Lana Del Rey accuses her critics of wanting ‘drama’

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>Lana Del Rey has dismissed the controversy surrounding her comments on double standards in the music industry and accused critics of looking for &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;<i>drama<&sol;i>”&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The singer made <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;londonglossy&period;com&sol;lana-del-rey-defends-controversial-comments-on-music-industry-double-standards&sol;"><u>headlines this week<&sol;u><&sol;a> when sharing a lengthy defence of her music&comma; hitting back at allegations she &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;<i>glamorises abuse<&sol;i>”&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Del Rey invoked the names of other high-profile female stars – including Beyonce&comma; Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj – and lamented how she has been &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;<i>crucified<&sol;i>” for the contents of her lyrics&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote class&equals;"instagram-media" style&equals;"background&colon; &num;FFF&semi; border&colon; 0&semi; border-radius&colon; 3px&semi; box-shadow&colon; 0 0 1px 0 rgba&lpar;0&comma;0&comma;0&comma;0&period;5&rpar;&comma;0 1px 10px 0 rgba&lpar;0&comma;0&comma;0&comma;0&period;15&rpar;&semi; margin&colon; 1px&semi; max-width&colon; 540px&semi; min-width&colon; 326px&semi; padding&colon; 0&semi; width&colon; calc&lpar;100&percnt; - 2px&rpar;&semi;" data-instgrm-permalink&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;instagram&period;com&sol;p&sol;CAghpnsJ8Sm&sol;&quest;utm&lowbar;source&equals;ig&lowbar;embed&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;loading" data-instgrm-version&equals;"12">&NewLine;<div style&equals;"padding&colon; 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font-size&colon; 14px&semi; font-style&colon; normal&semi; font-weight&colon; normal&semi; line-height&colon; 17px&semi; text-decoration&colon; none&semi;" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;instagram&period;com&sol;p&sol;CAghpnsJ8Sm&sol;&quest;utm&lowbar;source&equals;ig&lowbar;embed&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;loading" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener noreferrer">A post shared by Lana Del Rey &lpar;&commat;lanadelrey&rpar;<&sol;a> on <time style&equals;"font-family&colon; Arial&comma;sans-serif&semi; font-size&colon; 14px&semi; line-height&colon; 17px&semi;" datetime&equals;"2020-05-22T23&colon;15&colon;12&plus;00&colon;00">May 22&comma; 2020 at 4&colon;15pm PDT<&sol;time><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><script async src&equals;"&sol;&sol;www&period;instagram&period;com&sol;embed&period;js"><&sol;script><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Since releasing her self-titled maiden album in 2010&comma; she has often been accused of presenting outdated ideas of gender roles in her music&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Del Rey returned to Instagram on Friday and said she wanted to make a &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;<i>couple of final notes<&sol;i>”&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Del Rey&comma; a six-time Grammy nominee&comma; wrote&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;<i>Despite the feedback I’ve heard from several people that I mentioned in a complimentary way&comma; whether it be Ariana or Doja Cat – I want to say that I remain firm in my clarity and stance in that what I was writing about was the importance of self-advocacy for more delicate and often dismissed&comma; softer female personality&comma; and that there does have to be room for that type in what will inevitably become a new wave&sol;3rd wave of feminism that is rapidly approaching<&sol;i>&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Del Rey&comma; whose hits include Video Games and Summertime Sadness&comma; then addressed the allegations of racism related to her name-checking women of colour in her original post&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>She said anyone making the issue about race might be &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;<i>super trump&sol;pence supporters or hyper liberals or flip flopping headline grabbing critics &lpar;who&rpar; can’t read and want to make it a race war<&sol;i>”&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>And she said her issue was with &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;<i>female critics and female alternative artists who are dissociated from their own fragility and sexuality and berate more sexually liberated artists<&sol;i>”&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Del Rey added of critics accusing her of racism&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;<i>You want the drama&comma; you don’t want to believe that a woman could be beautiful&comma; strong and fragile at the same time… Nothing new here in your reaction&period;<&sol;i><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><i>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Same as ten years ago when a million think pieces came out about me feigning emotional fragility or lying about coming from no money when that was the truth&period;”<&sol;i><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>She concluded the post by announcing&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;<i>If the women I mention don’t want to be associated with me that’s absolutely fine by me<&sol;i>&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68e1b0680740a">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; 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