Tag: Lana Del Rey
Charli XCX is Becoming More Prolific on the Soundtrack Scene Than LDR, With “Speed Drive” Being Her Latest Song Written For A Movie
For a while there, Lana Del Rey was the undisputed Soundtrack Queen. Whether composing original songs or offering up cover versions, Del Rey’s voice has [Read More…]
A Tale of Two Parises: Lana’s and Taylor’s/(So-Called) Whites’ and Arabs’
The outskirts of Paris continue to burn in the wake of another grotesque (but sadly, not unfathomable) instance of police brutality. And this on the [Read More…]
Olivia Rodrigo Gets Emotionally Sucked Dry (Again) On “Vampire”
It’s no secret that Olivia Rodrigo is a Twilight fan. Shit, she even has an unreleased song called “Twilight,” with lyrics that go, “Don’t know [Read More…]
The Birth of Lana Del Rey’s Nepo Daddy
God might have created Adam, but Lana Del Rey (“God” to many fans) created Rob Grant. At least in his current incarnation as “musician.” While [Read More…]
“Snow on the Beach,” Climate Change Child’s Play, Doesn’t Provide the Best Simile For Evoking the “Unusual” Phenomenon of Falling in Requited Love
Even when “Snow on the Beach” was “first” released on the first iteration of Taylor Swift’s Midnights, “all the way back” in October of 2022, [Read More…]
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…]
No Sleep (Til Every Last Dollar Is Extracted): Taylor Swift Releases Midnights: The Til Dawn Edition—Oh, and Midnights: The Late Night Edition
For those who had gotten their rocks off on making various memes about Lana Del Rey’s barely detectable presence on what was supposed to be [Read More…]
Anne-Marie’s “Unhealthy” One-Ups Lana Del Rey and Rihanna’s Love of Toxic Relationships
While some women like to at least slightly pretend they would “emancipate themselves” if they “could” from a toxic relationship, some simply like to own [Read More…]
Lana Del Rey’s “Candy Necklace” Video Deliberately Blurs the Line Between Fantasy and Reality With Its Meta Framework
When an artist reaches a certain point in their career, self-reference can’t be avoided. In Lana Del Rey’s case, that tends to become quite a [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…]