Iovine on LDR

BORN TO SURVIVE: What does IGA ruler Jimmy Iovine think of the widespread critical slams being directed at Lana Del Rey, a virtually unprecedented phenomenon for a new act? “It's a drag,” he tells Shirley Halperin of The Hollywood Reporter. “Maybe this is a new sport. It's something we've never seen before. Or maybe it's [like] the Giants and the Jets… Her album is really good. Great lyrics and great songs. I don't care what anybody says, ‘Video Games’ is a great song. When she sings that song, it moves me. It’s how we signed her – we saw her, she sang and it was beautiful. I think she's really talented. Period.” (2/3a)