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graham4anything : Hope was not "referencing" Lana in that interview. She was simply answering the journalist's questions to her re. Lana del Rey. Hope was not dissing Lana, and was not being facetious. It's evident she just has never heard of Lana del Rey, and was answering honestly. Not every artist reads the music industry press, or follows Billboard charts. Hope evidently doesn't. Here's the entire section from the interview about Lana (my own translation I posted to a Mazzy Star/Hope FB fan group). Btw, Colm is her writing partner in her band Hope Sandoval and the Warm Inventions, whose new album was released today: "-INTERVIEWER: Do you see the influence of Mazzy Star on current artists like Beach House or Lana del Rey? Hope: Yes, but Beach House has a varied style, I do not think their latest album or previous one sound like Mazzy Star, although I heard some influence on one of their albums, I think 'Devotion'. Colm: You can hear the influence of sound in Beach House but the group has its own style. Hope: It's always positive to inspire someone with your work. It's bound to happen, (Colm and I), we've been playing many years. -'Ultraviolence' by Lana Del Rey is also quite Mazzy Star, don't you think? Hope: I do not know who she is. Colm: We have not heard the album. I know who she is but we have not heard the album. Hope: I do not know who she is. Is she American? -Yes, she's American, New York. Hope: I do not know who she is, but will seek her out. I like the name. -It's not her real name. Her name is Elizabeth Grant. Hope: It's a good stage name."

I see whoever posted the English translation excerpt (above) from Hope Sandoval's recent interview that appeared at a Spanish language site used my own attempted, amateur English translation I posted to a couple of Mazzy Star/Hope fan sites. I found it amusing Hope had never heard of Lana. That's probably 'cause personally I'm a much bigger fan of Hope than Lana, and view Hope as the more talented of the two, if less commercially "successful" than Lana. Lana, of course, has frequently been identified in the press as an artist influenced by Hope and Hope's band Mazzy Star. So, for some reason, I find it hilarious Hope has never has so much as heard the name Lana del Rey, let alone heard her music! Take that, Lana! Ha.