Was Lena Del Rey Really That Bad?

Recently, I watched SNL with host Harry Potter and a peculiar musical guest named Lena Del Rey, or something like that. The skits were going pretty well, not the best but not the worst, and then it came time for this unknown internet singer to perform her only two songs that have reached some level of familiarity on the internet. And well she has been praised for her musical ballads, her performance led her into a straight nose-dive from popularity. Watching her stand up there on the stage, I felt uncomfortable for her. At first I thought it was part of her "repertoire" or it was just the kind of performer that she is, but that was painful. She even tried to liven it up at some points (maybe the worst attempts that I have ever seen) and all that I could think the entire performance was "why are they torturing this girl just give her the hook and give my eyes and ears a break."

While Mary Elizabeth Williams tried to remain unbiassed, it is easy to see that she too felt uncomfortable watching the internet star. She is able to show the crowds feelings on the performance by quoting certain tweets, which describe how people really were kind of freaked out by her act. She takes a strong pathos appeal, especially targeting the emotion of "awkardness", if there even is one.