Sasquatch 2015 Recap & Photos: Choking on Lana Del Rey’s Self-Absorption

May 26, 2015

Maybe I’m a glutton for punishment. Maybe I needed to know what the hype was about. Rationale be damned, I hit up the buzz-prop pop queen Lana Del Rey on the main stage at Sasquatch 2015 on Sunday, expecting to be turned to stone. That wasn’t quite what happened, but the glamour goddess – a vision of preening self-immersion – certainly delivered the most yawnable set of the weekend.

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Her faux-noir effect on the side screens matched the synthetic gravitas of her beloved “Summertime Sadness,” and I was looking for an exit well before I finished my beer.

Seriously, who’s buying this nonsense? Her ethereal-dream gravitas nonwithstanding, the tragic starlet trapped in her own melodrama act does not contain any gravitational pull. It’s a polished empty perfume bottle, spraying vapors. Check out a full gallery below.

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All photos: Johnny Firecloud

Sasquatch 2015: Lana Del Rey

Lana Del Rey at Sasquatch 2015 by Johnny Firecloud
Lana Del Rey at Sasquatch 2015 by Johnny Firecloud
Lana Del Rey at Sasquatch 2015 by Johnny Firecloud
Lana Del Rey at Sasquatch 2015 by Johnny Firecloud
Lana Del Rey at Sasquatch 2015 by Johnny Firecloud
Lana Del Rey at Sasquatch 2015 by Johnny Firecloud
Lana Del Rey at Sasquatch 2015 by Johnny Firecloud

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A senior writer at CraveOnline since 2006, Johnny has reported on music culture around the world for over a decade while setting a higher standard of reviews, editorials, photography and interviews with the industry's biggest names. Johnny has conceptualized and produced a wide range of original Crave features such as the long-running Band of The Month series, the CraveOnstage performance feature, the Music History video series and the Passport travel colum, among others. His Crave coverage spectrum has included Lifestyle, Travel, Film & TV, Politics, Sports, Fashion and Food writing.

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