(Blue top: Topshop, necklace: Topshop, skirt: H&M, boots: H&M, bag: River Island, bracelet: Topshop)
This week there is a big buzz on everyone’s lips about Miss Lana Del Rey for a number of reasons.
Lots of people witnessed her haunting performance on Jools Holland last week (October 11th) and it touched something within them. It’s like Lana belongs in an era gone by – a modern-day Nancy Sinatra perhaps – she has an unnerving but intriguing presence. Her unwavering gaze into the camera and her pouting lips spouting beautiful lyrics was something very special. Appearing on the show with just a piano accompaniment and some melancholic violins, her mature voice resounded with an understanding of the pains of love which would seem to stretch beyond her youth. However, we all believed it and there has been an increased amount of discussion around her ever since.
This is not an entirely positive discussion however as many people are lashing out at the recent discovery that Lana Del Rey has not just miraculously appeared on the music scene from obscurity. It has been found that Lana used to perform under the name Lizzy Grant and is in fact backed by a major music label. Purists feel deceived by a held belief that she was just an unknown musician with a YouTube channel discovered by music lovers and bloggers online.
Lucy Jones of The Telegraph led a review of Lana Del Rey with the headline ‘Real or Fake? Lana del Rey, the internet sensation that will break your heart.’ It goes on to discuss the speculation around Miss Del Rey’s authenticity. But so what if she is backed by a major label? So what if it is all a bit of a PR stunt to let people think she is just a YouTube sensation? The fact is she now has a major platform to share this moving music with the world. Her voice and her presence are genuine as proved by her live performance on Jools Holland. Let the controversy lie I say and let the music speak for itself.
On a fashion related note – her look is incredible, I’m sure you will agree. She has the elfish beauty of Natalie Portman and the blonde bombshell sexuality of Bridgette Bardot.
Lana’s video for ‘Video Games’ is an homage to director David Lynch’s film, Mulholland Drive and is a pastiche of home videos again contributing to this haunting intrigue that can be associated with Lana. If you would like to find out more about her, you can read an interview by Rosie Swash at The Observer here. I will leave you with the video.
Enjoy,
Sarah xx
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