Lana Del Rey

I really don't know why people are questioning her worth when she has nearly 4 months of performance experience as LDR. Clearly she is a pro.

And the whole persecution angle is a brilliant PR tactic. It's constructing a narrative out of thin air, and helps towards making her seem more authentic, which is pretty ingenuous really. She's authentic because she is being persecuted for being inauthentic.

i want to completely screen out any and all writing about LDR that includes the words "authenticity" or "lips"

Which is also funny, lex, since the authenticity of her lips has been questioned

clam?

no clam.

i want to completely screen out any and all sightings of LDR's lips.

born to die: the lyrics to this are abysmal, but I really love it. Every single line is a hackneyed cliche (take a walk on the wild side; kiss me in the rain; feet don't fail me now; lines from amazing grace), to the point where I almost have to think it's intentional; if not she is an absolutely awful lyricist. but it's still really good!

pretty intentionally pastiche and homage, imo

or not intentional and someone stumbled into the same concepts by accident

yeah i feel like that is kind of the "point" of LDR in general

I like her disinterested singing and melodies too

cool lips, too.

Like, what if I am trying to remember a song with common cliched lyrics and I was actually thinking of a different artist, but when I explained it to friends or searched via Google, they say "Oh, you mean Lana Del Rey?"

her dad's business model, right?

http://i.imgur.com/oB2Le.jpg

cool lips, too.

― ⚓ (gr8080), Friday, January 13, 2012 6:06 PM (7 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

i have to stop fucking listening to these songs but I can't

Listen to her tomorrow, on Saturday Night Live (NBC, 11:30 PM, E/10:30 PM, C)!

she was announced on SNL as lah-na, so i guess my 'lame adele ray' display name was predicated on the wrong pronunciation

is she wearing a wig?

she seems really nervous + uncomfortable. and i think she's dropping words

she sounds like a vampire from transylvania

oh my god, this is the worst thing i've ever seen

i think this is mid-'90s julia roberts

i think this is meta camp

this is so unfortunate

She's neither "gangster" nor "Nancy Sinatra" based on this. Still like the song though.

i'm always mildly disappointed when 'buzz band' music isn't as awful as i imagine it to be but "Video Games" was definitely everything i dreamed of and more

i gotta say - i love the original recorded song. this performance is just magically terrible

^ this

original version is hot garbage, performance was pretty true to the song

^ this

^this

She admitted she's a boring stage performer in that VH1 video interview, though, and based on the music she makes I was fully expecting what I got here.

Oh, some dude... ur a traet.

so i guess my 'lame adele ray' display name was predicated on the wrong pronunciation

Why would you presume that "Lana" was pronounced like Layna/Laina?

She is v v pretty and has a good voice for the studio

If she wants to do more live stuff she needs to stop being so terrified

Would never buy her album

no reason, really, that's just the ring the whole name had to it in my head (xpost)

Her low register is very good, she should just be a wispy T-Boz

can we devote more time to the fact that some dude thought "lana" was pronounced as "lane-uh" by anyone?

Say "bagel" amirite

Still think Chris Isaak should get a co-write credit on Blue Jeans.

She doesn't understand how to use a microphone

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhhBtHh459k

wow blue jeans was even worse

lana del rey shreds.

The sexpot singer made her Saturday Night Live debut on Jan. 14, only the second artist in 14 years to nab the coveted slot before releasing a first album (the last time it happened: 1998, when Australian pop star Natalie Imbruglia played her hit “Torn;” Del Rey’s Born to Die is due out Jan. 31 on Interscope), and reaction has been surprisingly harsh.
Following the performance of “Video Games,” the song that’s largely responsible for Del Rey’s breakout, The Firm actress Juliette Lewis, herself a singer who’s opened for the likes of Foo Fighters and Chris Cornell, tweeted, “Wow this ‘singer’ on SNL is like watching a 12 yearold in their bedroom when theyre pretending to sing and perform #signofourtimes.”

WHY can no one spell this girl's name? that is the most annnoying part of the LDR story so far. REY. three letters. NOT HARD.

guys, it's a stupid stage name, who gives a fuck how it's "correctly" spelled or pronounced

ship otm

subeditors care

i think whiney's official title is subWAY editor, if we're being pedantic here