{"id":515855,"date":"2026-04-06T13:09:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T13:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/515855\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T13:09:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T13:09:10","slug":"how-stevie-nicks-inspired-lana-del-rey-to-greatness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/515855\/","title":{"rendered":"How Stevie Nicks inspired Lana Del Rey to greatness"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Stevie<\/p>\n

(Credits: Far Out \/ Atlantic Records \/ Raph Pour-Hashemi)<\/p>\n

Mon 6 April 2026 1:30, UK <\/p>\n

In 1981, Stevie Nicks<\/a> finally got to experience life as a fully fledged solo artist.<\/p>\n

Just four years after Fleetwood Mac\u2019s chart-topping triumph with\u00a0Rumours,\u00a0an album that married Nicks\u2019 commercial success with personal trauma, she was finally set free from the shackles of her somewhat toxic band to go and pursue a solo career.<\/p>\n

\u201881\u2019s Bella Donna was a masterful outing for Nicks, who proved she didn\u2019t need her remaining band members at all. Her songwriting remained as compelling as it had in the previous decade, and without compromising, she could wholeheartedly embrace the mythology of her songwriting style. <\/p>\n

But more than the music, Nicks proved her resilience. Despite the never-ending toxicity that surrounded her in Fleetwood Mac, she continued to trust her voice and ensure that her own femininity was heard amidst an era of thinly veiled rock and roll misogyny<\/a>. Bella Donna was a celebration of that and so rightly became a blueprint for a myriad of future female artists. <\/p>\n

So many have cited Nicks as the inspiration since then, be it Haim, Florence Welch or Lana Del Rey. But the rock legend doesn\u2019t take that for granted \u2013 no, she has seen her position as a legacy artist as a responsibility, engaging with the new generation to an almost maternal point. For Del Rey, that meant outright collaboration on her track \u2018Beautiful People Beautiful Problems\u2019, from the 2017 album Lust For Life.\u00a0<\/p>\n

When Del Rey called up her longtime producer, Rick Nowels, and asked if Nicks would be interested in collaborating with her, she was not only apprehensive as to whether or not she would oblige, but also if meeting her hero upon acceptance would be a cripplingly disappointing experience. The truth of the matter was, she had little to worry about, as Nicks in all of her class proved both fears to be pointless.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cShe was amazing,\u201d Del Rey explained. \u201cShe\u2019s just everything you hope she\u2019s gonna be. She\u2019s so contemporary, and she knows all the new music that\u2019s out weekly. She loved the track, and she added so much to it.\u201d Immediately, the pair shared a creative kinship, centred around the same songwriting values<\/a>. Nicks has always taken her writing seriously, as has Del Rey and together they understood the importance of following a clear source of inspiration, no matter the distractions.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Del Rey added, \u201cShe\u2019s one of the few people I know that says the muse is the most important thing to her. More than anything else, her priority is just following the muse wherever it takes her, whether it\u2019s a 60-date tour or new record or solo endeavour. So she\u2019s inspirational like that.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the song, Del Ray ultimately had more than she could have ever asked for. But Nicks then offered her a compliment that would only add to the honour, explaining that \u2018Beautiful People Beautiful Problems\u2019 allowed their spiritual outlooks to combine, with Nicks adding, \u201cWe are witchy sisters, and that\u2019s it.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Del Rey got a first-hand invitation into the mythical world of Stevie Nicks, and for a generation of musicians, that is as close to hitting the jackpot as possible.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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