Lana Del Rey by https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j A research portfolio en-us 2019-02-17 20:43:12 UTC 2025-05-25 17:35:15 UTC hello@padlet.com The 'Real' Lana? 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/332165888 Youtube clip went viral of pre-fame Lana (AKA 'Lizzy Grant') - drastically different persona and image. 

Added an element of scandal and gossip to her image. ]]> 2019-02-17 21:01:10 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/332165888 The Guardian: "The strange story of the star who rewrote her past" 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/332173199 Article details how 'Lizzy Grant' was a 'flop' , but the transformation into LDR led fans to feel 'duped' and she faced backlash. I.e. Large proportion of the public do not buy her image as authentic. ]]> 2019-02-17 22:00:29 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/332173199 The new face of Gucci's 'Forever Guilty' campaign... 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/334557246 Lana stars alongside Jared Leto in Gucci's 2019 'Forever Guilty' campaign' : emphasis is placed on "Individuals who live and love outside of social conformism"]]> 2019-02-24 12:03:23 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/334557246 Gucci Ambassador 2019 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/334559244 Campaign emphasises vintage and retro culture and style "Iconic Hollywood landmarks" and quintessential American places" ]]> 2019-02-24 12:28:34 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/334559244 Associates with 'Troubled' female artists 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/334560347 Associates with Courtney Love, frequently cites the late Amy Winehouse as one of her inspirations.  Aligning herself and identifying with other troubled/drug addicted female stars reinforces this as part of her image. ]]> 2019-02-24 12:42:09 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/334560347 "I wish I was dead already" 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/334562254  - Del Rey in The Guardian, 2014, Internet

She claims that Amy Winehouse are her "heroes" - she thus romanticises dark themes of early death and drug addiction. ]]> 2019-02-24 13:01:58 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/334562254 Mainly collaborates with HipHop and Trap artists 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/334566340 Predominantly has collaborated with hip hop and trap artists, as well as lending her music to hip hop artists for sampling, a tactic which serves to broaden her audience. 

Why does this seem odd?
Association with old-hollywood is unavoidably associated with a much less integrated America. 

However she seems aware that she is playing with people's expectations of her image - casts rapper ASAP rocky as President John F kennedy ]]> 2019-02-24 13:39:16 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/334566340 This aspect of her image connotes nostalgia for a lost American Dream 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/334566704 “The country is fraying at the edges; she wanted to look at that edge, at destruction and loss, and talk about it.”


]]> 2019-02-24 13:42:05 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/334566704 Lizzy Grant disappears and 'Lana Del Rey' emerges - 2011 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/334567847 2019-02-24 13:52:23 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/334567847 LANA AND THE NOTION OF AUTHENTICITY 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/334568177 2019-02-24 13:55:22 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/334568177 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/334568541 2019-02-24 13:59:07 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/334568541 Article: "Why lana del rey and hip hip make for a natural pairing" 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/334617540 :"Lana has a street cred that makes her an attractive collaborator for artists like the Weeknd and ASAP Rocky, and vice-versa." ]]> 2019-02-24 20:09:21 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/334617540 Article: Lana Del Rey's Fixed Image 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/335070671 Describes herself as a 'Gangster Nancy Sinatra' . This suggests her awareness of and intention behind juxtapositioning of her hip-hop influences with her classic hollywood-esque femininity, pride in her successful straddling of the genres - She is a very postmodern artist. ]]> 2019-02-25 19:56:02 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/335070671 Sexually explicit lyrics 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/335081128
"I F**KED MY WAY UP TO THE TOP" 

"MY PU**Y TASTES LIKE PEPSI-COLA"


]]> 2019-02-25 20:15:45 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/335081128 Sexually liberated 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/335082318 In many ways capitalises on sex appeal, overtly sexual image. Naked cover shoot for GQ magazine. 


]]> 2019-02-25 20:18:26 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/335082318 Promotional video for H&M collection launch (2012): 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/335085136 Promo video channels a classic 1960s fashion aesthetic but with a considerably dark tone - reflective of Lana's image. Collection is aptly named "LA Noir" - American plus darkness. ]]> 2019-02-25 20:23:49 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/335085136 H&M's LA Noir Collection 2012 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/335093465 "...Del Rey's signature unhinged 60s-housewife style remains. She's pictured in a pale pink angora jumper and leather jeans, chandelier earrings, big hair, black eyeliner and claw-like nails." ]]> 2019-02-25 20:39:27 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/335093465 COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISE [PRODUCTS 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/335094644 Products promoted always tie into specific aspects of her image.]]> 2019-02-25 20:41:06 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/335094644 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/335129549 2019-02-25 22:28:32 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/335129549 Patriotism as associated with Pin Up girl image 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/335129644 Pin up girl style image links back to 1950s association. By posing as a pin up girl her image capitalises on the Male Gaze (Mulvey, ]]> 2019-02-25 22:28:54 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/335129644 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/335129953 2019-02-25 22:30:11 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/335129953 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/335130097 Initially her image was patriotic but more recently has become mournful of an America that has been lost - See Anti-trump sentiment ]]> 2019-02-25 22:30:53 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/335130097 Lana and the theme of Americana 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/335130808 2019-02-25 22:34:01 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/335130808 Article: 'Deconstructing Lana Del Rey 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/341784924 "She is merely a canvas of a girl". Article discusses the controversy about whether Lana is "Real or a perfectly pitched plasticine creation."  Notes that while “All artists have a persona." L.D.R seems to be singled out and harshly condemned for constructing a star image. ]]> 2019-03-15 14:48:05 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/341784924 Constantly surrounded by myth, speculation and conspiracy: 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/341799201 Did her Rich father fund her rise to fame?
Has she had cosmetic  Surgery?
Why did she change her name?
Does she write her own songs?
Did she construct her own image?]]> 2019-03-15 15:13:08 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/341799201 Article: "Lana Del Rey's fixed image 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/341810176 "People seem to feel that Del Rey is trying to trick us"]]> 2019-03-15 15:34:45 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/341810176 Depressive/ Self Destructive lyrics: "I'm a sad girl, I'm a sad girl, I'm a bad bad girl, I'm a bad girl". 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/341811682 Lana Del Rey may be read as an embodiment women's tendency today to "Experience the failures of neoliberalism and Postfeminism as personal failures" (Davis, 2017)]]> 2019-03-15 15:37:34 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/341811682 Fans aka 'Lanatics' 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/341812773 2019-03-15 15:39:47 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/341812773 Young Girls... Old Men 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/341812831 Her tour will "summon a paying audience of teen-age girls and enthusiastic older men. " (Sasha Frere-Jones for The New Yorker) In many ways this dual appeal is controversial as some of her messages may be deemed inappropriate for teenage girls. The older men aspect of her fanbased may be explained by her implied promotion of notion of  sugar daddy culture. See connected Davis Arit

]]> 2019-03-15 15:39:55 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/341812831 Notoriously outspoken on Twitter 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/341815905 feuds with other stars e.g. Rapper Azealia banks 

]]> 2019-03-15 15:46:11 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/341815905 Highly confrontational 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/341816092 "I won't not F**** you the F**** up. Period" (Twitter feed)]]> 2019-03-15 15:46:38 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/341816092 Politically outspoken 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/341821631 Further Twitter conflict with Kanye West over support of Donal Trump]]> 2019-03-15 15:57:07 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/341821631 Interview with Fader Magazine 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/341834038 Lana's infamous quote: "Whenever people bring up feminism, I’m like, God... I’m just not really that interested.” ]]> 2019-03-15 16:22:45 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/341834038 "The Meaning of Lana Del Rey" (Vigier, 2012) 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/341839198 “She is representing and speaking to a contradiction facing thousands of young women today, women who have followed mainstream society’s prescriptions for success in what has been called a post-feminist world, but who find that real liberation and genuine satisfaction elude them.”]]> 2019-03-15 16:33:02 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/341839198 Vigier 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/343349254 - She displays a "nostalgia for (female) disempowerment"
- Speaks to a contradiction faced by young women of today - i.e they follow society's prescriptions for success but yet real liberation and satisfactions eludes them" - explains the melancholy part of Lana's star persona. 
]]> 2019-03-20 14:27:27 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/343349254 Davis, 2017 "Postfeminist fascination with Lolita, Lana Del Rey and Sugar Culture on Tumblr" 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/343350371 - Article identifies an association between young women's interest online with the notion of Lolita, Sugar culture and Lana Del Rey. 
LDR is seen to "Glamorise sexual exploitation, and/or women's submissiveness. 
- However it may be that there is a certain knowing irony of this, and LDR is merely parodying these tropes.
- Images in her videos of her enjoyment at being choked are an "example of the ways in which the humiliation, pain and subordination inflicted on young women by a postfeminist, neoliberal society may be experienced as pleasurable"

]]> 2019-03-20 14:29:22 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/343350371 Death, beauty, and iconoclastic nostalgia: Precarious aesthetics and Lana Del Rey (Fetveit, 2015) 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344563646 Lana Del Rey's music videos negotiate two different iconographic traditions: 'The Queen' and 'The Renegade Teen']]> 2019-03-24 14:44:26 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344563646 Lana 'The Queen' (Fetveit, 2015: p196) 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344564088 "Tends to appear as a beautiful, late 1950s diva in long gowns..."

]]> 2019-03-24 14:48:42 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344564088 Lana 'The Renegade Teen' (Fetveit, 2015: p196) 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344564150 "Prone to wear late 1960s rough jeans shorts, converse sneakers, baggy t -shirts and also a tan fringed biker jacket" ]]> 2019-03-24 14:49:24 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344564150 (Also reflected in her singing) 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344564766 The Queen's voice is "Dark, deep, serene and slightly melancholic"  (Fetveit, 1015, p196)]]> 2019-03-24 14:55:06 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344564766 "Breathy", "Flirtatious" and "Girlishly petulent" Renegade Teen's voice in songs: 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344564980  ]]> 2019-03-24 14:57:06 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344564980 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344565300 2019-03-24 15:00:23 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344565300 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344567986 2019-03-24 15:23:34 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344567986 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344568175 2019-03-24 15:25:24 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344568175 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344568892 2019-03-24 15:32:17 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344568892 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344568984 2019-03-24 15:33:08 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344568984 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344569146 2019-03-24 15:34:41 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344569146 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344569236 2019-03-24 15:35:29 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344569236 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344569918 2019-03-24 15:39:26 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344569918 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344570705 2019-03-24 15:47:09 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344570705 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344570762 2019-03-24 15:47:30 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344570762 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344571003 2019-03-24 15:50:04 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344571003 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344571052 2019-03-24 15:50:42 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344571052 Vintage Aesthetic and Affinity with retro culture 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344572271 Image primarily based around the eras of 1950s, 60s and 70s.

]]> 2019-03-24 16:01:42 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344572271 Her "iconoclastic nostalgia for increasingly obsolete media forms in music videos 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344572383 Can be seen in the aesthetics of her music videos - "Light leaks, flare and flecks in the footage," "faded and worn looking" "Super 8 film" style - (reference) ]]> 2019-03-24 16:02:38 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344572383 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344572897 2019-03-24 16:07:11 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344572897 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344574478 2019-03-24 16:20:19 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344574478 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344575017 2019-03-24 16:24:13 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344575017 Short Film 'Tropico' demonstrates her mourning for America's past greatness 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344575918 Use of American icons from 1950 and 60s - Marilyn Monroe, Elvis, John Wayne depicted in Garden of Eden, then contrasted by transitioning to the present day, in which Lana poses as a stripper in an American strip club.

]]> 2019-03-24 16:32:16 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344575918 Contraversial/ complex/contradictoru relationship with feminism 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344576488 2019-03-24 16:36:59 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344576488 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344577487 2019-03-24 16:44:25 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344577487 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344577787 2019-03-24 16:46:41 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344577787 1960s 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344579673 2019-03-24 17:00:28 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344579673 1970s 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344580702 2019-03-24 17:09:16 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344580702 1920s 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344581660 2019-03-24 17:17:17 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344581660 1950s 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344581688 2019-03-24 17:17:38 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344581688 1940s 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344582167 2019-03-24 17:21:20 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344582167 Association with older men and 'sugar daddy' culture 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344585430 LDR pictured smiling next to an advert for a sugar daddy service]]> 2019-03-24 17:46:03 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344585430 Music video 'Shades of Cool' 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344587209 Depicts Lana in a relationship with an older man. ]]> 2019-03-24 17:59:14 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344587209 "Lolita got lost in the hood" 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344589740 Del Rey described herself this way in Guardian, 2011]]> 2019-03-24 18:19:48 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344589740 Lana 'Del Rey' - Spanish for Lana 'of the king' or belonging to the king. 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344590287 Suggestive of male ownership, Metaphoric for her belief in submission to men in relationships]]> 2019-03-24 18:24:04 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344590287 Popular amongst gay audiences 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344592393 She is the "The Queen of Being Misunderstood"]]> 2019-03-24 18:39:59 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344592393 Lyrics fetishizing older men 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344592849 “Let me put on a show for you daddy”]]> 2019-03-24 18:42:28 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344592849 Forum thread: Why do LGBT people love Lana Del Rey so much? 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344593708 Contributors argue that "Lana Del Rey’s unique sense of style made her an outcast. The LGBT community knows what its like to be an outcast and ostracized."]]> 2019-03-24 18:48:55 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344593708 Face of Jaguar's new 'F-Type model 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344874338 Draws a connection between women and cars as accessories to men. Lana endorses 'sugar culture' and so she here stands as an example of women who can almost be bought by material commodities. ]]> 2019-03-25 15:26:51 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344874338 "The allure of Jaguar is in large part due to its duality - a unique blend of authenticity and modernity, two values that we believe are shared with Lana in her professional achievements." 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344875647 – Adrian Hallmark, Jaguar's Global Brand Director. Quote seems at odds to Lana's constructed image as her authenticity has continually been questioned and we typically associate her not with modernity, but eras gone by. ]]> 2019-03-25 15:29:34 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344875647 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344886481 2019-03-25 15:48:34 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344886481 Grazia: "Lana Del Rey is Ditching the Americana thing because of Trump" 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344892920 As a political statement against Donald Trump she stopped featuring the American flag at her concerts. ]]> 2019-03-25 15:59:41 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344892920 Social Media 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344896026 2019-03-25 16:04:51 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344896026 Contradictions 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344897237 Her fierce anti-trump sentiment is based on his comments about sexually assaulting women - but this contradicts her dismissive stance on feminism -  in this way she may be seen as exemplary of postfeminist sentiment that permeates society. ]]> 2019-03-25 16:07:31 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344897237 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344906372 2019-03-25 16:24:39 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344906372 A$ap Rocky and The Weeknd key collaborations 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344908584 2019-03-25 16:29:54 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344908584 Fan fantasies 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344919669 Fans have particularly intense investment in LDR's personal relationships - contribute to the construction of her image photoshopping images to create associations ]]> 2019-03-25 16:52:05 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344919669 Motivational Tweets and instagram photo captions 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344921769 Construct her as  intensely goal-orientated, using platforms to inspire her followers. ]]> 2019-03-25 16:56:40 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344921769 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344922646 2019-03-25 16:58:41 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344922646 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344923221 2019-03-25 16:59:59 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344923221 Her social media posts may challenge criticisms about surrounding her inauthenticity 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344925306 Frequently posts very natural, bare-faced selfies.]]> 2019-03-25 17:04:03 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344925306 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344926259 2019-03-25 17:05:50 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344926259 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344926756 2019-03-25 17:06:48 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344926756 Posts very normal, unglamorous photos with non-famous friends ) 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344927426 Constructs her as being 'just like us'. Twitter thus helps LDR achieve a level of "authenticity and ordinariness" and "closeness"  However arguably the closeness is a mere facade as she favours "A broadcast model" on her social media as opposed to really interacting with her fans. (Thomas, 2014, p243).  ]]> 2019-03-25 17:08:07 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344927426 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344928394 2019-03-25 17:09:40 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344928394 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344929654 2019-03-25 17:12:03 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344929654 'Lana Del Rey Fan Starter Pack" Meme/parody 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344943106 Includes lip botox, a 1970s-esque flower garland, a 'sugar daddy', Drugs, American Dollar Bills, and the extremely questionable caption "Choke me Daddy". ]]> 2019-03-25 17:37:38 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344943106 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344944691 2019-03-25 17:40:47 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344944691 "An entanglement of feminist and anti-feminist ideas" (Davis, 2017, p7). 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344946731 2019-03-25 17:44:15 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344946731 Controversial lyrics implying sexual violence/ encouragement of female submissiveness 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344949190 "He hit me and it felt like a kiss" 
"He Hurt me but it felt like true love"]]> 2019-03-25 17:48:40 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344949190 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344961530 "She has gained the reputation for having one of the craziest and most rabid fan bases."]]> 2019-03-25 18:13:26 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344961530 Her image is frequently the object of ridicule/parody. 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344971822 Her distinctive, dramatic persona invites comic impersonations]]> 2019-03-25 18:36:14 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344971822 Comedian Kirsten Wiig impersonates Lana Del Rey 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344972371 2019-03-25 18:37:19 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344972371 Heavily criticised for her notoriously poor performance on Saturday Night Live 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344973093 2019-03-25 18:38:43 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/344973093 Her modesty/low self image? 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/345177874 Rolling Stone considered a"A music bible" - Expectation is to be honoured to be featured in it, but yet Lana is reluctant:

"There has to be someone else to be the cover story." 

- She suggests that she does not feel worthy of this appreciation, modesty which does not fit with her star persona. 
  ]]> 2019-03-26 10:54:58 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/345177874 Cover girl for Rolling Stone Magazine 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/345178933 In this interview, audiences get a glimpse of a much more authentic Lana Del Rey]]> 2019-03-26 10:58:14 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/345178933 Her dislike of/ambivalence towards fame and attention. 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/345179403 I've never felt like, oh this [fame] is great"

"[my music] is none of their [the public's] business!"]]> 2019-03-26 10:59:42 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/345179403 Interview turns sour 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/345181120 Lana is offended by the interviewers questions about her infamous SNL performance and her quote to the guardian about wishing she was dead, cuts the interview short and shows the interviewer the door - but it is still allowed to be published - raises questions about image manipulation]]> 2019-03-26 11:04:44 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/345181120 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/345182809 This interview, amidst the intense criticism she has faced from the public and media, invites empathy and an understanding of Lana as a human being with emotional vulnerabilities ]]> 2019-03-26 11:10:30 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/345182809 "Her eyes are ablaze with hurt and pride" 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/345182938 "She says goodbye and shuts the door"]]> 2019-03-26 11:10:58 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/345182938 "She's been misunderstood, hated even" 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/345183612 2019-03-26 11:13:12 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/345183612 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/345194807 2019-03-26 11:48:38 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/345194807 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/345195045 2019-03-26 11:49:14 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/345195045 Assocation with female sexual submissiveness 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/345199956 2019-03-26 12:02:05 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/345199956 Her star image is heavily based around nostalgia 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/345202988 Relatable theme for many audiences ]]> 2019-03-26 12:09:57 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/345202988 Theme of Obsolescence as a theme is prominant in her image, also connects to her death fixation 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/345203150 2019-03-26 12:10:24 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/345203150 The trope of transformation 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/345234565 Parallels between Lizzy Grant > Lana Del Rey and Margarita Cansino > Rita Hayworth can be drawn. 

-Both invoke "the American Dream as a narrative about moving from obscurity to stardom"

- However, the difference between the two is that while Rita Hayworth openly "Named and discussed the process of her own commodification" evidence of Lana's previous persona was 'Scrubbed from the internet' meaning that the revelation of her past became scandalous, producing intense criticism and a suspiciion about who the r'ea]]> 2019-03-26 13:11:15 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/345234565 Performances held at Hollywood forever cemetery 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/345247981 She told the crowd she "...often comes there for solace" (Del Rey quoted by Maloney, 2014). The graves of famous hollywood stars also connects to the idea that she is in mourning of a lost golden era of America. ]]> 2019-03-26 13:36:06 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/345247981 Lana's dark/melancholy image 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/345255560 2019-03-26 13:47:26 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/345255560 Born to Die: Lana Del Rey, Beauty Queen or Gothic Princess? 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/345265248 Journal article examines how gothic themes and modes are used in the music videos of Lana Del Rey.


]]> 2019-03-26 14:04:14 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/345265248 Usmar identifies 'repeated' themes of death and suicide 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/345265940 2019-03-26 14:05:23 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/345265940 Her darkness may be "a contestation to the bubblegum consumerist, fairy tale sexualisation of the Katy Perry brand of neoliberal pop music" (Usmar, 2014 internet) 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/345266653 2019-03-26 14:06:46 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/345266653 Her facial expressions in videos "...portray gothic elements of uncertainty, sorrow, grief and a pervading sense that she does not belong in this world" (Botting in Usmar, 2014) 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/345272463 2019-03-26 14:16:57 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/345272463 Lana Del Rey's America (Aronoff, 2017, internet) 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/345284523 She has been criticised for lacking authenticity, with detractors saying she's too plastic, and was set up for commerical success by her wealthy and well connected family"]]> 2019-03-26 14:36:38 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/345284523 "Del Rey has made a career accepting the male gaze's role in modern pop" (Aranoff, 2017, internet) 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/345286093 2019-03-26 14:39:16 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/345286093 Fantasy about a romantic relationship with actor James Franco 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/345296975 (The two are just friends.) ]]> 2019-03-26 14:56:00 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/345296975 Fan fantasy: James Franco's infatuation with Lana 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/345298052 Her face is photoshopped as a tattoo on his neck]]> 2019-03-26 14:57:51 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/345298052 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/345298369 2019-03-26 14:58:24 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/345298369 Jaguar advertisement from 1970s 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/345833448 2019-03-27 17:58:41 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/345833448 https://www.dissentmagazine.org/article/lana-del-rey-americana-death-politics-trump 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/346129660 “I believe in the country America used to be.”]]> 2019-03-28 13:36:16 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/346129660 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/346175933 "She romanticizes everything modern women have fought not to be."]]> 2019-03-28 14:50:33 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/346175933 Lana Del Rey takes out restraining order against fans 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/346240952 2019-03-28 16:48:25 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/346240952 Commercial persuit - Great Gatsby Soundtrack, 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/346516754 Song written for the film The Great Gatsby. Vintage, 1920s backdrop and the prominent theme of the The American Dream are key aspects of Del Rey's image. ]]> 2019-03-29 12:35:11 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/346516754 Fan Forum: Which Lana Del Rey song is the most 'Daddy'? 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/346561743 Forum discusses which of Del Rey's songs contains the most references to her taste for older men.]]> 2019-03-29 14:09:55 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/346561743 NY Times on a San Francisco performance: 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/346575355 She was "flanked by a pair of singer-dancers dressed in goth cheerleader outfits who slithered in slow motion, as if to parody the very idea of backup dancers". ]]> 2019-03-29 14:38:36 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/346575355 Video: The Untold Truth of Lana Del Rey 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/346798647 "Before there was Lana Del Rey, there was Elizabeth Woolridge Grant - an awkward shy, blonde, and a rather plain singer with a failing career in New York]]> 2019-03-30 17:14:36 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/346798647 Commercial Enterprise [MUSIC] 201045047 https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/346800040 2019-03-30 17:29:34 UTC https://padlet.com/201045047/a44zedxbqq5j/wish/346800040