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This anniversary almost passed without recognition. It's hard to pin down an exact "anniversary" for Videos Games' success since it took a few months to take off and there were multiple uploads. But the original video was first uploaded by Lana 5 May 2011—10 years ago today. Here is a link you can see the upload page as it appeared on 15 May 2011: http://web.archive.org/web/20110515012736/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uKl3xeBVY4 It's funny I hadn't realised her Keds Collective video was still live at the time until now (3rd suggested video in the list)

She just followed Colin Tilley on IG (director of high budget MVs like WAP and Bieber vids)... when she comes through with a lead single serve omg

I wonder if this album is meant to contrast the sonic hype of BTD, as well as her reputation. Like, it’s something of an allegory, coming 10 years after her debut. - Mike Dean is primarily a hip-hop producer. BTD is heavily laced with hip-hop influences. - Blue Banisters appears to be a ballad about broken promises in love, wanting to settle down but having not done so yet, which kind of complements the whole sentiment of Video Games (how the verses were the reality of being in love but also somewhat cast aside, and the chorus was how she wished things had gone with another person) - Lana attracted negative attention that was unwarranted in 2011/2012. This whole album has kind of been born out of the negative press she’s gotten over the last year. I don’t think it’s an entirely intentional thing (like LFL being a “full-circle moment” from BTD) but I wonder if it’s her paying homage to that early sound and putting respect on that narrative, especially since she was proud of it at the time! And it was unfairly critiqued. That could be the revenge in question; putting respect on BTD’s name (and everything in between) and proving the point that she was unfairly judged from the start.

"I loved working with Mike, but I wanted this record to sound like I made no effort at all even though I and others did, so in order to undo everyone's hard work, I called up Jack when he was in LA."

lana creating a born to die-esque album near it's 10-year anniversary as a way of getting "revenge" against the media & critics is such a great concept, i honestly hope you're right

Hi guys, girls + non-binary pals. With the 10th anniversary of "Born to Die" approaching. The opportunity for the label to milk one of the best selling albums of the last time is imminent. Do you see it happening? A Re-edition with properly released and produced outtakes, another boxset? New vinyls? I'm hoping for new merchandising, for collectors. And maybe bring back Emile and Rick to overproduce an EP with some unreleased tracks. These are the ones I hope she brings back: CD1 -Standard album + 3 bonus tracks. CD 2 -The Outtakes: 01. Kinda Outta Luck 02. You Can Be the Boss 03. Driving in Cars With Boys 04. Hollywood's Dead 05. Serial Killer 06. Damn You 07. Last Girl On Earth 08. French Restaurant 09. On Our Way + more outtakes (?) DVD -All ''Born to Die" era music vids.

while she puts her foot in her mouth with dates it’s hard to deny she’s one of the hardest working singers right now. She is constantly releasing albums, we got NFR 2019, VBBOTG (both audio and book) 2020, Chemtrails 2021, and she’s already talking about ANOTHER album for 2021 NOBODY else is working that hard and I personally don’t think she is completely responsible for the wrong dates. I’m absolutely positive things go on behind the scenes that delay a project. Should she stop giving dates out that aren’t confirmed? Yes, definitely. Do I think she’s a liar? A little, she just announced prematurely. Do I think she’s unprofessional? With all the content she constantly provides? Not even in the slightest.

jack is back in LA he better stay away from Lana and not ruin Mikes masterpieces

we really are winning this era huh

The way Lana is getting the most promo and buzz she’s gotten in YEARS, all for posting a random ‘album cover’ she knew EXACTLY what she was doing and I love it

Let’s not talk about racism, colonialism and politics in this thread! This is not what the thread was created for. @Nahime I ask you to ignore people’s replies from here on. If you want to keep the discussion(s) going, I suggest writing people a private message. I also ask everyone to stop keeping this conversation going. Don’t bring up things that happened pages ago. Thank you all for your cooperation!

The fact is Lana is one of the most creative and prolific artists ever and she's made the deliberate choice not to play the game the way she's "supposed" to and we should all accept that and be happy that she's found a way to navigate the industry in her own way. She's obviously not a mean spirited person and I don't think she posts fake dates to purposely upset us. She gets excited about things and announces them too early, and then either red tape or her own indecision or both lead to delays. It's not the end of the world at all and I really don't know why after a whole decade people are still expecting anything different from her. Accept her for who she is and enjoy the brilliant art as it comes. The best ones lost their minds, so I'm not gonna change, I'll stay the same.

ok well good morning girlies lets not fight and FOCUS OUR ENERGIES ON MANIFESTING A LANA POST TODAY!!!!!!

Finally made an account after lurking here since the Chemtrails pre release thread. No idea what to expect from the album but seeing everyone's theories has got me hyped up for it!

I’ve wanted her to cover “Wicked Games” for the LONGEST time and when her and Chris performed it at one of her NFR tours I’ve thought about it at least once a day.

Waiting

manifesting that she'll be in a spaceship

And by August: http://web.archive.org/web/20110812195459/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uKl3xeBVY4 I had never noticed until this very second that by August she updated the description to say Summertime Sadness

Hollywood Sad Core Gangster Nancy Sinatra DOPE

he will remove the synths to make the album honest❤️

Reminder that the mute feature exists and we don’t have to feed into negative banter that derails the thread!

Even if the rollout of an album or project is messy, I know Lana put a lot of heart and time into creating her albums etc i would rather have an album envisioned, written, worked on first handily by an artist like Lana with a rocky promo rollout than something artificial and solely for the money from an artist that has a promo intense rollout we literally are fed almost every year, she’s all about the music and art, the rest (videos, promo, etc) comes second she’s got another album coming out this year AND confirmed she’s working with mike dean currently MAYBE for another project. She doesn’t stop! But love the drama y’all keep it going

Pls, what we're not gonna do is tell someone to take their meds. You've no clue what other people are going through. Bye.

Anyway Cherry Blossom is on Shazam https://www.shazam.com/track/466593516/-

When The Thread Was At War We Kept Posting

what if the shocking unexpected thing is that shes covering WAP and recreating the mv her every album has one cover on it

it’s so refreshing to see mike dean refer to himself as a ‘finisher’ as opposed to jack who seemingly takes over the entire process as if it’s a collab album

What??? Chemtrails deserved everything. It's a timeless masterpiece and the MV will help immortalize it

i do not think i can handle another album ruined by jack

me in april 2017

the way that lanaboards is the only part of this fandom that isn't extremely foolish & obnoxious (majority of the time )

i fucking love that song

Remember in Sept. interview Lana was talking about chemtrails and said something like when I write I feel like I miss the mark sometimes and that's why I really like hip-hop. could be a sign of her headspace when she was writing this record.

Lana can be messy, and that might come across as unprofessional sometimes, it's true. But there's no denying she's hardworking. She's always working on new projects, and that might be the reason behind her "laziness". While there might be a gap between an album and another, she always starts working on a different project, as soon as she finishes the other, or sometimes even works on both (or more) projects at the same time. Hence, the disconnection and why she moves onto the new era, without even finishing it, so quickly. It's understandable, and at the same time confusing for the fans. I get that. It can be frustrating, yeah. I get frustrated too, after all we're spoiled little brats. But if we have that many material, it's because she never stops working. Her 200+ catalogue of unreleased songs, plus 7 (official) albums in only 10 years should give that away easily. What makes me happy, is to know she's talented, so I don't have to worry if I can't connect with her future projects as much as I did with her past. I know there will be at least one song I'll love, or perhaps her visuals... or even her vision of the project. Just because we don't get to witness it too often, it doesn't mean she's not passionate anymore

My theory at this point is that i'm CONVINCED lana's team is using fake stan accounts to spread conflicting and false information to CONFUSE US.

Lipsters not knowing the difference between left and right...open the schools!!!!!! or do they actually mean that fake last fm cover is the real cover these fan account also need to go back to school.

It's nice looking at the old YouTube because it reminds me of a time before mukbangs, beauty community drama and hype house videos. What bliss it was.

Can’t believe it’s been 10 years! The amount of music she’s made within this past decade - released and unreleased, including songs we haven’t heard or don’t even know about - is unreal.

Unprofessional? Who cares. She is such a hard-worker as a songwriter. 2019 - The Amazing NFR 2020 - Audiobook 2021 - COCC and BB We shouldn't complain.

the fact that it's hosted by anthony fantano... never a dull moment in this fandom, huh?

btw the BB snippet is captioned "Im writing my own story and noone can tell it but me", guess what she captioned the Qftc video "Noone gets to tell your story" shes still seeking revenge

why did some french twink's drama fill like 5 pages y'all give me heart attacks for nothing

What the fuck is happening in here

This drama is so boring

Colin Tilley followed Lana back, as well as Alex (her dancer/close friend). Maybe they did film a video and Alex is in it too, then?

"what's wrong with her lips" FBDSTFBSDTFS

this is sending me no, the mike she's likely talking about is her ex-boyfriend from 2009

i wonder if she STILL wants revenge by now, i mean... everyone can start again, not through love, but through revenge.

praying lana is gonna push back the album

I will add that some of the most prolific artists of previous decades have released albums almost on a yearly basis. That's not something that happens anymore, but back in the 60s and 70s, albums were coming out a lot more often than every few years. The music industry changed over the years and publishers started to milk single album releases much more which pushed full releases further apart. Look at releases from Fleetwood Mac, Cher and Linda Ronstadt in the 70s; full albums came out every single year. Even Madonna's first 2 albums came out a year apart, but then you start to see the change as her releases started to spread themselves further apart. My whole point is, Lana releasing albums as often as she has recently is a nice harkening back to album releases of yesteryear and I'm all here for it !! We're getting fed ??