“ It’s not a bad album. She’s the Nelly Furtado for people young enough to not remember Nelly Furtado. The backlash against Lana is unfounded because people expect her to be an “artist” because everyone takes themselves way too fucking seriously these days. What, do you think you’re too good for Chipotle? It’s a thing. You put it in your mouth and eat it, goddamit. It’s a perfectly good burrito/pop album. Not everything has to be organic. Lana Del Rey is not your Kurt Cobain nor your Fiona Apple. She’s not terrible. This will probably sell a lot of albums to people who are of high school age, which is an age that anyone who has a negative opinion of Lana is just simply too old to understand anymore. This is a good album, but it is not for you and I; there’s a song called “Summertime Sadness”, for christ’s sake, and it sounds exactly like how you’d think it would. This is an album for a girl breaking up with a boyfriend for the first time. This is the album that they put on. Later, they will mature, but for now, this is perfect for them.
