Ultra Violet

i didnt even know HDS was a single. It seems ages since blurryface came out, i didnt think any more was happening. Im glad though, HDS, hometown and the judge are my favourites from the album so im glad at least one is a single

i didnt even know HDS was a single. It seems ages since blurryface came out, i didnt think any more was happening. Im glad though, HDS, hometown and the judge are my favourites from the album so im glad at least one is a single

To be completely honest I was scared she stopped doing collabs because she was feeling insecure about working with different people and not alone and/or with her "usual" team. But then I reminded myself of Dan Auerbach influening her and the whole Stargirl new situation and... I don't even know anymore. I really feel like she just wants her work to be 100% her and something only SHE has to be ultra proud of and she feels this strange pressure working with people. It's the other way around when she's invited to collab with others on their projects it seems.
 
I personally am not interested in seeing other artists on LDR5. For me she perceives her albums as too polished for someone to come and risk not understanding her concept.
 
Random thoughts  

I'd be down for another collab with the weeknd    but Lorde and Gaga?
 
A collab w/ Kali Uchis or A$AP Rocky would be great as well 

No collabs thanks unless it's Frank Ocean

Why a collab? It would be like Chanel feat. Walmart

People that want her to collab with Gaga should ban themselves.

Everyone, legit be careful about what you publicly claim you have in relation to lana. Lana's management HAS been contacting people regarding recent leaks. Seriously, be wary.
 
Deleting posts to cover your asses.

I'm praying for a Valentine's Day announcement. 

did you just describe ariana grande omg. i was first reading into it so interested lmaoo

Fan commented: "Omg I honestly thought we'd had to wait so much longer for new music, and I was fine with that if it was what you needed but I can't deny this makes me incredibly happy."
Marina replied: "aw, that's so sweet to hear. I don't know when I'll release something but I'm happy just making it for now. :-) Lots of love to you all. xx"

Marina has posted a photo of a recording studio!!        (as well as a selfie, possibly an older one since her hair is longer and her bangs are gone.. unless she's back to using extensions & the bangs are clipped back. Featuring her name necklace & gorgeous sunglasses from her iconic collection!)
http://instagram.com/p/BP6Y4zcgB1l/

now that heavydirtysoul is a single, imagine the stems leaking I would never be able to recover

I do have to say, his new song Pure Comedy is absolutely brilliant. It creatively and cohesively expresses a lot of my thoughts regarding the US election and political state at the moment, as well as the way I view religious fundamentalists. I love the way he describes religion in the song.
 
"Oh, their religions are the best,
They worship themselves yet they're totally obsessed
With risen zombies, celestial virgins, magic tricks,
These unbelievable outfits,
And they get terribly upset
When you question their sacred texts
Written by women-hating epileptics"
 
The "risen zombies" seems to be in reference to the people that Jesus raises from the dead in the Bible, like Lazarus, who are ultimately zombies, in a sense, who are then raised back to life, and the "celestial virgin" is obviously a reference to Mother Mary, who somehow conceives the Son of God despite having no intimate relationships, and the "magic tracks" is probably about all of the miracles that Jesus is able to do, like walking on water, turning water into wine, and so on. Although some people might find it to be an offensive mockery of the Christian religion, I actually find it a very interesting way to view the religion, associating it with mystical and magical fairytale imagery. The way that he describes the religion really does make you question how on earth people actually believe these things literally occurred at some point in time. Being raised a Christian myself, I have always wondered how people blindly believed a book written over 2000 years ago by unknown people, who supported slavery, stoned people for adultery, for being gay, supported the patriarchy which prevented women's rights, and so on. I understand that Christianity has progressed from these archaic perspectives, thankfully, but it's still odd that people are willing to defend every single passage, even though many of them were written regarding a time far from our own, which is why I also love the line about questioning their texts. In my view, it's important that we question everything, rather than blindly believing in something that could all just be a made-up fantasy.

As the most famous person you've never heard of she really has established herself for the long term. Many times I Google Lana's name to see what may be happening currently. Often there is some review of a new or local artist somewhere and they will say this new singer has shades of Lana Del Rey or enters the same world inhabited by Lana Del Rey. It is now meant as a compliment, something to aspire too. It wasn't always that way.

Yes, without question, it goes without saying.
 
The single most influential artist of the 2000-present (and beyond)
 
(whereas someone like Adele is the modern day Celine/Mariah/Whitney/ etc. (nothing wrong with that but not influencial in trailblazing, but following).
And Adele herself wished she was Lana...
Most interesting is, how most new artists name drop her, then attempt to make people forget they did
Taylor Swift is the single most influential country singer since Garth Brooks, changing the way Billoard charted the market, but she confiscates other artists then forgets to give them credit. (Other artists just seem to let her, and in their mind, are satisfied knowing her music is coming from them not her
 
The only other artist comparable to Lana is Gaga.
(and nothing wrong with liking both, or all of the women artists of the 2000-2017 and beyond. It is women that are leading the way.
Though by making her name in the dance field, Madonna directly led that way, so trailblazing wise, ah, no.
 
The males, by the way, Weeknd directly was influenced by Lana, ain't nobody can say otherwise.
 
Lana is the one and only female who transcends women/men and is one of the "boys".
So like I always say, Simon/Dylan/Leonard/Grateful Dead/ in the rock era, unique and influential, doing it her own way like they did it
 
completely unique
 
and record company people say "Get me someone Lana like, but someone we can control"
 
20 years from now, upon entry into the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Rock Hall of Fame, credit will be given.
(and root for Weeknd next year at Grammy's, if wins the Album of year Grammy next year, she gets a Grammy too).
 
 
 
"SOMEWHERE BETWEEN SUNSET BLVD AND MULHOLLAND DR LIES HONEYMOON"
©g4a graham4anything
"LANA DEL REY WITH STRINGS ATTACHED"
©g4a graham4anything

I always get Marilyn Monroe vibes from this song. It's like Lana is singing it as a bit of a joke, but was actually thinking of Marilyn at the time too.
Everyone knows Marilyn slept with people in the modelling and movie industry, and then JFK.
And the whole "this is my show" just reminds me of her so much because in the end, she was the most famous female of her time and the people she slept with were nothing (ok besides jfk obviously, but that was an affair, not her trying to get to the top).
 
And the "lay me down tonight in my linen and curls/diamonds and pearls" - how can that not remind you of everything Marilyn?

So freakin true about every other indie newcomer using Lana as inspiration (NOT that thats bad, except for Halsey totally ripping of National Anthem with New Americana)
 
I kinda feel like Lana has united a lot of people with their music taste though,
like 2 main scenarios with Lana fans are either you listened to mainstream pop before and turned indie because of Lana, 
 or you listened to extreme alternative before (rock, metal, etc) and Lana then made you indie as well :'D
 
idk, without having listened to Lana first, i would not be listening to Marina and the Diamonds, Florence + The Machine, Halsey, and plenty of other indie/pop people. 
I would still be only listening to Evanescence, Linkin Park and Paramore. 

So freakin true about every other indie newcomer using Lana as inspiration (NOT that thats bad, except for Halsey totally ripping of National Anthem with New Americana)
 
I kinda feel like Lana has united a lot of people with their music taste though,
like 2 main scenarios with Lana fans are either you listened to mainstream pop before and turned indie because of Lana, 
 or you listened to extreme alternative before (rock, metal, etc) and Lana then made you indie as well :'D
 
idk, without having listened to Lana first, i would not be listening to Marina and the Diamonds, Florence + The Machine, Halsey, and plenty of other indie/pop people. 
I would still be only listening to Evanescence, Linkin Park and Paramore. 

So freakin true about every other indie newcomer using Lana as inspiration (NOT that thats bad, except for Halsey totally ripping of National Anthem with New Americana)
 
I kinda feel like Lana has united a lot of people with their music taste though,
like 2 main scenarios with Lana fans are either you listened to mainstream pop before and turned indie because of Lana, 
 or you listened to extreme alternative before (rock, metal, etc) and Lana then made you indie as well :'D
 
idk, without having listened to Lana first, i would not be listening to Marina and the Diamonds, Florence + The Machine, Halsey, and plenty of other indie/pop people. 
I would still be only listening to Evanescence, Linkin Park and Paramore. 

i remember hearing that music videos were dying and now it wasn't only about performances and then bam lana got popular and then suddenly everyone became hipsters and artists are now all about imagery and cinematic crap

Obviusly I wanted to add that other big artists such as Adele, Birdy, Florence Welch also helped bring back to mainstream the more "toned-down" pop star image but Lana was for sure one of the biggest influencers.

Ok, the title is extra but I've been thinking about this a lot so here's my thought:
 
Lana Del Rey burst onto the pop scene in late 2011, time when music was dominated by electronic, dance pop music by astists such as Lady Gaga, Kesha, Katy Perry, etc. However the music industry needed a change, but it wasn't easy for Lana Del Rey to prove it. As she stated in a T Magazine interview back in 2012:
“I would play my songs, explain what I was trying to do, and I’d get, ‘You know who’s No. 1 in 13 countries right now? Kesha.’ ”
(source: https://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/09/a-star-is-born-and-scorned/?_r=0)
After years of trying, finally it was time for Lana Del Rey to get the recognition she deserved, and after the release of Video Games she became a the topic of every music blog around the world, causing controversy and all kinds of talk without really doing anything.
In an era when you HAD to appear in every tv show possible, had to have every radio station playing your song, had to wear the most outrageous costumes and had to get hit after hit, Lana Del Rey was able to sell over 5 million copies of Born to Die with minimal promo, no US hits (except for a remix) and almost no radio play. How is that possible ?
I'm not sure, but however she brought to the table a new sound, a new aesthetic and a whole new idea about what being a pop star really meant.
She took the music and fashion industry by storm, even being called the "anti-gaga" and was the most searched female of 2012 on google.
A big part of her popularity came for sure from all the controvesies she caused, her looks, SNL, glamourizing prostitution and death. But yet again she never really seeked for the attention of the masses, yet everybody was so interested in her and what she did, even when she wasn't doing anything
 
Her impact can still be seen today. Every new alternative/indie singer has cited her as an inspitation (Halsey, Melanie Martinez, Kali Uchis, Ryn Weaver, Troye Sivan, Dua Lipa, MØ etc.), her peers appreciate her music and draw inspitation from it (*cough* Taylor Swift's 1989 *cough* Selena Gomez's Revival *cough) and even some legends admire her work. She's really a trailblazer and if she hadn't been so criticized at the beginning of her career causing her to retire from the public eye to concentrate only on music, she would be one of the biggest artists out there right now.
 
That's all for now, sorry if it's quite a mess but i really just wanted to put this out there.. I'm gonna edit it later

i hope so, he's ug*y

I can't at ya'll hoping Lana announces something on Instagram Live, that would be even worse than the time she randomly announced West Coast replying to someone on twitter. Now she knows we know about YAIL so next step if for her to post the single cover