'Summertime Sadness' hitmaker Lana Del Rey has revealed that she feels overwhelmed that young girls look up to her because she didn't expect to be accepted.

The beauty had a rough introduction into the mainstream industry after a much-talked about debut performance on Saturday Night Live and several other rocky outings, but told Radio.com that despite this she has been incredibly lucky and if people want to emulate her they can go ahead:

"Well, my reaction (to being considered a role model) is that it’s pretty surreal considering I didn’t have a great welcoming into the American public eye. I kind of feel lucky enough to have written those songs for myself and to tell my own story to myself. I think it’s important to be a witness to your own life through writing. And for me, I thought that would be where it’s really going to end because I’m not going to be accepted — that is my fate.

"But I’ve learned to go along with things. I toured all over Europe, which was totally madness — a lot of people, big crowds. I was kind of leading a double life, cause I’d come home to America and things were very quiet — I’d go about my day and take care of my brother and sister who live with me. So in a way, I’m just glad that nothing’s going wrong."

When asked how she feels about having an impressionable and young female audience, Del Rey added: "Well I think the good thing is, I do actually aim to live my life with grace and dignity, if anyone felt like emulating it. I know I look a certain way sometimes, or cast a certain vibe. But I really don’t like to be in trouble. I like to live a good life, it is important to me."

Watch the songstress performing live recently here: