Lana Del Rey Thinks She's Responsible for Radio's Depressing New Sound
“There’s been a major sonic shift culturally.”
Lana Del Rey had a candid discussion with Pitchfork where she opened up on her critics, her anti-Trump music, and how she feels she’s influenced contemporary pop music. She goes on to confess that her emotionally open mournful styling goes beyond pop music and has leaked into rap, an example being Lil Uzi Vert. She seemed sure that the Philly rapper is a “Born to Die” fan as well:
Q: Have you noticed that all songs on the radio are bummers now? That Lil Uzi Vert lyric—“All my friends are dead”—sounds almost like a Lana lyric.
A: There’s been a major sonic shift culturally. I think I had a lot to do with that. I do. I hear a lot of music that sounds like those early records. It would be weird to say that it didn’t. I remember seven years ago I was trying to get a record deal, and people were like, “Are you kidding? These tunes? There’s zero market for this.” There was just such a long time where people had to fit into that pop box.
A noteworthy fact is Lil Uzi, known associate of Playboi Carti, appears on Lust for Life and released a track called “Monee Del Rey,” seemingly in reference to the singer in 2014. Del Rey’s fourth album Lust for Life is set to release July 21.
