Make me your Dream Life

I deeply admire Lana's music; the recent thematic shift in her oeuvre—the direction she took with COTCC and Blue Banisters—prompted me to write my first blog post two years ago titled, "Torn Between Two Americas." It discusses the absence of the truck as a symbol in Lana's recent album covers and posits a reason for this shift, analysing the concept of the American road trip as a metaphor, as well as how the female experience is explored in Blue Banisters. I find that Lana is often misunderstood among critics; my article addresses misconceptions and elucidates the philosophical and psychological contexts within which Lana operates. Two years have passed since the article, and I sense a growing acknowledgment of Lana Del Rey's contributions and the value of her work, which is nice. It's particularly gratifying to see that she is starting to get the respect she deserves beyond her fanbase and the indie music world. It is worth a read for fans who wish to seek out the underlying philosophies behind her work to date and how they extend to her recent, more folk/country-oriented music. 
 
Here is an excerpt from the article:
"Lana Del Rey’s exploration of chaos and order via the road trip as a metaphor for the course of life and human nature is undoubtedly evocative and possesses literary depth for mere music, but in recent years the exploration itself has noticeably shifted. Notice the absence of the truck in the album cover for ‘NFR!’ which instead depicts Lana on a boat against turbulent seas, clinging to ‘her man’ to stay afloat (typical of our melodramatic queen). The pivotal transition from truck to boat to the gathering at the country club and finally, home with her dogs, Tex and Mex, is not to be glossed over. It is intentional. If the recurring symbol of the truck was utilised throughout her discography, its gradual erasure must indicate a pivotal shift in the artist’s view of life and/or life circumstances. This article explores what prompted this shift. It is only after listening to her most recent work, ‘Blue Banisters', that the 'veering off the road' began to make sense to me. I couldn’t see why, or rather, I didn’t think much of the transition during the release of ‘NFR!’ or ‘Chemtrails’ but ‘Blue Banisters’ completed my understanding."
 
You can read the full article here: https://blueskiesanddragonflies892636764.wordpress.com/2022/02/25/torn-between-two-americas/

She said ethereal for day 1, and then cunt ethereal for day 2 

Without You peaked my interest, West Coast made me a proud, actual fan. 

Without You peaked my interest, West Coast made me a proud, actual fan. 

Without You peaked my interest, West Coast made me a proud, actual fan. 

I really don't know if there's a forum out there already asking this I searched and I didn't find any 😅
Just out of curiosity, what's the lana song or songs that turned you into a fan? (:
or like in general, a fan of a band or an artist
I would say I lean towards the casual side of a lana fan, but anyway, for me, I started being unable to last a day without lana after tulsa jesus freak (hence the username) and cola 💖

Without You peaked my interest, West Coast made me a proud, actual fan. 

UMMM pop emergency. I have another yap session- I meant to bring this up last night! In without you, both her live vocals and the backing track routinely left out “if you wanna see me fall” and “your love is deadly,” at least this week. 
Do we think she feels uncomfortable singing that now cause they are an unhealthy view of love/indicate abuse, a la “I won’t sing he hit me and it felt like a kiss anymore,” or was she merely trying to avoid controversy?
OR is she taking away the strictly romantic aspect of the song to highlight her using to song to say the fame and money mean nothing without love from family, friends and even the fans and her artistic vision? I lean towards this one frankly, but also think she’s acknowledging love doesn’t involve breaking yourself and that family and friends generally don’t ask for that the way a romantic partner might. I think including the china doll line but not “if you want to see me fall” is saying, yes I can be a fragile, vulnerable person but I won’t let that be taken advantage of. Don’t mistake my kindness for weakness. 
orrrr am i overthinking and it’s a fluke?
(psa: i don’t think those lines glamorize abuse. they’re also some of my favorite lyrics)

The high notes… she said I think y’all forgot that I fell out of a tree for this voice

She said ethereal for day 1, and then cunt ethereal for day 2 

the all black's giving Johnny Cash <3

the all black's giving Johnny Cash <3

The slayage 

so. we really did get 2 different shows. 

I honestly think she's shaping up to be Elvis equivalent in music. cult icon status.

she's saying thank u to my gay fans here's some men 

She said ethereal for day 1, and then cunt ethereal for day 2 

pole dance 2.0 is just giving so much more cunt PLS

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idk if its already been said but we 100% need this as a gif I need it for my rides on the delulu train 

She said ethereal for day 1, and then cunt ethereal for day 2 

singing Arcadia, with this kind of stage, fashion. reminds me of the first time she sang Ultraviolence live, except, like an opposite version of it. the holy energy to it >>>>

She said ethereal for day 1, and then cunt ethereal for day 2 

the harmonizing