LANA DEL REY — Video Games (Live on David Letterman)

This is exactly what she needed to do on SNL! It might be too late for most people, but this was a near flawless performance.

LANA DEL REY — Blue Jeans, live on SNL

And here’s Blue Jeans… about the same as ‘Video Games.’

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LANA DEL REY — Video Games, live on SNL

Not her best, but not as bad as some people are making it out to be. Wish she hadn’t used that weird voice again.

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LANA DEL REY — Video Games (Live on Jonathan Ross Show, 2012)

I don’t understand why she insists on singing with that strange accent when she performs live, and also why she insists on adding seemingly random vocal runs to almost every line of the song. Or why she insists on squeezing in a ‘now’ or ‘lately’ at the end of ‘This is all I think of…’

So far I think her best live performance of ‘Video Games’ was the appearance she did on Jools Holland.

LANA DEL REY — Video Games (Live on Later With Jools Holland)

The ever-divisive Lana Del Rey made her TV debut tonight on Later With Jools Holland in the UK. She sang her lead single, ‘Video Games.’ The performance is stunning, providing yet another reason to silence all of her detractors.

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Reviews: Enough Thunder EP, Video Games single, Days

Reviews: Enough Thunder EP, Video Games single, Days

Lana Del Rey - Blue Jeans (Live at the Premises)

I’m guessing that this performance was recorded and released as some sort of ‘proof’ that she can in fact sing — which I do think she’s succeeded in proving. She sounds pretty much exactly like the recording (with a few exceptions), which I guess means nothing if you didn’t like the song to begin with.

disconaivete:

Lana Del Rey performs Blue Jeans live at the Premises, backed by a solo guitarist. Swamped in white and VHS faux-crackles, the pop-sensation flips her hair and purses her lips whilst convincing someone to love her with lyrics like “u fit me better than my favourite sweater” and “no please, stay here, we don’t need no money, we can make it all work”.

GQ Interviews Lana Del Rey…
Is this the first interview she’s given post-blog controversy? Interesting that it was given to GQ and not say, Pitchfork, when much of the controversy surrounding her is that she’s an “industry product.” Though, does giving your first interview to Pitchfork make you simply a product of a different industry?
Some of her answers don’t help her out with the “product” thing, either, but I still believe it doesn’t really matter as long as I like the songs she makes. I’m not ashamed to say I like the product of an industry, I guess.
mp3: Blue Jeans
Have you read this? What did you think?

GQ Interviews Lana Del Rey…

Is this the first interview she’s given post-blog controversy? Interesting that it was given to GQ and not say, Pitchfork, when much of the controversy surrounding her is that she’s an “industry product.” Though, does giving your first interview to Pitchfork make you simply a product of a different industry?

Some of her answers don’t help her out with the “product” thing, either, but I still believe it doesn’t really matter as long as I like the songs she makes. I’m not ashamed to say I like the product of an industry, I guess.

mp3: Blue Jeans

Have you read this? What did you think?

LANA DEL REY — Blue Jeans (2011)

I’ve been listening to ‘Video Games’ practically on repeat this past week, so I’m super excited to get another Lana Del Rey song. ‘Blue Jeans’ has a sort of old-Hollywood sadness vibe, featuring similar sampling as ‘Video Games.’ Lana Del Rey intrigues me because I feel like mainstream success wouldn’t be impossible with her, but it doesn’t seem like her goal. I’m interested to see where she takes her career.

Buy the ‘Video Games’ / ‘Blue Jeans’ single from Stranger Records on October 10.

mp3: Blue Jeans

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