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Here's what the meanest US reactions were (according to the website below), as well as a counter from the same website with some nice reactions (including one from hipsterrunnoff, probably misinformed on that one, but the quote is nice).
 
http://www.buzzfeed.com/gavon/26-meanest-quotes-from-reviews-of-lana-del-reys-n
 
http://www.buzzfeed.com/lindseyweber/13-nicest-quotes-from-reviews-of-lana-del-reys-ne
 
I think we all agree she worked hard enough after her hype disaster that she can not be dismissed from pop music. I would say that some of the nasty reviews qualify as poor quality reviews (more about extra-musical issues than the music). Her response of letting the fans/marketplace defend her and not getting in the fray was the most appropriate. I don't think critics went as far as character assasination, but I do think personal attack is an appropriate description (I think she used those words in the recent German interviews, there are now two). Other than illuminati influence on the critics (LOL), I can't explain such reviews.
 
Some other thoughts:
 
The group of anti-fans is shrinking in number. The Paradise EP did not get dissed much. Both CDs are, in fact, charting right now.
 
Touring is a complicated. At least in Europe she's touring with her boyfriend and travelling to exotic places. I don't think her not wanting to tour the US is a reaction to bad press. More like limiting an activity that is taxing. Also she did perform in the US before her "World" tour; she just didn't do it everywhere. Praise be to Youtube (and the fans that uploaded) for letting me experience some of it.
 
Major pop artists seem to like/respect/recommend/tolerate her. They are on her side, not the critics.
 
SNL performances were controversial and not bad. Saying they were bad, like it's a fact, isn't objectively true because at least as many people liked as disliked them. I for one went back to the SNL Blue Jeans (LanaDelReyVevo?) many times because I enjoyed it. Some critics even recognize this. 
 
A possible overreaction on her part, maybe, was changing her mind about re-releasing "... aka Lizzy Grant". If critical reaction did play a role, that would be a major bummer to me. I wish she would re-release that, and release May Jailer, and also put a dent in her unreleased/leaked catalog. It's the surest way to flip the bird at reviewers, who would get brain hemorrhages trying to figure out how to review them.

Her SNL performance garnered a lot of negative feedback and although it was a bad performance, not all of it was warranted. However, she's not the only performer in history to have a bad go at SNL, I thought it was so stupid people were calling it the "worst outing ever"- had they not seen Ashlee Simpson's first go or Ke$ha?? I must say it was dangerous for her to have performed at SNL so soon, relatively as an unknown- this would be many people's first impression of her- and it wasn't a good one, so I think some people were ready to write her off as another talent-less girl with a rich daddy to fund her career.
 
In a way though, the SNL critics helped people start talking about her, maybe not in the way she wanted, but she got our attention. She needs to remember that not all of her critics come from the US, she has so many fans here, and that not everyone is going to love her music and that's their right. Her grudge on the US is ridiculous and it really annoys me when I see people talk shit about the US just because Lana does...try thinking independently.
 
Also, I think she sometimes acts like she is too good for US radio, above all of the pop that dominates the airwaves. However, pop has been the forefront in music for quite some time and if she actually wanted to get more airplay, she needs to look at her label because they really fucked her in promotion. (Don't tell me Lana Del Rey cannot play in the states when Phillip Phillips and Christina Perri chart) So no, Lana, maybe your lack of success here (which isn't even true since she has one of the best selling albums in the US) is not due to the fact that the US doesn't understand good music (way to be humble btw), maybe it's because of your shitty label and lack of drive. ~~God Bless America~~

Yes she was mistreated. Her performance on SNL was completely blown out of proportion. Yes we all agree it wasn't her best performance and many people felt that she was unfairly given the opportunity as only the second artist to be on SNL without having a recored released. Just bad timing. More people are watching SNL in January and because Harry Potter was the host it was a high-profile show.
 
She does get unfairly criticized because she got some help from her father, but parents do stuff like that for their kids all the time. Sure she came from some money, but there are lots of parents who bankroll athletic careers. Look at the parents of tennis players, and gymnasts and ice skaters. They don't get criticized and some of them come from money.
 
Lana is not a crybaby. If she's having more success in Europe now then that is where you go. I suspect she'll go to Asia as well. I don't think she hates America. Far from it. Being an American is what sells her in Europe.
 
America is the country of second chances. If Britney Spears can be get a second chance then Lana can also. Her music is good and she is a good person. She would easily sell out a smaller/club venue tour in the US. She sold over 500,000 records in the US. Lana may never be a top 40 radio phenom, but she can sell millions of records in the US during a career.
 
I really wish she would tour the US. I think she would see that thousands of us across the country would come to see her and she would have a successful tour. We don't expect her to sell out Joe Louis Arena or Madison Square Garden, but she would sell out small to medium-sized venues.

I'm not privy to all the facts, of course (and I don't necessarily remember all the facts that have been made public), and so most of what I could say is speculation on my part. I do think the media's initial response to Lana in the U.S. was uncalled for. But I don't think it's what inspired her to break identification with America -- more of a straw that broke the camel's back, I suspect.
 
The world can be a tough place for those who are sensitive and/or creative and/or intellectual, and Lana apparently is all three. Add to that an increasingly anti-intellectual bias in American society, and rumors that it is not as bad in Europe and elsewhere... it becomes tempting to some to explore other options. (I have felt that temptation myself.) Particularly if she has spent any time in the southern states... let's just say that females who don't take steps to hide their intelligence can feel like outcasts way before it occurs to them to journey elsewhere.
 
So who is doing the rejecting? Some would say Lana, for criticizing aspects of America. But does criticism equal rejection? (I know many people who would say yes. Actually, I know several people who would say that "critical thinking" is overly negative, that "making an argument" is divisive, and that "problem-naming" as a first step to problem-solving is being a troublemaker. But I digress. Or do I...?) Perhaps Lana sees the situation as HER being the one who has been rejected.
 
But last time I checked, she did have a few dates planned in New York and California, at least. So it's not like she's writing off the U.S. completely. I'm sure she knows she has fans here who love her. But if she's already nervous about performing live, and already feeling misunderstood/slandered/rejected in America, should she necessarily take the step of willingly combining them? Maybe she feels like she's already putting herself through what she's prepared to take on.
 
None of this necessarily adds up to a grudge against the U.S. as a whole, imo. I see her criticisms as valid points, from which Americans could learn something... or not.

Sure it does. Some people willingly live under a pop culture rock, they don't want to know about Lana.

SimCity and The Sims are just so different! The Sims seems to be more like a family insight, while with SimCity you control the city from above (that's a simple explanation but that's how I'd describe both games  ).

Russian gardeners have sexy employers.
 
SHTMB

You're Not the One - Sky Ferreira

Week 4 (January 26th - 48,000 [x]

Total - 303,000 copies sold as of 2013

I translated Lana's parts of the itw :
 
Lizzy and her chameleon soul
 
 
 
When her parents sent her to rehab
 
 
 
Alcohol is bad
 
 
 
Artist's community she wanted to found
 
 
 
About his community work
 
 
 
About the Vogue AUS itw drama
 
 
 
Personal life
 
 

This is just so amazing and funny! I am new here but I already love all of you, including you, Ata! 

Looks good, like a drawing made from a Disney Movie.

I tried it there because the price is good but they charged so many taxes to ship it to my country, I don't know why. I've bought stuff from Amazon for over three years and it's never happened before.
 
Edit: I managed to get a cheap vinyl from eBay. Can't wait for it to arrive! 

Amazing interview! 
 
Ata... 

 
 
This GIF is everything, by the way:
 

I love "Prom Song (Gone Wrong)," "Queen of the Gas Station" and how you worked on "Kinda Outta Luck," it's sort of cartoonish!

I love the second one! You're a good drawer!

Wow, I love it so much. Keep up the good work! 

I wonder if we will ever be able to listen to it in full. It sounds good, but honestly I think it's a bit overrated. She has unreleased songs that are just so much better.
 
I guess we can't judge the full for its snippet though.

I love the second one! You're a good drawer!

The lipstick color kind of bothers me but besides that I love it, there are stunning pictures on this shoot.

It makes me happy that she keeps selling dozens of thousands of albums every week worldwide! The album really deserves it. 

Coincidently there is a Billboard Magazine with Adele on the cover that has a Lana article too, it got me confused. Thank you for sharing the interview!

Fulfilled!

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