Lana Del Rey (September 2011 - November 2012)

[Ives927]

^ Thanks you! I was wondering this whole time. It reminded me of Mugler's debut collection at first.

 

[GinAndTonic]

Thanks, I was wondering too about the dress.
I love the Born To Die live performance for 98.7 fm. Simple and beautiful.

 

[Ives927]

Lana is going to perform on SNL! This girl is on the verge or stardom.
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[*ana*]

Finally, the studio version of Off To The Races

The interviewer basically wanted her to explain what the "meaning" of all the clips were and her answer was that she just liked them and they appealed to her. I really like that about her, that everything doesn't have to have some deep meaning.

That was exactly what I loved the most about that interview. Hate it when people over-intellectualize their own work.

ETA
Queen Of The Gas Station (from the Lana Del Ray AKA Lizzy Grant album)

 

[lucy92]

i think consumers have a right to be concerned about authenticity. they are buying a product.

after all, no one wants to buy the next equivalent of milli vanilli.

it is true that some recording artists create a fake backstory, usually this is done with a wink and a nod or they say something so silly/outrageous that the reporter or media shouldnt conceivably believe it. its OK when that happens.
but when someone is disingenuous just to sell records or is a rich person pretending to be poor, thats not OK to me. thats lame.

she may also have claimed that she has a criminal record.

She told the Sun: "I pray, but I've had to, as I've been in so much trouble."
When asked how she got into trouble, the singer replied: "Anything and everything you could ever f***ing imagine.
"If I told you, you wouldn't believe me, so I don't go there."


is it part of an attempt to create a "femme fatale" image? i'm not sure.

 

[Ives927]

Are people really concerned about authenticity or are they finding any reason they possibly could to dislike someone? Britney is one of the biggest pop star of our times and we all know she is anything but authentic. Do people care? No.

Same thing regarding Lady Gaga. One could argue she is anything but authentic, but people eat up everything she does. The mass certainly doesn't seem to be concerned about what they're buying as long as they like what they see and hear.

Using authenticity to justify dislike for an artist seems like an excuse to me. For someone like Lana, it's even more true when she has done little in the industry.

And who's to say she never got into any trouble? How can one dissect what she says are true or false? Automatically labeling it to be false when we know little about Lana pose more of a concern to me, quite frankly. It just goes to show how quickly people can judge someone without knowing anything.

At the end of they day, people who dislike her can dislike her. But to claim she is fake and inauthentic as if it is a matter-of-fact is disingenuous.

 

[jmrmartinho]

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shes problably the only artist that talks on youtube

 

[Marc10]

^ That's hilarious.

 

[GinAndTonic]

Ives927, I disagree with you. For an artist, authenticity is essential. You're right about Britney Spears, and people don't complain about it because what she does is not art, it's pure entertainment most of the time. You can't put Lana Del Rey in the same league as Lady Gaga, Madonna, and all the others, they don't run the same business.

But then again, Lana Del Rey's music seems pretty authentic to me, and not commercial at all.

 

[Ives927]

^ How does does one separate entertainment and art? But that's not the point here.

And no, I was not comparing Lana's talent with any other artists'. I was only mentioning Brit and Gaga to make a point regarding authenticity.

I do think authenticity is important. My point was that people don't seem to be caring about what is manufactured and what is not today with artists that are popularized. They buy in to what they like by what they see and hear.

Taste is subjective. Quite frankly, I'm tired of people constantly being beaten down for their taste. What makes anyone better simply because their choice of music is different? It's all personal. That's all.
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[GinAndTonic]

^ How does does one separate entertainment and art? But that's not the point here.

And no, I was not comparing Lana's talent with any other artists'. I was only mentioning Brit and Gaga to make a point regarding authenticity.

I do think authenticity is important. My point was that people don't seem to be caring about what is manufactured and what is not today with artists that are popularized. They buy in to what they like by what they see and hear.

Taste is subjective. Quite frankly, I'm tired of people constantly being beaten down for their taste. What makes anyone better simply because their choice of music is different? It's all personal. That's all.
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Yeah, but you can like different music for different reasons. I'm a big fan of indie music. Still, I can't refuse myself some mainstream pleasures like Britney Spears' Toxic or Beyonce's Crazy In Love. But, I get your point and yeah, it's quite stupid to critizise people for their music tastes.

 

[*ana*]

New video on her youtube channel:

 

[StrawberrySpring]

i kinda don't understand the "Born to die" video.
do they die on purpose or is it a car accident?

 

[TREVOFASHIONISTO]

I am starting to really enjoy and i dont usually enjoy people that are extremely hyped up, but i will admit that the Born to Die video is something I could do without and i enjoy the song so much. I don't understand why people hate her when she just made an excellent career decision. Honestly, how many people would have even looked at her twice if she still kept her original appearance?

 

[*ana*]

Q Magazine February 2012

Lana Del Rey's Facebook page


Singing at the Dior show and dinner in Beijing

fashion-beauty.carolinedaily.com

 

[RinKa]

I don't like her. First I don't like hypes, second her songs are just mediocre, third she looks like a duck. All my opinion, goes without saying.

 

[*ana*]

With Bradley Soileau, while shooting Born To Die.

Lana Del Rey's Facebook page

Some infos about the video, from an interview Bradley recently gave to MTV Hive: he was picked by Lana herself, the video was shoot in the Palace of Fontainebleau, the shooting took 3 days and the tigers were actually one tiger which they mirrored.

There seems to be a bit of a back story to your character in the video but it seems a little unexplained. Who is this dude?
Alright, the back story. I’m her boyfriend. It’s basically like, the boyfriend, you can see the two sides of the relationship where I’m kissing her, then pointing a gun at her head. That’s what it is. It’s a relationship that is so terrible but neither of them want to leave. That’s why when she is in the car, and she wipes the glass, she’s looking mad sad, distant, thoughtful. But I’m still trying to get her attention. That’s kinda the story for it.

mtvhive.com

 

[YayYay533]

That guy gives me the creeps

 

[retailqueen]

She may be fake but I actually like her.

The entertainment business is fake by default so I don't get why people are going after her.

I like her songs. Still waiting for her to blow my mind

 

[Teja]

Q Magazine February 2012 Subscribers cover


Tsugi January 2012

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