" consider Lana ’s total persona is fundamentally Priscilla , this is unsatisfying . "

In an interview withE! News, the film’s director,Sofia Coppola, noted she “got a lot of requisitions about how [Lana] could be part of the movie” based on the life ofPriscilla Presley, and she explained why it didn’t happen.

The news that 38-year-old Elizabeth Woolridge Grant, one of my favorite tragically romantic singers, was so close to being a part of a film by one of my favorite tragically romantic directors breaks my heart — and I’m not alone. The fans are perturbed.

Let me explain why Lana was perfect forPriscilla. First, let’s talk about how Lana’s entire persona feels like an homage to Priscilla’s lifelong career.

The “Summertime Sadness” singer is known for her cinematic and melancholic music and a vintage Hollywoodaestheticstraight out of the ’60s.

Her voice is made for soundtracks. I’m still processing myemotionsfrom listening to the otherworldly song “Young and Beautiful” from Baz Luhrmann’sThe Great Gatsbyor her haunting rendition of “Once Upon a Dream” forMaleficent.

Honestly, no shade to Cailee Spaeny (who played Priscilla in the film), but Lana could’ve been a fair option for the role. In 2013, Lana wrote and starred in her own short film,Tropico,which included an Elvis impersonator.

If becoming Priscilla wasn’t in the cards for Lana, she certainly referenced the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll in her music. In “Body Electric” from her third EP,Paradise, she literally says, “Elvis is my daddy,” so her presence made sense somewhere in the film’s atmosphere.

In 2008, she had a song called “Elvis” for the documentaryThe King,including the lyrics, “Elvis, where are you when I need you most?”

Now, let’s examine why Sofia Coppola’s aesthetic is perfect for Lana’s music. Sofia first impressed us with her directorial debut of the controversial novelThe Virgin Suicides, a book that feels like it lives on Lana’s bedside table.

And to top it all off, the actual Priscilla Presley recentlyconfirmedthat she is, in fact, a Lana Del Rey fan.

In the E! News interview, Sofia claimed that she hoped Lana could at least do a song for the film, but “it didn’t work out with the timing.” The pressure was so heavy that the director claimed she even invited Lana to the film’s premiere but said she couldn’t make it.

I ’m not the only one broken about the gross music collaboration that never was :

So she has clock time for a waffle business firm faulting , random collabs , but not for one birdsong for the flick ?

Lana Del Rey deny to publish a vocal for the Priscilla Presley movie should be count a hate crime

Lana Del Rey onstage

Considering Lana ’s entire theatrical role is basically Priscilla , this is unsatisfying

Lana immunizing herself against commercial-grade success is my Romanist empire

Serdica Francis Ford Coppola asked lana to record a call for the priscilla pic but " it did n’t run out in metre " the reason better not be bc lana was act to be a waitress in some backwoods dinerpic.twitter.com/kzGwD3HnCe

Closeup of Sofia Coppola

the way she would ’ve outfit perfectly and perchance got an oscar … she bollocks up the purse

I feel like Lana would ’ve made a attack song for the moving-picture show

Although I’m bummed — not too much on Lana. It’s a missed opportunity, but her music is still fire.

Lana Del Rey onstage

Screenshots of Lana Del Rey

Closeup of Lana Del Rey

Screenshots from "Tropico"

Closeup of Elvis and Priscilla

Sofia Coppola onset of her films

Closeup of Priscilla Presley

"Lana's work ethic is terrible"

"a loss for the culture…"

"i need to know what's on her schedule, other than vaping, that's more important than this"

"she was probably working her shift at the Waffle House"

"MY DAY IS RUINED…"

"she is her own worst enemy because this would've been a cultural reset"

"lana has organized her career around and guided the whole trajectory of her life toward recording an original song for a sofia coppola movie about elvis presley…"