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i screamed 

I like that eye look. Classic Lana vibes

it's a gucci campaign 
 
h&m is shaking

oh boy. jared leto is gonna be exposed for his statutory rape-y ways any day now, lana hun. this is a BAD idea.

id rather yosemite's release over LIB
 
 
not sorry

A$AP's participation on the album has been "un-growing" on me. How is Summer Bummer one of "her favorite things she's written in a while"? I like the song and i couldn't stop playing it on July, but it ruined the album's last chance of being cohesive. If only she had kept it until she released her mixtape with him and Boi-1da (if that's going to ever be a thing). And Groupie Love would be even better with one of Lana's bridges with strings instead of A$AP's verse (his back up vocals sound nice in the last chorus though). I get that they're friends and shit but couldn't she just pick one song to include A$AP on instead of almost ruining the second half of Groupie Bop? Or maybe I say all of this because I'm not too fond of rap.
 
As @Terrence Loves Me said, I think she will keep doing songs like Love, I don't really think she'll lose the sad tone on her songs unless something really drastic happens like her getting married and having kids. And even if that happens, I'd expect her sound to go more adult, like The Other Woman, 24, Change, Terrence Loves You, etc. But I do think/hope we've lost the Lolita Lana or the Pretty When You Cry Lana (lyrically speaking)

me coming down from space in the middle of a bunch of petty arguments to interject with another thought-out nerdy album interpretation 

STARGIRL. YOU. ARE. A. GENIUS.
 
My mind is BLOWN and now my appreciation of Get Free (and LFL album) has gone THROUGH THE ROOF

Also the kind of trap infused production is not a trend, its not timeless at all. I just feel like this album will stick out weirdly in her discography going forward

This makes me annoyed and sad...
like I felt this album was for the "fans" and now journalists maybe would pick at her if she went deeper to the relatable sad stuff again... 
She used to NOT CARE about the critics but I feel she does now... unfortunately... 
but I didn't STAN Lana for her political tunes, I get that everyday with the news... like I get she wants to be good but like ... idk 

This makes me annoyed and sad...
like I felt this album was for the "fans" and now journalists maybe would pick at her if she went deeper to the relatable sad stuff again... 
She used to NOT CARE about the critics but I feel she does now... unfortunately... 
but I didn't STAN Lana for her political tunes, I get that everyday with the news... like I get she wants to be good but like ... idk 

This makes me annoyed and sad...
like I felt this album was for the "fans" and now journalists maybe would pick at her if she went deeper to the relatable sad stuff again... 
She used to NOT CARE about the critics but I feel she does now... unfortunately... 
but I didn't STAN Lana for her political tunes, I get that everyday with the news... like I get she wants to be good but like ... idk 

This makes me annoyed and sad...
like I felt this album was for the "fans" and now journalists maybe would pick at her if she went deeper to the relatable sad stuff again... 
She used to NOT CARE about the critics but I feel she does now... unfortunately... 
but I didn't STAN Lana for her political tunes, I get that everyday with the news... like I get she wants to be good but like ... idk 

It's not strictly science. I just joke about it because of the Campbell connection. Although she has repeatedly stated her influence from vintage/retro scifi and horror in this era. We don't know the original lyrics when it was Malibu, either. It could be an entire concept shift. 
 
Also, it's just that. A concept. Of course her journey isn't completely done, she's human and neither she, nor anyone else in real life, reaches 100% fruition of their goals and dreams wtf. But the language directly indicates inspiration from a literary perspective (again, this doesn't have to be strictly science. And she references literature all the time)
It'd be too optimistic to think that someone in their thirties has everything figured out. 
 
That's why I personally think LfL was more based around a character concept rather than her actual life. Her newfound happiness certainly inspired things, but by crafting a fantastical character attached to the concept (who lives in the Hollywood sign, sings on the moon, etc), she's able to detach her everyday self from the concept. Unfortunately, some critics aren't seeing that, and will now expect her to be happy forever and ever and ever

This makes me annoyed and sad...
like I felt this album was for the "fans" and now journalists maybe would pick at her if she went deeper to the relatable sad stuff again... 
She used to NOT CARE about the critics but I feel she does now... unfortunately... 
but I didn't STAN Lana for her political tunes, I get that everyday with the news... like I get she wants to be good but like ... idk 

This makes me annoyed and sad...
like I felt this album was for the "fans" and now journalists maybe would pick at her if she went deeper to the relatable sad stuff again... 
She used to NOT CARE about the critics but I feel she does now... unfortunately... 
but I didn't STAN Lana for her political tunes, I get that everyday with the news... like I get she wants to be good but like ... idk 

This makes me annoyed and sad...
like I felt this album was for the "fans" and now journalists maybe would pick at her if she went deeper to the relatable sad stuff again... 
She used to NOT CARE about the critics but I feel she does now... unfortunately... 
but I didn't STAN Lana for her political tunes, I get that everyday with the news... like I get she wants to be good but like ... idk 

Her whole persona and her lyrics and aesthetics were deeply steeped in fantasy and her persona inhabited a fantasy world, so her becoming "political" and paying attention to the real world is really jarring and that's why it feels awkward I think. Like Lana and her art just weren't made for the real world tbh, even James Franco thought that.

If she wears an Adidas tracksuit and a t-shirt on tour I will cry... 
WHERE did her hair/makeup/JohnnyBlue eyes go to ... ehhhh :/

If she wears an Adidas tracksuit and a t-shirt on tour I will cry... 
WHERE did her hair/makeup/JohnnyBlue eyes go to ... ehhhh :/

If she wears an Adidas tracksuit and a t-shirt on tour I will cry... 
WHERE did her hair/makeup/JohnnyBlue eyes go to ... ehhhh :/

Oh wait that’s an interesting point, I never thought of that. It’s kinda like her political side conflicts with her persona. It can make both seem artificial in a way - lmao lana GIRL WHAT HAVE YOU DONE. I hope people just see it as her artistic development and let her transition through her phases in peace

So I had a random idea for a Get Free video
 
It should start with her emerging from the ocean (kinda like that part in the West Coast video right after the first chorus). Lana continues walking out of the water onto land. The whole video is one single steady shot, with her walking toward the camera as it moves back. And as it moves back the beach setting turns into different set pieces from each of her videos. Beginning with the Chateau Marmont, which then blends into the church from BtD, and then the beach house from Blue jeans etc. And it goes through each of he let videos with characters from each video appearing in each set piece. And then at the end it cuts back to her floating in the ocean, happy, for the duration of audio after the last “into the blue”.
 
I didn’t really explain this very well but in my head it looks amazing lol. But the idea is to show her letting go of all the past bullshit she’s been through throughout her career, only to finally be at peace in the end and ready to move on to her future endeavours.

Kinda off topic but I think Lana should start the tour with Heroin, because:
1) the verse “I’m flying to the moon again” fits perfectly with the name of the tour
2) it’s her favorite from the album
3) it would be a great great great opener
Hihihi

The song is over 6 minutes I'm living