Ultra Violet

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The cinematic, psychedelic Pink Champagne 

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Rewatched it and I think it’s her best music video so far. 

This has probably all been said before but i was randomly rewatching the candy necklace music video and in the final scene it all clicked into place for me, that the point of the video Is the irony of not getting the thing you want most and have worked so hard for during life and only receiving it after death. The women from which Lana takes inspiration from for the video desperately wanted something during life (validation/fame/acclaim) but only received it after their tragic untimely deaths. 
The Black Dahlia was a budding actress who wanted to be a star and in a cruel twist only received fame after her violent murder, while Marilyn Monroe wanted to elevate her image, to be taken more seriously as an actress and now after death is revered as a Hollywood legend. Its about the irony of not getting the thing you want during life but receiving such recognition posthumously. Towards the end of the video it all builds up to this moment where there’s a bloody body in a trunk in the back of the car (presumably Lana’s), before it cuts to a shot of Lana getting her star on the Hollywood walk of fame while people cheer. I never understood this last shot and how it relates to the rest of the video but I think this ties in to the many times Lana has said over her career that she wants to be appreciated and respected first and foremost as a songwriter, and to find a community of like minded musicians. She felt harshly and unfairly criticised by critics and rejected by the music industry at large in the aftermath of her debut and SNL performance. The toxicity and scrutiny of the debate around Lana Del Rey and her image/persona has lasted for over a decade, impacted the way people perceived the music and clearly took a toll on her mental health. She has also made comments (although I cant find them now) about how she felt rejected by New York and that she would only be appreciated there after her death. This makes me think that the ultimate point of the video is a commentary on how Lana believes that after her death she will be appreciated by the public and her work to finally be recognised how she wanted it to be received. I also think the necklaces in the video represent metaphorical shackles on the confinements of fame or the box in which she was placed by the media/music industry over the years, as well as the mental burden that goes along with the controversy/discourse which unfolded around her - all of which she is finally freed from upon death.
 

Didn't know where to put this lol but i combined the Freak Like Me demo vocals with the final Freak instrumental https://krakenfiles.com/view/l06mkWtNpI/file.html
It took a bit of editing to make the tempos match, they actually slowed the chorus down quite a bit on the final track. Here's a comparison, starting at the same point (freak like me demo is the faster one) https://krakenfiles.com/view/hhIBKPOnZL/file.html
 
 

i'll take the native american part but let's get one thing straight: being brazilian has nothing to do with being white. you can be white and brazilian lmao there's plenty of white people in brazil, particularly in the south due to german immigration in that area back in the day. now let's talk about portugal, that is straight up located in europe, not a latin country at all. i wish north american people would stop pretending that being latinx is a race, it is not. we have white people, black people, mixed people, indigenous people and many more in all latin countries. saying that being latinx is a race is honestly just ignorant and harmful. denying sky ferreira's caucasianess is foolish. and this bitch was born in california! stop calling her a latina, she's not.

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Thank you. I know its just trolling but those remarks on her race are gross af anyway. 

Besides cosplaying as an authority on all music discourse and this useless addition to it, I'd expect you to know these things given how obsessed you are with this woman...
 
Her dad is Brazilian / Portuguese and her mom is of Native American descent. 

I swear to god that night I randomly woke up at like 3 am in a cold sweat
 
my subconscious knew the culture just shifted forever…

signing prints for rob’s new album 

That day I woke up in the early hours of the morning and the first thing I saw and read was this. 

jumpscare

i think we all remember the day this dropped

this definitely

not sure about production but Summertime was engineered by Graham Archer (who did the Paradise ver of Yayo prior) - could indicate that Emile or Dan also handled production on Summertime; but he also has a fuckload of bigger credits with other producers so it could also mean nothing and just be a coincidence

I need to know who produced
 
Madly
Summertime
Your Girl - Alt. Version
 

 

Melancholia was most definitely NOT a complete album, that goes for Trans Am too. I thought it was common knowledge but I think it’s kind to let dreamers be dreamers. 

so true, I forgot that NOTG, LL and CB were from that era... at least we could have the original version of If You Lie Down With Me if she decided to release the Tropico and Ultraviolence outtakes. 

There’s heavy strings throughout almost every song on the entire album- Carmen, Lolita even etc- baroque pop is formed from classical music so she was correct here actually