Posted on 02/17/2026 5:47:28 PM PST by Drew68
Her turn to marriage, modest living and a homespun new album now reads as political provocation in a polarised US
Say the name Lana Del Rey and a particular image of the United States materialises: one of rusted trucks and faded flags, a waitress curling her hair before the breakfast shift, the smell of petrol in the heat, the hum of late-night television in a room where no one is really watching. For more than a decade, despite being from New York City, the singer has been the patron saint of small-town melancholy, the US’s emblem of heartbreak. Somewhere along the way, she gained a new congregation: Republicans. Or at least the kind of wistful traditionalists who do not mind being labelled as such.
So perhaps it is perfect that her next album is called Stove, a title so plain it feels almost revolutionary in a world allergic to sincerity.
While other pop stars go big and glitzy, naming their albums things like The Life of a Showgirl, Brat or Radical Optimism, Del Rey, never afraid to go against the grain, has gone full kitchen appliance. Stove clangs with the sturdy, unpretentious weight of real life – just look at the title of the forthcoming album’s new single. Released on Tuesday, White Feather-Hawk Tail Deer Hunter sounds more like an advertisement for Bass Pro Shops than a pop song.
Naturally, critics have been searching for irony. Is she mocking the “tradwives”? Commenting on capitalism? Is it all, somehow, a feminist statement? There has been the inevitable liberal backlash. Social media users lined up to express their horror that a woman might name an album after a household object. “You really doubled down on ‘feminism isn’t interesting to me’ with that title,” one commenter wrote, capturing the general tone of panic...
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Wonder if her father was Lester? No seriously.
Looks like no..
I’ve never seen her perform live, but have known of her music since 2014 and the haunting song “Summertime Sadness”.
To see what she looked like on stage in 2014 in a white blouse and cutoff jeans (with the album track synced in, replacing the lesser quality of the live sound)....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgWO8vk6xqo
9,257,824 views
Singing, smoking, and chewing gum, Sexy!
Lana Del Rey - Summertime Sadness Live - Bråvalla Festival 2014-06-26
Lana Del Rey Performs “Video Games” | Letterman Feb. 22, 2012
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2r3qSKV8TZw
Yes, she has had a conversion to MAGA since 2018…..but don’t try to convince the purists who reject anyone who was once a Trump hater….their hearts are closed.
“She’s a low talent well-marketed pop star. Inconsequential.”
More of a high talent, not marketed, indie star. But still inconsquential.
She more of the cute girl with a good voice that sings folk rocky songs, from the little I’ve heard.
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