Redditors here, what are your thoughts about Lana del Rey?

Don't know why this is here but I'll answer anyways, since I have her whole discography on my phone.

Lana is a strange one. I listened to her pre-conversion A LOT, when I was in a time of my life wherein I was in unhealthy relationships with the opposite sex, used drugs etc. I've liked her since I was about thirteen. She glorifies the life of promiscuity and abuse, makes drug use seem romantic and vintage and retro. Young girls still love her, though, because the aesthetic she brings forth is so tantalising, and I think a lot of girls believe that having an older man as a boyfriend (as she often talks about) would be fun.

I realised through my own experience that these things are not romantic or pretty like Lana sings about. As I listen still nowadays, she helps me when I sort of want to feel sorry for myself and the crap I went through. She really captures well the feeling of drug-induced floatiness, sensuality, and emotional potency that was a big part of my own life, and the life of many other girls and women. She's almost making fun of herself in retrospect, like reading out a diary you wrote when you were younger, mocking the old unrealistic expectations and self-delusion she experienced.

She suffered abuse and alcoholism in her life, so I think in some ways Lana helps people like herself heal through her music. She damages in some ways- people exposed to her music end up with bad ideas and no knowledge or experience to put these narratives her songs portray against. But for those who have been through the stuff she describes, it's a weird way of healing and getting over past trauma.

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