![]() ![]() ![]() Known since she emerged over a decade ago for alluding to or borrowing from the music of Lou Reed, Nancy Sinatra, Joni Mitchell and the Beach Boys, among countless others, Del Rey here quotes a line from her own song “Cinnamon Girl” and repurposes a string arrangement from her “Norman F- Rockwell” before concluding the record with a luscious-spooky dub-trap remake of 2019’s “Venice Bitch,” in which she rhymes “Get high” with “Never die” and “Drop acid” with “Lake Placid.”Īnd why not? At age 37, Del Rey has ascended to a level of prestige that for her younger inheritors - including famous fans like Billie Eilish and Olivia Rodrigo - more or less matches the esteem in which she holds those in her pantheon. Lana Del Rey’s sprawling and obsessive new LP - “the ninth studio album,” as its cover describes it in a flourish of self-mythologizing graphic design - is the one where this great American collage artist begins cut-and-pasting herself. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |