After once calling her a “genius”, Courtney Love says Lana Del Rey “should really take seven years off”

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Courtney Love has said that Lana Del Rey “should really take seven years off” after previously calling her a genius.Speaking to The Standard in an interview recently the Hole singer to promote her new BBC Radio 6 Music and BBC Sounds series called Courtney Love’s Women, Love spoke about the ‘Born To Die’ singer as well as Taylor Swift and Madonna.Despite having previously said that her late husband Kurt Cobain and Del Rey were the only “true musical geniuses” she’s ever known, the Hole frontwoman has now said that she has also grown tired of recent Coachella 2024 headliner – saying she stopped liking the singer-songwriter in December last year.“I haven’t liked Lana since she covered a John Denver song, and I think she should really take seven years off,” said Love. “Up until ‘Take Me Home, Country Roads’ I thought she was great.

When I was recording my new album, I had to stop listening to her as she was influencing me too much.”Elsewhere in the interview, Love also slammed Taylor Swift, telling the outlet: “Taylor is not important.

She might be a safe space for girls, and she’s probably the Madonna of now, but she’s not interesting as an artist.”Back in February, Love joined Billie Joe Armstrong‘s covers band The Coverups onstage in London where she delivered a joint performance of Hole‘s ‘Celebrity Skin’.

She also made a surprise appearance at the first show, assisting Armstrong and co. on covers of Tom Petty‘s ‘Even The Losers’, and Cheap Trick’s ‘He’s A Whore’ and ‘Surrender’, as well as teasing a Hole reunion.Armstrong spoke to NME about his longtime friendship with the ‘Celebrity Skin’ singer at the BRIT Awards 2024, sharing: “We’ve known her since ’94, she’s always great!