The Siren

It's really not the worst thing that has been said about Lana on this forum trust me  What I said was very mild and it was sincere, I've been making Lana stuff since 2015 so I needed some time off. But I'm glad to be back on the train and to apply the new skills I've learned. Don't expect much, I'm just making title cards for fun haha

Oh THAT video, I thought you meant an official video!  (I had forgotten about this one tho so thanks for the reminder )

0:33 seconds in 
 

I bet she’s seen weirder things, but imagine when she finds out my account is named after her wild ass pinky moment in the Stargirl video 

I could write a dissertation on how much her music means to me. 400 characters will do! 
 
I love the idea and I'm glad to get involved! 

love this idea - I hope Lana does something for the anniversary too 

I absolutely adore this idea Clampi
 
Hoping for an official release of tracks that almost made the cut for BTD on its anniversary!!! I’m very excited for this project… gotta start my little rough draft of what I’d like to say to Lana.

oh, no… not a fan made book.

Pay me ten bucks

That sounds like a great idea!   i can’t believe that almost 10 years have passed 

NOTE: This project is no longer a thing, sorry everyone.

Hello, everyone!
As we all know, Lana's big debut with Born To Die happened almost 10 years ago (and if you didn't know, now you do!), in fact, it will the album's 10th anniversary in Januray 2022! I know most of us are hoping for a big celebration, preferably with a new release of the album including some goodies for us fans to spend all our coins on. But what can we do for Lana, except for happily giving her our money? I present to you, the...
Born To Die - 10th Anniversary Project
What is this, you ask? Well, I've had this idea for a very long time, so let me share it with you all!
LanaBoards.com is home to some of Lana's most dedicated fans, and I want to create a fan book together with you! This felt like a great opportunity to celebrate an album that means a lot to us, and sure to Lana as well. Some of us were there before the release, some of us became fans sometime later, but there's no denying that Born To Die is a very special album. This fan book project will be your chance to leave a message for Lana to read, and share your art to be printed in a book that will be given to Lana. I hope. I'll try my best to make contact with her team so the book can be in her hands. This is something I can't do alone as, well, a book with only a message from myself would look more like a pamphlet. I need you guys to join in the fun! If you think this sounds exciting, keep reading for more details below!
Who's behind this project?
I (Clampigirl) will be in charge of this project. I will pay for the book to be printed and for the shipping. I will spend my own time creating this book, but I'll study 150% this upcoming semester (100% meaning a normal schedule, 150% meaning taking an extra class on the side) so I will be busy with school at the same time. But I will try my very hardest to complete this fan book before BTD's anniversary. I want to do it because I think it'll be a fun project for the community to join, because I want to challenge myself and learn how to create a book for printing, and because I'm certain Lana would love to read everyone's messages.
I will do my best to keep this thread updated every now and then so you know where I am in the process.
What will the book include?
As I'm picturing it right now, the book will include messages from us here at LanaBoards. A section of the book will be dedicated to fanart. If you want to, you can share a selfie to go with your message.
Tell me more about the messages?
If you are a standard user, you may write a message of 400 characters.
If you are a supporters user or a moderator, you may write a message of 800 characters.
Elle, as the hardworking admin and owner of this site, will get the opportunity to write a longer message.
As briefly mentioned above, you can also submit any fanart or selfies with your message!
To share your message, you'll need to fill in a form. In the form, please fill in:
Your username: This is to make sure that you’re a user on LanaBoards, and that no one tries to impersonate you. Your name: This is optional. This is for Lana to get a closer connection to you than just reading a username. Where you live: This is also optional. I promise you that I don’t care where you live, and that I will never try to track you down - I have more important things to spend my time on. Once again, this is for Lana to know where her fans are located. Your message: Normal users are limited to 400 characters. This is so everyone will have a chance to be in the book. BE NICE. Do not criticize her! Do not tell her if you dislike a song and that it shouldn’t have been on the album, or that you dislike something she’s done or said. Write something nice and kind to her, perhaps what her music means to you. A selfie: This is also optional, and will be next to your message in the book. Please refrain explicit selfies, you know, make sure it's family friendly and not offensive to anyone. Your fanart: If you have anything you want to share, leave a link to it here. A separate section of the book will be dedicated to fanart. If you have fanart in video or audio form, please refrain from leaving a link as it will be difficult to print in a book. All fanart might not be included in the book! This depends on how many users upload a file. Make sure you take a good, high quality picture if your art isn’t digital (like a pencil drawing, or a tattoo) to raise your chances of getting included. A small note will be left with your art, to inform Lana who made it.
Great! What do I do now?
If you're a standard user: please click here to fill in the form!
If you're a supporters user or a moderator: please DM me to get access to the link!
THE DEADLINE FOR FILLING IN THE FORM/SHARE YOUR MESSAGES IS SEPTEMBER 12TH 2021!
 
I hope you'll join the fan book project!

You're very right to ask, my premade answer was that it's my day to day job (I'm a type and graphic designer), so I want people to know I can do "serious" stuff and not just fanart, but actually it's all I truly love to do and I wouldn't mind being paid for it for the rest of my life. So idk why I said that. And the proof is that I'm still doing fanart
 
I'm working on something fun rn for example, more to come

We've been duped. We're not getting this album ?

Ffs this woman can write. Absolute masterpiece 

the fact she mentioned she's at a facility intrigues me

Sylvia - 
I knew what you meant when you talked about swimming in the ocean and leaving your patent leather black shoes pointed towards it while you swam
It tickled you to leave them there
It was the thought of a young child or of a lost fairy
It reminded me of who I am
That's why I'm now at this facility by the ocean
& why I go barefoot and why I go calmly
Why I leave my shoes up by the stairway
I do it for you, and I do it for me
Because having learned from others and from you,
I learned there was a missing piece to finding existential calmness and domestic bliss to lead to peace
 
You see, you cant fall in love with a man like Ted or a musician who sings about being free
A woodworker doesn't a good man make if he wants his work to be on TV
You have to separate the wheat from the chaff
You have to be discerning
It takes diligence, consequence, and other things to keep that sea from churning
& to keep yourself from longing to let those painted waves take you under
It isn't just the water black that makes the body plunder from high sea cliffs
I know, my dear, I wish that I had been here or there
I wish that you were here now if you're not now because who knows how these things work?
 
Sylvia, Marilyn, Violet, Diana
All of my kind women who came before me, blonde
I dyed my hair black for you
I turned my back on that black pond
I swear I wont stop 'til I'm dead
& here I am at 34, and what for?
 
To bring my pair of baby patent leather shoes to turn them the other way
Towards the sea cliff stairs, not at the ocean
To bring them back up safe to the facility instead
& I think of you as I walk to the 280 wooden steps dynamited into the cliffs 100 years before
I let myself into room 2 and got undressed
 
I was sunburnt
Contemplative and sore
& as I fell asleep by Gabapentin
I lay my head on the pillow
& stretched my hand out on the cool white linen and sang you a lemon melody
I kept the shoes on the sill by the window seat in case you got restless and wanted to leave
& I hugged you with my baby's breath and sang your spirit to bed
The way I would have if you were my child or if I had children
My Queen Anne's lace heart weightless on your little head
 
 
 

Her voice is so calming and I love to hear it after everything that has happened

And if you asked my* sister, no?
 
Anyway, love this! My heart is melting. Thank you so much to everyone putting these together.

I'm glad she can confirm she hasn't been drunk in 14 years. I, myself, being currently drunk, cannot relate

MUSIC TO WATCH BOYS TO PLEASE OMFGGGG, I NEED THAT TITLE PLS LANA

This thread is going to be 40 pages long before any real news even comes out

I hope she takes the time that she needs to develop a new sound and to write smart lyrics, to find the right people to collab and record with and I also hope that she knows the music industry well enough by now to figure out which effect her music is going to have on people.
 
I'm also not a huge fan of the idea that her new album is released right after or in the middle of a tour again. It just messes up everything and everybody is torn between the old and the new era.
 
As much as I strive for more Lana songs, it is more important to me that they are different, nicely-composed and well-produced.
In my opinion it is almost impossible to find new themes when you're still singing BTD & Paradise songs every night and also have to deal with the UV sound. Since she hasn't performed since October I'm pretty sure that she has enough time to find these new themes. However, it'd be nice if she sat down in the studio after she has experienced the Endless Summer Tour and listens to her new songs again. Maybe she'll also be able to add some influences to the album. 
 
Also the last album was released only 6 months ago, we shouldn't be so thirsty yes we should 

Rich with cheap taste

Happy Birthday to one of the most iconic albums ever made... nobody else could have done it quite like that.
 
Her best album alongside AKA - it’s so hard to choose. It’s even better when you modify the tracklist to include the deluxe songs in the mix & end the album with The Other Woman, like Lana intended. Here is the best tracklist & you’re welcome.
 
Cruel World
Ultraviolence
Shades of Cool 
Brooklyn Baby
Florida Kilos
West Coast
Sad Girl
Pretty When You Cry
Money Power Glory
Fucked My Way Up to the Top 
Guns & Roses
Flipside
Black Beauty
Is This Happiness?
Old Money
The Other Woman