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I don't think she's on drugs. But sometimes I do worry about her. I always think she's a tortured genius/tortured artist type, having gone through so much pain that would have completely broken a "normal" person. The theory I have about tortured artists is that among everyone who goes through this much suffering, a lot of them break down, become dysfunctional, or worse committed suicide sadly, but some among the few that remain strong use creative arts as a survival mechanism mentally, to strenuously create work of art as a way to make sense of the absurd world around them. "Normal" (I use quotes because I don't think there is really a real normal way) people get up every day, go to work and don't have to think much to "make sense of the world", but tortured artists don't have that luxury. Kind of like people who have to use a lot of physical force to survive in rural/poor areas (those who have to walk/run miles to go to school in their childhood, those who have to carry heavy weights, wade waters and climb mountains for everyday survival) may become great athletes in their adulthood because their physical training comes naturally. In this way artists like Winehouse and Lana (and all the "classical" tortured artists that I don't need to name here) become so creative because from an early age they must use artistic imagination constantly just to get by, to not completely become "insane" or "lose it". But sometimes even art is not enough, that's why drug addiction and suicides still happen unfortunately. I personally think Lana knows how to manage it and she's a strong woman. But sometimes I still worry

I didn't know they know each other - any Internet links to corroborate this? it would be great if it's true - their would be some sort of musical sisterhood going on What's the reason you think they wouldn't fit? Just curious

I loved this video: IMO Elliphant's later work has been less provocative (the drunk-partying One More song is no more edgy than any drunkenness-related song in the US). But that might have been a necessity for her survival as a pop musician. Revolusion is good though. I hope her newer work in future would not be reduced to just normal electronic pop, and she will do more hip hop music

I somewhat like Azealia Banks - she's not my favorite rapper (that would have to be 2Pac and Immortal Technique) but is one of my favs, and I like her a lot as a person partly due to her friendship with Lana. What I want to see actually is Azealia Banks to collab/duet with the OTHER BANKS, the R&B singer Jillian Banks. They could form a duo called "The Bankses"

Oops, my memory was a bit hazy. Must have thought it was a Lily Allen song at the time because that cover version was just on my playlist, lol.

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White Rabbit, Today (Jefferson Airplane) Sleeping Sun (Nightwish) Back to Black (Amy Winehouse) Bleed with Me (Garbage) My Immortal (Evanescence) Somewhere Only We Know (Lilly Allen)

Born to Die (the song) is my undisputed favorite, very few songs by her or by others, old or new, have touched me in the way BTD has. Ride/Young and Beautiful share the second position, while Old Money/Without You/Summertime Sadness share the DISTANT fourth position, qualitatively far below BTD, Ride, or YAB (while still being phenomenal songs by themselves)