The United States is known for a lot of music genres but one thing we cannot take credit for is pop music. Sure, we produce plenty of international pop stars, but Europe owns them in the long run. Even modern stars like Lady Gaga released their albums and singles in Europe first, and the rise of pop songs in America is painfully slow—Ellie Goulding’s “Lights,” slowly climbing the Billboard charts just now, is more than two years old.

The Welsh singer Marina Diamandis, better known by her stage name Marina and the Diamonds, is an oddity in the pop relam, as she makes music that is by all account very European, but her inspiration has been America and making it big here. Her first album, The Family Jewels was all about wanting to be rich and famous living in Hollywood, and while it didn’t catch fire on shore, the record was strong enough to gain Marina a loyal base of fans.

Diamandis’s second record, Electra Heart, is a very different album then her debut. This album is pure concept. Marina took the name Electra Heart, her alter ego, and got some of the biggest names in music to make a fantastic collection of should be hits. Tonight, Marina and the Diamonds play a sold-out show at the 9:30 Club, and today’s song of the day is the American bonus cut “How To Be A Heartbreaker.” The track was composed by super-producer Dr. Luke and is an infectious track that will probably end up on pop radio sometime in 2014.

Marina and the Diamonds play tonight with MS MR at the 9:30 Club. Tickets are sold out.