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Lana Del Rey is caught in the rain on the cover of this month’s Complex. But that’s preferable to where the singer found herself a couple weeks ago:

Caught in a storm of controversy following a hesitant Saturday Night Live performance.

But the artist, whose debut album comes out on January 31, shrugs off the rebukes. Correction: she doesn’t even notice them.

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“I’m pretty much switched off from it,” Del Rey tells the magazine of the press in general. “What other people have been saying doesn’t have anything to do with me because I never gave any long interviews to anyone. Ever. Everything is basically fiction.”

 
Del Rey has caught fire on the Internet largely because she sounds so real, so passionate, so Adele-like. There’s a reason for that, says the singer.

“If you consider the definition of authenticity, it’s saying something and actually doing it. I write my own songs. I made my own videos. I pick my producers. Nothing goes out without my permission. It’s all authentic.”