Lana Del Rey is a fake. Or at least, that?s the insult most commonly hurled at the pop songstress. Her hair color isn?t natural, her sad-girl act is just that: an act. But Lana Del Rey has made being a fake work. Nothing proves this more than her most recent single. On Monday, Del Rey released ?High on the Beach,? the second single from her upcoming album Honeymoon. It?s about, well, getting high on the beach. But it?s also about a co-dependent, messy relationship much like the one that Del Rey has with pop music.
After crooningAll I wanna do is get high by the beach, get high by the beach, get high four times, Lana Del Rey drops a gem for her most devoted fans: At the beginning of the third verse, she sings ?Lights camera acción / I?ll do it on my own/ Don?t need your money, money/ To get me what I want.?
It?s a lyric stolen from another artist, Lizzy Grant, who performed the song ?Put Me in a Movie,? in 2010. Lizzy Grant has a smaller vocal range, and she often sounds like she?s stretching to her limits to hit the notes in her own song. She?s a soprano. Del Rey is an alto. Lizzy Grant has smaller lips, and blonde hair. But Lizzy and Lana are the same person.
