Lana Del Rey talked about the line in her song “The Greatest” and that it was Kanye West’s embrace of President Donald Trump and more that inspired her to write the song.
“Here’s the thing: I don’t want to elicit a response,” the 34-year-old singer shared with the New York Times about the lyric, per Complex.com in a piece published Wednesday. (RELATED: Kanye West Lavishes Praise On Trump In 10-Minute Oval Office Speech)
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“You never feel better for having written something like that,” she added. “But Kanye [West] just means so much to us. And by the way, I’m grateful to be in a country where everyone can have their own political views.” (RELATED: Kanye West Defends His Support Of President Trump On Jimmy Kimmel Live)
Rey continued, “I’m really not more of a liberal than I am a Republican—I’m in the middle. But it was more like the mood and the vibe around, Yo, this man is the greatest! Really? The greatest? It hurt me. Did I have to say anything? No. But it’s more just a line that represents a lot of things.”
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The line in the song she referenced the superstar rapper reads:
If this is it, I’m signing off
Miss doing nothing, the most of all
Oh I just missed a fireball
L.A. is in flames, it’s getting hot
Kanye West is blond and gone
“Life on Mars” ain’t just a song
Oh, the lifestream’s almost on
As previously reported, the “Young and Beautiful” hitmaker got everyone’s attention last month when she announced that her sixth album titled “Norman F-cking Rockwell” would come out Aug. 30.
NORMAN FUCKING ROCKWELL out August 30th
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Photo by @yourgirlchuck w #dukenicholson pic.twitter.com/2y5Q7bLT4X— Lana Del Rey (@LanaDelRey) July 31, 2019