http://observer.com Tue, 21 May 2013 13:37:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://1.gravatar.com/blavatar/dac0f3722a48a53be75eb06c0c4f5119?s=96&d=http%3A%2F%2Fs2.wp.com%2Fi%2Fbuttonw-com.png http://observer.com http://observer.com/2012/10/lana-del-rey-debuts-ten-minute-music-video/#comments Fri, 12 Oct 2012 11:14:53 -0400 http://observer.com/2012/10/lana-del-rey-debuts-ten-minute-music-video/ Daniel D'Addario http://observer.com/?p=269285 It's astonishing people are still discussing Lady Gaga when Lana Del Rey exists; the controversial chanteuse today debuted a ten-minute video for her new song, "Ride," wherein she joins a biker gang, holds a gun to her head, and narrates a lengthy tale of a small-town singer finding newfound freedom: "It pushed me to a nomadic point of madness that both dazzled and dizzied me." By the end of the video she's rolling around in a cave in a fringed bikini top, declaring, "I believe in the country America used to be. I believe in the person I want to become." As a statement of purpose, it's absolutely, refreshingly meaningless, not purporting to make any statement beyond provocation; as a creation myth for whoever Lana Del Rey is, it's tremendously watchable. She strives for little more than that.

]]> It's astonishing people are still discussing Lady Gaga when Lana Del Rey exists; the controversial chanteuse today debuted a ten-minute video for her new song, "Ride," wherein she joins a biker gang, holds a gun to her head, and narrates a lengthy tale of a small-town singer finding newfound freedom: "It pushed me to a nomadic point of madness that both dazzled and dizzied me." By the end of the video she's rolling around in a cave in a fringed bikini top, declaring, "I believe in the country America used to be. I believe in the person I want to become." As a statement of purpose, it's absolutely, refreshingly meaningless, not purporting to make any statement beyond provocation; as a creation myth for whoever Lana Del Rey is, it's tremendously watchable. She strives for little more than that.

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