The singer makes some controversial statements in her latest interview

Jun 13, 2014 15:05 GMT  ·  By
Lana Del Rey makes controversial statements in interview, claims she wants to die young
   Lana Del Rey makes controversial statements in interview, claims she wants to die young

It could be that Lana Del Rey is looking for some extra attention these days since she's got an album dropping pretty soon, or she could just be that morbid. The “Ultraviolence” singer has recently admitted in an interview that she's fascinated with death and that she wishes she'd already passed on.

Speaking with a reporter from The Guardian, Lana suddenly blurts out “I wish I was dead already,” making a parallel to her musical heroes she shares with her boyfriend – Amy Winehouse and Kurt Cobain, both of whom met with untimely deaths.

When the reporter tries to imply that she really doesn't mean that, she brushes him off violently, “But I do. I don't want to have to keep doing this. But I am (…) That's just how I feel. If it wasn't that was, then I wouldn't say it.”

To give an example of what she's talking about, Lana admits that the fame she garnered when her hit “Video Games” first came out never really sat well with her. She claims that she never got any enjoyment out of the celebrity status the song earned her. “It was all bad, all of it,” she says.

It turns out that Lana hates the media, the paparazzi and the fact that she's in the news daily. Which begs the question why did she get into this in the first place. It's not like it fell on her lap either, she actively pursued this career, starting from the bottom and fighting to land a contract that saw her making it as an international best-selling entertainer.

She talks about being homeless, about biker gangs and being caught up in the showbiz world with all of its nasty parts. She also explains why she chose to put out another album when she'd previously stated that she had said everything she had to say on the 2012 “Born to Die.”

“But with this album I felt less like I had to chronicle my journeys and more like I could just recount snippets in my recent past that felt exhilarating to me,” she explains. Many of the songs on this new album are not only dark and brooding, but also controversial.

They speak of being the other woman, of suicidal tendencies and domestic violence that might not appeal to feminists out there. It was produced by The Black Key's Dan Auerbach and she calls the music genre “real narco swing.”

You can pick up the album in stores starting with June 17.