Lana Del Ray (no, not her real name) is billed as alternative and is delightfully hard to categorize in her mish-mash of genres. Del Ray has a deep, sultry and breathy voice, but unfortunately her enormously fake lips distract from that whenever you watch one of her videos.

The real challenge here is getting over the duck lips to focus on the music. I would tell you to refrain from watching the music videos to avoid this problem, but they’re so well done I wouldn’t want you to miss out. The cinematography in “Video Games” is so good that it could have been a short film at Sundance, not to mention the song is devastatingly beautiful and gloomy. Her low voice hits perfection on “Born to Die.” “Off to the Races” and “National Anthem” take an interesting hip-hop turn lyrically and are like nothing I’ve heard before. “Million Dollar Man” is slow, sensual and sad, like much of the album.

Del Ray shows originality with her music, and I don’t mean flat-out the weirdness that has become commonplace with artists like Lady Gaga and Nicki Minaj. Instead, Lana’s world is devastatingly realistic.

Grade: B+

Recommended Songs: “Video Games” and “Born to Die”