Ya'll give Lana too much credit. People were making ambient music long before, it just wasn't as mainstream cause no one was willing to pay for it (who wants to buy elevator music?), but since streaming took over, it's become more integrated.
Lana was the last time someone really interesting popped up on the pop landscape. After Video Games, everyone dug into her history, found her real name, doubted her authenticity, rumored that she got lip injections (way more scandalous before the rise of Kylie). She became a mysterious saintlike figure on Tumblr to white gays and girls with blue hair. She's only ever given a few interviews to date.
Lana was the last time someone really interesting popped up on the pop landscape. After Video Games, everyone dug into her history, found her real name, doubted her authenticity, rumored that she got lip injections (way more scandalous before the rise of Kylie). She became a mysterious saintlike figure on Tumblr to white gays and girls with blue hair. She's only ever given a few interviews to date.
Right. It was her image that intrigued and stuck with people.
Anyway, now everybody has seen through all the smoke and mirrors.
Ya'll give Lana too much credit. People were making ambient music long before, it just wasn't as mainstream cause no one was willing to pay for it (who wants to buy elevator music?), but since streaming took over, it's become more integrated.
Ambient? Born to Die was trip hop-pop with lyrics about being a depressed rich girl and *that* image. The combo of that music with that image is what people copied, and no one was doing it before Lana.
Still, it’d be wrong to overlook the many things Ultraviolence does well, and how sui generis Lana Del Rey is. She’s a pop music original full-stop, and there are not nearly enough of those around.
