Are You a Swifty?

“Her latest album is a blatant rip off of Lana Del Rey’s sound and style. So much so that it’s downright pathetic.”
What exactly is Lana Del Rey’s “sound” and “style” and how may one “blatantly rip-off” such?
Lana’s songs, whether one prefers one over the other, will always be more harmonically, structurally and melodically sophisticated than Taylor’s, and dare I say her lyrics present greater sophistication as well.
Nevertheless, there is nothing so distinct in Lana’s music to constitute a “unique sound” that may be “ripped off” by anyone.
Languid vocal delivery, pop song construction of well-trodden means, and a few string arrangements mixed in with electronic percussion…Lana has no unique claim to such.

"Lana Del Rey probably takes it as a compliment."

Absolutely. Adele has mentioned Lana as a great influence and she certainly took that as a compliment as well.

Ok Swifty.

Ok Swifty.

Not really.  I think I've only listened to a couple of her songs.  One was a quite long one, a ballad of sorts that she performed on SNL, and the other one I remember hearing on a public radio station I used to listen to when I was driving, I kind of liked it, but all I remember of it was it was about a park in Jersey, or something like that?  As I typed, that one is at least a few years old.

All I was getting at is:  is everyone (and there are a bunch) who is compared to someone else (such as Bob Dylan, as an an example) pathetic?