Ultra Violet

Guns & Roses is a gem.

after getting high as a kite and relistening to UV, i have to apologize. Guns n roses is a masterpiece, I was wrong this whole time

I love Emile's producing. I know this opinion is unpopular lol.

They're trash.  She should have put Trash Magic & Pin Up Galore on the album instead. 

Dont forget about Diet Mtn Dew. The demo(s) is so atmospheric and sexy and the album version is just... wretched
and like oddly upbeat lol

Flipside deserves much more appreciation. 

Young And In Love looked like a fan made title to me. I found cute after I got used to it tho! <3

Pretty When You Cry is the best, yet darkest song on UV standard. Easily a favorite. The guitars at the end changed me.

Honeymoon is better than Ultraviolence

I love Fine China

Resistance is better than Be My Daddy

Fine China is a monotonous mess. Lazy vocals and I guess the lyrics make up for it, but I totally see why it was cut.

In before Lana follows her cowgirl routes à la God Knows I Tried western theme...

Hoping for a tracklist like this...
Off to the Rodeo Music To Watch Cowboys To Ride (Wild West Version) Wild West Coast Million Dollar Cowboy Cowboys & Indians Burnt Desert Sad Cowgirl High By The Horse Range Black Beauty Guns and Cactii Wild West Baby The Other Cowgirl Stable Song  
 

I think she will get a little more upbeat, but not in the same way Born to Die was. I think it may even be a little more like AKA :'), but with better quality studio recording and more mature vocals. 
Thats just my guess from what shes teased already. 
 
From my own little fantasies though, it would so cool if she somehow mixed that AKA style with something a bit spooky like some more amazing strings. Like seriously, imagine Honeymoon hauntingness with AKA cross Ultra <3 <3. just wishes tho......

It was Born To Die that got me into more 'pop'indie music (I was only into rock and metal before that hahah) and from there onwards, my music horizon broadened so much, I am lost for words when people ask "what music do you listen to?".
So i will forever love this album and all the songs on it. There was not one song that didn't captivate me.
 
Congratulations Lana, Emile, and all the other people who worked on this album.
BTD is the 2010's bible of music, which paved the way for the chapters of Paradise, Ultraviolence, Honeymoon, and her upcoming album too.

It was Born To Die that got me into more 'pop'indie music (I was only into rock and metal before that hahah) and from there onwards, my music horizon broadened so much, I am lost for words when people ask "what music do you listen to?".
So i will forever love this album and all the songs on it. There was not one song that didn't captivate me.
 
Congratulations Lana, Emile, and all the other people who worked on this album.
BTD is the 2010's bible of music, which paved the way for the chapters of Paradise, Ultraviolence, Honeymoon, and her upcoming album too.

It was Born To Die that got me into more 'pop'indie music (I was only into rock and metal before that hahah) and from there onwards, my music horizon broadened so much, I am lost for words when people ask "what music do you listen to?".
So i will forever love this album and all the songs on it. There was not one song that didn't captivate me.
 
Congratulations Lana, Emile, and all the other people who worked on this album.
BTD is the 2010's bible of music, which paved the way for the chapters of Paradise, Ultraviolence, Honeymoon, and her upcoming album too.

It was Born To Die that got me into more 'pop'indie music (I was only into rock and metal before that hahah) and from there onwards, my music horizon broadened so much, I am lost for words when people ask "what music do you listen to?".
So i will forever love this album and all the songs on it. There was not one song that didn't captivate me.
 
Congratulations Lana, Emile, and all the other people who worked on this album.
BTD is the 2010's bible of music, which paved the way for the chapters of Paradise, Ultraviolence, Honeymoon, and her upcoming album too.

OH MY GOD ive already posted in here but I just remembered a dream from June 2013. I'd known Lana's music for about a year, but I was going on a road trip and would have no internet or reception so I downloaded all her songs i didnt have, including pre-born to die, so that i could get to know all of them in the 2 weeks i was away.
 
During this time, I started to realise the themes in each of her songs and really feel her pain and confusion about life, since I'd been through some my own recently. And I had this dream that I turned on the TV and it was like :
 
"Lana Del Rey, 27, dies the night before her birthday in a tragic Hotel room fire in Los Angeles"
 
And this actually was the day before her 28th birthday, June 20th 2013.
And I went through this realisation that she did it purposefully to die while she was 27 (make it to the 27 club...). I was actually really worried it was true for the next week because we had no internet or TV or anything to check. I was relieved when we finally got to a town with phone reception that there was no recent news on her.

OH MY GOD ive already posted in here but I just remembered a dream from June 2013. I'd known Lana's music for about a year, but I was going on a road trip and would have no internet or reception so I downloaded all her songs i didnt have, including pre-born to die, so that i could get to know all of them in the 2 weeks i was away.
 
During this time, I started to realise the themes in each of her songs and really feel her pain and confusion about life, since I'd been through some my own recently. And I had this dream that I turned on the TV and it was like :
 
"Lana Del Rey, 27, dies the night before her birthday in a tragic Hotel room fire in Los Angeles"
 
And this actually was the day before her 28th birthday, June 20th 2013.
And I went through this realisation that she did it purposefully to die while she was 27 (make it to the 27 club...). I was actually really worried it was true for the next week because we had no internet or TV or anything to check. I was relieved when we finally got to a town with phone reception that there was no recent news on her.

It was Born To Die that got me into more 'pop'indie music (I was only into rock and metal before that hahah) and from there onwards, my music horizon broadened so much, I am lost for words when people ask "what music do you listen to?".
So i will forever love this album and all the songs on it. There was not one song that didn't captivate me.
 
Congratulations Lana, Emile, and all the other people who worked on this album.
BTD is the 2010's bible of music, which paved the way for the chapters of Paradise, Ultraviolence, Honeymoon, and her upcoming album too.

Beautiful. I absolutely agree.
 
Lana should read this whole thread... she should be proud.

National Anthem's video is iconic. And the song

I just love BTD so much

“National Anthem"

 



 

“Money is the anthem of success” are the first words of this playful, fast alt-hip hop rollercoaster of a song. Produced by hit-maker Emile Haynie, GRAMMY winner for Producer of the Year Jeff Bhasker and multi-instrumentalists David Sneddon and James Bauer-Mein, “National Anthem” shines with its epic orchestration, a dark, sinister beat and a euphoric melody written by Lana, Justin Parker, Sneddon and Bauer-Mein. With all these collaborators, “National Anthem” is obviously an ambitious track in every aspect – even its high-budget short film.

 

Directed by Anthony Mandler (Rihanna, Drake, Mary J Bling, among others), “National Anthem” features Lana Del Rey as Marilyn Monroe and Jacqueline Kennedy and rapper A$AP Rocky as JFK. This controversial concept was written by Lana, just like all of her videos. “This was her concept,” Mandler explained. “She came to me with it, and I kind of dug it out with her […] Lana was really interested in exploring this loss of innocence, this idea that what you think you're experiencing is maybe not what it's always going to be. Because when you say 'Kennedy,' that immediately evokes something, just like when I say 'It's a Romeo and Juliet story.' So I think using that power, that pedigree of the story is a really fascinating place to show the loss of something, the breakdown of something." Lana and Rocky being an interracial couple was intentional. “We used the Kennedy framework to kind of implement […] this racially diverse Camelot [...] bringing it into the modern era, but still keeping that classic framework. […] There's a kind of micro-commentary of 'This is the new royalty,' you know, A$AP and Lana, trying to pick two people to maybe represent the next generation of something. I think even with an African American president, it's still controversial to see him sitting and playing JFK, it's still taboo, even if it shouldn't be.” Continuing with the social message of the film, Anthony said they wanted the story to be told from the perspective of the female: “it was always about the person sitting next to him […] It was always about seeing it through her eyes, seeing this kind of castle crumble in the moment, and that shot where she's coming up out of the car, and the pain in her eyes, that destruction, it's like the whole castle is crumbling around her. That's what we were going for."

 

“I’ve been inspired by the footage I’ve seen of them, more than their story, just all of the colors in the film,” Lana said to NYLON. “And as far as the song, I’ve had a few relationships where there was complete devotion on behalf of the guy. I loved the idea of a girl telling her boyfriend, ‘Tell me I’m your national anthem, your star-spangled banner, salute to me and love me’ – you know, in a good way, in a beautiful way. I wanted to show how modern-day romance could still have that classic feel.” 

 

“National Anthem” is included on Billboard's Best Videos of the 2010s list.

 

Billboard wasn't kidding when they called her a trailblazer.