MusicMonday: Born to Die by Lana Del Rey

This is the first time I've chosen a song I don't like for #MusicMonday. At least I'm not sure I like it. Yet.

I know that this woman's name has been thrown about all over most social media platforms of late and I always find it sad that you are forced to look up an artist from something you read, rather than a song you heard. Yet, I Googled her, listened and watched on YouTube and came to the conclusion that this song is one of her better offering.

This is based on my liking the video; I'm a sucker for a woman who has tragedy encroaching on her while wearing a white fringed leather jacket. Oh and those beautiful tigers, I just hope they were looked after and not drugged into complicity at all. Anyway. Although her voice isn't "beautiful" in the traditional sense of the word, I like it - it's deep and different and she is slightly delightfully uncomfortable to watch. She also has great hair.

I'm putting this song out there to see what you all think? Have I missed something by not falling head over heels for Lana Del Rey? Or shall I just stick to my tried and tested method of hearing something and liking it and steadfastly ignoring the hype?Moving on. These Instagrams are of some of the pretty flowers I saw in Australia, which after two weeks on the road in New Zealand feels like a long time ago so I'll enjoy reminiscing. I didn't expect the flowers to be quite so different from the ones back home and during this trip I really wanted to capture these small differences as well as the more obvious ones.