I first heard about this singer in my Rhetoric of Music Blogs class last semester. Her catchy songs and unique style instantly hooked me, and one of my friends bought me her CD for my birthday last month.
This CD is constantly on in my car and makes for excellent driving music. This is particularly true for the songs "Off to the Races", "This is What Makes Us Girls" and "Lolita".
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However, this artist causes me some of the most distress I have experienced this year thus far. She is definitely one of those people that you really want to hate but can't help but be addicted to.
Lana Del Rey's songs have absolutely no substance what so ever, which is what bothers me the most of my liking of her. Besides that, she is an absolutely terrible live performer.
She is so bad live that there is a lot of talk that she may have had "the worst Saturday Night Live performance ever". Lana performed on the show on January 14 and had so many negative comments that a parody segment about her featuring Kristen Wiig was performed later on February 4.
On her album, Lana doesn't sound half bad, but in her live performances however, everything sounds so contrived. She constantly changes keys, fails at her attempts to sing runs, and tries way to hard to make her voice sound deep to where it almost sounds as if she's burping.
Regardless, Lana Del Rey's popularity is still rising with millions buying her album and watching her home-made and self-directed videos, which just goes to show you the state of the modern-day music industry. These days, being pretty and singing about scandalous topics will get you very far. Who needs talent?
I'm not one to try to convince people of my opinions though, so decide for yourself!
The live performance:
The auto-tuned track music video:
Vocals on album: 4.5
Vocals in live performances: 1.5
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