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How Lana Del Rey Created A Firestorm · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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  Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood. Lana del Rey ignited a bit of
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  Speaker 1: firestorm after penning an open letter about how she's criticized
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  Speaker 1: by the media for glamorizing abuse in her music while
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  Speaker 1: other female pop stars ranging from Ariana Grande to Beyonce
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  Speaker 1: have number one hit songs about being sexy or unfaithful.
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  Speaker 1: She writes in part, I'm just fed up with female
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  Speaker 1: writers saying I glamorize abuse, when in reality, I'm just
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  Speaker 1: a glamorous person singing about the realities of what we
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  Speaker 1: are all now seeing. Emotionally abusive relationships are all over
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  Speaker 1: the world. I've been honest and optimistic about challenging relationships
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  Speaker 1: that I've had, and those were, sadly my experiences. While
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  Speaker 1: those records were made on Twitter, many of the fan
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  Speaker 1: bases of the pop stars she called out, we're not
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  Speaker 1: happy with Laana's letter, while others defended what she wrote.
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  Speaker 1: Decide for yourself. We've got Laana's letter in full up
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  Speaker 1: at on air with Ryan dot Com. That's direct from Hollywood.