[Pop pop123]

On her 2012 breakthrough, Born to Die, Del Rey cast herself as a tragic pop star from a bygone era. Her music videos were epics: on Born to Die’s title track, she begins perched regally on a throne flanked by Bengal tigers, and ends with model Bradley Soileau carrying her bloody body from the fiery wreckage of a 1969 Ford Mustang Mach 1; in “National Anthem,” she plays Jackie O to A$AP Rocky’s JFK. Where many of her contemporaries reveled in little-known subcultures and outsider artists, Del Rey went for icons. “Marilyn’s my mother/Elvis is my daddy/Jesus is my bestest friend,” she wrote in the introduction to her Anthony Mandler-directed short film Tropico, released last year. Del Rey’s 20th Century nostalgia (cloaked in beats provided by Emile Haynie, Kid Cudi’s original producer, and Kanye West-collaborator Jeff Bhasker, among others) proved immensely successful. Only four albums released in 2012 outsold Born to Die, which went platinum in the U.S. and charted in 11 countries. Del Rey sold more than 12 million singles globally, received two Grammy nods (Best Pop Vocal Album, for her EP Paradise; Best Song Written for Visual Media, for “Young and Beautiful”), and sold out a North American tour.

Her arrival also attracted visceral criticism. The New York Times review of Born to Die savaged her aesthetic and artistic “pose.” Pitchfork likened her debut to a “faked orgasm.” The media seemed fixated on anything but the album’s actual music: the supposedly incongruous early recording career under her real name, the life cycle of the internet hype machine that birthed her, or the aggressively ridiculed Saturday Night Live performance that made her a household name.

http://www.complex.com/covers/lana-d...4-cover-story/

Would they lie?

Talent, Success, Fame, BEAUTY (poor Fadga), Controversy (without even trying)

[Whatevaaaaa]

A pregnancy would be just what Gaga needs.
Too bad she'll never sell-out to the pop machine and will CONTINUE to do exactly what she wants(with-in reason) and maintain levels of relevancy your faves couldn't under her circumstances.

[Vin]

Originally posted by Cap10Planet

I can't believe people thought Megan Fox would be another Angelina Jolie. She could never carry a movie by herself.

Angelina Jolie can't carry a movie by herself either. Disney carried "Maleficent," not Angelina.



...Vin

[Elusive Chanteuse]

Originally posted by NX127

too bad the US is not the world

but the us market is still the biggest isnt it?

[Skywalker]

Hilary won't smash (and honestly, neither will Gwen nor the other returning acts). I don't really use her as a singer but as long as the music is good.. ehhh..

[Whatevaaaaa]

I know I should feel bad but there is nothing wrong with laughing at the failures of someone with no positive qualities!

[tigerlily13]

4 is so ****ing good

[iHype.]

What is this?

US iTunes:
120 Tameka Tiny Harris What the Fuk You Gon Do?

T.I. wife need to chill.


And this is the woman Azealia came for, and now she's charting higher than Azealia ever has.

[Jolie's Lips]

Originally posted by Whatevaaaaa

She didn't need Robert Downey Jr. for that either.

I can't really.

[Ramos]

Originally posted by Meowster

Hilary won't smash (and honestly, neither will Gwen nor the other returning acts). I don't really use her as a singer but as long as the music is good.. ehhh..

Gwen has a chance if she plays her cards well with The Voice!

[Vin]

Two things will completely end Lady Gaga:

• A pregnancy.
• If Aaron Samuels left her.

Two very achievable things. Now, who has access to her birth control.



...Vin

[Cap10Planet]

Originally posted by Vin

Angelina Jolie can't carry a movie by herself either. Disney carried "Maleficent," not Angelina.



...Vin

Meh, even I drag Angelina and know that her name was big enough to carry Maleficent. Plus, she had Tomb Raider and others. Megan Fox has always been the token pretty hot girl in action movies. Never really the lead. Plus, she's still irrelevant even if she attaches her name to already successful franchises. She has not shown a growth in popularity. And you stan for Kristen Stewart (another token), too. What is it with your taste?

[Jolie's Lips]

Originally posted by slobro

Ultraviolence might even fail to outsell Bionic

I can't, really.

[Skywalker]

Originally posted by Ramos

Gwen has a chance if she plays her cards well with The Voice!

Don't get me wrong - I want Gwen to smash harder than anyone else. The girl truly deserves it. It'll just be hard for her because she's been out of the public eye for so long, Push and Shove was dropped extremely fast, and many found The Sweet Escape underwhelming (I actually don't), plus the girls from The Voice don't have a good track record this far. As long as Gwen makes quality music and does some promotion for her album, I'll be all good.

[RichGirlPlanet]

Originally posted by Nicole

[Jolie's Lips]

Originally posted by Cap10Planet

I can't believe people thought Megan Fox would be another Angelina Jolie.

Ich kann nicht mehr.

[rihannafan]

The leftovers is so messed up. Episode 4

[Jolie's Lips]

Have y'all ever heard ScarHoe's voice ("she" is so B-list so I can imagine most of y'all don't know how "she" sounds like)? "Her" voice is sooooo manly and disgusting.

[Whatevaaaaa]

Megan Fox was never going to have a career lol.
Such a product of her time and now she's lost all value.
Kind of like the ugly girl in Heathers/Beatlejuice except obvi wayyyyy less talented.

[rihannafan]

Originally posted by Jolie's Lips

Have y'all ever heard ScarHoe's voice ("she" is so B-list so I can imagine most of y'all don't know how "she" sounds like)? "Her" voice is sooooo manly and disgusting.

What?