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It's done!! But don't expect a perfect worded translation...it wasn't that easy to do this as the journalist often only wrote like half sentences, used some words even I as a german native speaker didn't know and just randomly used extremely complicate formulations. The fact that I'm not that good at english made it even more difficult to find the right words. There was also a lot of senseless blahblah and I didn't feel motivated enough to translate all of these things so I left out a few sentences (but not more than about 6 or 7). The last part is only a report about her concert in San Francisco and I didn't translate this one yet because there aren't any new information, I think...maybe I'll get on it later. Done!
Again this is just my translation of a translation so bear in mind that what I wrote might differ from the actual interview.
 
TRANSLATION

 

My translation:
 
She is back, in fact everywhere! She even sang at Kimye’s Wedding. Next week her new album “Ultraviolence” will be released with hit songs like “Shades Of Cool”. But we think it’s the coolest how openly Lana talked with us about her chaos flat share, bad gurus and her desires and addictions.
First Coachella, then Cannes, eventually Versailles: Recently Lana Del Rey is jetting from one show to the next but when we met her at a luxury hotel in Beverly Hills she seems completely relaxed, indeed she lives just around the corner. The beautiful songstress who redefined the meaning of “Retro-Coolness” when in 2011 she suddenly appeared and took over the charts, just moved from New York to the beach. So she comes to the interview like a real surfer girl – she wears short jeans, a pale shirt, sandals – and surprises us with her kind naturalness that we honestly didn’t expect from the unapproachable seeming siren of wide screen pop…
 
Did the life in New York become too hectic for you?
Well, my record label is located in L.A. I originate from Lake Placid a place in the mountains. So the Pacific feels like paradise. Now I walk  barefoot through the sand as often as possible.
And you think: You have come a long way?
Well yes, but not concerning my carrier. But in terms of lifestyle. I think that this cool beach life fits me better than New York. And I love the heat.
Your status as global star as well?
On some days I can do that but on others I’m struggling with my identity and I don’t know where I belong. Fortunately those good days get more and those bad ones less. And that risk that I lose the ground beneath my feet doesn’t exist anyway.
What makes you so sure?
I have a big family so I don’t really have to pay attention on staying down to earth, it happens automatically. At home it’s mostly about Charlie and Caroline and about what they want.
Who are…?
My brother and my sister. They are younger than me, 20 and 25. I kind of look after them. Wa all live in the same house. We three and Barrie my boyfriend.
Sounds like a lot of fun.
Well, we’re all living through some huge changes. Barrie left his band, my siblings are just becoming grown-ups.
And which change are you living through?
I’d really like to have a steady emotional stability. I’ve been looking for that my whole life. Naturally I’m a quiet, reserved observer.
For being a star you seem surprisingly introverted.
I come from a family in which we talked about our problems in a small circle. I grew up like that. Unlike those people who seem to live on Twitter and believe that they always have to provide information about anything.
How do you manage to be not as omnipresent as for example Lady Gaga?
You can control that. For example if you live at the edge of town like we do, in a normal area with completely normal neighbours.
When you got famous like overnight people doubted about the authenticity of your music.
Yeah, a huge topic. I’ve always felt confident about my music. Who doesn’t have to say anything cannot create pop music. I already know that later I’ll tell the whole story of my live to my children on the basis of my songs.
Like you do in “Fucked My Way UP To The Top” on your new album?
It’s about a singer who first sneered about my allegedly not authentic style but later she stole and copied it. And now she’s acting like I am the art project and she the true super artist. My God and people actually believe her, she’s successful! I shouldn’t continue ranting, it doesn’t get anywhere.
But now you have to tell us who you’re talking about.
Unfortunately I can’t, you know?
What else are you going to tell your children (and us)?
I used to be a member of an underground sect which was reigned by a guru. He surrounded himself with young girls and he had this insane charisma I couldn’t resist as well. So I was in this, I’ll call it sect, because I was longing for love and security. But then I found out that this guru wasn’t a good but a bad person. He thought that he had to break people first before he could build them up again. At the end I left the sect.
Crazy!
Yes, it looks like I would attract wild stories and extreme experiences. (laughs)
What else?
Our family has a long history concerning addictive behaviour. Even pure madness exists at our place. Like that I had a higher risk than other people for not being able to handle alcohol…
Had?
Yes, for ten years I haven't touched a drink - but I'd somehow really like to. After all it could be that now I’m able to handle alcohol better.
Why do you believe this?
Well, I threw anchors. But I have to find out how to harmonize the urge for – emotional and literal – solid ground beneath the feet with my ambition of moving on as an artist. Right now I have no plan how this should work out.
So no children for now?
I would be ready! (laughs) But Barrie is younger than me and he isn’t in the mood for children yet.
You worked as a model for H&M and Mulberry. Do you know what the fashion branch sees in you?
Phew, I don’t know! As an indie singer in New York I couldn’t afford any stylish or expensive clothes at all. Probably my face was just coincidentally at the right time at the right place. And how does the saying tell? Go there where it’s warm.
 
Hope there aren't too many mistakes in my translation. ^^

Sorry for this stupid title didn't know how to call this. Further I don't know if this is the right place for this info but I just stumbled upon sth really really interesting.
 
Some austrian sites (maybe other too) reported about an interview of Lana with 'Grazia' in which she revealed that she was a member of a sect!
 
Quick translation of one of those articles:
The singer allegedly used to be dominated by a Guru. Since he wanted to "break" his girls she left the sect.
US-singer Lana Del Rey has a past in a sect behind her. "I used to be a member of an underground sect which was reigned by a guru. He surrounded himself with young girls," she told the magazine Grazia. She as well couldn't resist his "insane charisma". She was longing for "love and safety" in this group.
But the guru turned out to be a bad person. "He thought that he had to break people first to build them up again. At the end I quit the sect." Her addiction to alcohol which she had as a teenager is over as well adds the 27 year old. "For ten years I haven't touched a drink - but I'd somehow really like to."
 
Source
 
This newspaper/website is usually quite reliable so...yeah.
 
 
Thought? So "you're my cult leader" suddenly has a completely new meaning...

Sorry for this stupid title didn't know how to call this. Further I don't know if this is the right place for this info but I just stumbled upon sth really really interesting.
 
Some austrian sites (maybe other too) reported about an interview of Lana with 'Grazia' in which she revealed that she was a member of a sect!
 
Quick translation of one of those articles:
The singer allegedly used to be dominated by a Guru. Since he wanted to "break" his girls she left the sect.
US-singer Lana Del Rey has a past in a sect behind her. "I used to be a member of an underground sect which was reigned by a guru. He surrounded himself with young girls," she told the magazine Grazia. She as well couldn't resist his "insane charisma". She was longing for "love and safety" in this group.
But the guru turned out to be a bad person. "He thought that he had to break people first to build them up again. At the end I quit the sect." Her addiction to alcohol which she had as a teenager is over as well adds the 27 year old. "For ten years I haven't touched a drink - but I'd somehow really like to."
 
Source
 
This newspaper/website is usually quite reliable so...yeah.
 
 
Thought? So "you're my cult leader" suddenly has a completely new meaning...

Done
 
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If anybody else wants the download links please just PM me.
 
I decided to only share the files on request from now on. I know that many people might have already downloaded the files so I can never know who has them and where they have been spread but at least now I want to keep track as far as possible. Please don't get me wrong, I'm beyond happy that people like my design and that they even make their own physical copy with it (rly thank you all!!) but considering copyright and stuff I'm now a little bit more cautious than I used to be with giving away those files. I hope you understand. But as said before I'm not completely withdrawing the files, just drop me a message and you'll get the links.
 
@@Anthem : Could you please update the opener post (remove old download links and add something like "for download links pm PinUpCartoonBaby")? Please and thank you! And I just read your Jewel Case Creation Guide again and I can't thank you enough for writing it! <3

Oh they're down?! I don't know what happened to my links but I'll try to fix them as soon as I get home.

Thank you all so much! I can't even express how happy I am because of your comments.
 
Well, I think it's time to give you all the possibility to get your own copy if you like to. Because we agreed on not shipping the copies earlier in this topic, you'll have to print yours yourselves. And as I'm such a nice person I'm sharing the files with you. BUT I really don't know if they are alright for a copyshop to work with them because I printed mine myself and I have absolutely no clue what a copyshop requests in order to print something. So if you need the files in another format or sth please tell me.
For now all the files are PDFs. The booklet files + the back cover/insert have two pages each (front and back) so that you can print it double-sided if your printer has this function. I included cutting marks on all files (except the CD) so that you know where to cut as I made the files with a 3 millimeter bleed area to avoid white space at the edges if you don't cut 100% perfectly.
If you have any more questions just ask. I'm not a pro when it comes to printing etc but I'll try to help you when needed.
 
---------------- Download links ----------------
BOOKLET
BACK COVER / INSERT
CD
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Another thing: I'm also not sure about anything concerning copyright in this case. I mean I used pictures and logos which I obviously do not possess and made the whole thing look like it's an official release...so I really, really hope this doesn't get me into any kind of trouble. So I kindly request you not to sell these files or any copies, publish them elsewhere or claim them as your own work. Thankies.
 
So yeah...I hope you have lots of fun with your A.K.A. booklet.

Florida Kilos: "Yayo, Yayo, Yayo and all the dolphins"

Found this interview but I'm not sure if it's actually new. Some parts of it seem really familiar to me but I don't know... Just in case anybody's interested I made a rly quick translation of it.
 
DIE GANZE WOCHE
July 2017
Translation by @PinUpCartoonBaby
 
Transcript:


 
Source: Die ganze WOCHE
 

Sorry for this stupid title didn't know how to call this. Further I don't know if this is the right place for this info but I just stumbled upon sth really really interesting.
 
Some austrian sites (maybe other too) reported about an interview of Lana with 'Grazia' in which she revealed that she was a member of a sect!
 
Quick translation of one of those articles:
The singer allegedly used to be dominated by a Guru. Since he wanted to "break" his girls she left the sect.
US-singer Lana Del Rey has a past in a sect behind her. "I used to be a member of an underground sect which was reigned by a guru. He surrounded himself with young girls," she told the magazine Grazia. She as well couldn't resist his "insane charisma". She was longing for "love and safety" in this group.
But the guru turned out to be a bad person. "He thought that he had to break people first to build them up again. At the end I quit the sect." Her addiction to alcohol which she had as a teenager is over as well adds the 27 year old. "For ten years I haven't touched a drink - but I'd somehow really like to."
 
Source
 
This newspaper/website is usually quite reliable so...yeah.
 
 
Thought? So "you're my cult leader" suddenly has a completely new meaning...

Sorry for this stupid title didn't know how to call this. Further I don't know if this is the right place for this info but I just stumbled upon sth really really interesting.
 
Some austrian sites (maybe other too) reported about an interview of Lana with 'Grazia' in which she revealed that she was a member of a sect!
 
Quick translation of one of those articles:
The singer allegedly used to be dominated by a Guru. Since he wanted to "break" his girls she left the sect.
US-singer Lana Del Rey has a past in a sect behind her. "I used to be a member of an underground sect which was reigned by a guru. He surrounded himself with young girls," she told the magazine Grazia. She as well couldn't resist his "insane charisma". She was longing for "love and safety" in this group.
But the guru turned out to be a bad person. "He thought that he had to break people first to build them up again. At the end I quit the sect." Her addiction to alcohol which she had as a teenager is over as well adds the 27 year old. "For ten years I haven't touched a drink - but I'd somehow really like to."
 
Source
 
This newspaper/website is usually quite reliable so...yeah.
 
 
Thought? So "you're my cult leader" suddenly has a completely new meaning...

Sorry for this stupid title didn't know how to call this. Further I don't know if this is the right place for this info but I just stumbled upon sth really really interesting.
 
Some austrian sites (maybe other too) reported about an interview of Lana with 'Grazia' in which she revealed that she was a member of a sect!
 
Quick translation of one of those articles:
The singer allegedly used to be dominated by a Guru. Since he wanted to "break" his girls she left the sect.
US-singer Lana Del Rey has a past in a sect behind her. "I used to be a member of an underground sect which was reigned by a guru. He surrounded himself with young girls," she told the magazine Grazia. She as well couldn't resist his "insane charisma". She was longing for "love and safety" in this group.
But the guru turned out to be a bad person. "He thought that he had to break people first to build them up again. At the end I quit the sect." Her addiction to alcohol which she had as a teenager is over as well adds the 27 year old. "For ten years I haven't touched a drink - but I'd somehow really like to."
 
Source
 
This newspaper/website is usually quite reliable so...yeah.
 
 
Thought? So "you're my cult leader" suddenly has a completely new meaning...

Here are some more. Hope you like them!
 
 
I'm not really a fan of the official Dark Paradise cover tbh. Yes it's pretty but in my opinion it just doesn't fit the song very well. So here's my version.
 

 
 
 
Pin Up Galore has always been one of my favourites since I first listened to the live performance. I tried to make a cover that is at least half as beatiful as the song but my editing skills just aren't enough, I think.

 
 
Here without that weird effect:

 
 
Well, that's it. Please tell me your opinion.

Hey there! I just started doing covers for Lana’s songs and I really got hooked on it! Firstly I only made them for myself but now I also want to share them with you so I don’t have the feeling that I did them totally in vain.
I know these aren’t the best but I’ll keep on practicing. So be prepared for more!
 
Check out my covers!  I just updated my gallery. Click on the pictures to see all covers for that category.
 
ULTRAVIOLENCE-ERA

 
 
BORN TO DIE/ PARADISE

 
 
LIZZY GRANT

 
 
MAY JAILER

 
 
UNRELEASED

 
 
THE UNRELEASED COLLECTION

 
 
BLACK BEAUTY/ AFFA LEAKS

 
 
LIVE

 
 
LIZZY GRANT LIVE

 
 
MISC.

I've made one for AKA:
http://lanaboards.com/index.php?/topic/2153-get-drunk-session-covers-by-pinupcartoonbaby-taking-requests/?p=232933  (look in Spoiler)
and
http://lanaboards.com/index.php?/topic/5579-project-lana-del-ray-aka-lizzy-grant/
 
Somewhere in my fan art thread you can also find some pages of a not so perfect Sirens booklet which has never been finished. Maybe I'll give this another try when I'm really bored
 
EDIT:

 
More pics here

Done
 
_________________________
 
 
If anybody else wants the download links please just PM me.
 
I decided to only share the files on request from now on. I know that many people might have already downloaded the files so I can never know who has them and where they have been spread but at least now I want to keep track as far as possible. Please don't get me wrong, I'm beyond happy that people like my design and that they even make their own physical copy with it (rly thank you all!!) but considering copyright and stuff I'm now a little bit more cautious than I used to be with giving away those files. I hope you understand. But as said before I'm not completely withdrawing the files, just drop me a message and you'll get the links.
 
@@Anthem : Could you please update the opener post (remove old download links and add something like "for download links pm PinUpCartoonBaby")? Please and thank you! And I just read your Jewel Case Creation Guide again and I can't thank you enough for writing it! <3

Her name isn't on the cover because she'll surprise us with a new stage name. I mean it's a new era

Outtake from the Rolling Stone interview

Now we have a confirmation of this theory: "It was a love affair. But, I mean, I saw him off and on for seven years, and I'm still close with him."
 

Just a random thought and I don't know if this has already been pointed out but could it be that this really important relationship (“I am usually always singing about the same god damn person so I will love him forever but you know, it’s all good. It’s all good!") is the one she had with this record executive? I mean if it's true that this relationship lasted for 7 years she would have been with him almost her entire life as a (young) adult.
"I had a long-term relationship for seven years with someone who was the head of a label and I felt like I was that change of routine. I was always waiting to become the person who his kids came home to, and it never happened. Obviously I had to seek other relationships, and I felt like that became a pattern. I was younger—24, 25 at the time. I had known what I wanted to do for a long time." (Complex mag)
 
I'm not sure if I'm understanding this properly but does this mean that she "seeked other relationships" aka broke up with him at the age of 24, 25? If so she must have been like 17 or 18 when she started dating the record executive. Or am I getting it wrong?
Another thing, he seemingly has children so maybe he was married before or even whilst the relationship between him and Lizzy/Lana lasted. ("I know your wife that she wouldn't mind"?)
 
I'm pretty sure that Axl Rose Husband is about this guy: "Record executive I need you to live, I someone come replace you"
Additionally: "Kids on vacation, Florida Keys are calling, Come back to me" - maybe his kids played a role why the relationship ended, idk. And when the kids are on vacation Lizzy might think that she and the record executive can go back to their perfect relationship. Another interesting thing "Florida Keys" --> in Florida Kilos she's mentioning those keys as well. Possible link?
 
So if Axl Rose Husband actually is about this guy the "blue hydrangea" thing would be a reference to him as well. --> Old Money
Maybe a bit far-fetched but Axl Rose Husband --> her song Guns and Roses.
 
Those are just a few possible references to him that came into my mind while writing this, I'm sure there are many, many more.
Of course all this is highly speculative but I was bored so ...
 
A bit out of context but we have so many pics of Lana in her Lizzy days but it seems like we don't have a single one of her with that record executive, do we? Not a single (leaked) photo of a seven years relationship?

Bruce Springsteen lists Lana as one of his favourite contemporary songwriters: "I love her, especially the extended version of her first record [“Born to Die: The Paradise Edition”]."
 
 
And I recently stumbled upon an...interesting interview with Marilyn Manson in which he steered the conversation from Lana's spell on Trump to a vague indication of a sexual relationship between him and Lana (or not)...
" The occult imagery you were playing around with 20 years ago seems to be mainstream now, like Lana Del Rey putting a hex on Trump. How do you feel about it? Do you feel vindicated?
“Is this before or after sex with Lana Del Rey?”
Pardon?
“I said, is this before or after I had or would have sex with Lana Del Rey?”
I didn’t ask if you had sex with Lana Del Rey.
“I didn’t say I did.”
Did you say you didn’t?
“I didn’t say I didn’t or I did… You know how she sings, she’s dead still and she bats her eyelashes. So I would imagine, hypothetically, [in] sexual parameters that she would do the same thing. I would also imagine that in a witchcraft-type environment she would also just bat her eyelashes and that might not really be effective. Although she is a very lovely girl.”   "

While looking around a bit I stumbled upon some dresses that reminded me of outfits Lana wore. Of course the ones I found are not the same as Lana's but at least they are mostly affordable and have the same colour.
 
 
 
 
EDIT: I don't know if it's interesting for anyone here but I read in a magazine about the brand Miss Lillys Hats which also offers vintage flower crowns. Lana wore at least one flower crown from this brand. Sadly those beautiful thingies are quite expensive...anyway here's the link to their online shop: https://shop-misslillyshats.goodsie.com/

Aaaand it’s done! Many apologies for the large picture, I’m posting this from my phone, haha.

So I re-drew the hands and shaped her face and hair a bit differently, it looks better in my eyes now. The sun will rise in maybe an hour or so, so I won't stay up and finish the chain necklace, haha, I'll continue tomorrow. I think I'll fix the hand to the left again, it looks uneven to the one to the right. Maybe I'll start to fill it in tomorrow.
 
 

Oh, I really like this theory. There're so many mysteries about this Ray guy that I always enjoy new "findings" even though they are pure speculations.
 
 
The guy you're referring to is probably Ray Dillman. His family seems to play an important role for those T.R.A.F.F.I.C. events the Grant family used to go to. He and Lizzy definitely know each other but I have no evidence that they had a romantic relationship or that he is where the "Del Ray/Rey" came from.
 
Here's a picture of Lizzy and Ray, in case you haven't seen it.

 
However some time ago Lana stated in an interview with Intro magazine that her name actually originates from Delray Beach in Florida where her then boyfriend came from. But funnily this also applies to Ray Dillman who according to his Facebook profile did not only go to a school near Delray Beach but also lived/lives near it...