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Please do not associate hatred and harmful rhetoric of this kind with Lana Del Rey — especially on the day we celebrate Born to Die’s decade-long (and counting) legacy.

So chaotic lol! I don’t even know how you hack a phone number like that…

Somewhat unrelated, but if you call the Honeymoon Hotline, you get someone’s cover of High By the Beach…was it hacked or do we think this is deliberate?

Lol. Such a trivial and frivolous little comparison but I was instantly reminded of the first image. 2018/2022 <3

You NAILED it. We would all buy these in a heartbeat - perfectly captured the vibe of the records. <3

She was with Emile in the hours leading up to the BTD anniversary!

More polaroids! With the fan who took the ones posted above

Posting this performance because it is an absolute classic and one of my favourites. From the smoky and torched gangsta voice that breaks to reveal the richness of her lower register, to the high, fluttery, girlish head voice, vocally, this performance is the signature style that Born to Die represents. The fact that this was filmed in July 2011 lends itself even more to the all-American glamour that she became known for. An iconic month for solidifying and curating the Lana Del Rey look and feel, and this performance is a further testament to that. Nobody did it like her.

Hoping for a win! This record deserves it. it would be very full circle 10 years after BTD since they put her on her first cover in London, and would follow up NFR’s greatness in winning this award 2 years ago.

10 years of a record that is more than just a record. Born to Die is a once-in-a-lifetime catalyst that marks the dawn of a breakthrough in culture. There will never be an album that influences every pocket of culture in the ways that Born to Die did. This record synthesized so many classic sounds and elements — from lush, cinematic strings and hip-hop-sampled beats, to the smoky and languorous vocals of Lana which soared atop — to create a never-done-before atmosphere that meshed old Hollywood glamour with emcee swag. Born to Die is also almost completely responsible for shifting the discourse in the 2010s around women telling their stories and being their emotionally vulnerable and authentic selves. Congratulations need to be extended to this record a decade after its release for forging 1) a new age of music for every genre it touched upon; 2) increased lyrical agency for women and listeners alike; 3) being the start of a discography that would introduce the world to a living legend - our living legend. Happy birthday, Born to Die!

Once a bad girl, always… She looks amazing, LOVE this vibe

More polaroids! I swear — everything just looks so much cooler on film. The nostalgia in these is real <3

Lana and her lipliner are THE blueprint. Gorgeous queen.

My Father Told Me If I Went Slowly, I’d Be Safe - But He Was Wrong. Lana herself revealed this title to Rolling Stone Germany in March 2021!

It’s pretty 50/50, but whenever her typewritten posts look like this, she’s using the Hanx Writer app for iOS! Some of the pages in Violet are direct scans of linen cardstock on which she wrote with an actual typewriter (a Royal Scriptor II to be precise!)

That post makes me smile and reminds me of why we feel so connected to someone who doesn’t know we exist, but is there in spirit. She is so right — it can be a lonely road when other people express their negative projections onto someone who prioritizes being embodied and striving to meet themselves, but ultimately the way you live your life and how you treat people is a work of art in itself and I believe everyone is an artist.

Honeymoon vs. Wait for Life

The coat and the boots — I’m OBSESSED with this look. I love when Lana goes full-on southwestern 70s glamour

I can’t see any song being on any album other than the one it belongs to. The only exceptions you could argue are TNBAR and Yosemite, as they fit the soundscape of the earlier LFL tracks (Heroin, Get Free, 13 Beaches, Love), but even LFL in its final form was a record that evolved into something a bit different than those two tracks. And I guess the songs from TLSP sessions sound perfect for that full record, but we haven’t heard it in full obviously (and the songs that did end up being released sound great on NFR and BB). Every song contains even the tiniest of idiosyncrasies or the most subtle of stylistic production elements that make it fitting for the record it ended up on and only that record, in my opinion. Lana’s catalog is very specific in that way.

Polaroids!

The backstory…the lyrics…we love self-actualized, self-assured women telling their story.

The lyrics are FIERCE. The vocals are SOARING. This record is gonna be so good.

This makes me even more excited for their joint record I love the melody — it’s so showtunes-y, jazzy, and Lana’s voice sounds so good singing these kinds of melodic patterns <3

She is glowing! Love her hair, makeup, and outfit! Beautiful as always <3 I remember her mentioning wanting to remove her tattoos during the LA to the Moon Tour, saying “I hate my tattoos that I have” to a fan after a show one night in January 2018 lol. Regardless of whether or not they’re removed, they remain iconic

Well, the fact that it was used in the credits makes me think in the likes of I Can Fly, and how it was part of the Ultraviolence sessions in late 2013 and ended up being used for the credits of Big Eyes. It could be that Watercolour Eyes was recorded in August/September 2021 (as we know she recorded it at Capitol Studios, where she was pictured then) and was intended for LDR 9, but didn’t fit, so it was reused for Euphoria. This also entails that the next album is near or has reached completion if a tracklist is being shaped (which Lana has already alluded to with “DNC”).