14 DAY TRIAL // Undoubtedly, one of the hottest stars of the year is Lana del Rey, a singer who seems to have come out of nowhere and taken over the industry with her sultry looks and even sultrier music. Fans can find out more about her from her interview with the latest issue of NY Times.
Of course, Lana doesn't actually come “out of nowhere”; in fact, she's been around for years, just not under the same name we know her now for.
Ever since she shot to fame online, del Rey has been fending off allegations that she's as fake as her lips, which, she will have you know, are real.
Sitting down with NY Times, the singer insists there's nothing fake about her appearance, contrary to what you might think if you compare older photos of her to more recent snaps, in which she seems to sport a more impressive pout.
“It’s fine,” Lana tells the interviewer when the question of her “fake” lips comes up.
“They’re real lips, I mean. In real life my lips don’t look that big. I think because I cartoonized the footage of myself in the video for 'Video Games' things look exaggerated,” she adds.
The same goes for her career: while there's no denying there's something different and special about Lana, her voice and her sound, many have said she's nothing but a more elegant version of the manufactured pop star.
She's as genuine as they come, she insists.
In fact, Lana recalls a time when no one would even give her the time of day because she was not mainstream enough.
“I mean, I met everyone who is anyone in the music industry over the last six years and I was unsignable. That’s what I was told by everyone,” she says.
“I would play my songs, explain what I was trying to do, and I’d get, 'You know who’s No. 1 in 13 countries right now? Ke$ha',” Lana adds.
Back to the subject of this article, it's not just celebrity bloggers that believe Lana has had some work done on her lips either: fashion designer and photographer Karl Lagerfeld went on the record saying she was “fake.”
Then again, he added, so were many other women in the industry.