All the other artists that Del Rey named have scored number one hits in recent years except Kehlani, according to her Billboard history.ĭel Rey's opening statement was her most contentious, as readers promptly noticed that the artists she named were mostly women of color. Her comments arrive a week after Doja Cat, Nicki Minaj, Beyoncé, and Megan Thee Stallion landed the top two positions on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, making history as the first Black women solo artists to do so. "Question for the culture," she began, "Now that Doja Cat, Ariana, Camila, Cardi B, Kehlani, Nicki Minaj, and Beyoncé have had number ones with songs about being sexy, wearing no clothes, fucking, cheating, etc - can I please go back to singing about being embodied, feeling beautiful by being in love even if the relationship is not perfect, or dancing for money - or whatever I want - without being crucified or saying I'm glamorizing abuse?" Lana Del Rey is sparking conversations this morning after posting a lengthy message to her social accounts, pointing to female artists who've topped charts with songs with sexually provocative lyrics, and calling out the criticism that her own music "glamorizes abuse." Read more on Del Rey's original comments below.
Id on’t dare anymore but don’t ever ever ever ever bro-call me racist because that is bullshit.”
It’s exactly the point of my post-there are certain women that culture doesn’t want to have a voice and it may not have to do with race I don’t know what it has to do with. And this is the problem with society today, not everything is about whatever you want it to be. I could’ve literally said anyone but I picked my favorite fucking people. This is sad to make it about a WOC issue when I’m talking about my favorite singers. In her original post, Del Rey had name-dropped artists including Beyoncé, Nicki Minaj, Kehlani, Doja Cat, Cardi B, and Camila Cabello for landing number-one songs “about being sexy, wearing no clothes, fucking, cheating, etc” while she was criticized for “glamorizing abuse.” “Bro. In the first message, she addressed claims that she was trying to take away from the success of several women of color in music. “There’s a lot of people like that, you know?”Īnd on her Instagram Story, the singer also posted screenshots of two replies she wrote in her comments. “And when I say ‘women who look like me’ I didn’t mean white like me, I mean the kind of women who, you know, other people might not believe because people think, ‘Look at her, she fuckin’ deserves it’ or whatever,” she says. In Monday’s six-minute video, Del Rey explains that her original post was meant to highlight “the need for fragility in the feminist movement” and women who might be subject to victim-blaming for embracing their sexuality. The singer caused a stir last week after name-dropping other female artists, most of whom are women of color, for landing hits about “being sexy” and “wearing no clothes” as she addressed accusations that she “glamorizes abuse” in her music. Yesterday, Lana Del Rey continued to defend herself with further Instagram posts, this time sharing a video to explain her previous comments.
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