but to be honest… i enjoy the discourse. imo the best art is divisive and confrontational and often evolves into truly interesting culture rather than being like kind of ok, easily understood and sort of forgettable.
like the idea that singing with deliberate autotune makes you a fraud or that not having a traditional band suddenly means you must not be a “real artist” is like, the most boring take ever. yawn sorry just fell asleep xx
12 years ago today, Lana Del Rey's 'Born to Die' made its Billboard 200 debut.
It's still on the chart, the longest running major label debut album by a female artist in history.