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Originally posted by Pierrot
General question for Lana fans:
I think that the brilliant part about Lana is that she's playing a character. She channels the Hollywood starlet and nails the sugar daddy-loving affectations. It's all fabulous, Nabokov-American and tongue-in-cheek, a style that peaks with her crooning "my ***** tastes like Pepsi Cola."
Is this generally accepted by her fans though? It seems like so many Lana fans take her songs 100% seriously and don't acknowledge the humor and acting that goes into them. Like, some people take BTD 100% at face value and I have to laugh. I have no doubt Lana relates to her character, but I think BTD is very much like The Fame: poking fun at and embracing a character/role at the same time.
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THIS. Also, I compared Lana to Bowie earlier in this thread, the way she plays with her voice depending on the theme she's singing about...etc. Lana Del Rey is definitely a personae straight from her imagination. The way I see it is she grew up as this super introvert girl who spent her time fantasizing about life rather than living it. (Perhaps part of her actually wanted to be this girl)
I mean come on, the way she answered that question about Feminism says it all lmao.
A blogger friend of mine once told me Lana's music/lyrics is all about what it's like being the girlfriend of the white male rockstar we all love and idolize and I actually agree, that's why I always find it funny when the same people who criticize her image and lyrics STAN the **** out of legendary male rockstars like those **** head reviewers suburbannature is speaking of for instance.
PS: Love the Bebel avi!