Lana Del Rey: Born to Die – review

(Polydor)In among the insults hurled at US pop starlet Lana Del Rey (you know: fake, manufactured, rich, Botoxed), there is one gripe that survives a nanosecond's scrutiny. Even in the more measured enclaves of comment land, there lurks a feeling that Del Rey (born Elizabeth Grant) seems a little waxen, a little dead behind the eyes. You can see what they mean in her uneven performance on Saturday Night Live recently, or the bizarre video for "Born to Die", the title track from Del Rey's eagerly...

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