Tag: Lana Del Rey
Pee-Wee’s Playhouse Christmas Special Is Laughing at Kacey Musgraves’ Idea of “Camp”
Generally met with unanimous praise for its blending of self-awareness, nostalgia and paying “campy” respect to the past by doing a sendup of it (all [Read More…]
Ariana Grande Does the Madonna Method for Soundtracks on Charlie’s Angels, Providing the Bulk of Songs For It
For those who have quickly forgotten Madonna’s storied past with film–and incorporating her own music into it so as to secure at least some success–Ariana [Read More…]
The “Ride” Video “Harleys in Hawaii” Is Not
As Katy Perry continues to dole out singles in piecemeal form without necessarily offering the imminent promise of an album, her latest effort seems to [Read More…]
The Songs of Ariana Grande’s That Lana Del Rey Should Cover Post-“Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I’m Bored”
While Ariana Grande’s grandiose style (in the vein of Mariah Carey) wouldn’t quite work for adapting Lana Del Rey’s own grandiose vocals to her oeuvre [Read More…]
Tied Together Sonically By Ariana Grande, “Don’t Call Me Angel” Builds Somewhat More Hostilely on the Themes Destiny’s Child Established With “Independent Women Pt. 1”
Another decade, another remake. Charlie’s Angels was doomed to be next, of course, and even famously lampooned film remakes via LL Cool J on a [Read More…]
The Misunderstood Critic in the Age of Celebrity Worship, Or: The Critic Hasn’t Written the Lines You’d Like to Hear, Or: Ann Powers to Lana Del Rey: Bitch You Ain’t Joni Mitchell
Something happened long ago when celebrities were finally allowed the same democratizing outlet as every other plebe: “the tool” of social media. It “empowered” them [Read More…]
Mourning the Death and Anticipating the Return of the “Great Artist” on Norman Fucking Rockwell
In some ways, Lana Del Rey did a disservice to herself in releasing so many of the tracks before the album release date of August [Read More…]
Pasticcio Overload: Lana Del Rey Takes Cues From Madonna, Mariah, Woody Allen, Lit, Grease and Godzilla in “Doin’ Time” Video
As the queen of modern pastiche and how to wield it for the benefit of creating her own aesthetic, Lana Del Rey’s latest video, itself [Read More…]
The New York/California Schizo: Miss Lana Del Rey in “Fuck It I Love You” & “The Greatest”
For a long time, it seemed as though, like all of us (or at least those with any creative sensibility), Lana Del Rey was trying [Read More…]
The Process and Inspiration Behind “Looking For America” Echoes “Coachella-Woodstock In My Mind”
On the weekend of April 15-16 in 2017, the strange festival-turned-Instagram “influencer’s” wet dream that is Coachella found Lana Del Rey among the ranks of [Read More…]
