It takes some nerve to rock up to a festival with just a string quartet and a piano, but it's just what Lana Del Rey did for her set at Radio 1's Hackney Weekend Festival.
There's no doubt that the singer is coming along, in terms of her confidence, but I'm still unsure of some of the choices she makes, vocally, when performing live. Choices such as failing to manage the contrast between her weighty voice, and her softer one, is one, in particular, that irks me a little.
However, this is only my opinion and having watched quite a few of her live performances it's clear that Lana is actually choosing to make these alterations to the studio version- oppose to them being mistakes, like I previously thought. So who am I to argue with the way she wants to sing her songs.
I still really enjoyed the set, particularly the instrumentation and her rapport and interaction with the crowd.
Set list:
[video one]
Blue Jeans
Body Electric
Born to Die (start)
[video Two]
Born to Die (end)
Million Dollar man
Summertime Sadness (start)
[video Three]
Summertime Sadness (continued)
Video Games
National Anthem
[video Four]
Summertime Sadness (continued)
