Discovering new artists is like going on an endless series of blind dates, where we want to trust our eyes, but can't, quite. Is Lana Del Rey for real, or a manufactured product, the world wants to know? Fortunately, we don't have to wait till she excuses herself to go to the powder room to Google her and make our own determination.

LANA DEL REY
Not everyone is crazy about her plumped-lip look in the video for "Video Games," but 12 million video views (and counting) later, she's doing something right. That shrewdness isn't just in her knack for self-marketing, but also the real craft heard in that knockout single, a funereal ballad which makes her lover's fondness for World of Warcraft sound like the stuff of very high tragedy. We'll have to wait till her full-length album comes out in January to find out if her boots were really made for walkin'. You can watch her latest video here and pre-order the album here.

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I see nothing but the truth. Lana has been one of the new artists with the most hype, this year.

How dumb do you have to be to announce to the world that you're a "gangsta Nancy Sinatra"? But Del Rey appears to be dumb like a fox, in that way.

That wasnt included in the OP for a reason...

Originally posted by Chrome She isn't even #1 or anything, why dedicate the whole OP to her? Smh.

Originally posted by Orsay This, you guys are making this bitch sooooo annoying.

How can one person make another annoying. That's not even possible. Not that it matters, but she's #1 in Germany (the 3rd biggest market)

Originally posted by JonnyϟLightning That wasnt included in the OP for a reason...

That's what those pressed souls need, sis. Feed it to them.