Brooklyn Baby

Flying for 3 years,

is that enough for you bee?

Carry me to my hive,

I can't do this anymore.

 

Leak Mertens AKA

Beautiful As Roses 

"Video Games"

 



 

The song that started it all; a moody, dramatically romantic 5-minute ballad about “letting go of [her] musical ambitions and settling down into a simple life with a person [she] loved”.

 

Written by Lana Del Rey herself, composed by Justin Parker (who worked with Ellie Goulding, Rihanna and Sia right after collaborating with Del Rey) and produced by Daniel Omelio and Brandon Lowry (Robopop), “Video Games” features haunting sustained piano chords, gentle strings, subtle electronic elements, passionate vocals and some of her finest lyrics to date, introducing us to the Lana Del Rey world: beautiful, innocent women terribly in love with bad guys.

 

“Video Games” was an instant classic. “I knew right away that it was a pretty epic piece of work and that it would put her on the map and define her as an artist,” Omelio said back in 2012. “It was such a heartfelt and real piece of music, that I felt sure that people would connect with it right away.” And it definitely did; it went Top 10 in twelve European countries and even hit No. 1 in Germany and Luxembourg. This long, dreamy lullaby performed so well in the continent that it is considered to be one of most successful songs ever in France.

“I would play my songs [to my label], explain what I was trying to do, and I’d get ‘You know who is No. 1 in 13 countries right now? Kesha,” Lana told T Magazine. “It was too dark, too personal, too risky, not commercial. It wasn’t pop until it was on the radio.” That’s exactly what this song and the whole Lana Del Rey persona did: she turned what it was risky, anti-EDM into the mainstream. Suddenly, slower songs hit the charts on which Katy Perry and Lady Gaga were dominating. An entire indie culture met the pop world and transformed into a sudden obsession for “retro vibes”, visual and musical textures and post-Born to Die kids like Halsey and Lorde.

 

Its iconic video, a “moving collage” as described as Dazed, was just so brilliantly simple that the industry and general public started to conspire; Did she really edit this video herself? How did she get a contract with a major label? Is her dad a millionaire? Are her lips real? She’s not a feminist.

 

Lana Del Rey was then a young woman opening her heart to the whole world. Yes, “It’s all for you / Everything I do”, “Only worth living if somebody is loving you” – among other lines – could come off as controversial, but she’s just another human being deeply, wrongly in love. Of course men are able to sing about dying over perfect bodies and great sex with multiple women, but Del Rey wishing to spend her life with an unrequited love is a bad example to young girls.

 

At the end of the day, “Video Games” was just a taste of what was yet to come: the most interesting and unique female artist of the 2010s. A modern classic Del Rey should always be proud of.

 

Recommended article: Robopop on the process of “Video Games”

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVyluf1a-oI

Lana Del Rey's major label debut Born to Die will turn 5 this month, and we will celebrate its 15 tracks during the next 15 days, until it officially turns half a decade old on January 27.

OTHER WOMAN

Note: The LDR5 Meltdown thread was locked and hidden for a reason. Let's not discuss what happened or carry the drama to other threads. Thank you.

I've got some weird ones.  I like to PS Lana into situations.
 
Here's one where Lana is apparently a vampire, and may have been around hundreds of years.  She's sitting on the lap of  Union soldier during the Civil War.
 


A friend of mine on a different forum always liked to post various photos he took around town. I was always adding Lana to them, he got a kick out of it.
 


lol...."BORN TO DIET"
 


UV cover...
 


and one more in the "3-D Photo" style
 

I can't believe they predicted the leak of Roller Derby A true star!

Hey guys! A couple of days ago I started working on a project I've been wanting to do for ages - an Ultraviolence short film kinda thing. I've edited the first 7ish minutes, and would love to show you guys the first minute so I can get some feedback on how it is so far, and how I can improve.
 
Here's the "trailer" (just the first minute so far). Please note it is very rough and nowhere near polished/finished - this is my first edit of it

 
Please give feedback! I'd love to hear what you think - be it good or bad 

I initally loved the video but the scene with the guys playing basketball were not needed

Meghan >>>>>>>>>>>>> lana del ray

Lana's hard drive 

Aw thats so nice 

How can she look that good without makeup and not even trying truly a goddess 

How can she look that good without makeup and not even trying truly a goddess 

How can she look that good without makeup and not even trying truly a goddess 

Im weak
 

Aw thats so nice 

eliminate: Burning Desire, DLMBM

 

immunity: Without You

me reading this thread 

me reading this thread 

me reading this thread