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Why are Marina and the Diamonds not playlisted?


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Huge support for this band on Radio 1 over the last year from Huw Stephens, and 'I am not a Robot' has been big amongst a lot of friends. She played Radio 1's Big Weekend too. Her new single - Mowgli's Way - has been played by Huw Stephens, Nihal and Grimmy. Jo Whiley played it this afternoon but I cannot understand why her music doesn't make the daytime playlist as it seems right for it. Surely this band is just the artist Radio 1 should be throwing out there?

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This is one of the things that annoys me about the Playlist policy- they wouldn't play her before her record company threw a load of money at her, but now they have she's bound to be playlisted soon. Radio 1 should be supporting new music by integrating it into daytime, not jumping on the bandwagon when a label decides to promote an artist/band and then patting themselves on the back when they unsurprisingly become popular.

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My friends have known I Am Not A Robot since the summer, which suggests to me she could have been mainstream long before this single. It seemed as if she was certain to make it on to the playlist last time but it never happened.

She was out there, and yet the annoying thing is if she does do well, Radio 1 will say they've backed her from the start. Which is evidently not true and it's not how the process of BBC Introducing should be - ignoring new bands until people are screaming for them to be added.

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