I read about Lana Del Rey in last Sunday’s papers. The article was called “One to Watch” so I was only taking half of it in as I read it – thinking this is yet another press release passing it self off as an article. But the photo of the doll-like Lana was captivating and it made me read a bit more carefully. Eventually with a description like “Lolita in the Hood” and citing her influences as David Lynch, Princess Superstar and Leonard Cohen I had to look her up on You Tube.
Lana Del Rey IS One to Watch.
Video Games is just one track that she put on You Tube and a few months later she sold out a London gig in half an hour. “Video Games” – is described by Music critic Rosie Swash as “Languorous, Sinister and Cathartic” – Cathartic? I thought that word was reserved for Shakespearean tragedy. To borrow a word from our soon to be retired President Mary McAleese – WOW.