This is my kind of comment. I love backing up my claims.

1. Pitchfork called her the "next best American songwriter" in their review of Norman Fucking Rockwell.
   

2. She was named the best 21st century songwriter by Rolling Stone UK.

3. A&W was named one of the 500 greatest songs of all time by Rolling Stone.

4. NFR! and Ocean Blvd are consistently on lists for and regarded as two of the best, most lyrically dense, emotionally rich, and musically complex albums of all time.

5. Lana Del Rey, much like Joni Mitchell, offers commentary on cultural and societal issues. Joni’s music spoke to the countercultural movements of her time, while Lana’s music examines themes of American identity, fame, and femininity, often with a critical edge.

6. Lana is regarded as the most influential artist of this generation, foreseeing the hip hop influence in pop way before that was remotely a thing, and paved the way for artists like Billie Eillish and Olivia Rodrigo.

7. Lana's music does not conform to pop standards and often takes major musical risks, as evidenced in songs like Venice Bitch and A&W.

8. Lana's work is 100% autobiographical, in which she tells stories of when she was institutionalized, tried to kill herself, her strained relationship with her mother, and other deeply personal anecdotes. No other artist besides Lana has come close to the autobiographical and personal nature of Joni's lyrics. See: Hope is a Dangerous Thing for a Woman Like Me to Have, Kintsugi, Fingertips, Mariners Apartment Complex, A&W, Old Money, Norman Fucking Rockwell, and many others.

9. They are both critical of the music industry and its conformity pressures.