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don't know if this has been done already but i took a walk down memory lane, and thought it'd be cute to look back at all her insta profile pics over the years May 2013 - February 2015 February 2015 - August 2015 August 2015 - January 2017 January 2017 - September 2021

I will speak for myself on this but.. Lana's presence and art has literally saved my life. I cant even begin to explain to you the pain and darkness i've gone through and how having her music and seeing her made it so much more bearable. I know it seems silly, but for people who don't have a lot emotionally, she is the thing we look forward to to keep us going. The extremely sudden absence leaves an empty spot for me. It was the one thing i had to feel connected to her. It may be different for you, but please at least understand and allow people to react the way they need to. This forum is pretty much the only thing we have to be able to connect with each other about someone we all love so deeply.

Ma'am this is LanaBoards.com

A screenshot of the last few moments before she blows up the paparazzi...what a way to end your public relations

Okay, I left her a little goodbye message. I just hope she knows how much we all love her and will miss her as she's gone! Hope she returns one day soon whenever she feels ready, and at least we'll have the music and any other gifts she shares to remind us that she's not so far away as it may seem. Bye for now, beloved x

Lana posting a car selfie 2 days after she said she was deactivating her ig

She tested out the insta baddie lifestyle and she's not a fan, I respect that, let's all go hermit style

This is a advice from a person that follow Amy Winehouse and Britney Spears for years... Midia, family and even fans called both of them dramatic and look how it ended. Worlds have power. If u dont have nothing to say dont say nothing. No one have ideia whats is goin on so just respect

OKAY. HEADS UP GUYS. - Covers album is coming (American Standards & Classics) - 'Unreleased collection' album is coming (quoted: "...and there will probably always be MORE to come") - Poetry book + spoken word album "Behind the Iron Gates - Insights from an Institution" probably coming next year. - LDR9 (daddy Mike Dean in charge) next year (maybe) - More and More plans NEVER GIVE YOUR ABILITY OF MANIFESTING UP, ALWAYS BELIEVE IN DELULU MAGIC gays, guys & gurlies!!!

i feel so grateful that she shared so much with us over these past years! here some of my fav insta posts ?

then leave, we're grieving.

How to disappear hits differently now

You know what? I bet this is her preparing herself before the album drops so she doesn't keep reading reviews that shit on her on Twitter and Insta and Facebook. I think she's trying to position herself in a way that she's able to just create what she wants without worrying or giving a fuck what critics think and her way of doing that is by deactivating. I bet she talked to Ed and Ben about it and they told her that would be the best idea because they're always going to have something to say no matter what album it is and what song she puts out, they're always going to say something. What happened this week? She dropped a single and video with an album preorder and I saw some reviews saying it's a bad song, blah blah blah, a lot of people really enjoyed it. What it's gonna come down to are the below areas I bolded/underlined. She literally said "I'm obviously continuing to make my spoken word albums and records and still write my short poetry books and that I'm still very present and I love what I do and I'm here for the music. And that I'm also just yknow, going on some different endeavors... The record, it's a compilation of a few older songs and some newer songs, some written by family and... there will probably always be more to come. I'm here making lots of records" She's not going anywhere, just stepping away for a while so she can keep creating. Remember, she's working on the poetry book that was meant to come out back in March still and she's dropping BB and she's working on the covers album. I bet she's probably finally wanting to go to some classes about writing music for a musical. It seems like she's been really interested in going into other random things, like books and poetry and spoken word albums, and she was interested in doing something with Rick as far as a musical kinda theatre thing wasn't it? I can't remember. This seems like a new turn of a leaf that she's realizing she's only making things worse on herself by staying online. I'm really happy for her as much as I'll miss her. (Now, we just need to start looking for her secret accounts ) you know what would be really fucking funny? if she deletes all her socials just to make an account here to talk to us about new stuff happening and communicate with the fans i know it won't happen but it would be cute. we know her team is very aware of LB so edit: also wanted to add, THIS IS HER MOST PERSONAL RECORD TO DATE. THIS RECORD IS HER TELLING HER STORY. Her deactivating her socials before reviews drop MAKES TOTAL FUCKING SENSE. She won't want to hear what negativity people say

Well. I was just thinking… how shocking it will be to listen to this album now that she is “gone”? Try to imagine it. October, 21. It’s night. Lana is missing from socials and lacks any other form of communication. We haven’t heard from her in a while. And we don’t know anything about her. There was just another single - hopefully Thunder or BBS - between the day she said goodbye to socials and now. We are so close to midnight. (Not) ready to fully experience 1 hour of 15 beautiful Lana’s songs. And then it comes. Midnight. Spotify/Apple Music libraries add Blue Banisters to their catalogues. And you click play. The initial deaf sound of Text Book starts to roar in your ears. And that’s it, the begging of the end. You are alone in your room, it’s cold, everyone else is sleeping, it’s windy and perhaps it will also start raining. But nonetheless there’s only you. And Lana’s voice all around you and in your heart. Okay. I can’t guys. There’s something incredible special about this release. I can feel it. Generally Lana’s release days (nights) are the happiest and intense moments of my life. But this one… wow. I really don’t know how to cope with it.

some of yall always have something bad to say about her, even when she's prioritizing her mental health and "professionality" doesn't matter. maybe that's why she's leaving.

watch her start contacting fans through type written letter with a tea stained selfie attached

Time for Instagram Post-Release Thread

Alot of people calling her fat on Twitter quotes.. alot of bad comments about her face on Instagram... A famous TikToker killed himself last month but Internet keeps being evil and thinking is cool to being shady. ITS NOT. Comments can make someone to have meltdowns. Its so sad

She's been using this emoji recently

Anyone can start again, not through love, but through revenge...

truly i don't blame her. the things i've seen people say about her are absolutely repulsive. People treat her like she's a jukebox. No matter WHAT she posts people are bringing her down, body shaming her, calling her racist, shitting on her music. She had said in an interview that the negativity she receives interferes with her creative process and it makes sense. How can anyone live a normal life when there's constant hate being thrown at you, i would absolutely break down and lose my mind so she's really strong for that.

RIP Lana's Facebook Let's pray for Kathi

It's so trivial but it feels so sad watching her deactivate everything why do I feel like crying

This is exactly it — just being an audience to her personal posts was a very small way of feeling connected to her as a person. We don’t know her of course, but this felt like her wanting us to know her beyond just the music. It was something we probably never actively thought about, Lana’s online presence was just there and she became a part of our lives in a more accessible, cellular way. It’s a very bittersweet feeling.

i find it really sad how a good chunk of people (outside of lanaboards) are probably going to think this is a good thing because of stuff like qUeStIoN fOr ThE cUlTuRe... she shouldn't feel like she needs to do this... it's so upsetting how toxic some people can be she deserves her voice & her freedom to be herself, if people can't handle it (or know how to read & comprehend) that's their issue

Listening to Text Book this morning and reading this thread and I have some thoughts. Just a note, this might be a COMPLETE REACH but First, the lyrics "I guess this is really the end I've never felt jealous before this year but I'm jealous now" really hit me differently after her announcement last night. Maybe she's referencing the experience of watching her friends live a normal, fame-less life on Instagram. We know she wants privacy more than ever and is probably sick to death of the trolls commenting on her posts. Her thoughts, body, music are all open to be critiqued in the comments of her posts and I'm sure she has read some hateful things. I don't see this announcement as spur of the moment. @lustforlife said BB is "the end of Lana Del Rey". Maybe de-activating her socials is just the first step down a road of seclusion and letting the music speak for itself. Secondly, we know Text Book starts the album. Lana said BB is about "what it was like, what happened, and what it's like now". The lyrics "and then there was the issue of her I didn't even like myself or love the life I had" stuck out to me. I see these lyrics as young Lizzie speaking about not liking herself or the emotionally unstable home she lived in as a young girl / teen. In some ways, the creation of the Lana Del Rey persona saved her from that life (or maybe it felt this way to her in the beginning): it brought money, instant adoration and freedom to build a new life for herself. Years later, though, the "Lana Del Rey" name has also brought a ton of baggage: think pieces, 0 freedom or privacy, twitter hate, etc. Maybe deactivating is just a way for her to begin tearing down this image of Lana Del Rey and only letting the music shine through. I could see her being very reclusive (like Fiona Apple) and popping out for interviews once every few years. I don't think she will ever retire from music but this record is definitely a turning point for her. I'm excited to see the story she paints in BB and hoping it all comes together. And maybe this is just me dwelling too much on the fact that I won't get a "Lana Del Rey posted" push notification for the foreseeable future

“I feel free when I see no one and nobody’s knows my name.” Honeymoon era starting NOW

I'm usualy not someone who gets dramatic bout things like this but this "deactivating"-video kind uf fucked me up. She seemed so emotional with that shaking voice and wet eyes and up until today she was so active and open and nothing indicated she'd do something like this.

Considering that we live in an era where social media presence is the most important medium for exposure in the business, I find her decision to be very impactful honestly. I think it's very big of her, but after the past two years I think she has showed us that she is a fragile and mistundersood person and the criticism and constent negative energy that was brought to her, whether or not it was warranted, it finally got to her. Her instagram is honestly iconic, I'll miss that. It was definitely a sort of extention of her visuals and I loved that. But I wish her all the love and support.

although it is very bittersweet, and i'll miss her presence, i will always support her no matter what <3 at the end of the day, her mental health is the most important, and if this will help her, i think she should do it <3

After this week I’m literally entirely desensitised but this has me so distraught I’m just gonna completely forgo the rest of the work I was supposed to do tonight bc I cannot focus at all now and go to sleep lmaooo (even though this really shouldn’t upset me as much as it is and I totally understand her decision as I took a ~2 year social media hiatus myself and it truly did wonders for my mental health) x

You should keep ur month close if u dont know what is happening on someone life.

Publications be like: Lana del Ray (real name Elizabeth Grant) puts out new single on the 400 year anniversary of colonisers arriving in America

I have to say, regardless of her being wildly successful, I'm pleasantly surprised that she truly doesn't care for likes/attention/popularity in the end. People live for and die over that shit, and even more so as they become bigger/more recognized. A HUMBLE QUEEN.

Feeling like a ~lost little girl~ without mama Lana on IG But again, I know this decision is one she's making out of her best interest, and I hope she's able to find the peace and privacy she's looking for. In the meantime, I'll miss her endlessly, and will always be sending her so much love ♥️

if there even is a next music video

my body is a map of LA

I just think it’s hilarious that the roll out for this new album has been so good, especially compared to Chemtrails and now she’s all “here’s my old passport photo, oh and i’m leaving public view now, enjoymynewalbumbye”. She never fails to surprise

people should be allowed to "grieve" this, social media is a big part of how we connect & communicate with others, including our favorite artists & idols also it's very unexpected & it really feels like she's saying goodbye

I don’t love how her comments are filled with these “stans” that write such backhanded things like “what is this bestie” or “I thought you were deactivating” - stuff like they know her personally and they have the authority to talk down to her or make light of some of her more personal posts - I would want to deactivate all my accounts too

Her Twitter had such a great reign, so many iconic and powerful tweets that came from there over the last 12 years. I’ll never forget her first tweet being a simple “Love you” in June 2009. ❤️

ever since my baby went away....

Some of yall are THE reason why she’s deactivating social medias… and that’s the TRUTH.

A fitting final photo. The MV for High by the Beach revolves around the press constantly following her, and then, at the end, she blows up the helicopter. Now however, she's escaping from the press again by leaving social media. She just wants peace.

Imagine Black Bathing Suit is the trap influenced bop little sister of Summer Bummer (an over-hated amazing song btw) that perfectly transitions from the interlude in a Freak/Art Deco fashion... manifesting

Ben's comments are gonna be even more lit from now on

Omg the twitters gone. it’s all happening. The blackest day.

Just a note as someone just posted it, please do not share Lana’s personal private account! She’s obviously looking for privacy right now, so let’s respect that ♥️

Didn’t expect to return from a mini internet break to this news I’m going to miss her sporadic social media presence very much. Her posts felt personal, and her personality can be very cute/endearing. As long as this is a decision she’s making on her own and in peace, what else can we do but hope for the best. I will say, there are a few parts of the video I thought felt weird. When she said “I’m really, um, blessed...thank you” at the end, there’s something I can’t quite place that seemed off about it. There’s endless variables that could contribute to that, projection on our part, there could be some shit going on in her life, she’s just stressed about making this video... In any case, I hope she’s okay. And that she will come back to sharing things with us one day, if she feels comfortable ?