Lana del rey sexy as hell
Intentionally or not – taking issue with this majority-WoC list of singers for enjoying nudity or being sexy instead of being “delicate” is white feminism 101. There’s something really smelly about trying to name and shame black women and women of colour in the music industry (and Ariana Grande for good measure), in order to make her wishy-washy point. “Deep down I knew there was a reason I purposely chose to have a Skepta-fingers-in-ears approach to Lana Del Rey” I’m sure it was a cute time unless you were black of course. And of course, there’s her nostalgic Americana aesthetic, old Hollywood, wrapping herself up in the American flag, and seeing that time period through rose-tinted lenses.
The one time I really did tune into lyricism on her latest album I remember zoning into her whispering “ Kanye West is blonde and gone” and thinking …stay in your lane. I don’t read her lyrics or interviews, or even try and find out about her life because I knew if I went digging I’d find something. The idea that she somehow is at the forefront of meek and “delicate” womanhood does a real disservice to “white feminism”.ĭeep down I knew there was a reason I purposely chose to have a Skepta-fingers-in-ears approach to Lana Del Rey. And oh no, she didn’t stop there, Lana went on to say although she isn’t a feminist, there needs to be a space in feminism for women who look and act like her – authentic, delicate and who “get their own stories and voices taken away from them by stronger women”.
I am disappointed but not surprised.īeing a black fan of the ‘Born To Die’ singer already felt like balancing on a knife-edge.
She then brought up some other musicians including Beyoncé, Nicki Minaj, Cardi B and Kehlani for having number one songs about “being sexy, wearing no clothes, fucking, cheating etc.” The whole thing was a mess. Yesterday, randomly, Elizabeth Woolridge Grant decided to put out a statement on her Instagram page in which she critiqued the music industry for saying she is “glamorizing abuse”. Instead, I was crying on the TL about her cancelling her tour back in February and bragging about Norman Fucking Rockwell! being my most listened to album of the decade on Spotify (the shame). Wow, I’m now wishing I stanned Lana Del Rey a bit more quietly now.