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PM's favourite singer Lana Del Rey ignores the abuse

David Cameron's new favourite singer, Lana Del Rey, has insisted she has no ambitions.

Del Rey, 25, was speaking after the Prime Minister revealed at the weekend that her music is "beginning to infect my iPod".

In an interview with Absolute Radio's Geoff Lloyd, she said: "I have everything I want. I really can't think of any [ambitions or things to strive for]. I don't want to leave the house, I'm happy at home, I really am. I am."

The sultry Video Games singer faced abuse after it was revealed that she is the daughter of a millionaire, with a failed pop career under her real name Elizabeth Grant. Many felt cheated by her Del Rey persona, that of an outsider.

Asked about the criticism, she said: "I've been living in New York for about seven years and a lot of the people that I started singing with don't sing any more, don't write any more. So the fact that I can still do that that's kind of a gift, that's what I sort of stay focused on."

The full interview is on Absolute Radio at 7pm next Wednesday.

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