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Lana Del Rey goes on a regrettable Instagram tirade, also announces new album
She uploaded a lengthy statement to social media earlier today.
Lana Del Rey has sparked fierce debate with a statement uploaded to Instagram today.
“Now that Doja Cat, Ariana, Camila, Cardi B, Kehlani and Nicki Minaj and Beyoncé have had number ones with songs about being sexy, wearing no clothes, f**king, cheating, etc – can I please go back to singing about being embodied, feeling beautiful by being in love even if the relationship is not perfect, or dancing for money – or whatever i want – without being crucified or saying that I’m glamorising abuse???????” she wrote on Instagram.
“I’m fed up with female writers and alt singers saying that I glamorise abuse when in reality I’m just a glamorous person singing about the realities of what we are all now seeing are very prevalent abusive relationships all over the world.
“With all of the topics women are finally allowed to explore I just want to say over the last ten years I think it’s pathetic that my minor lyrical exploration detailing my sometimes submissive or passive roles in my relationships has often made people say I’ve set women back hundreds of years.
“Let this be clear, I’m not not a feminist – but there has to be a place in feminism for women who look and act like me – the kind of woman who says no but mean hear yet – the kind of women who are slated mercilessly for being their authentic, delicate selves, the kind of women who get their own stories and voices taken away from them by stronger women or by men who hate women.
“I’ve been honest and optimistic about the challenging relationships I’ve had. News flash! That’s just how it is for many women. And that was sadly my experience up until the point that those records were made. So I just want to say it’s been a long 10 years of bullshit reviews up until recently and I’ve learned a lot from them, but also I feel it really paved the way for other women to stop ‘putting on a happy face’ and to just be able to say whatever the hell they wanted in their music – unlike my experience where if I even expressed a note of sadness in my first two records I was deemed literally hysterical as though it was literally the 1920s.”
She finished the statement by concluding that she has two new books of poetry on the way, as well as confirming that the follow-up to ‘Norman Fucking Rockwell!’ will be landing on 5th September.
Read the full post below.
Records, etc at
Lana Del Rey - NFR! (New Version) (Vinyl LP - black)
Lana Del Rey - NFR! (New Version) (Cd)
Lana Del Rey - Honeymoon (Cd)
Lana Del Rey - Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd (Cd)
Lana Del Rey - Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd (Vinyl LP - black)
Lana Del Rey - Chemtrails Over The Country Club (Vinyl LP - black)
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