Behold: Lana Del Rey, Marilyn Manson and Barry Manilow — backstage, as far as I can tell, at the Echo Music Awards in Germany a couple nights ago. "And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone. By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths. For their power is in their mouth, and in their tails: for their tails were like unto serpents, and had heads, and with them they do hurt." [via]

Breaking news: No rotten tomatoes were hurled at Lana Del Rey after her performance at Mulberry's after-party in London on Sunday. The small audience, which included the likes of Michelle Williams, Pixie Geldof, Elizabeth Olsen, were receptive to Del Rey's four-song set of '80s songs, and even clapped at each song's end.

This performance was a little more SNL and a little less David Letterman.

In the The New York Times Style Magazine's profile of Lana Del Rey, we learn a few things that we didn't know before. Did you know, for example, that she enjoys the melody of Miley Cyrus' "Party in the USA," or that she keeps a weathered copy of an unspecified Tennessee Williams paperback in her snake-skin purse? The profile is an interminable feed bag of pearls like these.

If we have learned one thing from the aftermath of Lana Del Rey's SNL performance, it's that bad publicity truly is better than none at all. The dust has settled and what's left are huge record sales- 76,000 copies of Born to Die to be exact- for number 2 on the Billboard 200 album chart.
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Last night's SNL featured a fantastic Lana Del Rey impression from Kristin Wiig during "Weekend Update." In the sketch, LDR responded to the people who criticized her performance on the show, though she did not mention Brian Williams by name.

Katie Couric tweeted at us today in response to us "making fun of her." Oh Katie, always just a couple steps behind. Late to comment on this swirling vat of Lana Del Rey internet bile, (late to the internet in general) and a few steps behind our old pal, Brian Williams.

I haven't consulted my Del Rey guide yet. Is this the part where we all decide we love her? [Via Uproxx]

There comes a time in the life of every newscaster when he or she must form an opinion on throaty-voiced source of national cathexis Lana del Rey. Katie Couric is still working on hers.

January has not been kind to Lana Del Rey. Post-SNL and in the lead-up to the release of her debut album, Born To Die, Del Rey could be heard prattling through the halls of the Internet, mumbling her last rites. Article after article, tweet after tweet, the witch hunt grew.

Complex magazine features Lana Del Rey, last week's sacrificial lamb, on the cover of their February/March issue and she looks exactly as you would expect her to look. She is a sexy, wet, pouty vintage movie poster. Like a faded French ad you would put in your bathroom if you were 21. The image is actually a great visual response to last week's issues; it is a strong look-at-me-I'm-still-standing-despite-all-you-mean-'ol-raindrops-pouring-down-on-my-talentless-parade, statement.

Hating Lana Del Rey is now the internet's favorite past time. It culminated today when LDR burn book Hipster Runoff accused the plumped-lipped singer of stealing her song "Video Games" from some old Greek ditty whose name we can't even spell. He cites his source as unnamed "indie music message boards" which I thank Jesus every morning I have no idea how to find.

Following Lana Del Rey's performance on SNL, the Internet rained down upon the singer its very own plagues. First, there was ridicule. Then, there were emails. And more emails making subtle demands. And finally, came the silencing rage of her publicists.

It has been three whole days since Brian Williams and the rest of the Internet doused the Lana Del Rey mop in verbal gasoline and lit a match in response to her appearance on SNL. So we checked in on Lansy and her team. And this was the response that came from her publicist, Marilyn:

The perpetually pouty Instagrammed pout monster that is Lana Del Rey appeared on Saturday Night Live this past weekend and it was well, it was this. And this. And also this. Yes, LDR stunk up the joint and the Internet is going nuts over it. Apparently snarly lip curls and sleepy Benadryl eyes don't work in a live context like they do on YouTube.

Sultry singer Lana Del Rey started kicking up a ton of controversy on music blogs before she even had a single out. Here's the thing: she's really good. Here's her latest song, "Born to Die."

Have you heard of singer Lana Del Rey? Well, probably not, because she doesn't even have an officially released single yet, but the hipster music blogs are all abuzz about her. Her music is great, but they still hate her because she's not "authentic." But that's not the problem at all.