Ok, so call me crazy but I seriously DONT get it! Why does anyone care about ‘Lana’ also known as Lizzie Grant. Her singing isn’t that flash, she’s known for changing her name and “re-inventing” herself, but does she really have any talent? I may be behind the times but I’ve only listened to her track ‘Video Games’ on iTunes once, and watched her infamous Saturday Night Live performance, needless to say I don’t necessarily have a good impression. Its not that I dislike her as a person, I can’t as I don’t know her personally, but I just don’t see the interest in her. 

I mean we already have Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, Nicki Minaj and not to mention the one and only Adele. Why do we need one more 20 something to inhabit our world with her “quirkiness”? I mean isn’t that what Zooey Deschanel is for? 

The idea behind this post is coming from two experiences I have had this week in which Lana has appeared in my life for some unknown reason. Exhibit #1- In a uni lecture Lana came up and my lecturer asked who knew of her and how long they have known her (most people said they knew about her way before she “hit the big time” (about 1 month ago) due to blogs, Facebook etc. I only knew of her because in my regular trolls of the iTunes charts to see the latest hits and distinguish what I think is going to make it big, I discovered Miss Del Rey and her slow, boring, lifeless song. I didn’t even take advantaged of iTunes new 1 minute and 30 second preview and stopped her at about 0.25 seconds. 

Exhibit #2- In my usual scrawling of the sunday papers I discovered Miss Del Rey on the front cover of the ‘Sunday’ magazine. At first I really couldn’t be bothered with another article about how she changed her name/image, how she is not a struggling artist (as her father is a millionaire), and how she was unsuccessful at cracking the big time previously. Its like blah blah blah, so I read all the articles that caught my attention, skipping Lana off course and shut the magazine. However, something (I really don’t know what) made me open up the magazine and read the 3 page article (mainly filled with photos of her) entitled ‘Star Made’. I guess thats what angered me the most, thats exactly my problem I think, that she is “self made” she has apparently had cosmetic surgery to enhance her lips and make her more beautiful, in googling images of her previous self I find she has blonde her (I assume her red hair is to attract more attention) and she has had the backing of her internet mogul father, thus she isn’t relying on what real music is, talent. 

I am an Adele fan i’ll admit (who isn’t), but only because from the minute there was buzz about her she was all around the world and she was loved because she had pure talent, and that voice. Whereas Lana has really taken her time to hit the mainstream and has already received backlash because of all the loop holes in her quest to fame. The headline for the article in ‘Sunday’ “Sultry sensation or charlatan?” speaks for itself. However, I guess whatever she is doing is working because I’m talking about her, but in my opinion we’ve seen the likes of her come and go, and only true talent sticks. We’ve already got enough “quirky” “different” “intriguing” in the music industry i.e Duffy, Amy Winehouse, Lady Gaga, Adele, Jessie J. I just don’t think there is room for Lana, or Lizzie? who really knows anymore……