Did you know Lana del Ray's real name is Lizzy Grant?
Yeah, so did I, because it's mentioned in EVERY SINGLE PIECE WRITTEN ABOUT HER, and usually within the first two sentences. I know we're all Carles these days but at essence she's no more playing a character (in a very different way, granted, but with the same press-associative effect) than Tyler The Creator is, and you don't see routine references to "Tyler The Creator, AKA Tyler Okonma".
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del Rey. Whatever.
Maybe the difference is that you're unlikely to think Tyler, The Creator is his birth name.
nah
the difference is that you wouldn't want to stalk Tyler and his relatives on Facebook
speak for yourself
either way, I'm really enjoying Carles little obsession with her
Who the fuck is Carles?
Google mentions something called Hipster Runoff. WTF? I'm definitely not 'Carles', thanks. FUCK OFF.
I am Carles.
Writers refer do that with Tyler ALL THE TIME.
See also Lady Gaga, Bjork, Dizee Rascal, and dozens of other strangely monikered pop stars.
Bjork is her name, though
And with none of those does it turn up straight away all the time.
A good 70% of articles I've read on Tyler mention his real name
in the example you used in your opening post
Lana del Rey sounds about as real to me
as Johnny Twococks
I mean, it could be an actual name, but it sounds like a name made up to match her aesthetic
and I think people make such a big fuss over
Lizzy Grant vs. Lana del Rey because they are quite 'different people,' or one is a disguise for the other. Like she's rebranding herself. I think if she never got big lips no one would care
seems odd you'd create a persona
and it be someone who seems to get all rabbits in the headlights on stage. although maybe that's her way of humanizing the hype?
I did once meet a man...
whose surname was Twococks. True story.
Who cares? Video Games is one of the dullest songs I've heard in a while
Blue Jeans is alright though
Oooh, someone aint down with noirpop
the first few seconds of that Lana Del rey rollover ad and
Neil Young's - On the Beach (from 58 seconds onwards, intermittently) works pretty well....just saying.......um......yeah.
it's mainly because she's a girl and pretty that no-dicked
little blogger arsewipes whined on about her not being real or having been 'manufactured' (eye roll) or some such. can't for the life of me work out why having had a different name once is of the slightest importance. thankfully it seems most of those Hipster Runoff type divs have moved onto bellyaching about some other triviality.
she can be as fake as she likes for all i care. in fact the 'faker' the better. go and listen to Mumford And Sons if you don't like her.
So that's my two choices in life is it
Lana Del Ray or Mumford And Sons. It'd probably be Mumford actually, there's nowhere near as bad as some folk make out. Ooh, they're stealing our rustic Welsh customs for their own end! When you've only ever seen a barn on Google Street View.
Well that's ruined me...
...imaganing her as some saucily named pornstar :(
no i did not
blimey!
i cant believe im only hearing about this now!?
:O
I'm not sure which is worse
That this thread took four months to catch on or that in doing so nobody read the first post.