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All hail the first couple of music videos: Lizzy Grant and Rakim Mayers, better-known as Lana Del Rey and A$AP Rocky. It looks like their new song âNational Anthemâ is destined for greatness, or at least popularity, which is what passes for greatness in a democracy.
The video features the pair as a kind of neo-Kennedy presidential couple, indulging in gambling, boozing, smoking (at the table!), ostentatious public displays of affection, immodest clothing, and, of course, bling. Itâs all a very 20th-meets-21st century romp, right up to the critical moment and the Grassy Knoll.
VH1 says, âit can be implied that âJFKâ (Rocky) was assassinated for being unconventional, for pushing the envelope against societal norms,â but of course these are our societal norms in 2012. We donât aspire to the Kelly bag and the quietly exquisite shoes, but to the tattoos, the VIP table, the magnum of Cristal.
As is usual with Lana Del Reyâs artistic endeavors, not everyone has taken this as seriously as she does. Hari Nef on Tumblr has taken Del Rey in a pensive moment, reposing on a lion skin, and played up her famously heavy false eyelashes. A strangely mesmerizing kind of hilarity ensues, along with 4,212 notes and counting.
Butâseriously nowâhow does she keep her eyes open with those acres of leaden bristles?
