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Lana Del Rey called into Veronica and Lewis from Paris to talk about creating her new album 'Honeymoon', working with Rick Nowels, the definition of a "vibe" record and whether she'll be coming back to Australia any time soon.
 
https://soundcloud.com/triple_j/lana-del-rey-talks-new-album-and-coming-back-to-australia
 
amazing interview! great questions

a 7.5 from pitchfork for someone like lana is a 500/10.

What you are talking about?! I read every damn critical piece about Lana. I don't remember many complaints about her vocals besides the very subjective assertions that she sings with "no emotion" or her singing is boring. To say that Lana has weak vocals it's a nonsense tbh. I was drawn to her because of her voice mainly and I have to say that I'm not a big fan of female vocalists. Is she technically perfect? No, but she improved a lot and frankly she's better than many hyped pop and indie female vocalists. Her songs are intricate, going from a low register to a high register in a dime which few female vocalist could pull of. And dear, her music was trashed on misogynistic and ideological grounds mainly and had little to do with her vocal delivery. She's a good lyricist and I saw a steady progression in her career, there are missteps as on any album of any artists but to say that she's a weak lyricist is just as nonsensical. I could show you tens of Lana's lyrics which could hold their own even without the music. Maybe the critics got tired of their own BS about Lana and they are just more courageous in praising her music because she's more accepted now.
 
I don't follow the critics this era and I'm late but I'm surprised in a good way that the UK papers are staning for HM and I hope that it will not happen the inverse reaction to the US that happened in the BTD and UV era.

What you are talking about?! I read every damn critical piece about Lana. I don't remember many complaints about her vocals besides the very subjective assertions that she sings with "no emotion" or her singing is boring. To say that Lana has weak vocals it's a nonsense tbh. I was drawn to her because of her voice mainly and I have to say that I'm not a big fan of female vocalists. Is she technically perfect? No, but she improved a lot and frankly she's better than many hyped pop and indie female vocalists. Her songs are intricate, going from a low register to a high register in a dime which few female vocalist could pull of. And dear, her music was trashed on misogynistic and ideological grounds mainly and had little to do with her vocal delivery. She's a good lyricist and I saw a steady progression in her career, there are missteps as on any album of any artists but to say that she's a weak lyricist is just as nonsensical. I could show you tens of Lana's lyrics which could hold their own even without the music. Maybe the critics got tired of their own BS about Lana and they are just more courageous in praising her music because she's more accepted now.
 
I don't follow the critics this era and I'm late but I'm surprised in a good way that the UK papers are staning for HM and I hope that it will not happen the inverse reaction to the US that happened in the BTD and UV era.

What you are talking about?! I read every damn critical piece about Lana. I don't remember many complaints about her vocals besides the very subjective assertions that she sings with "no emotion" or her singing is boring. To say that Lana has weak vocals it's a nonsense tbh. I was drawn to her because of her voice mainly and I have to say that I'm not a big fan of female vocalists. Is she technically perfect? No, but she improved a lot and frankly she's better than many hyped pop and indie female vocalists. Her songs are intricate, going from a low register to a high register in a dime which few female vocalist could pull of. And dear, her music was trashed on misogynistic and ideological grounds mainly and had little to do with her vocal delivery. She's a good lyricist and I saw a steady progression in her career, there are missteps as on any album of any artists but to say that she's a weak lyricist is just as nonsensical. I could show you tens of Lana's lyrics which could hold their own even without the music. Maybe the critics got tired of their own BS about Lana and they are just more courageous in praising her music because she's more accepted now.
 
I don't follow the critics this era and I'm late but I'm surprised in a good way that the UK papers are staning for HM and I hope that it will not happen the inverse reaction to the US that happened in the BTD and UV era.

What you are talking about?! I read every damn critical piece about Lana. I don't remember many complaints about her vocals besides the very subjective assertions that she sings with "no emotion" or her singing is boring. To say that Lana has weak vocals it's a nonsense tbh. I was drawn to her because of her voice mainly and I have to say that I'm not a big fan of female vocalists. Is she technically perfect? No, but she improved a lot and frankly she's better than many hyped pop and indie female vocalists. Her songs are intricate, going from a low register to a high register in a dime which few female vocalist could pull of. And dear, her music was trashed on misogynistic and ideological grounds mainly and had little to do with her vocal delivery. She's a good lyricist and I saw a steady progression in her career, there are missteps as on any album of any artists but to say that she's a weak lyricist is just as nonsensical. I could show you tens of Lana's lyrics which could hold their own even without the music. Maybe the critics got tired of their own BS about Lana and they are just more courageous in praising her music because she's more accepted now.
 
I don't follow the critics this era and I'm late but I'm surprised in a good way that the UK papers are staning for HM and I hope that it will not happen the inverse reaction to the US that happened in the BTD and UV era.

What you are talking about?! I read every damn critical piece about Lana. I don't remember many complaints about her vocals besides the very subjective assertions that she sings with "no emotion" or her singing is boring. To say that Lana has weak vocals it's a nonsense tbh. I was drawn to her because of her voice mainly and I have to say that I'm not a big fan of female vocalists. Is she technically perfect? No, but she improved a lot and frankly she's better than many hyped pop and indie female vocalists. Her songs are intricate, going from a low register to a high register in a dime which few female vocalist could pull of. And dear, her music was trashed on misogynistic and ideological grounds mainly and had little to do with her vocal delivery. She's a good lyricist and I saw a steady progression in her career, there are missteps as on any album of any artists but to say that she's a weak lyricist is just as nonsensical. I could show you tens of Lana's lyrics which could hold their own even without the music. Maybe the critics got tired of their own BS about Lana and they are just more courageous in praising her music because she's more accepted now.
 
I don't follow the critics this era and I'm late but I'm surprised in a good way that the UK papers are staning for HM and I hope that it will not happen the inverse reaction to the US that happened in the BTD and UV era.

What you are talking about?! I read every damn critical piece about Lana. I don't remember many complaints about her vocals besides the very subjective assertions that she sings with "no emotion" or her singing is boring. To say that Lana has weak vocals it's a nonsense tbh. I was drawn to her because of her voice mainly and I have to say that I'm not a big fan of female vocalists. Is she technically perfect? No, but she improved a lot and frankly she's better than many hyped pop and indie female vocalists. Her songs are intricate, going from a low register to a high register in a dime which few female vocalist could pull of. And dear, her music was trashed on misogynistic and ideological grounds mainly and had little to do with her vocal delivery. She's a good lyricist and I saw a steady progression in her career, there are missteps as on any album of any artists but to say that she's a weak lyricist is just as nonsensical. I could show you tens of Lana's lyrics which could hold their own even without the music. Maybe the critics got tired of their own BS about Lana and they are just more courageous in praising her music because she's more accepted now.
 
I don't follow the critics this era and I'm late but I'm surprised in a good way that the UK papers are staning for HM and I hope that it will not happen the inverse reaction to the US that happened in the BTD and UV era.

Good reviews: Honeymoon is haunting, ethereal, ghostly, mesmerizing, beautiful, lush, cinematic. 
Bad reviews: Honeymoon is boring, slow, "limousines" and "soft ice cream" lyrics are ridiculous, it's the same from Lana, the shtick it's getting old, she mumbles the lyrics.
 
After being obsessed with Lana pieces I arrived at the point when I don't give a shit about the reviews because they are incredibly boring and cliche-istic. From some time I have the feeling that I read them before. I'm beyond the cringe worthy status when I'm reading some clueless writer's discovery of her story, having the big "revelation" that her real name is not LDR   or babbling about her non-authentic persona. I uber cringe when they are misspelling her stage-name to RAY (I always wondered if that is intentional) or calling her, in a patronizing mode, Lizzy Grant or mentioning SNL    . 
 
I expect something around 60-65 (there will be 3 or 4 scores in the 30-40 range Jim Farber NYD, Chicago Tribune, AV Club and a random idiot like last year 405 reviewer of UV Derek Robertson (Carl Williot from Idolator hates HM and the Baeblemusic blog has a negative campaign against her lately but I don't think that they count towards the MC score). Most of the reviewers will wash their hands with a 55-65 score and there will be some stans who will even out the hater scores. Really,"the same old" accusation it's more fitting to these writers than to Lana's music. I almost forgot that Youtube buffoon Anthony Fantano who will give Honeymoon a 0 score while singing mockingly the chorus of Salvatore.
 
Have "fun" I guess reading that BS, mostly the pieces where you have the clear impression that the critic didn't even bothered to listen to the album properly lifting out a word or a sentence to trash the entire lyrical content of the album. Most of the writers are misogynistic pricks, failed indie musicians who are jealous of her "undeserved" success or feminists who are cringing at her music and I'm frankly amazed, given the divide between her and the critics, that she has a respectable overall score on MC.

What you are talking about?! I read every damn critical piece about Lana. I don't remember many complaints about her vocals besides the very subjective assertions that she sings with "no emotion" or her singing is boring. To say that Lana has weak vocals it's a nonsense tbh. I was drawn to her because of her voice mainly and I have to say that I'm not a big fan of female vocalists. Is she technically perfect? No, but she improved a lot and frankly she's better than many hyped pop and indie female vocalists. Her songs are intricate, going from a low register to a high register in a dime which few female vocalist could pull of. And dear, her music was trashed on misogynistic and ideological grounds mainly and had little to do with her vocal delivery. She's a good lyricist and I saw a steady progression in her career, there are missteps as on any album of any artists but to say that she's a weak lyricist is just as nonsensical. I could show you tens of Lana's lyrics which could hold their own even without the music. Maybe the critics got tired of their own BS about Lana and they are just more courageous in praising her music because she's more accepted now.
 
I don't follow the critics this era and I'm late but I'm surprised in a good way that the UK papers are staning for HM and I hope that it will not happen the inverse reaction to the US that happened in the BTD and UV era.

What you are talking about?! I read every damn critical piece about Lana. I don't remember many complaints about her vocals besides the very subjective assertions that she sings with "no emotion" or her singing is boring. To say that Lana has weak vocals it's a nonsense tbh. I was drawn to her because of her voice mainly and I have to say that I'm not a big fan of female vocalists. Is she technically perfect? No, but she improved a lot and frankly she's better than many hyped pop and indie female vocalists. Her songs are intricate, going from a low register to a high register in a dime which few female vocalist could pull of. And dear, her music was trashed on misogynistic and ideological grounds mainly and had little to do with her vocal delivery. She's a good lyricist and I saw a steady progression in her career, there are missteps as on any album of any artists but to say that she's a weak lyricist is just as nonsensical. I could show you tens of Lana's lyrics which could hold their own even without the music. Maybe the critics got tired of their own BS about Lana and they are just more courageous in praising her music because she's more accepted now.
 
I don't follow the critics this era and I'm late but I'm surprised in a good way that the UK papers are staning for HM and I hope that it will not happen the inverse reaction to the US that happened in the BTD and UV era.

Good reviews: Honeymoon is haunting, ethereal, ghostly, mesmerizing, beautiful, lush, cinematic. 
Bad reviews: Honeymoon is boring, slow, "limousines" and "soft ice cream" lyrics are ridiculous, it's the same from Lana, the shtick it's getting old, she mumbles the lyrics.
 
After being obsessed with Lana pieces I arrived at the point when I don't give a shit about the reviews because they are incredibly boring and cliche-istic. From some time I have the feeling that I read them before. I'm beyond the cringe worthy status when I'm reading some clueless writer's discovery of her story, having the big "revelation" that her real name is not LDR   or babbling about her non-authentic persona. I uber cringe when they are misspelling her stage-name to RAY (I always wondered if that is intentional) or calling her, in a patronizing mode, Lizzy Grant or mentioning SNL    . 
 
I expect something around 60-65 (there will be 3 or 4 scores in the 30-40 range Jim Farber NYD, Chicago Tribune, AV Club and a random idiot like last year 405 reviewer of UV Derek Robertson (Carl Williot from Idolator hates HM and the Baeblemusic blog has a negative campaign against her lately but I don't think that they count towards the MC score). Most of the reviewers will wash their hands with a 55-65 score and there will be some stans who will even out the hater scores. Really,"the same old" accusation it's more fitting to these writers than to Lana's music. I almost forgot that Youtube buffoon Anthony Fantano who will give Honeymoon a 0 score while singing mockingly the chorus of Salvatore.
 
Have "fun" I guess reading that BS, mostly the pieces where you have the clear impression that the critic didn't even bothered to listen to the album properly lifting out a word or a sentence to trash the entire lyrical content of the album. Most of the writers are misogynistic pricks, failed indie musicians who are jealous of her "undeserved" success or feminists who are cringing at her music and I'm frankly amazed, given the divide between her and the critics, that she has a respectable overall score on MC.

Good reviews: Honeymoon is haunting, ethereal, ghostly, mesmerizing, beautiful, lush, cinematic. 
Bad reviews: Honeymoon is boring, slow, "limousines" and "soft ice cream" lyrics are ridiculous, it's the same from Lana, the shtick it's getting old, she mumbles the lyrics.
 
After being obsessed with Lana pieces I arrived at the point when I don't give a shit about the reviews because they are incredibly boring and cliche-istic. From some time I have the feeling that I read them before. I'm beyond the cringe worthy status when I'm reading some clueless writer's discovery of her story, having the big "revelation" that her real name is not LDR   or babbling about her non-authentic persona. I uber cringe when they are misspelling her stage-name to RAY (I always wondered if that is intentional) or calling her, in a patronizing mode, Lizzy Grant or mentioning SNL    . 
 
I expect something around 60-65 (there will be 3 or 4 scores in the 30-40 range Jim Farber NYD, Chicago Tribune, AV Club and a random idiot like last year 405 reviewer of UV Derek Robertson (Carl Williot from Idolator hates HM and the Baeblemusic blog has a negative campaign against her lately but I don't think that they count towards the MC score). Most of the reviewers will wash their hands with a 55-65 score and there will be some stans who will even out the hater scores. Really,"the same old" accusation it's more fitting to these writers than to Lana's music. I almost forgot that Youtube buffoon Anthony Fantano who will give Honeymoon a 0 score while singing mockingly the chorus of Salvatore.
 
Have "fun" I guess reading that BS, mostly the pieces where you have the clear impression that the critic didn't even bothered to listen to the album properly lifting out a word or a sentence to trash the entire lyrical content of the album. Most of the writers are misogynistic pricks, failed indie musicians who are jealous of her "undeserved" success or feminists who are cringing at her music and I'm frankly amazed, given the divide between her and the critics, that she has a respectable overall score on MC.

Not even one single song from Honeymoon is lower than a 8 for me.
 
Y'all just have awful taste, sowwy

K so I'm coming back home, I'm strongly apologize bc I'm writing this getting incredibly hammered, basically she arrived 30mins late and stayed 2H LONGER. THIS GURL. SO GENEROUS. ANd she spent like not much time at all w me bc I was extremely stressed and I arrived and gave her the flowers and asked how she was doing and she said I'm excited! and her mascara was on point and I was hypnotised by her tattoos and hearing her laugh made me fucking pass out and she asked me where I was from n I said Paris and she said oooooh and then she asked my name and I had to show that I had written it on my arm bc I can't spell and SHE MISPELLED IT HAHAHA. I don't mind at all it's so cute she wrote Anne-Daphine instead of Anne-Dauphine. n these security fuckers were pressing us as f and so I only had the time to ask her for a kiss and I think she thought she wanted me to get a pic of it and I could only get one pic (but motherfuckers got at least 10...............................) so she took my ipod and took the pic but took it like one millisecond before.... THIS BINCH...... and so many people had so many more stuff, I HATE MYSELF for not bringing my UV and BTD vinyls, at least she got my letter and the drawing from boywonder, I wish I had more time, I wish I had another pic, I wish I didn't freaked out, but, whatever, and then I waited 3h with the lovely @@Degenerate and we saw her go away in her car and she's the sweetest and most beautiful woman on earth, she gave a lil girl who gave her a drawing a vinyl to sign it and said she paid for it
 
I'm 9656897% more in love with her than I was before, she's the first girl I asked and she didn't rejected me and I swear to God that made the Earth that I will never unstan, I love her for real, full homo, full love as fuck, full I'd die for you if you only blinked, full I'm dedicating my entire life to you now, full you're the only reason I didn't killed myself because I heard Next To Me and it changed my mind

First listen to the entire album in HQ and even without headphones I'm slayed     

Good reviews: Honeymoon is haunting, ethereal, ghostly, mesmerizing, beautiful, lush, cinematic. 
Bad reviews: Honeymoon is boring, slow, "limousines" and "soft ice cream" lyrics are ridiculous, it's the same from Lana, the shtick it's getting old, she mumbles the lyrics.
 
After being obsessed with Lana pieces I arrived at the point when I don't give a shit about the reviews because they are incredibly boring and cliche-istic. From some time I have the feeling that I read them before. I'm beyond the cringe worthy status when I'm reading some clueless writer's discovery of her story, having the big "revelation" that her real name is not LDR   or babbling about her non-authentic persona. I uber cringe when they are misspelling her stage-name to RAY (I always wondered if that is intentional) or calling her, in a patronizing mode, Lizzy Grant or mentioning SNL    . 
 
I expect something around 60-65 (there will be 3 or 4 scores in the 30-40 range Jim Farber NYD, Chicago Tribune, AV Club and a random idiot like last year 405 reviewer of UV Derek Robertson (Carl Williot from Idolator hates HM and the Baeblemusic blog has a negative campaign against her lately but I don't think that they count towards the MC score). Most of the reviewers will wash their hands with a 55-65 score and there will be some stans who will even out the hater scores. Really,"the same old" accusation it's more fitting to these writers than to Lana's music. I almost forgot that Youtube buffoon Anthony Fantano who will give Honeymoon a 0 score while singing mockingly the chorus of Salvatore.
 
Have "fun" I guess reading that BS, mostly the pieces where you have the clear impression that the critic didn't even bothered to listen to the album properly lifting out a word or a sentence to trash the entire lyrical content of the album. Most of the writers are misogynistic pricks, failed indie musicians who are jealous of her "undeserved" success or feminists who are cringing at her music and I'm frankly amazed, given the divide between her and the critics, that she has a respectable overall score on MC.

GKIT is just one of the best songs I heard in my life
 

 
Only the first part of UV keeps up with HM. HM is longer, if we cut the 4 weakest songs from HM it's better than UV. Wait, I cannot cut 4 songs from HM only 2 maybe.
 
HM>UV>BTD it's amazing tho that she topped UV. 

GKIT is just one of the best songs I heard in my life
 

 
Only the first part of UV keeps up with HM. HM is longer, if we cut the 4 weakest songs from HM it's better than UV. Wait, I cannot cut 4 songs from HM only 2 maybe.
 
HM>UV>BTD it's amazing tho that she topped UV. 

First listen to the entire album in HQ and even without headphones I'm slayed     

First listen to the entire album in HQ and even without headphones I'm slayed     

Good reviews: Honeymoon is haunting, ethereal, ghostly, mesmerizing, beautiful, lush, cinematic. 
Bad reviews: Honeymoon is boring, slow, "limousines" and "soft ice cream" lyrics are ridiculous, it's the same from Lana, the shtick it's getting old, she mumbles the lyrics.
 
After being obsessed with Lana pieces I arrived at the point when I don't give a shit about the reviews because they are incredibly boring and cliche-istic. From some time I have the feeling that I read them before. I'm beyond the cringe worthy status when I'm reading some clueless writer's discovery of her story, having the big "revelation" that her real name is not LDR   or babbling about her non-authentic persona. I uber cringe when they are misspelling her stage-name to RAY (I always wondered if that is intentional) or calling her, in a patronizing mode, Lizzy Grant or mentioning SNL    . 
 
I expect something around 60-65 (there will be 3 or 4 scores in the 30-40 range Jim Farber NYD, Chicago Tribune, AV Club and a random idiot like last year 405 reviewer of UV Derek Robertson (Carl Williot from Idolator hates HM and the Baeblemusic blog has a negative campaign against her lately but I don't think that they count towards the MC score). Most of the reviewers will wash their hands with a 55-65 score and there will be some stans who will even out the hater scores. Really,"the same old" accusation it's more fitting to these writers than to Lana's music. I almost forgot that Youtube buffoon Anthony Fantano who will give Honeymoon a 0 score while singing mockingly the chorus of Salvatore.
 
Have "fun" I guess reading that BS, mostly the pieces where you have the clear impression that the critic didn't even bothered to listen to the album properly lifting out a word or a sentence to trash the entire lyrical content of the album. Most of the writers are misogynistic pricks, failed indie musicians who are jealous of her "undeserved" success or feminists who are cringing at her music and I'm frankly amazed, given the divide between her and the critics, that she has a respectable overall score on MC.

Good reviews: Honeymoon is haunting, ethereal, ghostly, mesmerizing, beautiful, lush, cinematic. 
Bad reviews: Honeymoon is boring, slow, "limousines" and "soft ice cream" lyrics are ridiculous, it's the same from Lana, the shtick it's getting old, she mumbles the lyrics.
 
After being obsessed with Lana pieces I arrived at the point when I don't give a shit about the reviews because they are incredibly boring and cliche-istic. From some time I have the feeling that I read them before. I'm beyond the cringe worthy status when I'm reading some clueless writer's discovery of her story, having the big "revelation" that her real name is not LDR   or babbling about her non-authentic persona. I uber cringe when they are misspelling her stage-name to RAY (I always wondered if that is intentional) or calling her, in a patronizing mode, Lizzy Grant or mentioning SNL    . 
 
I expect something around 60-65 (there will be 3 or 4 scores in the 30-40 range Jim Farber NYD, Chicago Tribune, AV Club and a random idiot like last year 405 reviewer of UV Derek Robertson (Carl Williot from Idolator hates HM and the Baeblemusic blog has a negative campaign against her lately but I don't think that they count towards the MC score). Most of the reviewers will wash their hands with a 55-65 score and there will be some stans who will even out the hater scores. Really,"the same old" accusation it's more fitting to these writers than to Lana's music. I almost forgot that Youtube buffoon Anthony Fantano who will give Honeymoon a 0 score while singing mockingly the chorus of Salvatore.
 
Have "fun" I guess reading that BS, mostly the pieces where you have the clear impression that the critic didn't even bothered to listen to the album properly lifting out a word or a sentence to trash the entire lyrical content of the album. Most of the writers are misogynistic pricks, failed indie musicians who are jealous of her "undeserved" success or feminists who are cringing at her music and I'm frankly amazed, given the divide between her and the critics, that she has a respectable overall score on MC.

I hope someone can translate it... https://www.dropbox.com/s/r6c9a6bfnwl23im/selection.pdf?dl=0