LTTP: Lana Del Rey
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She's not that manufactured, IMO..
Expect her marketing team is really good what they do, but other than that I don't really see her as one of the manufactured pop stars? I don't know? Sure she has changed her name, but who hasnt in the industry? Lady Gaga has, Katy Perry has, yet they don't get shit for it. She writes her own songs unlike Rihanna and some other pop girls out their. Now Rihanna is someone who is purely manufctured, yet she is loved and isn't hated like Lana Del Rey has been when she first made some noise.
Expect her marketing team is really good what they do, but other than that I don't really see her as one of the manufactured pop stars? I don't know? Sure she has changed her name, but who hasnt in the industry? Lady Gaga has, Katy Perry has, yet they don't get shit for it. She writes her own songs unlike Rihanna and some other pop girls out their. Now Rihanna is someone who is purely manufctured, yet she is loved and isn't hated like Lana Del Rey has been when she first made some noise.
She is though.
this is just the best: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jf165Bwiqqc
I'm willing to bet your favorite band is too.
blame space
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she was literally manufactured from parts of other people.
They were mostly all good parts though. She's like a sexy Ms. Potato Head.
Supermanisdead
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Manufactured? Lol do people still use this junior high level of discourse when it comes to music? I suppose it's better than saying she's not "authentic" enough.
This reminds me of how 19 year old girls call Adele and Bon Iver and so on "real" or "honest"
L O fucking L
Florence + the machiene is the correct answer.
Both good artists, both are absolutely laughable suggestions for best voices of the generation.
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This explains a lot.
freenudemacusers
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Definitely wasn't pap like ico.
Messofanego
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I was gonna say Lisa Gerrard but she has the greatest voice of the forevers.
This generation of music has been bloody incredible. More amazing music than anyone could possibly listen to.
Lion Heart
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Shes one of the only artists I knew about before they blew up, so I feel cool and shit and like her more because of that.
Honestly though, her songs are rad and they aren't perpetual choruses like 90% of music today. Makes her songs have that extra re-playability.
Honestly though, her songs are rad and they aren't perpetual choruses like 90% of music today. Makes her songs have that extra re-playability.
What term would you use to describe someone who went through the process she did to form her current image?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/jan/21/lana-del-rey-pop
Truth is, for better or worse she's as manufactured as The Monkees regardless of how much you resent the term.
BadAss2961
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PopGAF really knows how to sell a post.Lana has truly conquered 2012. I only see bright things ahead for her.
She's already been contracted to compose some music for a few films (it is highly likely that The Great Gatsby is one of those).
I cannot wait for her next era *.*
But she is. There's a difference between being groomed like Britney and MJ were and being manufactured.
Her beauty is stunning.
http://24.media.tumblr.com/52c4a998edb20ec0d9d68a0ef077c642/tumblr_mezbqvg46L1r9ih9zo1_1280.jpg
http://24.media.tumblr.com/52c4a998edb20ec0d9d68a0ef077c642/tumblr_mezbqvg46L1r9ih9zo1_1280.jpg
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....WHAT
freenudemacusers
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They waited until she was an adult?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LG8ROaO2t7o
in a perfect world these two would be our next president / first lady
in a perfect world these two would be our next president / first lady
Supermanisdead
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So she changed her stage name and image after an unsuccessful attempt with her real name. Does she still write and perform her own music? Manufactured is a nonsensical buzzword when it comes to music. Everything is "manufactured" in your definition, but what does that really mean?
She was manufactured for the "alt" crowd though(at least to be perceived as such via the mainstream so as to catapult her there with the coveted "indie" tag), with a hype machine the likes of which the "blogosphere" had never seen.
holy shit :lol
Honestly I agree. It's like she is some super classy queen but deep down you love the hidden filth. That sultry voice.
-Lana writes her own music
-She used to make her own videos and now, for her professional videos, she provides concepts and ideas (she wrote the entire monologues for Ride and NA)
-She was the one who created her new names (Sparkle Jump Rope Queen, Lizzy Grant, Lana Del Rey)
If anything, it's Lana who is manufacturing her own persona. Can you say that about Britney Spears? No.
But did SHE change her image? Or did her new label and management get her to change her image based on focus group findings, hence why people are calling her manufactured.
that sounds rather unpleasant my turtle.
Lana is an artist, and I don't care what anybody else says.
Lady Gaga changed her image before she went big. Look at her when she was Stefani Germanotta. Now she does all this crazy stuff and she gets praised for it. It's all part of the pop culture.
Look at when Rihanna first started.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hD5MRBzY1uM
Look at her now. Everybody changes their image in pop music..
Supermanisdead
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She changed her own image and created the music video that led to her popularity, Video Games.
Mhm. I feel you.
Apparently it bothers some people, specifically American journalists.
freenudemacusers
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she's Robyn, Joni Mitchell, and Mariah all rolled into one.
Let's not get ridiculous.
Lion Heart
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My favourite songs of hers are the ones that look like they were recorded with a webcam but I definitely like a lot of her new songs as well (national anthem, Off to the Races, etc).
It's just pitchfork(and their ilk) backtracking. Don't fret.
Mariah is relevant world wide, and has hits.
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