Lana Del Rey covers the June issue of Canada’s Fashion magazine to promote herself, I guess. Okay, that was probably a little bit harsh. Lana does actually hold a bit of relevance lately since one of her songs, “Young and Beautiful,” appears on The Great Gatsby soundtrack. You can hear the song here, and to me, it pretty much sounds like every other Lana tune. This Fashion spread is very vintage inspired like many other Lana-centric photoshoots, and I have to say that she does have an amazing figure. As far as the mood of her modelling goes in this shoot, I think she’s trying way too hard, but her fans will probably dig it.

In the interview, Lana seems to be quite hurt at the fact that her music and fabricated image are not universally loved. Certainly, she’s found enough acceptance because she’s landing lucrative fashion contracts, and she’s won the approval of David Lynch, but that’s not enough for Lana. She’s put herself in the public eye (which arrives with both good and bad feedback, as most famous and non-famous people realize), yet she wants to be adored by all and criticized by none. I don’t think she’s even speaking of her desire to be a humanitarian like Angelina Jolie — this seems like it’s all about her music. Lana says that her critics make her want to give up on her recovering alcoholic status. I’m tempted to feel sorry for her, but I can’t think of a single celebrity who receives universal fan and critical acclaim. Here are some excerpts:

She’s a tortured artist: “If you are born an artist, you have no choice but to fight to stay an artist. I feel like my work’s important, but I don’t always feel like I get respect for it…when I feel like people don’t like this music and that the 10 years I spent making what I made was not for a good reason, that makes me want to drink again.”

She wants industry cred: “Feeling like you’re respected among the people who do the same thing you do is incredible and necessary. I don’t believe in the school of hard knocks, although I’ve had them. All that stuff about whatever doesn’t kill you makes you stronger is so not true. Do you know what makes you stronger? When people treat you and your art with dignity.”

She loves Lindsay Lohan: “She’s really interesting, and she’s a fan of mine and she knows that I love her too. Anyone who has enough online traction and gains a lot of opinions about them can empathize with her. We are in a similar boat.”

Boyfriend Barrie-James O’Neil motivates her: “Whenever I’m not writing he always asks, ‘why aren’t you writing?’ We kick each others asses. We give each other input every night.”

[From FASHION magazine]

Yeah, I’ll bet that Lana’s boyfriend inspires her and gives her input every night … like when he tells her that she tastes like a a carbonated beverage. As for Lana’s hurt feelings, I really don’t know what to say. She seems to want to be respected by all, and she doesn’t realize that she’s still very new to the entertainment business. She hasn’t paid any real dues or won any Grammys, right? Right.

Photos courtesy of Fashion magazine

Lana del Rey covers the April issue of L’Officiel Hommes Paris, and well, at least it’s better than Kim Kardashian and Kanye West’s “let’s get it on, baby” March cover. In recent months, Lana has attempted to fully go global in her ubiquity with turns in Tokyo Numero and Madame Figaro, not to mention last year’s GQ Woman of the Year cover and Vogue UK invasion. And like those shoots, this one doesn’t make much sense at all.

Of course, the editorial is strange in part because it features Lizzie Grant Lana, who is clearly trying to be a fashion chick these days, and for some reason, the magazines are indulging her every whim. If you could tell me what is going on in these two particular shots, I’d greatly appreciate it.

The rest of the shoot isn’t nearly as weird and is actually kind of lovely albeit in a manufactured sort of way. I do realize that every pop star is manufactured in a sense, but Lana clearly went overboard during this particular incarnation of her human life. Just like Vanity Fair recently put it, “Lana Del Rey hatched fully formed from the pop incubator.” Yep, that sounds about right.

Photos courtesy of L’Officiel Paris

Lana Del Rey is still everywhere, people, and now she’s taking over Japan in the March issue of Tokyo Numero. I do apologize to my ancestors (I am 1/4 Japanese although no one ever believes it even to my face) for whatever caused this dreadful export of Lana’s not at all fake lips to Eastern shores. It’s not really fair to the world at large that everyone shall know the pleasure of such an ultra-manufactured pop star, but I guess it was inevitable. For this magazine shoot, Lana is clearly going for the Snow White vibe on the cover, and she appears to have been styled as a manga heroine for most of the other shots. This one with the creepy lip pose is really bizarre, and Lana sounds like she must have been smoking some sort of joint during the interview as well. Here are some excerpts:

Her life philosophy: She “loves to take things as they come and live fast and freely.”

She’s so selfless: “I find when my life is about other people i am more passionate and creative because I’m not getting in my own way. I feel the most beautiful when I’m being of service to other people.”

Why she studied metaphysics: “It bridged the gap between God and science. I was interested in God and how technology could bring us closer to finding out where we came from and why.”

[From Tokyo Numero]

I am assuming that Lana’s declaration of wanting to be “of service to other people” is in line with her recently vocalized desire to be the next Angelina Jolie, and she’s probably merely giving lip service to studying metaphysics because it makes her sound intelligent. Don’t forget for a moment though that this is the same chick whose lyrical genius includes the phrase, “my p-ssy tastes like Pepsi cola.”

Here’s some more of the editorial from Tokyo Numero. This shoot is the stuff from which fake-lipped nightmares are made.

Photos courtesy of Tokyo Numero

Lana Del Rey covers the February issue of Madame Figaro magazine, and she’s been styled as a snake skin- and fur-wearing child of the 1960s. The look here is rather severe with Lana’s new dark hair hanging limply around her face, which is filled and photoshopped into oblivion. Lana has had a pretty big past year though — she’s appeared in an H&M campaign/homage to David Lynch, been named GQ UK’s woman of the year, appeared on the cover of Vogue UK, and possibly hooked up with her childhood crush, Axl Rose — so her fans will probably eat this photoshoot up anyway. In the interview, Lana and her growing ego talk a bit about how she’d love to be like Angelina Jolie, which leads to an obvious remark about how her lips are already halfway there. She also touches a bit more upon her history with alcohol rehab while she was a teenager. Here are some excerpts:

She’s not just a fabricated face: “Music was my passion, but my work with this foundation is more important. I myself had the chance to be [helped by an establishment]. Helping others now feels like it’s my turn to give something back. I want to become a sort of Angelina Jolie. Like her, I think fame is nothing in itself, but it can be put to good use – by using it to generate money for charity for example.”

She’s always been weird: “As a child, I felt different. I always wanted to make my life a work of art.”

On her early issues with alcohol: “When you no longer drink, it is more difficult to celebrate. In fact, when I quit drinking, I lost my life. It took my all to reinvent myself. Find the roots. It was very difficult. At the same time, I had never felt rooted in whatever I’ve done or wherever I’ve been since.”

[From Le Figaro]

The excerpts released thus far from the interview don’t really clarify what Lana means by “this foundation,” but I’d wager a guess that Lizzy Grant is merely trying to reinvent herself once again. I’m not sure whether she’s also alluding to designs of being an actress (or merely a prospective humanitarian), but it wouldn’t surprise me a bit if Lana wanted to use the latter as a means to achieve the former. Hell, she could slap on some Marchesa, and Harvey Weinstein would instantly be in the mix. Maybe he’d even produce one of her as-yet-unwritten screenplays for a very special price. One never knows.

Photos courtesy of Madame Figaro

Here’s Lana del Rey at the MTV EMAs ceremony held last night in Frankfurt, Germany. Per her usual red-carpet and photoshoot routine, the big lips and big hair are fully intact. Oddly enough, I don’t mind this dress very much at all. The sapphire blue is a lovely color next to Lana’s hair and skin, and I think this is one of the rare cases where a mullet back actually makes the dress more interesting. Lana was also spotted hugging up on Taylor Swift at the event too. Draw your own conclusions on that one.

For the next week or so, I am fully prepared to weather a Lana del Rey publicity onslaught for her upcoming release of the Born To Die — The Paradise Edition record, which comes out on November 19. At the moment, the convenient focus relies upon Lana’s latest release, “Cola,” which you can hear the (NSFW) lyrics to here. The first line of the song is “My p-ssy tastes like Pepsi Cola,” and Lana is insisting that her boyfriend effectively wrote that intro. Like, she says that is his assessment of how her (to borrow a term from Kaiser) biscuit tastes. Now I don’t personally have a frame of reference to assess whether this is actually possible, but I’ve asked several dudes, who are like, “Uhhh, no way.” Here’s what Lana has to say about it (and here’s a picture of her boyfriend, Barrie-James O’Neill too):

Lana Del Rey has revealed the inspiration behind the bizarre lyrics to her new track “Cola.”

The song, which features on the singer’s forthcoming release Born To Die — The Paradise Edition, features the lyric: “My p-ssy tastes like Pepsi Cola/ My eyes are wide like cherry pie.”

Asked about the phrase, Del Rey said it was something that her boyfriend, Kassidy frontman Barrie-James O’Neill [said] and claimed: “I have a Scottish boyfriend, and that’s just what he says!”

She also told Australian radio station Triple J that although she had been happy to release the song, the people she works with were less enthused. “I didn’t but everyone around me did. They just thought it was really weird – nothing new here,” she said when asked whether she had been hesitant about releasing the track. “For me that song was so cool. The guys got to play electric guitars… the chorus opens up and has tropical undertones. For me, the vibe of it is so good, I love it.”

She added: “There was a lot of laughter. I’m getting lots of Pepsi comments, lots of Pepsi fanmail.”

[From NME]

Man, I listened to the song on YouTube, and I’m ashamed to admit that (aside from the first line), it’s kind of catchy. I am so ashamed to admit this, but one of my gay boyfriends agrees: “It’s not odious, not as somnambulist as her other stuff.” In further (slightly) infuriating news, Born To Die — The Paradise Edition will include the “Blue Velvet” cover that Lana performed for that H&M commercial that was disguised as a homage to bizarro filmmaker David Lynch. Just wait, she’ll show up in one of his upcoming movies too, but at least that will give us a chance to watch Lana try to dress as a leading lady on the red carpet. Can we get some Marchesa on order for this lady? I can’t wait.

Here are some assorted photos of Lana in London and Paris over the past monthish. She’s such a strange combination of “weird” and “famewhore,” isn’t she?

Photos courtesy of WENN

Here are some photos of Lana del Rey was spotted looking quite unlike her overly Photoshopped, H&M advert campaign self in Los Angeles on Friday evening. Of course, I don’t have a problem with Lana dressing down and taking a bit of a break from her glammed-up, lipsticked image, but those cutoff shorts are, well, atrocious. It’s one thing to show off great legs in daisy dukes, but when the pockets are hanging out of the bottom of them, that’s pretty gross. Cut out the pockets or make the shorts long enough to cover them, right?

We didn’t cover this a few weeks ago, but Lana’s got a new video out for her Ride single (that leads the publicity charge for Born to Die — The Paradise Edition, which arrives in November). As with most of her vids, there’s a lot of retro imagery, but through it all in this video, the narrative flashes back to Lana sitting atop a throne while flanked by a pair of (CGI?) tigers as she lipsynch-drones her lyrics. She also frolics in a pair of daisy dukes that look much better than the pair she’s wearing in these pictures.

Back to the question at hand though — what is going on with Lana’s grubby outfit? Rihanna was spotted on Friday evening in a similar getup — white tee and daisy dukes — and she looked much more polished (even if she’s a mess on the inside).

Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet and Pacific Coast News

Lana del Rey and her completely real lips continue to be a bigger deal than anyone could have ever imagined or asked for. After she captured a Vogue UK cover and was named GQ’s Woman of the Year, Lana was named the face of H&M for its fall campaign and accompanying creepy Lynchian short film. She’s also just been revealed as the face of Jaguar automobiles, and you can see her first commercial here. I’ll admit that Lana has a pretty nice body, but the rest of her just seems so damn fake.

Now H&M has revealed its new holiday campaign featuring Lana, and the adverts revolve around big hair, big lips, and big cars with some clothes somewhere in the mix. Oh, and there’s either a major Photoshop fail in this particular shot, or the shadows are messing around quite a bit with the look of the entire picture. I can’t tell which is to blame for the sketchiness here because it looks like a huge chunk of Lana’s abdomen is missing as she lounges upon this vehicle.

Most of the rest of the ad campaign revolves around Lana sticking her butt onto cars. I don’t really know what this has to do with selling clothing, but H&M must know what they’re doing. Or so I would assume.

Photos courtesy of H&M

Lana del Rey is still everywhere, people, so I guess it makes sense that Lana del Rey attended a private concert in Lana del Rey’s honor in New York City last night. The party was hosted by H&M to celebrate Lana del Ray’s new print ad campaign for the label’s LA Noir line and the creepy television spot that was intended as a homage to filmmaker David Lynch. As such, Lana del Rey got up onstage and performed a rendition of “Blue Velvet” just like she did in the commercial. It’s Lana del Rey’s world, and you’re just permitted to live in it whilst taking great care to duck those fake lips.

On the red carpet, Lana chose an all-black look, which included a little minidress and tuxedo jacket all wrapped up with a semi-sheer black skirt with strategic slits to show off Lana’s stems. She’s also dyed her hair a very rich, dark brown that is admittedly a very flattering look for the singer turned songwriter. Her makeup was very understated in general even if she went a bit heavy on the black eyeliner, but I think she’s trying to look retro in a very non-manufactured kind of way.

I know that it’s slightly cruel to focus on her lips, but I can’t help myself in the case of Lana — they do look a bit smaller in these photos, right?

Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet

Now we resume our irregular programing wherein Lana del Rey and her completely real lips continue to inexplicably take over the world. During our last episode, Lizzie Lana was taking off all her clothes as GQ UK’s Woman of the Year. Now she’s looming over Berlin, Germany in this new (and seriously huge) H&M advertising campaign. This is a bit excessive even for a billboard display, right?

In addition to the print campaign for H&M, Lana has also filmed a new television spot that is obviously meant as a homage to David Lynch’s Blue Velvet. In the commercial, Lana sings a bit of the movie’s titular song before a little person runs in and cuts the sound. It suffices to say that there’s quite a bit of “Twin Peaks” influence involved in this ad spot as well. Take a look if you can stand it:

That’s not all though! The commercial (which was shot by Swedish director Johan Renck), which is actually a teaser for a “fashion film” that will be available on H&M’s website at some point on Wednesday. See? Lana del Ray is everywhere, and she’s not going away anytime soon even though she’s promised to stop recording songs and transition into screenwriting. And yeah, some producer has probably already decided that she’s got the makings of an actress too. Gird your loins, people.

Here are some of the other shots from the H&M campaign. I know it makes me a “hater” to admit that I just don’t get this chick, but that’s the damn truth of the matter.

Photos courtesy of H&M and WENN

Lana del Rey and her entirely manufactured self (including those lips) appears on the cover of GQ UK’s October issue. Lana was named the “Woman of the Year” at last week’s “Men of the Year” event, so she’s naked in the photoshoot, which makes sense I guess. Sure’s, she’s got a nice body, but it still remains a mystery why Lana gets so much attention when it’s clear that she’s merely the latest pop flavor of months that have already past. Here are some excerpts from Lana’s speech at the GQ event, where she discussed boob groping for a good cause and her troubles with alcohol:

She landed the title of GQ’s Woman of the Year at an awards ceremony last week so who could blame Lana Del Rey for oozing confidence. And it is clear that the 26-year-old singer is comfortable in her own skin stripping off to appear nude on the cover of next month’s magazine.

The Video Games singer is seen sat on the floor completely naked with her legs crossed and only her long fiery locks to conceal her modesty. Wearing nothing but bright red lipstick Lana is seen tilting her head in a seductive fashion towards the camera.

In another shot she is seen dressed in a white basque smelling a rose while in another a man is cupping her breast. At the GQ party last week Lana revealed exactly who the hand belonged to. Introduced by Boy George, who kindly compared her sultry persona to that of Marilyn Monroe, she took the stage and thanked editors for bestowing her with the title.

Shifting on stage, she hummed, her words hanging with monotone expression: “We had a beautiful shoot in Monaco and I had a really interesting interview – for a change – and I was reminded of why I love to sing and why I wanted to become a writer. And also,” she continued, “Paul, the creative director, was very hands on with the shoot.”

As laughter rumbled through the audience, Del Rey made reference presumably to the British magazine’s creative director, Paul Solomons. “In fact, if you see in the magazine – in the middle of the spread – you’ll see a hand hoisting up one of my boobs,” she added. “That’s Paul’s hand. Couldn’t have done it without him.”

Speaking to the magazine Lana speaks out about what it is like living in the spotlight and says: “My life is just f&@&ing different. I never wanted to lead a normal life. I was always a secret thrill-seeker.”

The flame-haired singer also talked about her battle with drinking. She said: “Alcohol was the first love of my life. I have a dark side but the dark side was winning every time.”

Lana has recently revealed she is quitting the recording studio to write Hollywood scripts and she even enjoyed dinner with British actress Carey Mulligan, 27, in LA last month.

[From Daily Mail]

Wait, they totally buried the lead there. Lana is quitting music to become a screenwriter! This is huge news if only because it means that we won’t have to listen to her “music” anymore. Otherwise, I don’t care too much about what she says. Everything about this girl sounds fake, and even her statements on alcohol (she claims to have been a hard drinker at age 14) sound like she’s embellishing them to sound edgy. Is that insensitive of me to say? I do fully sympathize with those who have a problem with alcohol and have lived through the hell of getting back onboard with life, but I just don’t buy much when it comes to Lana del Rey.

Here are a few photos of Lana wearing a white Wayne Cooper dress at last week’s GQ Awards event. Kaiser’s correct — it does look like a wedding dress.

Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet and GQ UK