I’ve seen a lot of websites and blogs bang on about how Lana Del Rey is just a gimmick and has no talent. Shall we assume that those saying these things are just hipsters that think listening to really obscure music makes them so different and better than us all? Probably safer if we do.

I really cannot bring myself to care about any other female solo artist right now apart from Lana Del Rey. She has this thing about her that just draws you in. Regardless of gender or sexual orientation, you are drawn in and you become so attracted to her. Her voice makes you weak at the knees and you feel you’d do anything she told you to do. She has such power over you. You know when you’re really into someone, and all you see is them. All you want to hear and see is them; that’s EXACTLY what Lana Del Rey does to you. She has the grip over you, and you fucking beg with all you have that she doesn’t let you go.

You know what? I don’t care if it’s an act, if it is just a gimmick. I love her. I love her an unhealthy amount and I really don’t care. No female singer has EVER has this affect on me. I feel far too much towards her music. It’s insane, no singer should do this to you. She is so striking. You get lost in her huge eyes and powerful voice. You look at her and think, “You’d probably shoot me but I don’t care.” She has this danger vibe about her. She’s said she’s like Nancy Sinatra but gangster. It’s so true. I wouldn’t care if she backed me into a wall and beat me black and blue. So long as she was singing Blue Jeans or Video Games at me whilst she did it.

This is more than a music based crush. This is something to give your heart over to. This is something to give everything else up in order to believe in. I’ve honestly never felt this way about a singer before. I cannot but it into words. It’s mental, well and truly mental. I’ve never heard a voice like this before, and I never will. I don’t care if everyone rips her because of her “botox lips.” Fuck your shallow vibes. Have you heard what comes out of those lips? It is HEAVEN. It is a voice that breaks your heart into pieces. It is a voice that makes you want to fall in love with someone your shouldn’t and just ride off into the sunser; just leaving everything and everyone behind. There is so much pain,longing, aching, soul and passion in her voice.

I honestly would slap someone if they couldn’t see how truly remarkable her voice is. She’s like an enigma, she has something about her that makes you want to get close. But at the same time, stay away from her. She’s a no and a yes. She’s everything you want to have. She’s someone who would probably love you even if you were an awful human being because she’d probably see the good in you. Anyone who doesn’t seek for that in another is lying. When you listen to Blue Jeans, you want to find someone who’s good for you; but be bad for them. Because you want that uncoditional love that one rarely experiences. I never have, and I never will. But this song makes you want it. This song makes you want so much that the heart cannot handle. She makes you to go on the run with someone. Lay on a hotel bed with them, watching some awful Western film and every so often; you reasurre them that you won’t get caught. That you’ll protect them. She’s got such an overwhelming talent. If she doesn’t move you, then you are made of stone. You’re also missing out.

It’s nearly 3am and I’ve just come home from a night out. I will still feel the same tomorrow with a sober mind and heavy heart.