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She would push the boundaries further on 2015’s dreamy, soundtrack-esque “Honeymoon,” a controversial curveball at the time that has since been embraced as a fan favorite.

They trampled her dreams and mocked her, and she broke. and now, her revenge is like leaving the equation, where she takes all that's good with her away, putting all of that love back to herself and what she cares about. it's an album that's big on self-respect and reclaiming one's self. she wants to continue sharing thru music, left social media to then having a private account. it's like she's saying, hey i'm here, but only for those who care enough to actually want to get to know me and see me for me, nothing else. and then what adds more to the record is that it's just so stable and solid enough to be her last record. as a long time fan, i'm having trouble thinking about what her next step might be for the next record if what i'm theorizing above is true. because this is such a beautiful and just response to the outside, and a more intimate answer for those who've stood/listened to her for the longest. I KNOW this record is going to be remembered as being something pivotal in her career, even past it's beauty. i've always been the sort of person to sort of peer into someone's perspective first than my own to understand them better first than forming opinions, so connecting and understanding her work past the upfront was and is a real extra genuine pleasure. this album just wraps so much of what her public professional career has been the past years. for those wanting more on lush and intricate production, as enticing as that'd sound, the atmosphere, personally, and from a cultural standpoint/counterpoint perspective, I think blends perfectly for it's own. I read somewhere that reduction is actually an act of mastery, and she does so beautifully w holding and creating the space she does w this album. ofc I'd love to hear more music and projects from her, but for me, like how she's shifted from NFR to making listeners shift their way of listening to her music from more grandiose, direct fashion, to a more contemplative and immersive delicate place NFR onto COTCC, to now the very much more tenderly-charged, tender BB. I know a lot of people might've not noticed, but this all gives the kind of experience and feelings when getting to start actually knowing someone, to then having them disappear. as a fan, it's truly heartbreaking to know that she's been through so much to have to have raced through all this, but makes me even more happier that she's able to start moving past it. I hope she keeps sharing the beautiful and unique pockets of universes that she does w her work. a lot seems to be answered already, but maybe some more movie soundtracks, maybe even directing? the poetry's still very much gladly welcome. and of course maybe she'll get to better write the album of her dreams, that'd really be something. maybe more gradually and little nods. I'm real happy to know that we've been part of and get to experience her career like this firsthand. Universe pulled and is pulling through wow ah Said this time and time again, but thanks Miss Rey. It's been and is incredible.

Lana did an interview with Variety because of this Hoping we get to see more of what she said during this (if she said anything else) https://variety.com/2021/music/entertainers/lana-del-rey-ultraviolence-born-to-die-blue-banisters-1235123179/ “But to be honest — and this is the takeaway — my proudest achievement is continuing to uphold my personal truth in a time when truth is often questioned and rarely valued.”

I swear Marina fans are never satisfied everybody was so hyped for this song after it was left off the album and now it’s here and everyone is disappointed. It’s a cute song and it sounds like a natural progression from the demo snippet we heard

"But I can say all of my creative cosplay — aka notes from my real life — did widen up the sound in popular music for people to make a departure from a pure pop sound to something more diarist.” let em know

Got my Lana sig the other day

valley of the dolls appreciation comment. it's so powerful its like BTD lana meets Buzzcut Szn by Lorde

i love how she's fully aware of the influence she's had in the music industry & she's not afraid to speak about it!

COCC is her BEST SONG and I’m ready for this conversation I lied wild at heart just came on shuffle and it’s that actually

i love this quote <3

No offence but what more do you want?? 3 new songs and 2 demos is great for a deluxe edition lmao

I don’t really want this to happen, but I’d be curious to see the end result of Lana working with someone like FINNEAS would be I’m not a huge fan of the music he produces, but I can’t help but wonder what it would sound like with his music being more traditionally pop-oriented

ppl here really overuse the word ballad

i have said it before and i will keep saying that valley of the dolls DESERVED a video and honestly would have been a great way to end the archetypes series

Well there we have it everyone, NFR! is canonically the best album.

even just seeing her talk (type?) about Honeymoon is surreal

That's a pretty limited idea of what flow means. It doesn't mean every sound needs to match the previous song. An album can be all over the place and still have a good flow to it. It's all about twisting the story, vibe, and emotion at the right moment to deliver an experience that resonates in all its ups and downs, which this album very much does. Dealer comes at literally the perfect time

sometimes i forget this song is real like how could someone humanly do that? but she did it anyway

also considering her LA To The Moon tour opened with 13 Beaches…one could have only hoped

her best song x (or at least my personal favourite)

idk if this is a popular opinion or not but living dead is SO good, much prefer it to how to be a heartbreaker. love full goth marina the most.

“There were moments while I was making ‘Honeymoon,’ moments while mixing ‘Ultraviolence,’ then writing ‘Norman Rockwell!’ and producing my own album, ‘Blue Banisters,’ that all stand out to me,” wait she produced blue banisters? i think she means co-produced with complete creative control. which..explains a lot ab some of the production choices. icon of individuality

happy birthday my sagittarius queen!! you represent us so well, can't believe you've been trapped in a cage for so long, way too long! it hurts my heart, there's nothing worse that someone can do to a sagittarius than trapping us. we're free creatures whose passion is to roam around the world and to live life with a good damn humor, that's our essence and you've never lost it. I'm so happy you got to celebrate today as a free woman, I'm gonna celebrate my birthday this year like it's yours too! what an amazing woman you are, proud to be a fan since my childhood ♥ streaming all of your albums today ♥ this one is 100% sagittarius energy

the night the album dropped I told myself Levitating was her magnum opus... its great seeing a great album cut becoming a single and actually succeeding so well. Would yall say that the stakes for album 3 are even higher now ?

Multitasking look how I do this look how I got this

SHE DID IT!

I really hope she does a big fuck off vinyl boxset of all the kicks..... the amount of money i would spend on that

tommy is charli's most underrated collaborator, everything they make together is ethereal (cool 3d world ) + plasma isn't talked about enough

if anyone receives a shipping confirmation from bravado/her german store about the signed cards PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE LET ME KNOW

Carmen is a beautiful and interesting song and I don't get why it's so many people's least favorite from BTD.

One of her best songs. Ever. Literally. Love it so much. I'm sad that depressed Gen Z TikTokers didn't make it go viral LOL.

im wet

blue born to die…. i want to rob u

It’s surreal seeing Lana mention so many of her records in one interview! I never thought I’d hear her say which record she deems as her best, either! I wonder if she has any intentions of topping NFR! for her own standards or if she’s content with the quality of work she’s generated & solely making music for the fulfillment of it (aka “playing real good for free”) For me, at least, Blue Banisters almost felt like Lana delivering a breath of relief for telling her narrative without any room for further explanation. In short, it was a clarification and confessional piece chronicling her life. Now that she’s set her story straight (so to speak), I can’t help but wonder where she’s headed next. Will we get a “day in the life” view of Lana’s world like with NFR, or should we expect something different? Either way, I’m ready

so nice to hear her writing voice again. and to hear her talking about making music instead of just having to talk about stupid controversies.

It’s honestly such a weird trend. I’ve been a fan for almost 10 years now and it’s literally always been the same 💀💀

I think that's what she means too. Having creative control over her work is something I've noticed is really important to Lana, so I can see why those moments are something that stand out to her. For me it also adds a lot more to the rawness and personality of BB if she did help with some of the production on it

it's ok if ur not ready

I'm so proud

Anyways it's interesting how we all sleep differently. I sleep on my back, some people sleep on their side and y'all sleep on The Art Of Letting Go by MARINA

i still lowk think Wildflower should have opened BB. it's just so powerful. those opening chords are so badass and , "here's the deal / i know you want to talk ab it" ICONIC i also think IYLDWM and Dealer should have been sequences, the horn outro leads perfectly into the more alt-rock influences synths and drums on dealer for some reason i be listening to it like WW BBS Beautiful Violets for Roses IYLDWM Dealer Thunder Nectar of the Gods Living Legend Text Book Blue Banisters Sweet Carolina

the way every album known to man is pressed on blue vinyl at this point except BLUE BANISTERS i officially have everything I ordered except my white vinyl and signed card. Coming from UK so I’m holding out until mid-December for a shipping notification before I freak out.

You are quite literally the last person on this site who has any room to judge people

she's coming!!

Blue Banisters single cover picture disc RSD release manifesting

Is this really your definition of what disqualifies a record from being considered to flow well? You're going to lose your mind if you ever listen to any Pink Floyd or Beatles records

adding to this, i don't know why there's hate for dark paradise, i don't consider it filler, it's about somebody who she loved who died, it's a strong subject matter which definitely adds depth to the album itself & the other tracks