Lizzy Grant was a flop,changed her name to Lana Del Rey and was acclaimed as a fresh star. But the backlash from fans who felt duped has been unprecedented
Lana Del Rey announces fresh album title: UltraviolenceYou can still find traces of Lizzy Grant online. There is a video, dated 8 June 2009, or that shows a young,casually dressed blonde woman in a green T-shirt and jeans singing alone on stage at a fresh York music show called The Variety Box. Grant's voice was strong, but she seemed shy and spoke quietly to the audience to a smattering of applause.
Grant looked like any one of hundreds of young artists trying to manufacture it in the clubs and bars of fresh York, and singing their hearts out in the hope that one day they would be spotted. After all,that's how big names from Bob Dylan to Lady Gaga got their breaks. But success never happened to Lizzy Grant. Her one and only album sank virtually without trace.
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Source: theguardian.com