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3 minutes ago, Diamantes WILD said:

I wanna know how this is tied to ego. 

What do you mean? 

I don't know why but I'm actually liking the BB cover  The fact that she probably edited it herself makes it even more hilarious. Why am I unable to imagine Lana just sitting on her phone and editing her selfies like we do with our fan edits. She is truly a part of this fandom

I just woke up and my god...what is happening? Right before falling asleep I told myself how Lana would post smth so I definitely managed to manifest at least one thought of mine. To be honest...I don't hate the cover. Reminds me a little of the fake Siren cover. And we finally have her blonde. Yes, it is lazy just taking an old selfie but I'm not as bothered as when she shared the COCC one which is weird. 

 The one thing I'm not enjoying is the name change from RCS to BB. Both titles are beautiful but I prefer 3 worded structure a lot more for an album title. RCS even suits more for the selfie. 

3 minutes ago, littleseashell said:

She didn't have to, but I think she really just did it to help get her point across and use examples from our culture. Most of those artists, especially Beyonce, are way more famous than her and no one bats an eye at their lyrics and the message they convey. I think she realized that and it made circumstances worse for her. If she released something like Positions, people would literally come for her neck. Ever since UV critics have it out for her and are ready to cherry pick her every move because they still feel some type of way. They couldn't accept the new perspective she challenged, or the raw, honest lyrics that didn't sugar coat her experiences. It seems that anytime Lana tries to bring forth a new perspective on women and their relationships, they shut her down. It's really fucked up tbh. I hope with RCS she really goes back to not giving a fuck (as she should). She deserves to feel empowered again with her music and I'm all for it

I guess that was her main intention. However every woman in this industry faces some type of backlash at some point. But it all depends on how the GP actually reacts to that particular person. Lana never had the GP on her side. Not even after Norman. The critics ate that album up but it never translated to the GP. And without the GP you're pretty vulnerable and an easy target across all social medias. 

8 minutes ago, Nikogo said:

I think she was gonna get backlash regardless bc that has always been the media’s response to her (hence her ‘I want revenge’ RCS announcement)

 

but I think name dropping the artist is what really hurt her in the long run because the girls she mentioned have HUGE, VOCAL fanbases (Barbies, Beehives, ari Twitter stans) 

 

so there was negative press and the fans used and shared that. 
 

despite her being 100% correct (she always has been talked down on/discredited/overly analyzed) it wasn’t worded correctly and that was the biggest downfall. 
 

I remember being SO excited for COTCC to have ‘tinges’ of what she’s been pondering and I really hope RCS is the album that correlates with QFTC

I believe she scrapped the idea of releasing a record which correlates to the QftC concepts. COCC was pretty tame and with titles like "Wild At Heart" it still was underwhelming. It's a beautiful album ofc. I just can't imagine a record with a title like RCS to have songs like Yosemite or Wanderlust. But at this point everything is possible. I just wish she leaves the country twang for her separate project with Nikki. 

4 minutes ago, ShadesOfFool said:

Her message wasn’t wrong, but she expressed herself badly. And she had no business bringing up anyone else’s name. 

Of course she didn't have to name anyone but the backlash was definitely unreasonable. I remember people saying she compared her art to theirs or even belittling it  but she doesn't do that anywhere in the post now that I'm re-reading it. Phew it has been almost an year. 

4 minutes ago, littleseashell said:

People were mostly triggered by her calling out "women of color" because they forget what Ariana really looks like

.....I remember the glamorous part being in the 1st paragraph and that's why I saw the backlash as valid...but turns out people misplaced her words from taking the second paragraph and gluing it to the 1st one and somehow managed to make this hodge podge of a mess. I'm glad Lana stood her ground on this particular post cause at the end of the day there's nothing wrong with it. 

3 minutes ago, COCC said:

Lol. I just read it again and people really blew this out of proportion? Why do I remember it being worded in a whole different way? 

The 1st half of the record reminds me of winter and heavy snowstorms. The guitar is so simple yet so haunting so all I can imagine is a person walking in the snow with heavy winds trying to find their way back home. The latter part of the record seem more summery and warm. The record as a whole seems like a transition between seasons starting from autumn and ending with summer. Sirens can't be compared with any other works of Lana's. It exists in it's time capsule. But it seems like with COCC Lana revived May Jailer. Sirens relies on the vocals and the melodies to push the songs since the guitar is quite similar all through out the record. COCC has the same approach. The instrumentals lack drama and grandness and what carries the songs are Lana's vocals and the melodies. We even have two autotune masterpieces on both records . The lyricism through out COCC and Sirens is quite similar as well. 

It's so gorgeous 

I enjoy Lana's lyrics about doing nothing all day and just doing the laundry. It's somehow a luxury to have that nowadays. Everything goes by so fast and it's like we can't experience the days in their full potential. At least that's how I feel. COCC brings a sense of comfort. Songs like Wanderlust and White Dress in particular. It's a companion to Violet in the sense that is describes her days without any need of adding layers of drama to make it sound interesting. Though in the poetry book she manages to go more in depth about these certain themes of normality. 

Omg...is a new song coming? Or is it poetry? Blue Banisters sounds quite beautiful.

45 minutes ago, 88AYM said:

I agree to everything else you said except that.

I love Lana but she's as manufactured as most artists with a "stage name" out there. The whole trailer park, daddy's in prison, sundress starlet making poetry, "being crazy wild and free"....

Girl. She IS selling a story, like most artists with a different stage name do.

I think Lana is breaking down everything that made "Lana Del Rey" the manufactured sadcore princess. COCC is definitely Lana at her most authentic self. Themes about love, freedom, the meaning of life and going back to nature have always been part of Lana's writing dating back to May Jailor. Lana's poetry just like COCC is showing her vulnerability, her own life expiriences. It's not just a fiction anymore. It's a beautifully written story that was actually lived through. So I can't consider Lana as a manufactured artist anymore. 

27 minutes ago, BluebirdXO said:

Instagram keeps putting edited photos of Lana on my exploring page and it's annoying. Why some stans have to photoshop her face in a skinnier body? That's disgusting

 

And some even dare to edit her face. What's the problem of accepting a celebrity on how they are? Beauty does not equal talent

 

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I'm always complaining about Lana's fillers, but this is a completely different topic because the fillers are not her. It's just a beauty procedure that haven't been flattering her at all in the past years

 

Or those tiktok/insta fan cams where they put images of Lana where she is basically unrecognisable from editing or her head is planted on a whole different body which doesn't fit her head proportions. 

UGGHH I can't believe she actually remembers it. One of her prettiest songs both lyrically and sonically. 

13 minutes ago, Max said:

Y'all are projecting way too much on Lana lmao. The accusation of Lana tokenizing her "non white friends" can easily be dismissed by saying that you are actually the one(s) tokenizing their presence in her life. It's absolutely ridiculous. It's also actually kinda worrisome to me that as soon as you see someone "non-white" around her it makes you think that the relationship here is phony? It says more about you and your vision of the world than it does about Lana's tbh.

 

Anyway, can these little perfomative activists/virtue signalers and others just stop writing these inflamatory and ridiculous articles about her like? This doesn't do anything other than gaslight Lana and her fans. They are seriously overestimating the influence they have here. Still can't believe this bitch accused Lana of overlooking the gentrification of New York in 'Brooklyn Baby' or that she culturally appropriated French braids... sis come on. Her reaction to Lana calling her out speaks volume to me, she loves the attention.

46 minutes ago, Deadly Cruel Girl said:

I read her article. It's as stupid as the others ones published for 10 years.

No one deserves to have their life threatened by a bunch of stans or told to go back to "India and die on the plane on the way there" as someone posted earlier.

 

 

I don't condone the stan's behaviour. But Iman definitely has a hate boner for Lana and for "white mediocre women" as a whole judging by her tweets. Definitely a red flag for a journalist. How can you expect them to write the truth and have an observant opinion when they clearly show a bias towards certain people. It's disgusting and it's not what journalism is about. I just can't feel sorry for her. When you decide to write lies about a celebrity hoping to get a big check in return then you should be ready to fight with the crazy stans. The only thing Iman can do is stand her ground. And she hinted at a new negative article pointed at Lana so at this point she is just asking for the hate.  

4 minutes ago, Deadly Cruel Girl said:

Mixed that with receiving death threats again for the same article.

I feel like Lana is the biggest troll on the planet. Every time she's going to release something new she does something stupid like this.

TROLL.

She deserves it. She is a vulture journalist. Did you even bother reading her article or are you getting a boner from talking crap about Lana? Iman will play the victim of course but whatever pays her bills I guess.  

Omg what is happening???? Is she trolling? I'm so confused. Her new insta post is even more confusing??? 

Just now, collin said:

lol shes not hacked shes lana

Didn't someone suggest an album title like "The Revenge Of Lana Del Rey" or smth? Or is my brain not functioning properly 

"And I want revenge". she is definitely hacked.  

Lana's insta story? Is she for real? 

1 hour ago, Thunder Corpse said:

Which just proves my point that taking selfies with dozens of strangers is dangerous

...until those strangers learn to respect her privacy and not go up to her to take a picture you won't stop seeing Lana taking selfies with them. Do you expect her to brush her fans off and refuse a photo? It's just funny how you blame her for taking a selfie when all of LB would run up to her for a photo even now during a pandemic

38 minutes ago, Thunder Corpse said:

... which means nothing. It's still a danger for herself and others

Which means she's quite respectful for even asking. The mask won't even do much when they're so close to each other. As someone who had covid I can confirm that just wearing a mask doesn't guarantee your safety. Of course it minimizes it but there is so much other precautions that should be taken on top of the mask that the everyday person doesn't even acknowledge. 

3 minutes ago, Thunder Corpse said:

Lana wore a mesh mask and attended multiple private parties during the pandemic. She hosted a fan-meeting for her poetry book and regularly takes off her mask when she does selfies with random fans. She drives around like a stupid 16yo. Let's better not address her qualities in terms of responsibility.

I remember one of the fans confirmed that she actually asked him if he would like her to be without the mask in the selfies.