Lana Del Rey - i'm not convinced

This is just an exerpt from a blog I've written for a competition.
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Featuring a review of Noel Fielding's Luxury Comedy as well.
I've tweaked this version slightly...

Lana Del Rey's debut album Born To Die was released last week.
Del Rey first came to my attention when friends at university were talking about their love for her song Video Games. At the time I wasn't interested at all. I didn't hear her on the radio and I didn't want to actively seek out her music because I didn't think I'd like it. But after Juliette Lewis, one of my idols, tweeted about Del Rey's terrible performance on Saturday Night Live I just had to have a listen.
Her performance was mumbly and extremely boring. So much hype for nothing. Sure she's pretty, but music isn't all about style, she needs some substance.
After watching the SNL disaster, I decided to have a listen to her single Video Games, to see if the performance was just a one-off flop.
It was a gentle song, carried by Del Rey's delicate whispery voice. Her voice is very much reminiscent of Hollywood singers gone by. Her look appeals to this too; a hark back to Hollywood glamour.
Video Games felt to me like a mediocre single at best. I wouldn't seek it out again, but I probably wouldn't turn the radio over if it came on. It felt to me like the kind of single that might creep into the bottom of the charts for a few weeks and disappear back into nothing-ness.
Maybe her album has more to it, but it's not my style. Her voice is delicate and deserves a certain style of song to tease it to it's best potential.
Lana Del Rey should have been allowed to rise to fame, rather than be pushed straight to the top, because there could be a big fall.

Del Rey. Image courtesy of this website

C x