If you were hoping Lana Del Rey would be the next great feminist of our generation, start looking elsewhere.
The “Shades Of Cool” singer sat down with the Fader to discuss her views on feminism and revealed that the whole idea just isn’t of interest to her.
“For me, the issue of feminism is just not an interesting concept,” she said. “I’m more interested in, you know, SpaceX and Tesla, what’s going to happen with out intergalactic possibilities. Whenever people bring up feminism, I’m like, god. I’m just not really that interested.”
Well, everyone’s entitled to their own opinion, we guess.
“My idea of a true feminist is a woman who feels free enough to do whatever she wants,” she added. Lana also addressed the fact that she frequently features choking in her music videos, not to glorify domestic violence, but because she just enjoys “a little hardcore love” here and there.
The sultry songstress also revealed she’s experienced her fair share of dark times throughout her life, particularly the period after her album Born To Die dropped and was ripped to shreds by critics everywhere. The album was called “the album equivalent of a faked orgasm.”
“I was, you know, a mess. I totally wanted to kill myself every day,” she said, also adding that her boyfriend was “worried” about her.
While most artists lean on their fans during times like these, Lana says she found that having die-hard fans made her feel worse.
“It was just heavy,” she said, adding that she was “sick on tour for about two years with this medical anomaly that doctors couldn’t figure out.”
“It’s just heavy performing for people who really care about you, and you don’t really care that much about yourself sometimes,” she went on. “I thought it was really sad. I thought my position was sad. I thought it was sad to be in Ireland singing for people who really cared when I wasn’t sure if I did.”
While Lana’s songs of unrequited, and sometimes desperate, love are clearly not feminist, there’s something to be said for a young woman who can open up unapologetically about her feelings and make music for anyone to relate to – feminist or not.
SOURCE: The Fader | PHOTO CREDIT: Instagram
