How to bring Lana Del Rey's sepia-tinted, sunset-tinged, palm-fringed retro Hollywood glamour to a wet and muddy field at the main Pyramid stage at Worthy Farm? It was never going to be an easy task.
Could she communicate the subtleties of her music, vocals and the nuanced sense of her core text - the American Dream/Nightmare - on a massive festival stage?
If there was any doubt that she could own the biggest stage at the festival, these dissolved straight away. If there was any doubt that she can't sing live, these dissolved even faster. Her voice throughout the set was pitch perfect, strong, rich and vibrating with emotion. Such is Del Rey's vocal skills that she can communicate a diverse spectrum of human experience by the way she sings simple,
Del Rey deals in terror and tragedy and even though she's one of the biggest pop stars in the world, her projected fragility - which I think we can now safely say is completely genuine - creates an emotional connection with her fans. And it's powerful.
When 'Video Games' played, it reminded me of the time before all the fashion campaigns, the billions of view on YouTube, the number one album, the crazy stardom, the time when she made a video at home, edited it on her computer, and wrote the best pop song of 2011.
I think that her vocals were really impressive, but unfortunately, there was something wrong with her. I'm thinking the death of Bobby, I don't know... But she really looked like she wasn't having a good time at all.
The guitar player was amazing though, and I loved the overall rock vibe we got, even in her classics like Blue Jeans.
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