In between making movies, getting multiple degrees, parodying Shia LeBeouf and writing McDonalds ads, James Franco has somehow find time to channel his love for Lana Del Rey into a book, titled Flip Side: Real and Imaginary Conversations with Lana Del Rey.
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This isn't the first time Franco has found a muse in Del Rey. He penned an essay for V Magazine earlier this year, professing his poetic love for the singer.
"I wanted to interview Lana for a book," he wrote. "And she said, 'Just write around me, it’s better if it’s not my own words. It’s almost better if you don’t get me exactly, but try.'
And try he will -- Franco co-wrote the 100-page book with New York Times bestsellers list author David Shields, with whom he also worked on a film adaptation of I Think You're Totally Wrong: A Quarrel. Franco was also Shields's student when he pursued his creative writing MFA through the Warren Wilson Program, according to Washington.edu.
If we're judging a book by its cover, it looks like this one will include a few choice Instagram selfies:
Which is only appropriate, considering Franco has no shortage of resources.
Photos on the Beach @lanadelrey @klausbiesenbach A photo posted by James Franco (@jamesfrancotv) on Jul 14, 2014 at 8:01am PDT
Coney Island Baby @lanadelrey A photo posted by James Franco (@jamesfrancotv) on Sep 13, 2014 at 10:36am PDT
Oh snap, we got married. JUST KIDDING!!! A photo posted by James Franco (@jamesfrancotv) on Aug 6, 2014 at 7:15am PDT
Flip-Side will be released on March 15, 2016 via Penguin Random House. But should you want a sneak peek at what it might be like, look no further: "Lana has become my friend. She is a musician who is a poet and a video artist. She grew up on the East Coast but she is an artist of the West Coast," Franco writes in V Magazine.
"When I watch her stuff, when I listen to her stuff, I am reminded of everything I love about Los Angeles. I am sucked into a long gallery of Los Angeles cult figurines, and cult people, up all night like vampires and bikers."
Poetic indeed.