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January 30 2012

nprmusic: I’d just like to point out that Lana Del Rey is not singular, either in her music or in regards to the buttons she’s pushed. She’s actually fairly typical of what pop often gives us these days, simply with a different veneer, a different method of distilling key elements of the culture’s sheet-rumpling dreams. Here’s a list of artists who might not share her most obvious attributes, but who nonetheless belong to the same conversation we’re having about LDR. —Ann Powers via Lana Del Ray: Just Another Pop Star

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I’d just like to point out that Lana Del Rey is not singular, either in her music or in regards to the buttons she’s pushed. She’s actually fairly typical of what pop often gives us these days, simply with a different veneer, a different method of distilling key elements of the culture’s sheet-rumpling dreams. Here’s a list of artists who might not share her most obvious attributes, but who nonetheless belong to the same conversation we’re having about LDR.

—Ann Powers via Lana Del Ray: Just Another Pop Star

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    Also her music, although not really bad, is very far from being impressive by any means.
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    “you know her story: singer-songwriter transforms herself in model fashion, takes a new name, signs to a major label,...
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    LDR has a unique look. I like.
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    “Hype is helium: the monatomic force that causes a cultural product to exceed its normal boundaries, float upward, and...
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    I really didn’t know what to think about Lana Del Rey at first, other than the fact that she’s mysteriously sexy. I...
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    yes. Lana Del Rey is a particularly polarizing figure for two reasons. Her persona relies on classic femme fatale...
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