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The course is set to feature a curriculum focused on “Del Rey’s contributions to 21st Century pop stardom, her relationship to feminism, her musical influences and artists she has influenced, and her connection to social justice movements such as #BlackLivesMatter, #MeToo and #TimesUp,” according toVariety, which cited an NYU representative.
“Over the course of eight critically-acclaimed albums, the six-time Grammy nominated artist has introduced a sad core, melancholic, and baroque version of dream pop that in turn helped shift and reinvent the sound (and mood) of mainstream music beyond the 2010s,” read a description about the “Born to Die” artist-focused class, per the outlet.
“Through her arresting visuals and her thematic attention to mental health and tales of toxic, damaged love, Del Rey provided a new platform for artists of all genders to create ‘anti-pop’ works of substance that could live in a mainstream once categorized as bubblegum,” continued the description.
“Studying Lana Del Rey means thinking more critically the growing popularity of so-called anti-pop,” continued his statement. “It means finding ways to consider the increased interest in mental health and issues of psychological damage, and to evaluate changes in they 21st way we think about identity, especially in terms of race, gender, nation and class.”
“Lana is especially relevant, and controversial, when it comes to changing ideas about intersectional feminism over the past decade,” said King.
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Iandoli called 37-year-old Del Rey (whose real name is Elizabeth Grant) “a complicated pop star who resonates so much with her fans, not because of how she makes them feel about her, but rather how she makes them feel about themselves,” in a statement about the course, perVariety.
The course reportedly focused on “music and public discourse as it relates to her own growth as an artist and a celebrity,” including topics such as Swift’s entrepreneurial skillset, creativity and durability, in addition to the culture and politics surrounding Swift and “teen girlhood” within the music industry.
source: people.com
