LANA DEL REY (with Kathy Iandoli)
Pop Pantheon
DJ Louie XIV
4.7 • 630 Ratings
🗓️ 23 March 2023
⏱️ 116 minutes
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Summary
In preparation for her ninth studio album, Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd, dropping tonight, Kathy Iandoli joins Pop Pantheon to explore the enigmatic and paradigm-shifting career of pop iconoclast Lana Del Rey. Kathy, who taught a course on Lana at NYU, joins DJ Louie to discuss Lana’s myth and all of her records, from her breakthrough, 2012’s Born To Die, to her psychedelic rock homage, Ultraviolence (2014), her magnum opus, Norman Fucking Rockwell! (2019), and her most recent efforts, Chemtrails over the Country Club (2021) and Blue Banisters (2021). Finally, Louie and Kathy talk about her sprawling legacy and place Lana Del Rey in the Official Pop Pantheon.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Pop Pantheon, the podcast where we completely overanalyze all of your favorite pop stars and then rank them in the official Pop Pantheon. |
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| 0:45.6 | slash pop pantheon. Finally on the housekeeping tip, gorgeous, gorgeous, my queer pop party in |
| 0:51.6 | LA is having its latest installment this Saturday, March 25th at Resident in downtown Los Angeles. |
| 0:57.5 | If you are a Patreon subscriber at the icon tier, you have access to the guest list. |
| 1:01.9 | So DM us on Patreon and you can get yourself in plus one on our guest list. |
| 1:05.5 | If you're not, the link to buy tickets is in the show notes of this episode. |
| 1:09.9 | And I'd love to see some of you guys |
| 1:11.5 | like gorgeous gorgeous on Saturday night I'm so excited okay let's get into this week's episode |
| 1:17.4 | which is an oft-requested one on one of the most enigmatic and fascinating pop figures of |
| 1:23.8 | the 21st century Lana del Rey who has had a massive effect on the aesthetics and look |
| 1:29.4 | of pop stardom over the last, let's say, 10, 12 years. And whose ninth studio album, |
| 1:36.4 | Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Boulevard drops literally tonight at midnight. |
| 1:42.0 | And just as a quick heads-up, |
| 1:47.7 | next week's episode will be a review of, |
| 1:51.3 | did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Boulevard? |
| 1:52.8 | So get excited. |
| 1:54.3 | It's a lot of double-header, baby. |
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