Lana Del Rey writes catchy, moody pop songs. She has pretty hair and accessories and a really great lip job that kinda makes you reconsider lip jobs. She’s also an executive producer on the forthcoming Daniel Johnston short film, Hi, How Are You, written up previously in this here Tiny Mix Tapes article. So basically Lana Del Rey is sitting by the pool at her modernist Hollywood Hills dream home, stroking a hairless cat and cackling to herself. “Heh heh heh and you snotty music weirdos thought I wasn’t INDIE enough, suck on THIS.” Then closing credits in cursive appear with the words “Lana’s Revenge” flickering across the screen, and Lana hops on a vintage Harley Davidson with a Hot Tattoo Guy and the Hairless Cat in the passenger car and they all drive off as the sun sets over the ocean. Ladies and gentlemen, Lana Del Rey!
In reality, the straight facts are as follows. Del Rey, along with rapper Mac Miller, each contributed $10,000 to the Kickstarter fund to make filmmaker Gabriel Sunday’s vision come to life. And thusly they each became Executive Producers. According to the Kickstarter page, “it’s a musical tale of an aging artist encountering psychedelic dreams, nightmares, and characters from his past. We began shooting with a simple outline: an intimate interview between Daniel and his younger self addressing his most prolific and maddening era. Our hope was to bring his stories, memories and art to life.” And now, thanks to Lana, Mac, the Hairless Cat, and people just like you and me, SHIT IS ON.
• Daniel Johnston: http://www.hihowareyou.com
• Hi, How Are You: http://www.hihowareyou.com
• Lana Del Rey: http://www.lanadelrey.com
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