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maybe Larry got confused or misremembered things, im sure it could be possible

sorry if this is the wrong topic thread, please move it mods... Larry Jackson speaks about getting Lana Del Rey on SNL & signing her to Interscope! https://open.spotify.com/episode/7F3Xomh64jZibxbLuOhXuw?si=ca2f46102e8c4f75 Larry speaks about A&R and how amazing Lana Del Rey is! he helped sign her to Interscope and get her the SNL deal. calls her initially as "ah Lizzy" Larry and his pal John Ehmann were fired from SONY Music. John Ehmann said Larry should listen to a demo called "Diet Mtn Dew" by an artist named Lana, who Sony just passed on. Larry loved it! says he met Lana 2 months after he himself moved to Los Angeles. she came in looking like she had walked off the set of the BTD album cover! Lol. he was enthralled by her. Says the night before she signed w/Interscope, she got a deal from SONY UK for 2 times as much money, and she said No! and signed the next day with Interscope !!!! (our queen) Larrys says lana means so much to him and Interscope. He says at that point he was willing to help her do anything to help her artistic vision come to life (especially understanding that 2 times amount Sony offered was a big deal to a artist trying to make ends meet) He says she told him she wanted to be "Gangsta Nancy Sinatra" and he was sold! Ed/Ben/Lana signed officially and INterescope helped them make BTD with Emile Haynie and Justin Parker. BTD cost only $183,000. says he got an idea to write a letter to Jimmy Iovine to send to Lorne Michael of SNL about getting Lana on. Discussed how being an A&R is about believing in the vision when no one else does. Says the Brian Williams article was very hurtful to him and to lana (bc at the time Brian Williams was a respected journalist - which is funny now because he got fired and lost journalistic integrity for fabricating a story about jumping out of a plane in the Iraq war in 2003 _ LOL did "did anyone else die for you") Larry talks a bit more about how she and Chief Keef at such important musical figures who have shaped music and provided a breath of fresh air to a time of stagnant music. Larry says he felt extremely motivated after SNL and so did Lana.

not them taking 30 seconds of a 6 minute video and making it "fit" their narrative... ugh I can't stand social media sometimes

I love her lil ballet flats too such a classy look!

hopefully the sold out UK/Ireland shows will force the Label to give her more coins to make art / videos / photographs for the upcoming album?

Neil commented "congrats buddy" so it's definitely likely the cover ! and I personally like it, very moody, UNIQUE af, vintage Sylvia Plath vibes

the tracklist has not been released yet … it’s just a fun little placeholder. she did this with BB, pretty when cry music video snippet, she’s NOTORIOUS FOR THIS! uv she did it with the beach leather jacket photo. stop freaking out and let her be ~creative~

i actually love the photo she shared … it’s giving vintage it’s giving mysterious.

Honestly this makes sense in a way, and would be in line with Lana's support for her friends and music pals. She loves Holly and it would be major news if she was the opener for her! Humble queens

Blake Lee has a LENGTHY interview and in one small part (30 minute mark) he speaks about his time working on Ultraviolence and his first time meeting Lana! Blake says he first met Lana and he was simply himself, no expectations. Byron helped him get the audition. He says the First show they played together was secret and under an alias name in NYC. He says working with Lana is "spontaneous, electric, thrilling" and he remembered looking up Video Games for the first time and his mother overheard and they both fell in love with the sound of the song and the video. and he knew he wanted to be part of her band. Blake says he is blown away with how fast she writes songs and it is unlike anyone else he has worked with. He says he has no idea how many songs she has written BUT Ultraviolence was originally a double album (40 songs were written for Ultraviolence that he remembers and said they were all worthy of being on the album. He said a few of the interludes that didn't make the album have been worked into some of the live shows they do) Blake says he respects her so much and calls her "the real deal" and admires her ethos of "not trying hard or pretending to be something, and just saying NO when you don't want to do something or if something does not feel right knowing to say no, and then eventually the right thing will come along " says it was Lana's idea to get Chriss Isaak to perform at the Hollywood Bowl, Spoke about Sean Lennon and how magical it was https://www.totallyradio.com/shows/the-keep-slack-album-club/episodes/the-keep-slack-album-club-blake-lee-no-sound-in-space his new album is a dreamy, cinematic, avant-garde album and quite mesmerizing.

the mysteries deepen. love this woman !!!

aww I love that she felt so happy with her last show and that it went so well she wanted to keep doing more! that is a good thing for us fans ! I also love love love how she makes the decisions (to touch grass and ground herself!) and I find it very refreshing that she is so kind and chill backstage and mingles with her band/dancers/singers. im not surprised at all but it is nice to see

it really is so inspiring how she has lived her life and manifested and traversed through the darkness & the uncertainty in finding a manager & then the culture criticism of her lyrics back in 2013/2014 and now where people are open for those sort of lyrical contents. idk it just makes me feel emotional and excited to see where this new record goes and what it inspires ugh the vogue interview made me happy emotional for some reason and the tea that she and Francesco were engaged. and her wondering his thoughts on her 2019 cover. idk all the feels.

SOUTHERN GOTHIC PLS

I wonder what she meant when she said "I'll have to see if it's because of something someone's done or because it's going to take a turn" like someone as in a friend, lover, relationship and change the lyrical direction or the landscape of music this is so vague I love her endless mystery !!!!! WOW