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if you look at her interview from before 2014 she looks completly normal, it has just been in the last 2 years that she started to act inhuman ALSO in interviews
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Lana Del Rey: The Most Influential Artist Of The 2010s
surfnoirswing replied to surfnoirswing's topic in Lana Thoughts
Obviusly I wanted to add that other big artists such as Adele, Birdy, Florence Welch also helped bring back to mainstream the more "toned-down" pop star image but Lana was for sure one of the biggest influencers. -
Lana Del Rey: The Most Influential Artist Of The 2010s
surfnoirswing replied to surfnoirswing's topic in Lana Thoughts
btw i know you're a MØ fan and I know she's a fan of Lana too. She dm'd me a few times on twitter and told me she loves her and her fav song is BTD <3 -
Lana Del Rey: The Most Influential Artist Of The 2010s
surfnoirswing posted a topic in Lana Thoughts
Ok, the title is extra but I've been thinking about this a lot so here's my thought: Lana Del Rey burst onto the pop scene in late 2011, time when music was dominated by electronic, dance pop music by astists such as Lady Gaga, Kesha, Katy Perry, etc. However the music industry needed a change, but it wasn't easy for Lana Del Rey to prove it. As she stated in a T Magazine interview back in 2012: “I would play my songs, explain what I was trying to do, and I’d get, ‘You know who’s No. 1 in 13 countries right now? Kesha.’ ” (source: https://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/09/a-star-is-born-and-scorned/?_r=0) After years of trying, finally it was time for Lana Del Rey to get the recognition she deserved, and after the release of Video Games she became a the topic of every music blog around the world, causing controversy and all kinds of talk without really doing anything. In an era when you HAD to appear in every tv show possible, had to have every radio station playing your song, had to wear the most outrageous costumes and had to get hit after hit, Lana Del Rey was able to sell over 5 million copies of Born to Die with minimal promo, no US hits (except for a remix) and almost no radio play. How is that possible ? I'm not sure, but however she brought to the table a new sound, a new aesthetic and a whole new idea about what being a pop star really meant. She took the music and fashion industry by storm, even being called the "anti-gaga" and was the most searched female of 2012 on google. A big part of her popularity came for sure from all the controvesies she caused, her looks, SNL, glamourizing prostitution and death. But yet again she never really seeked for the attention of the masses, yet everybody was so interested in her and what she did, even when she wasn't doing anything Her impact can still be seen today. Every new alternative/indie singer has cited her as an inspitation (Halsey, Melanie Martinez, Kali Uchis, Ryn Weaver, Troye Sivan, Dua Lipa, MØ etc.), her peers appreciate her music and draw inspitation from it (*cough* Taylor Swift's 1989 *cough* Selena Gomez's Revival *cough) and even some legends admire her work. She's really a trailblazer and if she hadn't been so criticized at the beginning of her career causing her to retire from the public eye to concentrate only on music, she would be one of the biggest artists out there right now. That's all for now, sorry if it's quite a mess but i really just wanted to put this out there.. I'm gonna edit it later- 23 replies
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Honestly I'm more excited to see the video for YAIL that to hear the song. From what we know she'll be finally serving visuals, and the last *good* music video she put out was Shades Of Cool so it's really been a while . I'm not expecting any type of big promotion for this next era, seeing how it went with the last two but if she plays her cards right with this lead single i still think Lana would be able to get a commercially succesful album
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my girlie <3 I love her and she's so sweet to her fans online
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lmao isn't China Palace a song she wrote when she was like 8 ?
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Hello ? Eclipse just tweeted the song's length yesterday so obviusly someone has it
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Why is everyone obsessed with Life is Beautiful, from the snippets it sounds boring and people who have it say it's bad. I REALLY want the original Cruel World version with the guitar solo and (i'm not sure if anyone even has it) the song Lana did with Jamie xx
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Lmao this is a little off topic but did anyone else notice how Halsey has deleted all her 2013 tweets where she called Lana her queen and like complained about Tropico never coming
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Ok but can we talk about how yesterday was also the first day she actually acknowledged YAIL ? The fan in the picture asked her about it and she said "You're gonna live it. I'm really excited."
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I can't tho at @Eclipse confirming that lana says "Calciatore" (footbal player in italian) and not "Cacciatore" (hunter)... I can't even listen to Salvatore anymore
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Zolita - Holy
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I love how she had the idea for the music video in her head and actually wrote the 'Lonely Queen' treatment for it. I would love to read how she originally imagined the story http://www.mtv.com/artists/lana-del-rey/videos/the-lonely-queen-728991/ Plus I would also love to know how the original video planned by Yoann was supposed to be, didn't he say he had to cut some scenes because they were too explicit?
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agreed, I love UV but i hate how repetitive the lyrics is some songs are, *cough* sad girl *cough*. Born to Die and Paradise are just superior
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omg they're turning her into a dance music artist i really wished she would keep the sound of new love/be the one at least for the first album I guess they really want a smash hit to put her on the map