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Lana released Did you know there was a tunnel under Ocean Boulevard in 2023 and is her most praised album to date by critics and other music legends

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Lana visited Liverpool FC in 2013 and said she was a Liverpool fan and subsequently in 2020 released a cover of the club's anthem

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throughout Lana's several controversial moments in her career she has maintained her individuality.

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Lana was bashed in the press and over social media after her performance on SNL in 2012. This influenced her to never perform on TV again in her career or do many interviews or red carpets.

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the reality as to why Lana was not performing on top form- she was living in a hostel and was using cocaine.

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Lana on why she took a shift at Waffle House during the promotional period of her album Did you know there is a tunnel under Ocean Boulevard. further adding to her rural 'Americana' image that the recent album is presenting.

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From her Did you know there's a tunnel under Ocean Boulevard tour is donating all the money back to the communities she performs in. Showing the fans that she is a giving kind person.

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Lana's unreleased songs which are going viral on TikTok.

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Lana presents her sense of star entitlement as she arrives late to her set at Glastonbury and then curses out the event runners who are not accepting of her lateness. But later apologises.

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Lana is interviewed by the HollyWood Reporter and talks about how she is seen as the "sad girl" of music since her release of Ultravoilence in 2014 and talks about how she will remain as such but has grown and taken different paths and inspiration since.

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Courtney Love praises Lana as she describer her and Kurt Cobain as the only two musical geniuses. Being associated with such a misunderstood controversial figure only drives Lana's image further as controversial.

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Compliments given to Lana by other artists and celebrities, showing her work is not just adored by fans but other influential musicians and people

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Lana is praised in Mexico even by drug cartels as she frequently engages in Latinx culture in her music videos and songs such as Taco Truck x VB "that's why they call me Lanita, when I get down I'm bonita"

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Lana enjoys to engage in Latinx culture and has an alter ego, "Lanita" first introduced in her short film Tropico 2013. Which is contradictory of what people are saying in the media that she was appropriating Latinx Gang/ Cartel culture as it is well received by the community and she is praised for it.

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Lana playing into her image as a controversial figure by releasing a 'cocaine spoon' necklace which is now viral on TikTok and other platforms such as Tumblr and Pinterest.

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Lana's history of drug use lends itself as a muse for her song "heroin". Other songs such as "off to the Races" "Yayo" "Florida keys" "summer bummer" are about cocaine. "freak" and "Is this happiness" are about LSD. "High by the beach" "born to die" "money, power, glory" "diet Mountain Dew" all mention getting high or being on drugs, showing Lana's substance abuse over the years.

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Lana receiving woman of the year in 2012 for GQ magazine following her debut album Born to Die. However, this achievement was overlooked as Lana posed naked for the magazine sparking controversy but adding to her wild girl aesthetic at the time.

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Lana covers VOGUE UK 2012 presenting her opulent star image. Lana has also graced the covers of VOGUE Italy Australia and Turkey in addition to Rolling Stone, Billboard, GQ, Interview, Dazed, FASHION mag, Elle, Glamour, V Mag, Wonderland, Complex, Interview, The Hollywood Reporter, NME, L'Officiel, Madame, Grazia, TREND, Another Man, W Mag, Music week mag, Mojo, The New York Times from 2012-2023. Showing her presence as a Style icon and demonstrating her influence and acceptance in the Fashion community.

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H&M collaborates with Lana on their very first collaboration as a brand. "The Vogue cover girl will star in its autumn campaign, as well as its Christmas adverts. "We were looking for a style icon and singer to model our autumn/winter 2012-13 collection and Lana Del Rey was the perfect choice," said H&M PR manager Chloe Bowers."

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Lana becomes brand ambassador for Gucci and their new Gucci Guilty perfume and aftershave alongside Jared Leto.

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Lana attends The Met Gala in 2018 dressed by Gucci, accompanied by Gucci's creative director Alessandro Michele and Actor/ Singer Jared Leto.

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Lana attends the Met Gala for the first time in 2012 dressed by Altuzarra. Signalling her very new and sky rocketing rise to fame after her debut album.

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Lana doesn't just glamorise and romanticise her life in her music and music videos but shines a light on the underbelly of American culture and the struggles that people are faced with within American society.

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Lyrics to Heroin by Lana Del Rey

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Lana's debut album released 2012 which sky rocketed her to fame and also brought about a lot of hate and judgement as she was accused of romanticising domestic abuse, substance abuse and paedophillia in songs like, "Lolita".

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Lana's second album released 2014. This album carried much controversy as she was accused of glamourising domestic abuse and being anti-feminist.

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Lana's third album released 2015 and her most overlooked which touches upon themes of tortured romance, resentment, lust, escapism, and violence.

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Lana's fourth album released 2017 with features including: The Weeknd, ASAP Rocky, Stevie Nicks, Sean Lennon, and Playboi Carti. Her first album with features. Showing that she is gaining more recognition for her work.

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Lana's fifth album released 2019. This album is what starts getting Lana more attention by musical critics who start to praise her work.

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Lana's sixth album released 2021. This album is the beginning of Lana's new era and new sound as people have described this as the beginning of her "mother era". Contrasting to this, this album cover received hate and criticism for being non inclusive and showing only white women.

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Lana's seventh album released 2021 starts to show a more vulnerable and open side to the previous controversial sad girl/ glamour romanticism shown in her songs.

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Lana's eighth and most recent album released 2023. Lana takes us on a journey through her past and shares her hopes and dreams for the future in songs like, "fingertips" "sweet" and "peppers". And including features from Jon Batiste, SYML, RIOPY, Father John Misty, Bleachers, and Tommy Genesis.

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Due to Lana's popularity amongst young women, she has released one of her previously unreleased songs in 2023 as it gained major popularity as of recent years.

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The TV show Euphoria asked Lana to do a song for their series in 2022. This aligns with Lana's image as the show is concerning young people who are swept up in taking drugs and in a bad lifestyle which shows the "real" America which is struggling with a drug epidemic.

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Lana releases single Season of the Witch in 2019. This is very on brand for Lana as Usmar (2014) suggests Lana's star image shows Gothic themes.

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In 2014 Lana did a song for Maleficent the movie. Similarly to Season of the Witch, this carries Gothic themes portrayed by Lana's music and music videos.

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in 2013 Lana was approached to do a song for The Great Gatsby movie. This aligns with her star image as she projects wealth, elegance and stays true to her romanticisation of America, especially as this film is about the ultra rich in the 1920's.

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Lana faced the most backlash over this picture used for the release of Blue Jeans as it was a single. She was accused of glamorising domestic abuse.

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Lana helping boost her Father's musical career by featuring on a song in his album in 2023. Suggesting a new calmer more loving Lana as she has previously talked about her father in her songs as being absent and abusive, now showing they have patched up their relationship.

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Lana talking about the backlash she has faced over the years talking about abuse which people accuse her of romanticising.

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Lana's Twitter feud with Azealia Banks in 2020 started over Kanye West's post on Instagram as to why he supports Trump. Banks called Lana out for being a hypocrite, and accused her of using West in her "vapid attempts to seem politically aware." An angry exchange of tweets

lead to Lana tweeting "U know the addy. Pull up anytime. Say it to my face. But if I were you - I wouldn't." Continuing the stars outrageous and fiery image.

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In 2020 Lana called Kanye West out in the comments of his Instagram post talking about how Trump is a misogynist and it is "a loss for the culture" that Kanye is supporting someone who promotes such hate. Portraying a new era for Lana, a new more considerate and caring star.

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Lana performed at Kim Kardashian and Kanye West's Wedding in 2014 as she was his favourite artist at the time, this influenced people to start taking more notice of Lana as Kanye was very influential already in the music scene.

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2022 Pusha T posts a picture of Lana from the Lust for Life era (2017) with cocaine over her face. He describes its use, "I think Lana Del Rey speaks to the same subject matter but just on different ends of it, you can hear remnants of drug indulgence and addiction". Hinting at the fact that Lana is talking about the same themes that Rappers talk about; drugs, money and women, in the same capacity just using different music backing and way of singing/ rapping about these topics.

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Lana has been accused of appropriating native american culture as she is wearing a traditional Native American head piece in the music video.

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in 2013 Lana produced a short film; Tropico. In this piece of film Lana was accused of cultural appropriation of Mexican/ Latinx gang culture and her glorification of sex work/ stripping.

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2021; Following the release of album Chemtrails over the Country Club Lana's music and image took a turn as she appears dressed in more modest clothes and sings about more intimate and melancholy topics but with a positive outlook for the future. Creating a more gentle, soft, caring image for Lana in contrast to her wild and ferocious past.

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Lana in 2014 on her Facebook account admitting to be clean from Meth.

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2020; Lana was complaining that she was fed up with people criticizing her for writing about her life experiences. She also pointed out the unfair criticisms that she has sent women back a hundred years just because of the minor lyrical exploration of her rather submissive and passive roles in her relationships.

The beginning of Lana Del Rey

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Lana released self titled album Lana Del Rey in 2011 which was quickly taken off the market. 2011 Lana was still going by her birth name, Lizzy (Elizabeth) Grant before her name change.

Lana on why she changed her stage name:

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"I wanted a name I could shape the music towards. I was going to Miami quite a lot at the time, speaking a lot of Spanish with my friends from Cuba, Lana Del Rey reminded us of the glamour of the seaside.”

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"Dealer" "was originally intended to be featured on the scrapped collaborative album between Del Rey and The Last Shadow Puppets, It features uncredited vocals from Miles Kane." Originally recorded when she was in the band The last shadow puppets with Miles Kane pre Lana Del Rey debut, and after years later decided to release it. showing past works of Lana are still brought to the forefront of her musical career showing she hasnt changed that much as an artist and shows the different eras she has brought us through sonically.

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in 2020 Lana released Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass, a poetry book. Which is very on brand for Lana as all of her songs are poems in their own sense, touching upon real things that have happened to her or stories and issues she wants to show us about. Therefore furthering her star image as a soft, kind, thoughtful and emotional person who a lot of people can take comfort in.

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Lana wearing a mesh mask for a book reading of her new poetry book, furthering the idea that she holds 'traditional American' views aka, Republican views about Covid, furthering her image as an all American star.

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"Text book" by Lana includes the lyrics, "There we were, screamin', "Black Lives Matter" In a crowd, by the Old Man River And I saw you saw who I am" This song was released a year after Lana's online feuds with Kanye West and Azealia Banks as she had been accused of being racist by twitter and instagram users, and said she had to set the record straight and say she is in support of the Black Lives Matter movement.

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“By interpreting Del Rey’s work as a both a component of, and a contributor to, the Pop Gothic advance, themes of social climate, consumer culture, gender identity, sexuality and the male gaze can be interrogated.”

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"The music videos of Lana Del Rey effectively articulate ways in which precarious mediation is used in contemporary popular culture. In many of her music videos, like Summertime Sadness (2012) and Summer Wine (2013), the precarious mediation is given a nostalgic inflection, where an ambiguous yearning for the past is imbricated with cunning attempts to perfect imperfection."

Fetveit, Arild: Death, beauty, and iconoclastic nostalgia: Precarious aesthetics and Lana Del Rey. In: NECSUS. European Journal of Media Studies, Jg. 4 (2015), Nr. 2, S. 187-207

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"Lana lets us negotiate American identity with less cognitive dissonance by serving patriotic cliché as kitsch. ... Affectless without irony, full of pop-symbolism that refuses to signify, perhaps an American culture drained of all moral qualities or ethical commitments is worth holding onto."

Siddiqi, A.A. ‘Ms. America’, The New Inquiry, Special Issue on Lana Del Rey, 2014: 2-5.
Sobchack, V. Carnal thoughts: Embodiment and moving image culture. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2004.

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"Lana Del Rey’s work prompts scrutiny because of the incongruence between her life and her persona and the varieties of contrasting imagery and content in her work. A mirror to the listener’s own under-standing of religion, America, love, and beauty, the incongruence is vulgar, disturbing, and grotesque. Indeed, while scholars and critics support the argument in this essay, as it weaves through interviews, lyrics, music videos, reviews, and scholarship, readers ought"

Paul A Crutcher (2019) Lana Del Rey’s American Grotesque, Rock Music Studies, 6:3, 237-257, DOI: 10.1080/19401159.2019.1689722

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“Del Rey’s songs and videos speak of the American dream, of aestheticised beauty, of being immaculately presented, well dressed and having hair “beauty queen style”, as in Summertime Sadness”

Usmar, P. (2014). Born To Die: Lana Del Rey, Beauty Queen or Gothic Princess?. M/C Journal, 17(4). https://doi.org/10.5204/mcj.856

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Lana at age 14 got sent to boarding school in Kent, Connecticut as she was struggling with alcohol abuse.

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Daniel Radcliffe comes out in support for Lana saying "If you read what people are saying about her online, it's all about her past and her family, and stuff that's nobody else's business." Showing us that with Lana you get more than face value as her identity is layered.

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Lana finds herself being accused of witchcraft and snaps back with “Bitch I know the Bible verse for verse better than you do" following her recent promotion of her Christian faith. Including a song on her most recent album featuring her pastor, Father John Misty. Suggesting a change in image as Lana touches and displays anti-christian values in her earlier work.

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Lana was approached to do a song for Coppola's "Priscilla" the biopic of Priscilla Presley which shows her struggles as Elvis' wife in the 1960's. This is reflective of Lana's star image as she is associated with the glamour and melancholy of one of the worlds most famous women of the 1960's. Coppola wanted Lana as she can perfectly reflect and project this image through her work.