Her stories are tired, and the “bad girl” role she does her best to fit into is, at this point, as boring as the songs themselves. “The truth is I never bought into your bullshit/When you would pay tribute to me cause I know that/All I wanted to do was get high by the beach.” This line, taken from “High By the Beach,” perfectly showcases the lyrical “depth” of this record. Lyrically, she dwells in the same general area at all times drugs, love, and the intersection of the two. There really isn’t much more to it than that. Perhaps the biggest issue, and the one that I keep coming back to every time I listen to one of the tracks, is the absolutely lack of variety. So I listened again, and took very diligent notes concerning everything I disliked. Upon first listen I really found myself hating this thing, but I just couldn’t place why exactly. I must say, to Honeymoon’s credit, it really did make me reconsider what I look for in a good album. After all, she’s made it clear that this newest record is not similar to Ultraviolence. So, I brushed my preconceived notions of her music aside, and readied myself to be surprised. But, despite that, I was willing to enter into this record with a fresh mindset. I’ll be the first to admit that I was not a fan of her 2014 release, Ultraviolence. I found it to be incredibly dull and unemotional. Perhaps that’s why people seem to like her music so much. So, despite what she may think, Lana Del Rey is most certainly trendy at the moment. She’s got her face on t-shirts at Urban Outfitters, she has an affinity for making lyrical references to hipster favorites like Pabst Blue Ribbon and outdated fashion trends, and to top it all off, she’s got James Franco penning poetic tributes to her.
LANA DEL REY SEXY 2015 FULL
“We both know that it’s not fashionable to love me,” Lana Del Rey croons on the opening track of her latest full length release, Honeymoon. And yet, it certainly seems that way.
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