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Originally posted by DownBoy
I know that and I'm not talking (only) about Lana. There are far too many popstars who fail at promo and I hate that. Like you made the music you love so try to spread it. Not primarily for money but for sharing your work.
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Not always. Some people just want to release material without standing too much in the spotlight. Every artist is different and has the right to be.
Kate Bush is a good example for that. After 12 years of silence, she came back with an album and did 1 interview and that was it. I know Kate since I was a child, the more years she was doing it, the less she wanted to be in the public eye. Interviews became a raririty. I can see Lana doing something like that in the future if she decides to release records for a long time.
Lana is not in a very good place now for several reasons and she is actually quite lucky that Interscope is not pushing her everywhere. We have seen other examples.
Atlantic Records for example gave one of their artists a few days off after this female artist had miscarried for the third time. That was pretty harsh, especially since it was a big name back then.