Lana Del Rey

"deej your annoyance here is ridiculous considering that recently you were telling me that all critics have a duty to follow the ~conversation~ and ~hyped acts~"

i've never said this u doofus, i've said you should be aware of the general framing of the discussion & how it relates to lots of other things, like relative popularity & what kinds of things people respond to in the music & etc.

you thinking Drake is a 'hyped act' instead of an 'insanely popular act' is pure confusion

I don't think they'd really be the same points anyway - rap critics and fans caring about what Lana Del Rey thinks is like politicians thinking they have to have an opinion on celebrity news.

only if they specifically exclude non-rap from their remit though? is that an effect of single-genre critics rubbing along closer to generalist critics?

Well I mean caring about what Lana Del Rey thinks about rap.

But yes probably a lot of this is a result of the fact that all the circles of conversation are closer to one another now.

oh i thought this was just rap critics opining on LDR in general. has anyone been talking about what she thinks about rap?! i haven't seen it. i've no idea what she thinks about rap. (i'm not asking either.)

but when this chick says she likes the fucking waffle zombie rapper meme it becomes a huge music writer event.

what the fuck is the waffle zombie rapper meme

i'm not asking there, either

i suspect that the problem with people talking about...that thing is not LDR specifically

I suspect the venn diagram of writers who give a shit about either is basically a circle through hangover-eyes.

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