Lana Del Rey has existed in a state of jealousy, with her soprano voice to carve out a vision of vintage American theater, a nihilistic daydream of distress and grandeur. Her songs too flirted with all the idolization of elderly guys, their wealth, their gaze and also occasionally, their violence. Through and through, however, Lana Del Rey wasn’t whispering sweet nothings of a woman’s servitude, rather, she’so long told a story of a girl coming into her and finding her footing at the world not made for her. Long gone will be the American flags that’Id fly behind her back — encounter alongside ideologies of a world that is perfect, she’s a hopeless romantic but sees her for who she is, and she seems back. When she moans, “Don’t look too far that’s where I am — I’m your guy ” on the strong “Mariners Apartment Complex” — you now feel her strength and then some.
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Her newest record, Norman Fucking Rockwell, that many critics have heralded as her very best work to date, includes the aforementioned tune amongst others that are of the chapter of Lana Del Rey who arrived at Denver’s Bellco Theatre on Monday night. Was the “Video Games” singer more confident and brash, but she’s never sounded more herself — a girl who knows she’s The Man.
When the time for Lana to reach on the stage, a brief montage lit up the screen at the rear of the stage — Lana’s hands typing the notorious intro of “Norman fucking Rockwell” the tune — “Godamn, man child, you fucked me so great that I said, ‘I adore you’…” as cheers erupted throughout. Strings and the piano of this tune crept on the stagebacking the entry of Lana’s dancers, and then Lana herself donning a white dress. Wisping the words off of the page, Lana appeared perfect her voice and the piano putting a pause. The first half, in general, proceeded with cuts off the new album including “Bartender” plus a cover of Joni Mitchell’s “For Free” taking center stage, with Lana adorned with the piano and little else. Later, Lana invited up-and-coming singer-songwriter Julia Jacklin, yet another surprise guest, to duet with her Jacklin’s tune, “Don’t Know How To Keep Loving You” — a showstopping minute before the series had really even begun.
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