celeb news Lana Del Rey on next album: "Classic, simple songs that could reach more people."

[NOW]

Taken from her interview with The Times.

 

On detractors during her first few albums:

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“When I hear Swan Song now I think, ‘Oh girl, they brought you to that point. That sucks for you,’” Del Rey says with a sigh. “I get dressed up for my shows while some folks don’t. For some reason that was a problem. I had books thrown at me in San Francisco by liberal female groups. I’ve been punched in the face in Brooklyn. Ten years ago, mentally I badly needed some beauty to come out of the chaos. For something to make sense.” She sighs again. “I’ve been on guard for so long.”

 

On guard from whom? “Jerk-offs!” she yells. “F***ing narcissists! Take that cotton out of your ears and stuff it in your mouth.”

On the Glastonbury debacle:

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I ask about Glastonbury. Booked to headline the Other Stage this year, Del Rey turned up late and was cut off before she could even play Video Games. On stage the singer said her hair took a while to perfect, while the crowd were left stunned and disappointed.

“I’ve heard of curfews before,” she explains. “But I didn’t know they actually turned the lights off! I didn’t feel great about it, but I was a little confused because I don’t think I was ever in a position where somebody said, ‘If you do not finish by this time, everything will go out.’ I was only 15 minutes late.”

On ideas for a next album:

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But what comes next for her? “I’m tired now,” Del Rey admits. “So keeping it simple is probably the way that it’s going to go. I dug around a lot writing this [album] and don’t think I have to go there again.”

 

As such, she has plans to write an album of standards — classic, simple songs that could reach even more people than she does now. A bit like the gorgeous, piano-led cover of Take Me Home, Country Roads by John Denver that she released on Friday, or the Elvis Presley version of Unchained Melody that she recorded at Graceland for a Christmas TV show. She is a star who not only finally feels understood, but also finally understands.

Extra bit from the interviewer on her loyal fans at the shows:

 

 

Interview is gated but you can find it pasted in full here, with lots more insights and topics covered:

Spoiler

https://justpaste.it/9xgze

 

Edited December 7, 2023 by NOW

[Big Bad Wolf]

She's the Alternative Pop version of Britney Spears. The public was so cruel to her and owes her a huge apology. Despite all of that her influence on music lingers to this day. She reshaped pop music. The industry needs to remedy this immediately by rewarding her with all 5 Grammys.

 

It's so sad to think I was getting my LIFE to her music when she was really going through stuff like this. But one thing about Godna is she always prevails. I don't know any other artist with her strength and courage. She is a LEGEND.

Edited December 3, 2023 by Big Bad Wolf

[RIKI232]

4 minutes ago, Big Bad Wolf said:

She's the Alternative Pop version of Britney Spears. The public was so cruel to her and owes her a huge apology. Despite all of that her influence on music lingers to this day. She reshaped pop music. The industry needs to remedy this immediately by rewarding her with all 5 Grammys.

 

It's so sad to think I was getting my LIFE to her music when she was really going through stuff like this. But one thing about Godna is she always prevails. I don't know any other artist with her strength and courage. She is a LEGEND.

Love this

[Karla Cabello]

there she goes playing the victim... again

[Kimi]

24 minutes ago, NOW said:

As such, she has plans to write an album of standards — classic, simple songs that could reach even more people than she does now. A bit like the gorgeous, piano-led cover of Take Me Home, Country Roads by John Denver that she released on Friday, or the Elvis Presley version of Unchained Melody that she recorded at Graceland for a Christmas TV show. She is a star who not only finally feels understood, but also finally understands.

So her worst album is coming 

[yassskween]

22 minutes ago, Big Bad Wolf said:

She's the Alternative Pop version of Britney Spears.  

not even close - Lana got 1% of Brit's struggles

[ontherocks]

I think it's good that after a heavy album like the last one, as much as I love it, she wants to make a simpler one. 

[Infatuation_Junkie]

37 minutes ago, NOW said:

there could be 100 fans in the room… 

Edited December 3, 2023 by Infatuation_Junkie

[Bad_vocal_technique]

1 hour ago, Big Bad Wolf said:

She's the Alternative Pop version of Britney Spears. The public was so cruel to her and owes her a huge apology. Despite all of that her influence on music lingers to this day. She reshaped pop music. The industry needs to remedy this immediately by rewarding her with all 5 Grammys.

 

It's so sad to think I was getting my LIFE to her music when she was really going through stuff like this. But one thing about Godna is she always prevails. I don't know any other artist with her strength and courage. She is a LEGEND.

Absolutely not. Lana received backlash for her music and lyrics not for making a circus of her personal life. Can’t even be compared. 

Edited December 4, 2023 by Bad_vocal_technique

[GraceRandolph]

28 minutes ago, Bad_vocal_technique said:

Absolutely not. Lana received backlash for her music and lyrics not for making a circus of her personal life. Can’t even be compared. 

There are a few parallels for sure. Lana even said that Britney and Nina Simone were her fav female artists prior to becoming famous.

[tomo]

Can confirm this. Those were my books. 

[Alyssa Edwards]

46 minutes ago, tomo said:

Can confirm this. Those were my books. 

Sad that it still didn't wake her music up.

[BrokenMachine]

Most of what she's saying is so messy. But hey, she's finally doing promo again

[Rune]

More piano ballads

 

Groundbreaking 

[Katamari]

Her California dreamin is finally coming

[The Man Who]

So we’re getting songs like Unchained Melody instead of The melody unchains as I hang from the cage above the microwave watching my father cook his meal-for-one 

 

Edited December 4, 2023 by The Man Who

[!ngwe]

Lust For Life 2.0 is coming. 

[Velvet Night]

Understandable that she wants to write simpler songs after such a heavy and wordy album like Ocean Blvd. Also I think, the last tracks of Ocean Blvd already showed a bit of a transition out of some of the heaviest work of her career into lyrically much simpler and lighter songs. I could see her going more into that direction next. 

[TrueBlood]

Well, the last time she went into the studio wanting to make an album that could reach more people than usual she made NFR, so I guess this kinda confirms we've already won.

 

[GentleDance]

Another Banisters 

[ScorpiosGroove]

hopefully simple as in more vague, relatable, less "grocery list with nikki lane" ass lyrics with fun production simple

 

not an album full of Country Roads style piano ballads simple like haven’t we suffered enough since Cocc ? 

[Gyal]

babes i want drums and strings

[TouchinFree]

I miss jer music so much. It has been so long since she released Norman ******* rockwell. 

 

So glad she's back. 

[Taylor fanboy]

1 hour ago, ScorpiosGroove said:

hopefully simple as in more vague, relatable, less "grocery list with nikki lane" ass lyrics with fun production simple

 

not an album full of Country Roads style piano ballads simple like haven’t we suffered enough since Cocc ? 

COCC is a major grower sis

[Bad_vocal_technique]

I am not happy about this. I was hoping production would continue to grow after Tunnel. I hope she changes her mind like it’s happed before.