Lana Del Rey

Why is this crap bleeding into hip hop press?

The Billboard profile linked upthread notes that she's worked with hip-hop producers.

Also, you know, she's good for traffic, especially at sites that need to wring the tiniest drop of "news" out of anything crossing their transom in order to keep the post quotient high.

basically, ayo blogger idiots

ok we're gonna do SOPA blackout day on Wednesday, and Lana Del Rey blackout day on Thursday aight

raci- oh, blackOUT

nvrmind

basically, ayo blogger idiots

truer words, etc

the "blogosphere" is long overdue an augean stables style cleanout imo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuPBYkfjWRc

the weekned

My days feel like them.

it worked!

http://cdn.hipsterrunoff.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/800/LANA-DEL-REY-BORN-TO-DIE-TANK.jpg

hahaha

http://images.fungopher.com/V/J/f/VJfIzgHbb/If-I-have-noone-to-huge-me-I-will-hug-myself-Envy-me.jpg

has this been posted yet?
http://s3.amazonaws.com/data.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxv8noTIc91qznxdwo1_1280.png?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAJ6IHWSU3BX3X7X3Q&Expires=1326912789&Signature=3Rj%2FCZ1lXPiFggUEusGWqEWKG8Y%3D

woah

the internet sure is amazing about noticing when two women wear vaguely similar clothing

right down to the wiggy hair

idgi! don't know who the person on the left is and don't see the resemblance anyway

/tuomas

it's the older sister from 16 candles
their demeanor is really similar too, it's not just that picture

the internet sure is amazing about noticing when two women wear vaguely similar clothing

― some dude, martes 17 de enero de 2012 13:55 (3 minutes ago)

at about 45 seconds in you can see her hand, and even their nails look the same
this isn't a CRITICISM or anything, just an observation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eq5NSAyQEtI&feature=relmfu

wait if she really acts like that i could get into her, i should start paying attention

I think it is an apt comparison

I just brought up the similarity in my office and everyone was like YES! IT'S TRUE!

The muscle relaxants would completely explain her performing capabilities.

finally the connection between this thread and the long duk dong thread revealed

Long Duk Del Ray

Wideo Games

http://i.imgur.com/OkkR7.png

^^^ twins

http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/imagebuzz/web03/2011/3/29/15/this-house-totally-looks-like-hitler-21587-1301425487-0.jpg

Maura's response.

When was the last time you heard an upstart male star denigrated as "manufactured"?

Maura, when you wrote this had you forgotten Justin Bieber existed?

bieber's whole thing was that he was the homegrown child prodigy who built a grassroots following on teh internet!

i mean sure a swag coach had to manufacture his swag, but don't all of us need a swag coach now and again

speak for yourself

the future is karmin isn't it

a homegrown child prodigy who can't sing a note to save his life??????

first response hall of fame

http://www.bimbobeautiful.com/2011/12/video-games.html

okay I'm sorry for this derail but WHAT THE FUCK:

While searching for videos of a different singer, Scooter Braun, a former marketing executive of So So Def, clicked on one of Bieber's 2007 videos by accident.[16] Impressed, Braun tracked down the theater Bieber was performing in, located Bieber's school, and finally contacted Mallette. Mallette was reluctant because of Braun's Jewish religion; she remembered praying, "God, I gave him to you. You could send me a Christian man, a Christian label! ... you don’t want this Jewish kid to be Justin’s man, do you?"[16]

I wonder if Brian Williams remembers when this happened:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RrLAgi_mBY

i mean "bieber's whole thing" in terms of the narrative of his career, not the actual quality of his horrific music

why would we listen to and talk about this singer when other artists exist?

those lips~~

"I didn't know what to do so I thought I'd do a hoedown" is still the most hilarious response to getting caught lip-synching I've ever seen

i think vanilli said the same thing but "do a ho down" had a differrnet meaning in that context

http://slog.cstv.com/extrainnings/DonHo.jpg

When was the last time you heard an upstart male star denigrated as "manufactured"?

This strawman lurks around every LDR conversation. I've never really read an article that went into the manufacturing of the brand and why she's a fake and all that. Which would be a nice change of pace, rather than reading about how all these articles supposedly exist somewhere. An HRO post doesn't count.

While searching for videos of a different singer, Scooter Braun, a former marketing executive of So So Def, clicked on one of Bieber's 2007 videos by accident.[16] Impressed, Braun tracked down the theater Bieber was performing in, located Bieber's school, and finally contacted Mallette. Mallette was reluctant because of Braun's Jewish religion; she remembered praying, "God, I gave him to you. You could send me a Christian man, a Christian label! ... you don’t want this Jewish kid to be Justin’s man, do you?"

Bieber's family has a real evangelical creeper vibe that seems not too far removed from the Phelps family.

the funny thing is now with everyone asking "she's on a major label, why didn't they get her singing lessons or make sure she was a more confident performer before she went on national TV?" it's almost like people want her to be MORE manufactured

You mean manufactured better.

well that's just because I, personally, really like her recorded output, so I figure if the label is going to insist she perform live, they invest to make her do a good job of it, so people don't see her and say "see? she sucks and you do too!". so it's just kind of a personal ego thing.