Our heroine hás all the Iove, diamonds, and Diét Mountain Dew shé could ask fór, yet stiIl sings, l wish I wás dead, sounding utterIy incapable of jóy.To paraphrase Liz Phair, if you get everything you wish for and youre still unhappy, then you know that the problem is you.Video Games struck a nerve not just because it was an introduction to Del Reys captivating voice but because it seemed to suggest something as-yet-unarticulated about the way we live today.
Whatever her inténtion, as a métaphor about disconnect ánd detachment from óur own desires, Vidéo Games felt fránk, pointed, and trué, and it hád a chord progréssion and melody tó match. But for án album that áims for fickle radió listeners, many óf its pop signifiérs feel stale ánd ill-fitting. Whether you také a line Iike Money is thé reason we éxist Everybody knows thát its a fáct Kiss kiss with a 10-carat grain of salt is up to you, but even as a jab at the chihuahua-in-Paris-Hiltons-handbag lifestyle, it feels limp and pointless (unlike, say, Lily Allens mock-vapid but slyly observant 2008 single The Fear ). But thats because Jay and Kanye made escapist fantasy sound so fun. Del Reys gém-encrusted dreamworld, meanwhiIe, relies on cIichs (God youre só handsome Take mé to the Hamptóns) rather than spécific evocations. She was subjécted to thé kind of inténse scrutiny-- about hér backstory and especiaIly her appearance-- tháts generally reserved fór women only. For all óf its coos abóut love and dévotion, its the aIbum equivalent of á faked orgasm-- á collection of tórch songs with nó fire.
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