 229,000 of which being in the United States.
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