pawn shop blues

I feel like Honeymoon (the title track) is really emotional, but in a very subtle way. I know and get how people can dismiss it as monotonous, and it's certainly not as immediately striking as, say, Off To The Races or West Coast, but it has its own pull. To me, when I listen to it, there's a lot of things going on at once: sadness, hopefulness, desire, romance, and a little bit of resignation, all mixed in with some dark undercurrents (especially coming from those cinematic strings). 
But that's just me. 

I feel like Honeymoon (the title track) is really emotional, but in a very subtle way. I know and get how people can dismiss it as monotonous, and it's certainly not as immediately striking as, say, Off To The Races or West Coast, but it has its own pull. To me, when I listen to it, there's a lot of things going on at once: sadness, hopefulness, desire, romance, and a little bit of resignation, all mixed in with some dark undercurrents (especially coming from those cinematic strings). 
But that's just me. 

FUK ME UP QUEEN

Is Lana actually out here putting in work, excited about her new material? Prepare my grave

This is exciting stuff peeps! I'm glad she's reusing the same director, I think he did a fantastic job on Love and I like the idea of having him on other videos too. It just ensures that all the videos will feel like they belong to the same era. Plus, he did such a good job, why not reuse him?

Is it just me or does she look like she came straight out of Tropico from that snippet? Especially GAM. 

I was given the approval to post info I found on fb on here, but no pics or names. This doesn't mean try to hunt down people and ask them questions about Lana. They aren't okay with that. 
 
Random sleuthing side notes: 
 
J took a trip to India in Dec. 2008. Maha Maha is from 2009 so that could have been the inspiration, especially since it's really her only song with that sort of sound. 
On the trip, J was in London for a few days. There's a few pics of him with Rob (and others) at a house in London, but no Lana. 
Someone commented about a wedding in one of the India pics but I'm not going to say it's about him and Lana, but that would be interesting.
J and Lana were for sure living together in April 2009, but there is a pic of J in the same kitchen in Feb. 2009 so it could have been sooner.
 
He plays guitar and bass and was in a band from 2001-2007.
He's been in other bands, or at least played a few gigs, as recently as 2015, but I haven't found any info on them.  
 
 
 
Also: does anyone know how to find someone's myspace url if all you have is the friend id?

Is it just me or does she look like she came straight out of Tropico from that snippet? Especially GAM. 

Is it just me or does she look like she came straight out of Tropico from that snippet? Especially GAM. 

omg
 
2 videos in one era that dont reuse footage? shaking.

The broom pic makes me nervous. If the video comes back and it's just her friends riding a broom like a horse in their driveway and yelling, "I'm a witch! Hocus pocus!", I'm going to lose it. 

So many other artists would have made some huge social media post by now clarifying exactly what they meant and what their intentions were and usually bringing it back around to their new single/album/tour. 
Writing something intriguing, but vague is something Lana has mastered since day one and I love it. I can't think of another contemporary artist who is able to create such a large conversation/debate based on a quote or lyric like she does. 

Welcome to LANALYSIS, where we get real unhealthy in our obsessions and absolutely revel in it.

This is a project I've been maintaining for a while now--Lana + Analysis...get it? The basic purpose is to relate every one of her songs (that's right, every last one of them) to her known and assumed relationships. Not a stone is left unturned. Privacy is violated. The fans rejoice. Mind you, it’s all pure speculation, but ~this is what makes us stans~

It’s pretty long but an interesting read, if I do say so myself. I hope you enjoy it in all it’s updated glory, and I will continue to update as new information is revealed and new songs come out. I will also be adding pictures, sources, etc. Stay tuned!

Let’s get started!



EARLY RELATIONSHIPS (1985 - ~2005)



LOCAL ROCKSTARS (~2005 - 2009)



YOU MADE ME NICE FOR A WHILE (2009 - 2011)



POST-BREAKTHROUGH (2011+)



IN THE LAND OF DISCREPANCIES



ADVANCED LANALYSIS



IN SUMMARY..

Lingering questions…
- Who the fuck is K?
- Who the fuck is Ray?
- Who the fuck is Bill? Is Bill really K? Does Bill matter at all?
- What significance do cars play? She mentions eight in total (white Corvette, white Pontiac, blue Chevy Nova/Chevrolet, Cadillac convertible, Mercedes, pickup truck, Lamborghini, Bugatti Veyron)
- When was she/who was she with in New York City and New Jersey? Ditto LA? Most mysterious and pressing, her time in the South?
- Did she have a fling with Bradley Soileau?
- Did Chris C. matter enough to her for her to write songs about him?

Assumptions Made:
- Lana was a gogo dancer.
- K is a drug dealer/murderer, dead or on death row.
- Jimmy is her ex-fiancé, addicted to cocaine despite a Wikipedia page stressing how healthy he is, associated with Chevrolets.
- Much of Sirens is about completely different relationships.
- She fucked Bradley.
- Mike controlled her career but their relationship wasn’t associated with anything fucked up like drugs or stripping.


Thanks for reading! I crave both your feedback and theories! This remains a forum collaboration and I don't claim to have the final say on Lanalytical manners.

For the sake of believability, I'm always hunting receipts, and currently:
- The interview where she refers to "Yayo" as the prequel to "Video Games"
- The interview where she describes "Video Games" as dealing with mutual sobriety in a relationship--her and her partner both staying clean.
- The interview where she talks about meeting her boyfriend in rehab and being dazzled by his small-scale celebrity.

The broom pic makes me nervous. If the video comes back and it's just her friends riding a broom like a horse in their driveway and yelling, "I'm a witch! Hocus pocus!", I'm going to lose it. 

I know this subject is closed, but I feel like I need to say something about it.
 
Just wondering why some fans are so surprised (not in this thread, but in general) that Lana is into witchcraft. She studied metaphysics, she's seeing medium Fleur, she was part of a cult and a guru, she talked a lot about this stuff in interviews during Ultraviolence era and many more. I don't get why some fans are mad, like it doesn't change anything, she's still the same person.
 
Personally, I think that these are very interesting and I can't wait to see all the things she planned for this album, I even have some theories about the record. I was waiting for her to talk about this stuff since I learned that she studied metaphysics and since she talked about it in interviews.

Sinful. 

Sinful. 

Sinful. 

interscope: lanz u need to do tv appearances and live performances for promo
 
lana: *whispers hex*
 
interscope: ur right, you don't need to do any promo

So many other artists would have made some huge social media post by now clarifying exactly what they meant and what their intentions were and usually bringing it back around to their new single/album/tour. 
Writing something intriguing, but vague is something Lana has mastered since day one and I love it. I can't think of another contemporary artist who is able to create such a large conversation/debate based on a quote or lyric like she does. 

So many other artists would have made some huge social media post by now clarifying exactly what they meant and what their intentions were and usually bringing it back around to their new single/album/tour. 
Writing something intriguing, but vague is something Lana has mastered since day one and I love it. I can't think of another contemporary artist who is able to create such a large conversation/debate based on a quote or lyric like she does. 

I'd love Cat Power, both because she is an amazing artist who hasn't released much material since 2012's Sun, and also because I can imagine how much it would mean to Lana to work with an artist she admires so much. It would also make sense if this album is really more political, since Chan is fairly political in her own art (and on social media). 

Y'all..... did any of you even read about what this witchcraft thing was all about? Because mess at you lot thinking it is a spell against Trump, trying to harm him... If you actually read about it, the spell is actually supposed to PROTECT him, so that he doesn't make bad decisions that affect others. It actually fits very nicely with her single Love, because this spell comes from a  place of LOVE as opposed to HATE.
 
Also, I'm surprised no one mentioned on this thread her comment about her 2013 Brits outfit. She said that she bought it on the morning of the event and then later regretted it because she wished she had worn something more "extravagant" and put more effort into finding something to wear 
 
Here's an image of the outfit in case you've forgotten...
 

 
Edit: she is wearing the same green ear rings in the new witchcraft image:
 

So many other artists would have made some huge social media post by now clarifying exactly what they meant and what their intentions were and usually bringing it back around to their new single/album/tour. 
Writing something intriguing, but vague is something Lana has mastered since day one and I love it. I can't think of another contemporary artist who is able to create such a large conversation/debate based on a quote or lyric like she does. 

So many other artists would have made some huge social media post by now clarifying exactly what they meant and what their intentions were and usually bringing it back around to their new single/album/tour. 
Writing something intriguing, but vague is something Lana has mastered since day one and I love it. I can't think of another contemporary artist who is able to create such a large conversation/debate based on a quote or lyric like she does.