She had released her debut-full length album titled Lana Del Ray (note the different spelling) on iTunes with 5 points, but it received little attention or praise. Grant must have known, on some level, that what she was doing wasn't working. She hangs on to the microphone like a life raft, and her voice is muted as she sways aimlessly from side to side. In this video, she's self conscious and awkward. Here's a video of Lizzy Grant performing: She released an EP with them, Kill Kill, under the name Lizzy Grant. She started writing songs after high school and signed her first recording contract in 2007 with indie label 5 points at age 21. Grant went to boarding school in Connecticut, and studied metaphysics at Fordham University. Lana Del Rey was born in upstate New York as Elizabeth Grant, the daughter of a millionaire entrepreneur who sold internet domains. Lana Del Rey performs at Amoeba Music Hollywood. "She seems to be both trying too hard and not trying hard enough," as Slant's Paul Rice puts it, "stoking questions about whether she even means any of what she's singing."īut ultimately the controversy that surrounds Lana Del Rey made her into a star, and it didn't stop people from listening to her new album. While her fans (which include Kanye West and Kim Kardashian, who had her perform at their wedding events at Versailles) love her hyper-stylized aesthetic, detractors have branded her a fraud. Singer Lana Del Rey, whose new album Ultraviolence was one of the best of the year, is certainly one of the most controversial pop stars of the year.
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