Tag: Lana Del Rey discography
Rob Grant and Lana Del Rey Provide A Freudian Wet Dream in “Lost At Sea”
When it comes to Lana Del Rey’s “Daddy,” for once it actually refers to her real father. You know, the man who “gave his seed” [Read More…]
Lana Del Rey Grapples With A New “Persona”—Middle-Age Angst—On Did You Know That There’s A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd
It seems fitting that Lana Del Rey would post and then delete a video (à la Britney) about persona on her Instagram the same day [Read More…]
Lana Del Rey Returns to Her Church Choir Roots With “The Grants,” A Rumination on Memory and, More Subtly, Plath’s Fig Tree
With a recent interview in Billboard noting that Lana Del Rey found herself figuratively going back to Lake Placid as she wrote Did You Know [Read More…]
On Lana Del Rey “Raising A Generation” (And Whether Or Not That Was Necessarily A Good Thing)
For whatever reason, when Lana Del Rey first arrived onto the scene, she appealed endlessly to the ten through twelve-year-old set. Like a “goth” version [Read More…]
Lana Del Rey’s “A&W”: It’s Not About Selling Root Beer, So Much As Selling Yourself
Considering Lana Del Rey’s history with shilling soda pop on the side (hear: “Diet Mountain Dew” and “Cola”), one’s initial assumption about a song title [Read More…]
Miley Cyrus Heavily Imitates Lana Del Rey Stylings in Teaser for Endless Summer Vacation
Along with announcing that her next album will be released March 10th, the same day as Lana Del Rey’s Did You Know That There’s A [Read More…]
When Lana Tried to Heal the Coast War With Her Placement of “Brooklyn Baby” Before “West Coast” on Ultraviolence, But Just Ended Up Making the Divide More Palpable
Lana Del Rey, like many looking for that “perfect” place in the U.S. that doesn’t exist, is a notorious flitter between the coasts. If not [Read More…]
Lana Del Rey: A Patron Saint of Father’s Day, Or: Every Song By LDR That Mentions “Daddy”
Despite only one line in Lana Del Rey’s 2012 song, “Ride,” mentioning anything about a “Daddy” (while also including “father” in the lyrics, “Dying young [Read More…]
Lana Del Rey Releases A Trio of More Joni Mitchell-Tinged Songs
Lana Del Rey, like her increasing counterpart, Taylor Swift, simply can’t stop. Not just releasing songs, but releasing ones that continue to mirror the spirit [Read More…]
Lana Del Rey’s “Shades of Cool” As Police Officer Lullaby
While Lana Del Rey may have moved on from a darker side of her “Americana-loving” phase—that is to say, dating a cop—that aspect of herself [Read More…]