Lana Del Rey now happy to embrace feminism

Lana Del Rey is now happy to embrace feminism after previously stating she had no interest in discussing the topic.

The 32-year-old star caused controversy with her remarks in a 2014 interview with The Fader magazine in which she said she wasn't interested in talking about feminism.

However she says political events like the election of Donald Trump as U.S. president and the political attacks on women's health charity Planned Parenthood have made the struggle for gender equality relevant to her.

"When I was younger in school, the word 'feminism' wasn't really used," she tells The Sun. "But it was a very important word for my mother's generation. It's a way more relevant question in the last eight months than it was five years ago.

"Honestly, now it's my pleasure to talk about it. It feels more of a question that is relevant rather than something that could be used as a grenade against me, which sometimes I am willing to sacrifice just to annoy someone."

One of the tracks on Lana's new album Lust for Life, God Bless America, was influenced by the attacks on women's rights by members of Trump's Republican Party.

She says, "At the time (of writing the song), I was thinking about the U.S. where women were so vocal online and my friends in person.

"This was before the women's marches and when there was some rhetoric being thrown around that everyone was uncomfortable with. What if they took away Planned Parenthood and birth control and shut down clinics? What are women supposed to do?"

As well as getting political with her songwriting, the singer has removed Americana imagery from her tour visuals and says she will rethink performing in front of a flag, now that Trump is President.