Lana Del Rey wants to die - why?
Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain, Amy Winehouse - the Club 27, made up of well-known musicians who died at the age of 27, has now mutated from a conspiracy theory to a merchandising money machine. On the net you will find T-shirts, hoodies, beer mugs and pills with matching slogans à la "Live fast, the young". Which brings us to Lana Del Rey, who sang in her 2012 song "Ride": "Live almost, the young. Be wild. And have fun."
Now, the desire for an early death in the 27-year-olds seems to have manifested, of course, coincidentally on time for the launch of their new album "Ultraviolence". In an interview in the Guardian, she said, "I wish I was already dead." When the interviewer asked, she added, "I do not want to keep this up, but I do. (...) I'd have one Fear, if I knew I was going to die soon, but ... "
But what? But the sales of my new album are unfortunately rather mediocre? But I'm still so disturbed by my gig at the wedding of Kanye West and Kim Kardashian? Unfortunately, the singer leaves us in the dark about the reasons for her death longing, only that her life feels like a shitty film, she tells us.
Now details about her difficult childhood, depression and early alcoholism are well known, but we still suspect a hard-hitting PR coup behind this confession. And anyway, there are really many good reasons to keep alive: The USA beat Ghana in their first World Cup match and on Friday thousands of German fans are looking forward to Lana Del Rey's concert in Berlin-Spandau and on Saturday Not only Midsummer Festival is celebrated, but also Lana Del Rey's 28th birthday. We should not worry too much ...
