![]() ![]() She is fighting her own desire to be the next Lorde, or the next Billie Eilish, yet it seems she isn’t aware of how they caught the lightning in a bottle effect they did. This is the rut I find Lana Del Rey trying to escape. With mind numbing hi-hats and that same layered vocal effect you’ll only hear a million times listening to the top 100s, it tells an equally mind numbing story about ‘kids not being able to enjoy their Coachella because the world is just so screwed up’, which to me at least has the same effect as 100 white girls posting the same image of the amazon burning on their Instagram stories. Take for example the song “Coachella- Woodstock In My Mind”. For me, she is exactly what is wrong with ‘smart music’ she tries too hard. These are examples of extremely talented pop artists in the modern age. ![]() Yet again, Lorde’s incredible talent for songwriting and her genius song structure creates a sort of pop music more akin to the experimental work of underground electronica, yet that doesn’t stop it from dominating the airwaves. On the other end of the spectrum, Lorde writes masterfully crafted songs filled with poetic stories of love and loss, and the story of a girl in her fight against the suburban blues. While Poppy perfectly masters indulgence with mind numbing simplicity, it’s her perfect awareness of what it is she’s trying to achieve that makes her music actually quite good (and a general talent for songwriting doesn’t hurt either). As far as I can tell, it’s very similar to say, horror movies in the modern age you either indulge consciously or you subvert tropes. Cole I’m looking at you), her approach to pop music has always rubbed me the wrong way. Although there are obviously worse examples for this (J. To me, she encapsulates the worst of the wave of millennial ‘conscious’ pop and hip hop stars. Time elapsed: 8.Let me start by saying I am the furthest thing from a fan of Lana Del Rey. ![]() ANALYZER: auCDtect: CD records authenticity detector, version 0.8.2 Copyright (c) 2004 Oleg Berngardt.
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