Celeb News: Internet sensation Lana Del Rey bombs on her US TV debut

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Lana Del Rey On SNL: Internet Sensation Bombs On Her U.S. TV Debut

SOURCE: Huffington Post

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Internet phenomenon Lana Del Rey had her U.S. television debut on SNL Saturday night. Del Rey has thus far remained largely within the confines of the internet.

She first grabbed international attention with her song, "Video Games," which was followed up by a series of new releases on the internet in rapid succession, all of which will be featured on her forthcoming album, Born To Die. According to Stereogum, she's the first artist to perform on the show before before the release of a major label album since Natalia Imbruglia.

Her performance Saturday night was under high scrutiny by those who are familiar with her internet videos, and her introduction to America for those who've never heard her name. For these reasons, it possibly couldn't have gone worse.

Del Rey, who had expressed her nervousness before the show, was pitchy and strangely guttural in her renditions of "Video Games" and "Blue Jeans."

Those who have only heard del Rey online wondered whether she just isn't meant for the stage. Those who hadn't wondered how she slipped through the cracks and onto SNL. According to the Hollywood Reporter, actress Juliette Lewis tweeted, "Wow watching this 'singer' on SNL is like watching a 12 yearold in their bedroom when they're pretending to sing and perform. #signofourtimes."

The tweet has since been removed from Lewis' account. The rest of the Twitterverse shared similar reactions, calling the performance "cringeworthy" and a "snoozefest." Perez Hilton warned that we "#DontBuyTheHype." Others were kinder -- one tweeter said "it was better than Ashlee Simpsons' disaster."

Still, we wonder how much of this is actually due to nerves. After all, we've seen her perform for a television audience outside the U.S. Her rendition of "Video Games" on Jools Holland, for one, wasn't perfect, but it was far from deserving this sort of criticism. Is this just be a case of being pushed into the spotlight too fast?

Or has Del Rey's starpower faded before she's even put out her first album?

Ouch.

First impressions are everything.

itsAllen

Once again. People are overreacting. Her EP sitting at number 2 on iTunes is speaking louder than this.

At least she tried and didn't lip sync.

EOMM92

Why is she so uncomfortable on stage? Like, GURL wasn't this what u wanted? PROVE IT!

This was her big break, we'll see how she does at Ellen and David Letterman.

jungle juice

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Originally posted by itsAllen

Once again. People are overreacting. Her EP sitting at number 2 on iTunes is speaking louder than this.

At least she tried and didn't lip sync.

Tired of the 'at least she tried!' rhetoric. She's signed to a major label. She has all the resources, but clearly, she needs studio magic.

I've seen better performers at the local dive bar.

KeirGrey

It was awful

Bad Wolf

She just seemed like she didn't care.

It was like watching paint dry on a wall.

Doc

Aw.

I can't at her stans acting like this isn't a big deal at all, when it clearly is. Stop acting like no one noticed.

Hopefully she can get past this.

EOMM92

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Others were kinder -- one tweeter said "it was better than Ashlee Simpsons' disaster."

Is that what we call kind nowadays?

I saw a few good comments on twitter, kinder than that one. (Probably from hardcore stans though

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JonnyϟLightning

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Originally posted by jungle juice

Tired of the 'at least she tried!' rhetoric. She's signed to a major label. She has all the resources, but clearly, she needs studio magic.

I've seen better performers at the local dive bar.

Lana has sang other times and sounds EXACTLY like the studio versions, don't be claiming stuff that isn't true.

itsAllen

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Originally posted by jungle juice

Tired of the 'at least she tried!' rhetoric. She's signed to a major label. She has all the resources, but clearly, she needs studio magic.

I've seen better performers at the local dive bar.

Her other performances are far better than this one. If ALL her performances were just bad then I would say we had a problem, but everyone has their bad performances, hers just came at the wrong time.

JonnyϟLightning

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Originally posted by itsAllen

Once again. People are overreacting. Her EP sitting at number 2 on iTunes is speaking louder than this.

At least she tried and didn't lip sync.

People say it bombed but they're still on iTunes buying her music. Seems like what actually matters: the buying public, are here for Lana.

EOMM92

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Originally posted by JonnyϟLightning

Lana has sang other times and sounds EXACTLY like the studio versions, don't be claiming stuff that isn't true.

Then why in hell would she waste her biggest breaks in the biggest music markets of the world?

First Jonathan Ross then SNL, both performances were really hard and painful to watch.

I love her music, but i'm not delusional enough to excuse these disasters of performances.

Marla Singer

Oh dear. Short of doing an embarrassing jig before awkwardly walking off stage, it seems it couldn't possibly have been worse. In fact, it might have been better if she had just walked off and spared the audience.

Bad Wolf

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Originally posted by JonnyϟLightning

People say it bombed but they're still on iTunes buying her music. Seems like what actually matters: the buying public, are here for Lana.

The only reason she's rising on iTunes is because many Americans never saw her before this. Interest was sparked enough for a couple of increases in downloads.

She should've sang her best song "Born to Die."

Medo

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Originally posted by jungle juice

Tired of the 'at least she tried!' rhetoric. She's signed to a major label. She has all the resources, but clearly, she needs studio magic.

I've seen better performers at the local dive bar.

Have you actually watched her performances? The only performances where she sounds bad are SNL and Jonathan Ross, which are both huge. Of course she's nervous. Just go watch her other performances and then be the judge.

STMG23

Do we really need another thread about it?

Will you guys make a new thread for every single source reporting it?

JonnyϟLightning

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Originally posted by J0rdan

The only reason she's rising on iTunes is because many Americans never saw her before this. Interest was sparked enough for a couple of increases in downloads.

She should've sang her best song "Born to Die."

I'm not gonna lie and say it was amazing, but it was good enough for people to want to download her/be interested. Isn't that all that matters?

STMG23

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Originally posted by J0rdan

[font=georgia]The only reason she's rising on iTunes is because many Americans never saw her before this. Interest was sparked enough for a couple of increases in downloads.

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Yet people claim her performance was a "career killer" when it actually made people check her out and buy her stuff.

I would have preferred a better performance and better reactions but obviously she is far from over.

I guess, sometimes it is better to have negative buzz than be great but not talked about at all.

JC.

Most viewers probably passed it as Abby Elliot doing a parody in a skit

EOMM92

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Originally posted by JonnyϟLightning

I'm not gonna lie and say it was amazing, but it was good enough for people to want to download her/be interested. Isn't that all that matters?

Then Imagine if she would've done a good performance. She would've blown up. So lets not go there.