Zenol 201 Posted April 17, 2014 Hey! So.. one question I've had for years... what accent does Lana exactly have? I'm not a native speaker so it's pretty hard for me to determine whether she has a NY, LA, Standard American or even a British accent. Can anyone help me with that? Thanks 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
COLACNT 5,177 Posted April 17, 2014 she has an american accent but she toys with it a bit, adding touches of 'british' elements to infuse a sense of ~sophistication, elegance, culture, intellect, etc i think gaga does it too, but it doesn't sound nearly as natural 4 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zenol 201 Posted April 17, 2014 Thank you Does she have a particular American accent or rather a "Standard American" one? Can you give me some british elements she uses? 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CherryGalore 99 Posted April 17, 2014 On AKA you sometimes hear a Southern twang. Here and there. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bae 565 Posted April 17, 2014 She doesn't really have a peticular accent. And I don't believe that there's such thing as an la accent. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Atom Heart 1,929 Posted April 17, 2014 She is from NY and she does have a NY accent sometimes. It depends on how she toys with her voice. She can pull of multiple southern accents if she tried and her accent usually covers the 'Standard American' the majority of the time. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sjrq 150 Posted April 17, 2014 I've never heard Lana speak with a New York accent, but it can be heard in her singing. For example, the way she says "dirty" in "Behind Closed Doors" is straight out of NYC. (I worked there for three years.) In the fadeout at the end of the song (behind closed doors, doors, doors, etc.), she clearly says "doas, doas, doas" with the almost silent "r", which is common to various degrees all over the northeast. (For those outside of the U.S., there are many, many accents in this country. If one drives up I-95 from NY to Massachusetts, the accents are much different and easily identifiable. Accents in Houston and Dallas are different, too. No one on the TV show "Dallas" sounds anything like they are from Dallas - not to me, anyway, and I've lived there.) Lana has great control of her voice, and the southern inflection she injects into some of her early songs is pretty much perfect. She doesn't overdo it, so it sounds smooth and natural. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rayse 658 Posted April 17, 2014 I think she might have put on an accent when she was younger and it just became a lot like that. She sounds like a 50s movie star with a little rich girl from the jersey suburbs and southern flair 4 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
QueenofAlchemy 186 Posted April 17, 2014 she has an american accent but she toys with it a bit, adding touches of 'british' elements to infuse a sense of ~sophistication, elegance, culture, intellect, etc i think gaga does it too, but it doesn't sound nearly as natural When/How does she and Gaga add British elements? (not being argumentative, just genuinely curious) I've never noticed it before 0 Quote High up in the Hollywood hills, Taking violet pills Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Atom Heart 1,929 Posted April 17, 2014 When/How does she and Gaga add British elements? (not being argumentative, just genuinely curious) I've never noticed it before The way Gaga speaks so eloquently in some interviews kind of sounds British by the she pronounces her words. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Atom Heart 1,929 Posted April 17, 2014 I've never heard Lana speak with a New York accent, but it can be heard in her singing. For example, the way she says "dirty" in "Behind Closed Doors" is straight out of NYC. (I worked there for three years.) In the fadeout at the end of the song (behind closed doors, doors, doors, etc.), she clearly says "doas, doas, doas" with the almost silent "r", which is common to various degrees all over the northeast. (For those outside of the U.S., there are many, many accents in this country. If one drives up I-95 from NY to Massachusetts, the accents are much different and easily identifiable. Accents in Houston and Dallas are different, too. No one on the TV show "Dallas" sounds anything like they are from Dallas - not to me, anyway, and I've lived there.) Lana has great control of her voice, and the southern inflection she injects into some of her early songs is pretty much perfect. She doesn't overdo it, so it sounds smooth and natural. If anything Lana sound like she is trying to copy a Long Island/NY Italian accent. I lived in NYC all my life and I have yet to hear a NY accent singularly from Lana. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VegasBaby 895 Posted April 17, 2014 The way Gaga speaks so eloquently in some interviews kind of sounds British by the she pronounces her words. british? like, scottish? she has an american accent but she toys with it a bit, adding touches of 'british' elements to infuse a sense of ~sophistication, elegance, culture, intellect, etc i think when? 0 Quote Sweeping scents and blue hydrangea. Summer hail and summer stranger. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Atom Heart 1,929 Posted April 17, 2014 british? like, scottish? when? I'm not sure if I can pinpoint it because it's so often. But in the intro of the Marry the Night video you can kind of hear it. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VegasBaby 895 Posted April 17, 2014 I'm not sure if I can pinpoint it because it's so often. But in the intro of the Marry the Night video you can kind of hear it. oh sorry i thought you meant lana. 1 Quote Sweeping scents and blue hydrangea. Summer hail and summer stranger. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
