So what if Lena Del Rey is weird? She Has Great Songs | Israel today

Some would say that it is a strange choice of Lena Del Rey to open her new album, "Blue Banisters", with the song "Text Book".

Out of 15 new songs, most of which are more successful and interesting, the 36-year-old singer chose a song not particularly memorable to open the new chapter in her career.

This is not her first puzzling choice when it comes to the new album.

Just like Taylor Swift last year, Del Rey is also the second album in a row in one calendar year, after "Chemtrails Over the Country Club," which came out five months ago.

But at least Swift then had the corona excuse, the closures and the change of musical image.

Also the way Del Rey first announced the new album, just a day after releasing the last one, and the multiple delays of its release (originally the album was supposed to come out in June, then moved to July and again postponed to October), gave a sense of publicity stunt or Kenyan West-style nervous breakdown. The singer's behavior on social media also did not seem too calculated or healthy, to which was added a semi-mediated conflict between Del Rey and Lord (Del Rey claimed that Lord stole a song from her). All of these indicate that the American singer is in no hurry to follow the rules or take into account anyone's expectations of her.

Her new album is more of a seller, just like the rule book in the title track of the opening song.

Great and cinematic songs in essence, like "Violets for Roses", the theme song, "Nectar of the Gods" and of course "Arcadia", along with the familiar elements of Del Rey they contain (America, Opal, Tragic Magic and quotes from other songs), remind us Again why, for better or worse, Lena Del Rey is a strange and beautiful chicken in the thin palm landscape of Los Angeles.

She really does not owe anything to anyone.

In a world that contains fewer great musicians and more great but characterless performers, Del Rey continues to stand out as the kind of persona that becomes a legend.

A greatness that usually comes with the eccentricity and non-internalization of social laws that seem to apply to everyone today.