# @thefader on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/C9VB7-PsFJ9
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/20570443-thefader-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2024-07-12T16:02:14.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** The FADER (@thefader) — https://gondola.cc/thefader

## Caption

In 2021, Lana Del Rey said her dream collaboration would be Migos. Fast forward two and a half years to "Tough," a duet with Quavo that notches a new high for Lana's rap collaborations. ⁠
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The country-trap ballad sits closer to Lana’s jazz and hip-hop-propelled solo work than "Summer Bummer," hewing closer to the multigenre synthesis of 2023's Did You Know... or even the trip-hop pulse of Born to Die and Honeymoon. But "Tough" forgoes the confessional mode of Tunnel, instead thrumming with a steely resolve that feels lived-in rather than put on. Del Rey sets the scene, and then — the drums kick in for Quavo’s tight melodic verse. He mirrors the solitude that permeates Lana Del Rey's discography, stretching elastically to punctuate his bars: “Still shinin’ and that’s hard / If you ever lost someone that you love.”⁠
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Rap and country have always been reflexive, metatextual genres — this is show business, after all. Shrinking the widescreen romance of Lust For Life down to the size of an iPhone, “Tough” entices the audience closer. You won’t want to miss what happens next.⁠
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Read perlucidumn's full Rap Column at the link in bio.⁠
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📸 Wyatt Spain Winfrey⁠
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#Quavo #LanaDelRey #RapColumn

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