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It probably would have been a good time to exercise some restraint. By the way, I didn’t know she was a big journalist. So it’s like, “Why do you think that you’re going to be the one to put that out there?”ĭid you think about reaching out to Powers instead of clapping back on social media?

Mostly because my family is big and they’re here. I’m not throwing everything out there on the table for a reason. But I’ve been very appropriate in other ways. I’ve put a lot of stuff out there on the table. Was she writing about your use of Lolita imagery? Even if it’s me.” And I’ve never said anything about that. In the piece, she said that I’d overcome something, and the way she said it one can only assume she meant I’d overcome child abuse. Why did you choose to go that route?įirst of all, and this is very me, there were a million beautiful reviews that I didn’t read. just take them.Īfter “Norman” came out to glowing reviews, you took to Twitter to criticize a piece written by NPR Music critic Ann Powers, a longtime champion of female artists. I was like, “Honeymoon,” “Lust for Life”. And then I did extensive interviews and no one cared that I mixed anything. I’m like, “Alright! Let me tell you about the album!” I remember when I made “Ultraviolence,” I put so much work into it. It feels like you’re being a lot more public during the release of “Norman F- Rockwell” than you were for your previous albums. When I asked if it had been effective, she said “No,” then laughed.
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In 2017, she gave her fans instructions on how to cast a spell on Donald Trump. She dabbles in California new-age culture, but she’s ultimately a realist. Lately, she’s been thinking a lot about her voice, how much power it has and how she ought to use it to speak up for herself. I think she should direct movies when she’s tired of all this.”ĭel Rey speaks thoughtfully, taking time to express herself to ensure she won’t be misunderstood. She’s a little weird, and she likes being a little weird. We both love writing songs more than anything: Sitting in a room with some candles and a piano and communing with our own channels that are going up to the spirit world and coming back down through us. You think you know it and then seven minutes in you’re like, ‘Oh, Jesus!’”įleetwood Mac’s Stevie Nicks, with whom Del Rey collaborated on the 2017 track “Beautiful People Beautiful Problems,” says by phone from Hawaii that she and Del Rey shared an “instant connection. “It’d be so fun to do ‘ Hotel California,’” she says. She has a couple of special guests in mind for next week, and has been mulling an Eagles cover if she can pull it together and it’s up to her standards. She cites the famous 1968 Jimi Hendrix show at the Bowl where audience members got naked and climbed in fountains (no longer there) as her model for an ideal Bowl show. 10, she’ll take the stage at the Hollywood Bowl, a venue whose place in rock history is very meaningful to her. A decade in, against all odds, Lana Del Rey has established herself as a bonafide rock star in an era in which fewer are minted than ever before. But that fast rise to fame and chauvinist response from some critics didn’t scare her she just doubled down on what she does best: writing songs.

She quickly played “Saturday Night Live” and was met with fierce criticism for her look, her sound, her lyrics. After releasing music under the names Lizzy Grant and May Jailer, she took on the mantle of Lana Del Rey. Her career has been unusual in many ways. In a white tank top and denim cutoff shorts, makeup-free save for her Bambi lashes, she’s a warm and friendly host, offering a cup of kombucha or a perfect red apple from a bowl on the table, spinning Joni albums to fill the space with sound. With a little downtime between appearances promoting the record, including her upcoming concert at the Hollywood Bowl, she’s been taking pleasure in doing mundane things: grocery shopping, arranging flowers, catching up on reality TV. She may have originated in New York as Elizabeth Woolridge Grant, but Lana Del Rey has become the preeminent modern practitioner of the California sound - the dreamy, psychedelic style associated with El Lay acts like the Mamas and the Papas and Fleetwood Mac.ĭel Rey, 34, recently released her sixth album, “Norman F- Rockwell,” to nearly unanimous critical acclaim. It’s exactly the kind of idyllic spot in the cradle of L.A.’s ‘60s and ‘70s folk scene - the onetime home of her hero Joni Mitchell - where you’d expect to find one of the world’s most dedicated California music enthusiasts. Just off Laurel Canyon, up a long, rickety flight of outdoor stairs, Lana Del Rey is puttering around the kitchenette of a rented luxe cabin, while a couple of her musician friends hang out on the porch.
