Tag: Lana Del Rey
An Insulated Society for the Matriarchal: Lana Del Rey’s “Blue Banisters” Video
Perhaps what stands out most about Lana Del Rey’s latest visual foray is the fact that there is nary a man present. Considering what Del [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…]
Youth Desert: Yearning For Carefree Simplicity in the “White Dress” Video
Since to set the story of the music video for “White Dress” inside of a diner (think Twin Peaks’ Double R) as Lizzy Grant dreamily [Read More…]
Chemtrails Over Taylor Swift’s Folkloric Country Club
Wasting no time in establishing that Chemtrails Over the Country Club is her “country-folk” album, and that she’s going to out-folk Taylor Swift’s folklore (also [Read More…]
A Car Crash: “Chemtrails Over the Country Club”
In an odd turn of events that, like bankruptcy, happened gradually then suddenly, Taylor Swift has managed to out-Lana Lana Del Rey, leaving the latter [Read More…]
White Girls in Native American Garb
A tradition almost as time-honored as Thanksgiving itself in America, the odd gravitational pull white girls feel toward dressing in Native American garb (mostly for [Read More…]
“Let Me Love You Like A Human Being That Subscribes To Neither Gender Trope”
In a move that seems to continue to prove that Lana Del Rey doesn’t exactly have her finger on the pulse of what “the kids [Read More…]
For A Song Called “Hallucinogenics,” Matt Maeson and LDR Make It Sound Soberly Vanilla
Maybe it was appropriate that Matt Maeson’s first single was called “Cringe,” for that’s the effect his music has on anyone who doesn’t view the [Read More…]
