Will Lana Del Rey Benefit from All That Criticism?

Lana Del Rey is the latest test of whether all publicity is good publicity.

Over the weekend, the Internet celeb made a much-maligned appearance on Saturday Night Live. Non-Internet famous people tweeted about how bad it was. Regular folks just watching TV said it was terrible. And famous media people vented in emails to other famous media people about its horribleness. When the show’s host for the week, Daniel Radcliffe, came to her defense, it made news.

Del Rey has only had a few songs released publicly so far, all