"Orange Trees" is a song by Welsh singer and songwriter Marina from her fourth studio album, Love + Fear (2019).
[4] Love + Fear serves as a double album that is composed of two segments, with each one exploring psychologist Elisabeth Kübler-Ross' theory that humans are only capable of experiencing the aforementioned two emotions.
[5] "Orange Trees" appears on the Love portion of the album, devoted to lyrics detailing positive thoughts and emotions, because it was categorised as a song about "her sense of home".
[8] "Orange Trees" was released for digital download and streaming as a single in the United States on 22 March 2019 through Atlantic Records.
[9] On that same day via Spotify in the US, the song was bundled with previous singles "Handmade Heaven" and "Superstar" as part of a digital extended play to stream.
[10] A promotional CD single for "Orange Trees", intended for radio airplay, was distributed throughout the Benelux region of Europe by Atlantic Records and the Warner Music Group.
[13][14] The Michael Goldwasser & Easy Star All-Stars Reggae remix was the last one, released for digital download and streaming on 14 June.
[22] Similarly, John Murphy from musicOMH said the chorus is "suitably summery" when considering the song's lyrical subject matter.
[23] Classic Pop's Wyndham Wallace described the genre of the song as "understated electro-pop", while he considered Marina's vocals to sound "demure" and reserved.
[24] The key of the song is in B major, with Marina's vocal range spanning an entire octave, from F3 to G4 in scientific pitch notation.
[20] Ben Niesen from Atwood Magazine considered "Orange Trees" to be one of the most "'powerful' moments" on Love + Fear and called it "probably the most colourful cut" overall.
[29] Idolator's Mike Wass was equally positive in his review of the song: "It's achingly lovely and definitive proof that the 33-year-old doesn’t need to be in the depths of despair to make great pop music.
[31] Although Riana Buchman from WRBB was mixed in her review of the EP, she felt "Orange Trees" succeeded as the album's closing track and called it the sole highlight.
"[33] In his review of Love + Fear, Peyton Thomas from Pitchfork called the track "anodyne" and preferred album cut "Too Afraid".
[34] Also, Nick Lowe from Clash was unimpressed by the track, referring to it as Marina's "half-hearted attempt [at] a chart-topping summer hit".
Other scenes show her dancing in the sand of the beach in a one-piece swimsuit and standing on a dock while gazing at the surrounding water.
[20] A contributor for Billboard also enjoyed it, writing that the video "positively radiates with summer sunshine" and summarising it as a "feel-good clip".
[38] In 2019, Marina was featured on NBC's Late Night with Seth Meyers as the guest musical artist, standing as her first appearance on the show since 2015.
[27] Schatz was positive in his review of the performance, writing: "Though the stage itself was without any flora or natural daylight, the London-based artist carried plenty of warmth and spiritual uplift in her body language and, quite literally, in her hair.