Marina and The Diamonds covers Cyndi Lauper's majestic ballad "True Colours"
05 January 2016, 16:29
| Written by
Laurence Day
Marina and The Diamonds has covered Cyndi Lauper's enormous "True Colours" (the one covered by Ben Madeley on the Centre Parcs ad).
It's a dazzling take on a classic by Marina Diamandis, who demonstrates the power of her voice throughout. It's a mite short at only two minutes 15 seconds, but Diamandis crams in a lot of greatness into those emotion-packed bars.
Latest LP FROOT was released last year to widespread acclaim - we placed it on our 50 Best Albums Of 2015 list.
Read our in-depth longread feature with Marina and The Diamonds.
Listen to Diamandis' cover of "True Colours" below.
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