Lana Del Rey: How did we get here?
Why are music critics and pop culture experts always puzzled about the origins of a pop star? Where did she come from? Who is she? Is she fake? Was she created by the record industry?
Lana Del Rey is as real as Justin Beiber is. She is bringing back the old school vibes of a 60's star with the infection and vacantness of Lady Gaga. Pop music lately has been drawing from the past hence many old school diva voices: Adele and Florence and the Machine. The focus is on their powerful voices. Yes, Lana does not have a powerful voice, but she is coming from the same realm and style of music. Yes, her SNL performance was shotty but that was due to lack of preparation. The old school aesthetic is sometimes hard to translate on TV.
What Lana lacks is the ability to project that she is genuine and I think this is where all the hate stems from. She comes off as a fake, throwback singer who had a lobotomy. If she can somehow show her personality, which is somewhere deep down there, she could be a star.
Her career at this moment, seems like it is dead in the water. But it can be revived. They say any publicity is good publicity. Lana has the people talking, the haters hating, so she must be on the right track.
Read more here: "Deconstructing Lana Del Rey"- Spin Magazine
