MARINA — CUNTISSIMO

JUL 01 2025 · 12:00

MARINA — CUNTISSIMO (2025) Director: Olivia De Camps Era: Mid-2020s Indie-Pop Renaissance (2025) - An era defined by indie-adjacent artists reclaiming major cultural platforms through self-release models, festival-circuit spectacle, and maximalist feminist pop aesthetics; MARINA returns with her sixth album on her own Queenie Records label via BMG, signaling a broader wave of artist sovereignty in streaming-era pop. High curatorial value as a culturally and industrially significant 2025 pop video artifact. Marks MARINA's return to form after a multi-year hiatus on her own label, directed by an emerging Dominican-American filmmaker with festival-circuit credibility. The video's Lake Como location, layered fashion vocabulary, rapid kinetic editing, and explicitly feminist conceptual framework make it a rich document of mid-2020s aspirational pop aesthetics and the politics of feminine pleasure in mainstream music video culture. Tier elevated by its Coachella release synchronization and cross-platform viral reach. Context: Released April 10–11, 2025, concurrently with MARINA's main-stage Coachella debut after nearly three years away from live performance, 'Cuntissimo' functions as both a comeback statement and a feminist pleasure manifesto. The song is the third single from her sixth studio album Princess of Power, released independently via her own Queenie Records label under exclusive BMG license — a deliberate assertion of artistic autonomy. The track's ethos draws explicitly on iconic women across history who embodied strength, pleasure, and independence. The video's Lake Como location and old-money European aesthetic amplify themes of unapologetic luxury and feminine self-determination, while the rapid editorial pace mirrors the track's techno-pop momentum and aligns with the visual grammar of 2025 social-media-first pop rollouts. Director notes: Confirmed director per IMVDb, IMDb, Wikipedia, Rolling Stone, VideoStatic, and Smuggler. Video premiered April 11, 2025. Opening shot filmed at Villa del Balbianello on Lake Como. Full documented crew: Creative Director – Bethany Vargas; Executive Producers – John W. Winters, Jil Hardin; Producer – Tali Weizman; Production Company – CANADA; Director of Photography – Zoe Simone Yi; Production Designer – Katie Balun; 1st AD – Linda Marian; Movement Director – Zoi Tatopoulos; Costume Designer – Nancy Kote; Hair Stylist – Gregg Lennon Jr.; Makeup Artist – Nick Lennon; Editor – Theo Le Sourd; Colorist – Nick Metcalf. Copyright: © 2025 Queenie Records under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited.