I think she was courting controversy intentionally during this stage of her career. It felt at the time as a fan, every little thing she did would get a full writeup/analysis… I still remember when the SNL performance caused such a fiasco.
I didn’t know about the Clockwork Orange inspiration. Being a pop star is a strange medium, Lana definitely embodies different characters and some of them may be flawed. When it’s a novel we find this more acceptable but from a pop star we expect more authenticity and everything they write about is perceived as their personality. So Lana is also playing with this expectation. I don’t know if she identifies with the idea of a submissive female character in reality, I guess her recurring themes / characters as an artist may reveal something of her person but maybe that’s not the point: ultimately allowing herself to explore characters and psychology that doesn’t fit into the expectations of what an empowered woman should look like is a kind of empowered stance in my opinion.
Love her song “Young and beautiful”
I think she was courting controversy intentionally during this stage of her career. It felt at the time as a fan, every little thing she did would get a full writeup/analysis… I still remember when the SNL performance caused such a fiasco.
I didn’t know about the Clockwork Orange inspiration. Being a pop star is a strange medium, Lana definitely embodies different characters and some of them may be flawed. When it’s a novel we find this more acceptable but from a pop star we expect more authenticity and everything they write about is perceived as their personality. So Lana is also playing with this expectation. I don’t know if she identifies with the idea of a submissive female character in reality, I guess her recurring themes / characters as an artist may reveal something of her person but maybe that’s not the point: ultimately allowing herself to explore characters and psychology that doesn’t fit into the expectations of what an empowered woman should look like is a kind of empowered stance in my opinion.