I'm incredibly late in discovering Lana Del Rey, but my god is she beautiful. She looks she like she was born about 30 years too late, but it suits her so well. Weirdly enough, she looks better when she's not smiling; the whole sexy smoldering look suits her much more than the sweet smiley look. She kind of reminds me of that woman who featured in the Audio Bully's song "Shot you down" a while back. (I know she sang the original too, but I had never seen her until that video) - Is her name Nancy Sinatra? She even reminds me a bit of a photo my dad has of my mum, from the 70's or early 80's.
Lana del Rey
Lana del Rey
Lana del Rey
Her song Born to Die - my gosh! It's so deep, and her voice is so powerful and intense. It has quite a strange effect on me actually - there is something slightly depressing about it, but, at the same time, it is almost uplifting. The video is also incredible: I mean, any video which starts off with someone as stunning as her, with dark red lipstick on, sitting in a throne, with two fierce tigers on either side of them, has got to be pretty darn exceptional.
Having done a bit of research on the star, it's odd that even she describes herself to be a bit like Nancy Sinatra. She says "Think Nancy Sinatra singing a Cat Power song over Lil Wayne's track." Not quite hearing Lil Wayne in here though... I'd say there was something more Portishead-y in this song.
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