i had PVR’d last weeks SNL only to watch Lana Del Ray perform. wow it was really under whelming and it seems everyone is saying the same thing. it was like being back in grade 8 performing arts class on test day and the girl who is shy and self conscious has to sing the song. every thing about her oozed awkwardness; her voice cracking up and down the spectrum and not being able to hit the right notes, and her hand actions which came off as choreographed and half remembered. it would of helped it she just had a stand for the mike and could hold it. i couldn’t even watch the whole performance, not because it was bad, which i guess it was but mostly because it was intensely awkward and made me anxious to watch. i have a huge problem with awkward situations and this hit all the check marks. this wasn’t some kind of Ashley Simpson lip-sync bad this was more so a: “i am popular enough to warrant being on Saturday Night Live, this is what every performer dreams of this is it, this is my future and i should be so happy. but really i don’t want this isn’t right for me”. the whole this just seemed like some one who was half there and preoccupied, or terrified about being on that stage, someone with no confidence at all. she has been getting a lot of flack because she comes from a rich family and by fact her music isn’t authentic enough. i love her music, Born to die was stuck in my head for two solid weeks in a good way. if i ever had the chance i wouldn’t mind seeing her live, and i hope on that day she is more confident and in the zone.
