Thoughts on Lana Del Rey?

She's considered the Joni Mitchell of this generation and has countless references to Joni in her work. Blue Banisters follows the structure of Ladies of the Canyon, she covered For Free, in Hollywood Bowl she sings "I know I'm not Joni Mitchell," In Lana's song Bartender she sings "All the ladies of the canyon, wearing black to their house parties," directly referencing Mitchell's 1970 album Ladies of the Canyon. And there are more.

I believe Lana is the next best American songwriter and that NFR! will go down in history alongside Blue as one of the best written albums of all time.

I'm so curious what this page thinks of Lana's work and if you can feel the influence of Joni throughout her storytelling and music.