First we had “17″–now there’s simply “One.”

“One” is Sky Ferreira‘s debut single on Parlophone Records.

The song sounds a bit like if Marina & The Diamonds‘ “I Am Not A Robot” went out for a few drinks with Little Boots‘ “Stuck On Repeat,” except the date took place in an underwater bar and Bloodshy & Avant (the producers of this piece) were busy conducting a small symphony in their scuba gear nearby while Diana Vickers‘ “Once” was busy making sexy eyes at them from the corner of the bar.

Structurally “One” is quite different than your average pop track, complete with plenty of repeat-heavy, dreamy vocals and squeaky disco sounds that neither form entire verses or choruses (though it still vaguely follows the familiar verse-chorus construction). This is a good thing because it keeps pop music interesting and less predictable than usual.

Speaking of good things, I like the fact that Ferreira is kind of like a more mature, more musically interesting response to Ke$ha (even though she’s only seventeen), but without all of the distracting faux-drunk revelry.

I still can’t quite come up with a proper description of her persona or her sound…but I suppose that can only be a good thing. I think.

For more on Sky Ferreira, click here.

Yesterday (May 25), Marina and the Diamonds unleashed her debut album, The Family Jewels, in America.

The tracklisting is essentially the same, although the song “Rootless” has been removed (BOO! HISS!) and replaced with “Seventeen” (AMAZING SONG), a rather strange compromise. Why is “Hermit the Frog” still on the album?

Click here to read the MuuMuse review of Marina’s UK album debut from earlier in the year.

Speaking of across the pond, Marina is currently preparing the release of her next single, “Oh No,” on July 19.

Hot off the heels of their debut single, The Knocks are back with a new remix.

This time, it’s for the latest/oldest single from the illustrious Marina & The Diamonds, “I Am Not A Robot,” which has been curiously re-released for April and continues to climb the singles chart.

The mix has got lots of echoey moments and a wide array of synthesizers zipping around all over the place. All in all, it plays ever-so-lightly sadder, spacier, and more detached than the original. I like.

Make sure to watch the accompanying THX1138-assisted remix video, which continues to prove my theory that Marina is, indeed, a robot after all.

DL: Marina & The Diamonds – I Am Not A Robot (The Knocks Remix)

While that’s downloading, make sure to check out her interview on BBC Breakfast from earlier today. (Spoiler alert: There are eyes on her boobies.)

Having previously worked with Ellie Goulding, Marina & The Diamonds, Sky Ferreira, the White Tie Affair, and their latest protegees, Samuel and Alex Winston, NYC production duo The Knocks have just debuted their first single: “Blackout,” a hands-in-the-air party track.

Sung by one half of the duo (Mr. Jpatt), the song is nothing short of a rave happy celebration, combining shouty vocals with an indie-dance groove a la Passion Pit and The Black Kids.

DL: The Knocks – Blackout

Seriously, is there anything named “Blackout” that isn’t a smashing success?

The single will be released on iTunes on May 4, featuring remixes by Chiddy Bang, Samuel, Fear Of Tigers, Yes Giantess, and more. You can expect one of those remixes to premiere excluusively on MuuMuse in the coming weeks.

Well…this I did not know about!

Tomorrow, March 23, Marina and the Diamonds will be unveiling an EP entitled American Jewels, containing three tracks: “I Am Not A Robot,” “Mowgli’s Road,” and Passion Pit‘s remix of “Mowgli’s Road” (the Flex’d Rework) which is chock-full of glitchy robot noise.

Marina’s debut, The Family Jewels, will be released in the US on May 25 on Chop Shop/Atlantic Records.

The Family Jewels is the debut album by Marina and the Diamonds (real name Marina Diamandis–see what she did there?).

Having just been named the #2 “One to Watch” on the BBC’s prestigious Sound of 2010 list, Marina is about to endure a great deal of scrutiny and criticism under the magnifying glass of the English press with the album’s release on February 22. But is she worth the dreaded hype?

Marina’s full, throaty delivery style has the ability to quickly divide her supporters from her detractors, meshing Regina Spektor‘s quirk and Fiona Apple‘s angst with a heavily theatrical flair. Never one to shy from over-enunciation, Marina tackles the bulk of her debut with a bold, brassy delivery and a dizzying array of instrumentation and sound.

The formula works wonderfully for the most part, as with the gorgeous, slow building “Obsessions” and the electro-bubbly contemplation of “Are You Satisfied?”Occasionally though, the album suffers from becoming all too much (and shrill), as evidenced by “Hermit the Frog,” a jumpy, quirky piano and strings-led number that sounds as though Marina is recalling the tale of her deflowering whilst spinning around a carousel filled with Broadway singers and marching band members.

The highlights of Jewels that shine brightest reside in its beginning and end, including “Oh No!”, “Shampain” and “Rootless,” a rewarding, slower moment of choral coos and ample amounts of harpsichord: “Running with my roots pulled up / Caught me cold so they could cut / What there was left of love / I’m rootless, I’m rootless.” Though just as ‘epic’-sounding as the rest of the album, it’s a much needed comedown from the occasionally overwhelming production.

If there’s a major criticism to be made about this album, it’s not the music, but rather the messages behind them. Lyrically, The Family Jewels offers a strange, if not inconsistent array of tales. “I know exactly what I want and who I want to be / I know exactly why I walk and talk like a machine / I’m now becoming my own self-fulfilled prophecy,” Marina announces in the delightfully explosive “Oh No!,” only seven songs after the seemingly contradictory “I Am Not A Robot.”

As with many of the songs that simultaneously fete and belittle the impossible dreams of fame and beauty such as “Girls” and “Hollywood,” Marina’s bouts of maniacal lyricism and celebrations of excess (“I’m obsessed with the mess that’s America”) too often position the singer as an unreliable narrator. We’re never entirely sure just who or what she’s singing about and, by the end, left wondering whether anything being sung is even sincere in the first place.

Then again, if the occasional contradiction in pop music were important, Lady “I hate money!” Gaga would be nowhere, money honey.

Marina’s debut is full of infectious melodies, bright sounds and fresh, delicious hooks. Even if the album as a whole may be a bit too much to tolerate in one spin, it’s not hard to see that there are more than just a few gems hidden in this box of Jewels.

After hearing Marina and the Diamonds‘ upcoming single “Hollywood,” Canadian artist and producer Gonzales decided to take things into his own hands and jazz up the song with his own glittering, orchestral version.

Above, check out this ‘exclusive footage’ of Marina and Gonzales’ take on the production for Pop!, ‘the premier Estonian music revue program.’ Such warm, fuzzy lighting…it really brings out some nostalgia for the USSR again, doesn’t it?

Oh Marina, you slay me with your silly ideas. And look at that outfit–shoulders for days!

Below, feel free to stream or download the Gonzales version of “Hollywood.”

DL: Marina and the Diamonds – Hollywood (Gonzales Version)

Marina and the Diamonds’ debut album Family Jewels will be released on February 22.

Click here to preview and purchase more from Marina on iTunes.

Marina (of the Diamonds variety) has always been a tad annoyed with the demands of cookie-cutter pop star industry, record label clashes and the Hollywood machine.

All of this seems to have been channeled into her new single (and video), which provides a cheeky snub at the excesses that American consumer culture celebrates at times. Though it’s all a bit of obvious criticism (down with the man, etc. etc.), it’s still a lot of fun in the end.

Favorite line of all? “He said, ‘OH. MY. GOD. You look just like Shakira! No–you’re Catherine Zeta!’ Actually, my name’s Marina.”

“Hollywood,” which will be released on February 1, 2010, while her debut album, Family Jewels, is due out later that month.