MARINA Diamand is is one of pop’s reigning queens.

And the songstress reckons that Glasgow singer Kloe has what it takes to join her at the top.

Marina plays the O2 Academy next Tuesday as she wraps up a lengthy campaign touring Froot, her third album.

She’ll be supported by Chloe Latimer, who has started making waves with her dark-hearted electro-pop.

“I was just listening to her when picking the supports, and she’s really cool,” enthuses Marina.

“I love her voice. It does seem to be mainly electronic artists at the moment that are coming through. I think Ciara has some amazing songs, and then Tei Shi has a really good voice.”

Tuesday’s show will see Marina bring the curtain down on the latest stage of her career, which has already had a few transformations. Last year saw the songstress ditch the Electra Heart persona that fuelled her second album in favour of a more streamlined approach, albeit one that still retained catchy synth-pop and an array of colourful costumes.

A year on from Froot, the Welsh songbird still reckons it’s the record she’s most satisfied with.

“I think Froot is what I’m most proud of, because it wasn’t a record that my label thought would be successful,” she says.

“It’s not that they weren’t supportive, it’s more that I’d come from a very American pop landscape with Electra Heart and was very successful with sales and singles, and they thought we should capitalise on that.

“For me, I thought I’d be sick if I had to go into that system again, and I thought it would take some time to understand what I wanted to do this time. I think the beauty of having tried everything is that you know what you don’t want to do again…”

That approach of trying different things is reflected in her current stage show, which runs through all three eras of her career in chronological order, starting with the indie leanings of her debut in 2010 and climaxing with Froot.

“It’s made me think about experiences and feelings,” she says, explaining why she based her gigs that way.

“It’s like when you’re listening to an album for the first time in 10 years and you’re suddenly being transported backwards. It’s really fun, and quite a celebratory tour. It feels like this album has marked the end of something, so it’ll be nice to have this run and then say goodbye for a while.

“I’m not sure what I’ll be doing next, but there’s a few things in mind. The first is that I’ll just stay in one city and get a normal life back. You can lose a lot of that when you’re touring. But I’ll still be continuing with music, maybe doing some different things.”

Marina’s recent reflections also touch upon a subject she’s unhappy with – the type of music that dominates radio play. Her last album featured material like Savages, about why humans carry out violence, and she think that there’s no reason pop songs shouldn’t spark debate.

“The only thing I feel dissatisfied with is that the stance of people in radio to what gets played is really disappointing. When I listen to youth radio, it’s really brain-dead stuff.

“There’s nothing social or political, it’s just lowest common denominator stuff, and it’s weird that they just assume people can’t handle a darker topic or handle anything saying something different.

“That affects the way artists write, because they’re thinking if I don’t write like this I won’t get on Radio 1 and my label won’t invest in me.”

Having already re-invented herself a few times, what does she hope for next?

“The only thing I would want for the future is to still be inspired. That sounds pretty basic but as long you’re inspired it doesn’t matter what art form you’re working in, you’ve still got something that gives you joy.”

Marina and the Diamonds, O2 Academy, Tuesday, £22, 7pm