Lana covers "Complex" magazine - August/September Issue

[PrettyBaby 2,213]

 

 

 

tl;dr: @@FormerLanaFan to Lana: I'm a drag and you're a whore.
 

Ok, so your issue with her is that she doesn't live up to your (a man's) fantasy image of her and your expectations of her sexual behavior as a woman? Do you not see how problematic this is?
 

Would we have though? I've been in the Lana sleuthing game for almost 3 years now and have developed something of a reputation for it and I still find myself surprised at new information and how it reshapes my understanding of her. Also, there's a possibility the label head claim may not be as interesting as it sounds. Everybody and their brother has a label these days. Ben even had one.
 

I dunno. You seem to be the only one reacting strongly about this. (Not that I haven't been about the only person objecting to something on here before. ) Also, when she said "I have slept with a lot of guys in the industry" she may simply have meant that a lot of the guys she fucked were in the industry, not that she's fucked a lot of guys in absolute terms. Even if she was, comparing someone who has "slept with a lot of guys" with a porn star is not a fair comparison, but FWIW that Duke porn star seems pretty content with her decision. Also FWIW, there's a fair amount of transactional sex suggested in Lana's lyrics. How is this only bothering you now? And WTF do private sexual acts have to do with being a good person, being involved in your community, or your relationship with your father, mother, and siblings?
 

No, it's not the Beatles era, though your attitudes about women and sex seem imported straight from it. I can't help but laugh at the irony and lack of self-awareness in your reference to Othello, a man so obsessed with a woman's believed promiscuity that (spoiler alert) it drives him to murder, and ultimately suicide.
 

Um, what is this all about? Are we still talking about Lana?
 

So far you're the only one portraying her like the biggest whore in the music industry. Personally I think T-Swift might privately high-five Lana and tell her to write kiss and tell songs about everybdy she fucked. And then she'd probably fuck Lana and write a song about it.

You think I give a damn about a Grammy?
Half of you critics can't even stomach me, let alone stand me
"But Slim, what if you win, wouldn't it be weird?"
Why? So you guys could just lie to get me here?
So you can sit me here next to Britney Spears?
Shit, Christina Aguilera Lana Del Rey better switch me chairs
So I can sit next to Carson Daly and Fred Durst James Franco and Dan Auerbach
And hear 'em argue over who she gave head to first first sucked cock
 

Just maybe.
 

What does one have to do with the other? Besides, for all we know, Pat might high-five her or be jealous.

My momma, she would love you like I love you
If she ever met you, if she ever knew
My momma, she would fall right on top of you
If she ever saw you, she’d be smitten too

I’ll never take you home
I want you all for my own
Don’t let my momma hear your pretty song
 

Right, the couple bucks you spent on her artistry entitles you to dictate her sex life. Really, her comment is "undefendable"? I see plenty of people doing just that.

 

 

 

 

How did I miss this first half of your comments yesterday?

 

I've said it before, but it bears repeating:

 

 I think societal pressures to have sex, and to not have sex, are both very destructive forces.

 

 

This is the crux of the matter for me. 

 

Thank you for clarifying your position, @@FormerLanaFan ...here's hoping I'm not the "self-righteous 'free-sex ideologist' here with little education and life experience" because that would be hilarious on too many levels. Peace... <3

[Tammy 2,291]

From sex to sexy - Lana's taste is great: http://www.starpulse.com/news/Kevin_Blair/2014/07/23/lana_del_rey_slept_with_a_lot_of_guys_

 

Lana Del Rey has opened up about her career success in the new issue of Complex magazine, playing to all the critics and haters who have blasted her by revealing that she didn't sleep her way to the top to get famous -- although she did try.

While the singer's latest album, "Ultraviolence," features a track titled "F---ed My Way Up To The Top," Del Rey says that's not the path that took her to the top of the charts.

"It's commentary, like, 'I know what you think of me,' and I'm alluding to that," she says of the song, admitting that she did seek that kind of, er, 'help,' to land a deal.

"You know, I have slept with a lot of guys in the industry," she adds, "but none of them helped me get my record deals.

"Which is annoying."

The singer has always been quite open about her sexuality, which is evident in her songs, and she says that she's a very physical person.

"I like a physical love," she says. "I like a hands-on love… How can I say this without getting into too much trouble? I like a tangible, passionate love. For me, if it isn't physical, I'm not interested."

Lana also shared her musical influences during the interview (read it here), revealing that she's a big jazz fan and loves Bob Seger.

"I love jazz," she says of what she was listening to during down time while writing her latest album. "I love Chet Baker's documentary 'Let's Get Lost,' which influenced my video for 'West Coast,' which Bruce Weber shot.

"I love Nina Simone and Billie Holiday like everybody else. I have a 70s playlist that I listen to daily," she adds. "A lot of Bob Seger, who I love. He's probably the main person I listen to, and also the Eagles and Chris Isaak   , Dennis Wilson and Brian Wilson. I like Echo and the Bunnymen, 'Killing Moon' — just like single tracks."

 

 

 

 
 

[Thunder Revenant 20,685]

Such a mess ...

why dont we all just leave everyone f-ck with whomever they want (as long as there is no "damage" for anyone of course)

[Backfire 26]

Where do I buy this

[salvatore 21,763]

 

How are the people here different?

They’re not different. I’m a little different. The vibe is the same. I met some guys from here last week I had never met before, and they were just really easygoing. All artist types—writing during the day and hanging out at bars at night. I miss that, I like that. I haven't really found that in California yet. I relocated there because my record got a little bit bigger, but I didn’t really find a music scene that I was a part of. There was something happening—there was kind of a reemerging Laurel Canyon sound. Jonathan Wilson, Father John Misty, and I really liked those guys. I felt like maybe I had something in common with them and I slipped right into that atmosphere really well.

 

 

 

i love that she was chasing that artistic community in California that she admittedly found some idea of in Brooklyn but decided to keep with LA, then she found her people with FJM and Johnathan Wilson for a quick minute, then sunk into the most basic and reductive version of herself with her new Beverly Hill GalPals- it's weird

 

also the fact she's been tacking at that 'Laurel Canyon' sound for a good 5-6 fucking years now and made it with Yosemite only to withhold it. it's great seeing Yosemite's influence being sparked in her darkest era despite the song being organically happy unlike Change

[BluebirdXO 7,677]

On 7/22/2014 at 2:28 PM, CruelWorld said:

There was a time after Paradise came out when you said you weren’t sure that you were going to make any more music. What changed?

A year after Born to Die was released, a lot of people asked me what the new record would sound like and when it was going to come out. I said, “I don’t know if there will be another record.” I didn’t have songs that I felt were good or personal enough. Dan Auerbach changed things for me, and I have no idea why. He was just interested in me. That made me feel like maybe what I was doing was interesting. He gave me some confidence back. He listened to songs that were folk songs at the time, and he thought that maybe, with some revision, they could be more dynamic. I started to see a bigger picture. For me, if I don’t have a concept it’s not worth writing a whole album. I don’t like it if there’s no story.

 

I need Dan to save us from the folk snooze fest again

[BluebirdXO 7,677]

I can't believe in the amount of people that manifested folk in this thread. I'll keep manifesting rock, maybe in 6 years we will get it

[Deadly Nightshade 12,041]

59 minutes ago, BluebirdXO said:

 

I need Dan to save us from the folk snooze fest again

I just read this part of the interview for the first time and it's like history repeating itself