The problem with Lana Del Ray is that there is no problem with Lana Del Ray.
This seems to be more of a really well written article about the problem of expectation and authenticity in the struggle to pretend artists do what they do for us. Or, put another way, “are artists selfless deities or are they stealing our jerbs?” Or yet another way, “how we let ourselves believe we’re special, how we don’t notice players on the stage, and how special we feel when we do (and you don’t) .”
The problem with Lana Del Ray is that she may be smarter than you. After all, here she is, half-formed and already fully famous, ready for her closeup, clothed only in fantasy and in nostalgia for an America that no longer exists.
Sometimes, on YouTube, in between shifting veils of 1950’s stock…
(jumping ahead)
Lana Del Ray is sitting at home waiting for you to come home so she can fix you dinner and a drink. Lana Del Ray is waiting for you to come home so she can watch you play video games on the couch and ignore her all day until it’s time for bed. Lana Del Ray is waiting for you to come home so you can go to bed and act out all of your wildest fantasies which is exactly what she wants to do—what you want to do, that is. Lana Del Ray is waiting for you because she is your mirror.
This is good stuff.
(Source: amyrebeccaklein)
7 months ago
