NOW Posted July 11, 2023 Posted July 11, 2023 Quote Six UK number one albums aside, Lana has long felt tangential to mainstream pop culture, a cult favourite happy enough revelling in an enigmatic world of her own creation. As her career-spanning sunset show unfolds, however, tonight she enters the big leagues once and for all, an icon in the truest sense. https://diymag.com/review/live/lana-del-rey-hyde-park-london-british-summer-time-july-2023 Quote It is entirely worth it – this is an exquisite performance that, like some other shows that have been held in Hyde Park over the years, should go down in history. At last, Lana Del Rey gets to have her moment, in full – and she does nothing but excel. https://www.nme.com/reviews/live/lana-del-rey-live-in-london-review-setlist-photos-hyde-park-3466933 Quote The entire day felt like an observance of girlhood and all the complicated emotions that come with it, which nobody can do as well as Lana Del Rey. https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/lana-del-rey-live-review-an-impressive-observance-of-girlhood/ Quote Perhaps the most poignant part of the evening, the real magical moment came when she belted out the words to Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd. Its melodies coupled with the musician’s honey-like vocals melted the audience and tore away any last doubt in our minds that we’d all still love Lana when she’s no longer young and beautiful. https://metro.co.uk/2023/07/10/lana-del-rey-hyde-park-review-following-glastonbury-apology-19097704/ Quote Dusting herself off after Glasto-gate, Sunday night’s gig was an overdue victory lap, charged with playful defiance. Del Rey closed things out while gleefully sitting on a giant swing as she performed the aching Video Games. “It’s only up from here,” she promised, looking very comfortable indeed. https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/lana-del-rey-bst-hyde-park-live-review-video-games-blue-jeans-b1093238.html Quote Lana’s commitment to existing entirely in her own world is commendable, but it’s the effort she goes to to share that world with the ones who want in that makes her a truly magical artist. https://readdork.com/live/lana-del-rey-bst-hyde-park-july-2023/ Quote So, tonight is something of a curious homecoming for Del Rey, whose ninth studio album Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd released earlier this year is another critically acclaimed work of confessional Americana. Her set folds in cuts that span the entirety of the last 11 years post-Born To Die. https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/lana-del-rey-hyde-park-bst-review-b2372502.html Quote Del Rey's voice is better than it has ever been. Throughout the show, she plays with her melodies, exploring new harmonies and breathing fresh emotional life into well-worn songs, And although she never touches an instrument, Del Rey is totally in control of the music. https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-66152258 Quote The Hyde Park show was just as resolutely idiosyncratic. Del Rey sat at a candlelit table puffing on a vape while her hair was styled, hitched her skirt almost to the waist to climb on to a gold piano and then lay on the floor surrounded by dancers for “Pretty When You Cry”. It was a stylised, cinematic performance that evoked a more glamorous age, Del Rey presiding over the crowd like a deity. https://www.ft.com/content/da84f570-3cb9-4498-b718-3b8ae5ad41ff Quote With songs that are more suited to the intimacy of smaller venues and could very easily have been lost on the vastness of Hyde Park, Lana Del Rey made sure her headline slot was one to remember. Enchanting vocals and a mesmeric stage show made up for Glastonbury, and quite frankly embarrassed Glastonbury and their curfew showing them what they missed out on. https://www.soundspheremag.com/reviews/live-review-lana-del-rey-hyde-park-london-9th-july-2023/ Quote Lana Del Rey continues to cement herself as one of the most mystifying stars of her generation with a magical performance at British Summer Time https://www.loudersound.com/reviews/lana-del-rey-bst-2023-review Quote Would she redeem herself? Well, firstly, she’s Lana Del Rey, *****. So she doesn’t need to. Also, the answer’s yes: she redeemed herself and then some. Her voice may be modest, but she knows how to use it. She’s never sounded clearer or more distinctive as on ‘Arcadia’ and ‘Pretty When You Cry’. She beams with pride as her astonishing backing singers go full-on, free-style gospel choir on ‘The Grants’ and ‘Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd’: two of the most gorgeously written songs of her career. https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/lana-del-rey-at-bts-hyde-park-review-vulnerable-and-beautiful-439886/
BrokenMachine Posted July 11, 2023 Posted July 11, 2023 She has always been loved in the UK so no, I'm not surprised
stjosephprey4us Posted July 11, 2023 Posted July 11, 2023 I’m a stan of her and I don’t believe she deserves this acclaim in this regard 1
NOW Posted July 11, 2023 Author Posted July 11, 2023 18 minutes ago, stjosephprey4us said: I’m a stan of her and I don’t believe she deserves this acclaim in this regard I don't think the fan videos do her justice and it's something better experienced in-person because most people have been raving about her recent shows.
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