Lana Del Rey's Mesh Face Mask Has Not Gone Down Well Among Her Fans

The Video Games singer wore a bedazzled mesh mask at an impromptu book signing over the weekend.
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Lana Del Rey is facing criticism over her choice of face covering after being pictured at a fan event over the weekend.

The Video Games singer is currently promoting her first poetry collection Violet Bent Backwards Over The Grass, and attended a book signing over the weekend, where she also performed a reading for fans in attendance.

However, when pictures from the impromptu event were posted online, many took issue with the mask that Lana was wearing.

Namely the fact it was made of mesh, so had a load of holes in it.

As more pictures from the signing were posted online, it was also revealed that the star had also posed for photos with fans without social distancing, while still wearing the face covering in question.

Lana Del Rey meets with fans at surprise book signing event for her collection of poetry, #VBBOTG, in LA. 📚 pic.twitter.com/t2H7hYAvhz

— Pop Crave (@PopCrave) October 3, 2020

Suffice to say, the mask has not gone down well on social media, including among her fanbase...

I love Lana Del Rey, I always have and I (likely) always will. Her music has been with me during every high and low of my life, and I’m thankful that she shares her music with us.

But that doesn’t mean I support everything she does. She knows better than to wear a mesh mask…

— Marquis (@MarquisAndLana) October 3, 2020

not lana del rey in a mesh mask 💀 girl

— megan 🦷 (@meganarchism) October 3, 2020

she couldn’t wear a real mask under that 😐 lana pls https://t.co/ucmZoIli7T

— idiot 🧠 (@ariannaceline7) October 3, 2020

I love lana but when I saw her IG story I clicked right out because WHAT IN THE FUCK BABE 😭 wear a real mask 😰 https://t.co/kw0YZHwPus

— jacq - BLM (@papi_vitiello) October 4, 2020

Lana Del Rey wearing a mesh mask at a Barnes and Noble for a signing of her book of poetry entitled "Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass" sounds like it was a made up satire, but it's not.

— Chicken Farmer-san (@chicknfarmersan) October 4, 2020

I CANNOT be the only one with second hand embarrassment for lana del rey wearing mesh mask to her signing

— kiran (@_kirankar) October 3, 2020

the fact that lana del rey wore a rhinestone mesh face mask... and hosted a last minute pop-up book signing for her poetry book... girl, we're in a pandemic what the fuck. and wear another fucking mask.

— ༺♡ christian ♡༻ (10000000%) (@obsceneprince) October 3, 2020

But Lana bby pls wear a real mask don’t be THAT person

— paty (@ZEPPELINHOBI) October 3, 2020

NOT LANA DEL RAY WEARING A MESH MASK AT A MEET & GREET pic.twitter.com/3Qcyg5ZDEk

— tea sesh 🎃 (@TeaSeshYT) October 3, 2020

I adore lana but she’s so hard to stan ,, ma’am please wear a real mask and not set up meet and greats in a pandemic

— b e c c a (@NEEDURL0VE) October 4, 2020

is she insane pic.twitter.com/t9A3k6IsB3

— Bʀᴀɴᴅᴏɴ (@bjbjonez) October 3, 2020

i love lana but girl wear a real mask 😭😭 and is a book sign really necessary during this timeeee 😭😭😭 https://t.co/k4NumeYh0Z

— 𝙠𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙚 (@cxrsedteen_) October 3, 2020

me, as a lana del rey stan, seeing her wear that glittery mesh mask: pic.twitter.com/nQjqMWqpqx

— Bianca Roma (@biancaromadl) October 4, 2020

Lana is yet to comment on the controversy directly, but has posted on social media multiple times since the signing, including a video of herself reading a poem in a more effective mask.

HuffPost UK has contacted Lana’s representatives for comment.

The musician was first seen wearing the mask during a photo-shoot with Interview magazine last month, in which she was interviewed by music producer Jack Antonoff.

She previously faced a huge backlash earlier this year, when she compared her own success to those of many of her peers, who she felt had been rewarded for singing about themes that she’d been criticised for in the past.

However, after many pointed out that the majority of the artists she’d singled out – including Beyoncé, Nicki Minaj and Doja Cat – are women of colour, the singer came under fire online.

In the same statement, the star teased that her seventh album under the Lana Del Rey moniker, Chemtrails Over The Country Club, would be released in September, though this has now been pushed back to 2021.

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