When I'm no longer young and beautiful
So I'm seriously going through a Lana del Rey phase. She is FIERCE. And not only that she is HOT and young and beautiful (duh why do you think she wrote the song). I know what you're thinking: "What is this girl talking about Lana is freaking out of her mind! She's bizarre and not even that good of a singer!"
WRONG.
First yes she is bizarre but whatever! She knows who she is and she don't give a cur what anyone else has to say about it. Part 1 of why she is so awesome - she lets her freak flag fly and looks fabulous while doing it.
Part 2 - her music is BOMB. I can hear you right now "Really? 'Will you still love me when I'm no longer young and beautiful' that sounds pretty lame and self-centered if you ask me." You're wrong again. First of all, yes she is freaking gorgeous and she knows it (you can't not know when you look like LDR) but on the real she knows that's what she has going for her so it's a legitimate concern when giving yourself/your love to someone else: how do you know they're not just with you for your looks? This is just one example - listen to her other stuff. Her voice is pretty much the definition of sultry, her range is unreal (not like Mariah Carey but seriously listen to Blue Jeans, it's pretty impressive), and she just works it. Not only that, but she writes her own stuff and her subject matter isn't entirely terrible either. I mean it's actually pretty fascinating the way she has a vintage sound that's very soft and subtle but she sings about the fast moving modern lifestyle and the many problems you can face from love/damaged relationships.
Basically, I aspire to be LDR. She's young, hot, successful, and confident in who she is - isn't that like the definition of what young girls should aspire to be? Sure she's somewhat trashy and extremely sexual but whatever! When you look like that you can be! And it's not like she's all over the news for doing drugs or sleeping with a whole bunch of people or getting naked everywhere - she's just doing her work making music and being a performer!
Disclaimer: I am not advocating that all young girls should try and be inappropriately trashy and sexual just because or that you need to look what society has told us is "hot" in order to be confident and fierce. I'm simply saying that you can't hate on LDR for being cray when she's literally just rocking what she's got which is what everyone should do! Let's all channel a little Lana and be confident being weird - and looking fabulous while we do it.
And now the most relevant Lana song to life right now:
