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I also believe heroin is just a metaphor for fame (Shoot it up straight to the heart pls!).
 
Remember when VG blew up she talked about wanting to be a one-hit-wonder. And after BtD she claimed to have said everything she wanted to say. I believe Lana knew even before she gained recognition how cruel fame could be. Her plan was to make a mark and leave. Hoping to come back as the same person (Chorus). She took the ride because she has been trying for too long being a struggling musician. The whole SNL drama, the backlash it was even worse than she expected (Bridge). I actually think the Mason stuff is also about the stalkers invading her privacy. Topanga ironically is LDR dreamland, everything she sang about pre-fame and probably everything she wanted to be a part of (Verse 1) but none of the people she has met actually represent the community she was longing for (Ride Monologue -> "all my friends are gone" Verse 2 Heroin) The "I'll stay another year" is her wanting to leave this life. The thing is even if she leaves fame behind she won't be the same person "dreaming about heroin" off to a foreign land. She changed and she will never go back. The good thing is instead of changing for the worse she changed for the better(Chorus 2). I believe she matured a lot in the past year or two, she ditched the submissive female being left by my man storyline and there's also no glamourization of drugs or abusive relationships. And I think that was a very conscious decision due to self-reflecting her actions and art.
 
Also Get Free and Heroin are a pair imo. "I'm want to get off but I keep riding the ride" vs.
"I want to leave, I'll stay another year"
 
Crowley vs Mason Family

Thank you so much! I'm designing a new concept for the album which I'll post when it's done. Probably be forever though!

I know I'm over 2 years late but this is so beautiful, and I personally think the use of Poolside screen caps 100% fits the AKA aesthetic and the blue vinyl with the dollar store fish tanks is probably one of the most creative things I've seen in vinyl concept art. I love that it's something that is classic Lizzy too.
 
I've looked over this thread and your edits look very very very professional! Exceptionally beautiful work!  

A long stalled project because i'm bad at finalising things and compiling them. I think this album is so amazing and infinitely inspiring, what I really wanted to show was Lana Del Ray. The transition between Lizzy Grant to Lana Del Rey. I feel like the defining look of that is Lana in the short film Poolside. She looks insanely good there. All the images of Lana used in this packaging are screencaps from the short film which I have retouched and further edited to make look like official photographs and to improve the quality greatly for print. I used the official cover art as a main inspiration because I think even though it's very low-tech it still has a great atmosphere in it, so I wanted to create something similar. The atmosphere in this album to me is very noir-ish, so I chose to use all grayscale images in the booklet, an effect with sunken highlights which makes the images feel quite sultry.

Gatefold LP 12” Vinyl. 
The blue vinyl is the only striking colour here. It's a nod to Lana's homemade videos and her love for party store toy aquariums. It's the opposite to the yellow I featured prominently through the album design.
 

 

 

16-page booklet mockup
 
 


★ Preview / Download full-res digital booklet ★
 
 
 

Bonus: Album demos artwork
 
 
I've been working on this on / off for so long! Please tell me what you think and be sure to find any lyrics corrections because it's inevitable I probably messed something up!

Higher quality

I hope she serves looks similar to the album cover aesthetic/2016 festival tour. I feel like other than Love, that 60's Woodstock vintage hippie look got snubbed for this era lol 

I cannot believe this day would ever come. We won. Born to Die outtakes.

I got kind of emotional at "Lana Del Rey's early career"
I mean it's only been 5 years but that photograph already makes me feel nostalgic. You really get a feel of that glamorous modern-vintage aesthetic that made her stand out and the legacy she'll ultimately leave behind.

I feel the same way. I do love the fake beauty queen feel (which to me is very 2010/2011 Lana/makes sense these where taken in 2011 lol) that Nicole's photos have. I'd much rather have outtakes from neil or chuck.

Lana and Nicole need to work together again, they create such gems. It isn't even about how Lana looks, because we all know she can be photogenic with just about any photographer, but there's just a certain something Nicole is able to capture. 

Imagine Lana performing Terrance Loves You while playing the Piano on stage
 
On top of it being the first time the song has ever been performed on tour.

deserved #1 over Drake & Future's collab project

I listened to the entirety of Honeymoon last night with surround sound, noise cancelling ear-muff style headphones and I actually heard so many things that I forgot about when I would normally listen to it on vinyl or standard earbuds. 
 
The production is so articulate and truly her best, there are some hidden details that you will miss if you're listening with earbuds. Her vocals are absolutely phenomenal.
I just love Honeymoon so much, it truly is, in my opinion, her best work. 

I listened to the entirety of Honeymoon last night with surround sound, noise cancelling ear-muff style headphones and I actually heard so many things that I forgot about when I would normally listen to it on vinyl or standard earbuds. 
 
The production is so articulate and truly her best, there are some hidden details that you will miss if you're listening with earbuds. Her vocals are absolutely phenomenal.
I just love Honeymoon so much, it truly is, in my opinion, her best work. 

I listened to the entirety of Honeymoon last night with surround sound, noise cancelling ear-muff style headphones and I actually heard so many things that I forgot about when I would normally listen to it on vinyl or standard earbuds. 
 
The production is so articulate and truly her best, there are some hidden details that you will miss if you're listening with earbuds. Her vocals are absolutely phenomenal.
I just love Honeymoon so much, it truly is, in my opinion, her best work. 

I listened to the entirety of Honeymoon last night with surround sound, noise cancelling ear-muff style headphones and I actually heard so many things that I forgot about when I would normally listen to it on vinyl or standard earbuds. 
 
The production is so articulate and truly her best, there are some hidden details that you will miss if you're listening with earbuds. Her vocals are absolutely phenomenal.
I just love Honeymoon so much, it truly is, in my opinion, her best work. 

I listened to the entirety of Honeymoon last night with surround sound, noise cancelling ear-muff style headphones and I actually heard so many things that I forgot about when I would normally listen to it on vinyl or standard earbuds. 
 
The production is so articulate and truly her best, there are some hidden details that you will miss if you're listening with earbuds. Her vocals are absolutely phenomenal.
I just love Honeymoon so much, it truly is, in my opinion, her best work. 

I hope she serves looks similar to the album cover aesthetic/2016 festival tour. I feel like other than Love, that 60's Woodstock vintage hippie look got snubbed for this era lol 

I hope she serves looks similar to the album cover aesthetic/2016 festival tour. I feel like other than Love, that 60's Woodstock vintage hippie look got snubbed for this era lol 

What do you mean you hope she does x, you're literally her? the fuck
 
do u have dementia lana?? u didn't have to snub your own era
 

I hope she serves looks similar to the album cover aesthetic/2016 festival tour. I feel like other than Love, that 60's Woodstock vintage hippie look got snubbed for this era lol 

I hope she serves looks similar to the album cover aesthetic/2016 festival tour. I feel like other than Love, that 60's Woodstock vintage hippie look got snubbed for this era lol 

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lanas best visuals were in honeymoon
 

Can Honeymoon get a fucking hallelujah for being her magnum opus