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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.

I'll never forgive Lana for not continuing the frontal pose on album covers traditions...

btw i know you're a MØ fan and I know she's a fan of Lana too. She dm'd me a few times on twitter and told me she loves her and her fav song is BTD <3

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

but isn't she with Jonathan Wilson ?

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

Honestly I'm more excited to see the video for YAIL that to hear the song. From what we know she'll be finally serving visuals, and the last *good* music video she put out was Shades Of Cool so it's really been a while . I'm not expecting any type of big promotion for this next era, seeing how it went with the last two but if she plays her cards right with this lead single i still think Lana would be able to get a commercially succesful album

my girlie <3 I love her and she's so sweet to her fans online

yeah, in 2019

Why are you all so excited, she always says the same thing before every album, that she loves it and that she can't wait to share it with us but that doesn't mean anything I'm happy she acknowledged its existence tho

lmao isn't China Palace a song she wrote when she was like 8 ?

Hello ? Eclipse just tweeted the song's length yesterday so obviusly someone has it

Why is everyone obsessed with Life is Beautiful, from the snippets it sounds boring and people who have it say it's bad. I REALLY want the original Cruel World version with the guitar solo and (i'm not sure if anyone even has it) the song Lana did with Jamie xx

Lmao this is a little off topic but did anyone else notice how Halsey has deleted all her 2013 tweets where she called Lana her queen and like complained about Tropico never coming

Ok but can we talk about how yesterday was also the first day she actually acknowledged YAIL ? The fan in the picture asked her about it and she said "You're gonna live it. I'm really excited."

I can't tho at @Eclipse confirming that lana says "Calciatore" (footbal player in italian) and not "Cacciatore" (hunter)... I can't even listen to Salvatore anymore

i don't think it has anything to do with the album tbh, why would she tease us when there hasn't even been an actual word about a new album from Lana ?

Zolita - Holy

I love how she had the idea for the music video in her head and actually wrote the 'Lonely Queen' treatment for it. I would love to read how she originally imagined the story http://www.mtv.com/artists/lana-del-rey/videos/the-lonely-queen-728991/ Plus I would also love to know how the original video planned by Yoann was supposed to be, didn't he say he had to cut some scenes because they were too explicit?

agreed, I love UV but i hate how repetitive the lyrics is some songs are, *cough* sad girl *cough*. Born to Die and Paradise are just superior

omg they're turning her into a dance music artist i really wished she would keep the sound of new love/be the one at least for the first album I guess they really want a smash hit to put her on the map

Lana just followed on twitter two fashion magazines: Harper's Bazaar (both the official and the australian version) and Marie Claire and she usually follows only the magazines she has done a shoot/interview for...... SHE'S COMING

Because i was expecting Honeymoon 2.0 which wasn't exactly my favorite album, at least now i'm more excited for this new music

at least the fact that he said he likes the song and thinks the lyrics are good gives me some hope that it won't be terrible

Did Eclipse ever say anything about the YAIL lyrics ? (expect for the supposed vintage kids line) but like the general tone of the song ?