hiPop I hip. I Pop. I op.

...je možda Lanin omiljeni film, i ne trudi se da to sakrije. Ona je hipsterka iz Bruklina, a oblači se kao holivudska zvezda starog kova, iz doba kada su prirodno oblikovane krivine, što na kosi, što na telu, imale prednost nad botoksom i silikonima. I nije bitno što želi da verujemo da je siromašno dete iz trailer park-a, a ima bogate roditelje. Sve u prošlom vremenu je uvek lepše i sladje. Lana Del Rey to dobro zna i zato se svesno poigrava ikonama američke prošlosti - ona pin-up devojku iz kamiondžijskih snova oblači u glamur starog Holivuda. A pošto je Lana loša devojka, ona dodaje i malo ghetto začina.

Blogeri su je dočekali na nož, jer se, zaboga, usudila da ima umetnički alter-ego. Od kada je to greh u popu?!

Ustvari, jako je zabavno što besni indie doajeni i militantne feministkinje, zaslepljeni njenim oblinama, optužuju Lanu za neoriginalnost i uspeh preko izgleda, pri tome ne shvatajući samoironičnost njene pojave. Lizzy Grant, kako je pravo ime Lane Del Rey, sigurno sve to gleda sa strane i smeje se. Publicitet je ipak publicitet.

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...might be Lana's favorite movie, and she's not trying to hide it. She's a Brooklyn hipster that dresses like an old Hollywood movie star from the time before botox and silicones (collagen in her lips is irrelevant, trust me). It doesn't matter that she's a rich kid wanting us to believe that she's white trailer park trash. Everything in past tense is always sweeter and better. Lana Del Rey knows that very well and that's why she's doing such a good job at playing with the icons of the American past - she's dressing an every-trucker's-dream pin-up Barbie in an old Hollywood glam. Adding a dash of ghetto spice, 'cause Lana is a bad girl.

She certainly did not get a warm welcome from bloggers, because she dared to have an alter-ego. Since when is that a sin in pop music?!

Actually, I find a lot of fun in angry indie doyens and militant feminists trying to discredit Lana for her not being original enough (what does that word actually mean in the modern world?) and succeeding because of her looks. They are obviously blinded by her curves, because, otherwise, they would see the true self-irony and sarcasm in both her image and her songs. I bet Lizzy Grant, a.k.a. Lana Del Rey is somewhere having the last laugh. There's no such thing as bad publicity.


Za kraj, da biste shvatili koliko je bespotrebno trošiti mastilo i hartiju (virtuelnu, doduše) na hajku na Lanu, samo je poslušajte. // In the end, just listen to her, to realize how irrelevant all the ghost chase after Lana is.