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what are those essays

She prob used 'ghetto' cause she likes how it sounds and most importantly cause it rhymes with 'Deco' why make such a big deal out of it?

Can we just take a moment @ Lana visiting London, NYC, Paris and LA all in under two weeks

Time present and time past are both perhaps present in time future, and time future contained in time past. If all time is eternally present then we are still in 2011 right now with VG smh   

they used the studio samples in high by the beach which made it awkward. if they had just done it acoustically, it would have been great.

Who's gonna make the new pre-release threaddddd?

omg Art Deco is soooo BTD it hurts. it's so good
 
edit: OMG THE SAX

So after listening to Honeymoon over the last days I have to say that it's absolutely amazing ! My first listening impression was that the tempo was extremely slow but now I kinda get the mood and it doesn't seem that slow to me anymore since I noticed all the amazing instruments and voices that pop out of nowhere in each song.
 
Does anybody agree that Lana choose some of the weakest tracks for (promotional) singles ? Don't get me wrong, I really like Honeymoon but in comparison to other tracks that are even longer it just drags on. Terrence Loves You is so delicate and emotional and beautiful but lyric- and production-wise there are definitely better songs on the album. High By The Beach is a stand out track but in a negative way. Imo you can hear that it was written and produced to be a single because it doesn't really fit into the album. The only exception is Music To Watch Boys To which is a musical masterpiece (gimme that high production video Lana  )
I can't decide which songs I like the most since they are all heaven 

So after listening to Honeymoon over the last days I have to say that it's absolutely amazing ! My first listening impression was that the tempo was extremely slow but now I kinda get the mood and it doesn't seem that slow to me anymore since I noticed all the amazing instruments and voices that pop out of nowhere in each song.
 
Does anybody agree that Lana choose some of the weakest tracks for (promotional) singles ? Don't get me wrong, I really like Honeymoon but in comparison to other tracks that are even longer it just drags on. Terrence Loves You is so delicate and emotional and beautiful but lyric- and production-wise there are definitely better songs on the album. High By The Beach is a stand out track but in a negative way. Imo you can hear that it was written and produced to be a single because it doesn't really fit into the album. The only exception is Music To Watch Boys To which is a musical masterpiece (gimme that high production video Lana  )
I can't decide which songs I like the most since they are all heaven 

Lana Del Rey called into Veronica and Lewis from Paris to talk about creating her new album 'Honeymoon', working with Rick Nowels, the definition of a "vibe" record and whether she'll be coming back to Australia any time soon.
 
https://soundcloud.com/triple_j/lana-del-rey-talks-new-album-and-coming-back-to-australia
 
amazing interview! great questions

OKAY NEVERMIND ugh he talks superrrrrrr fast in some parts    i'm like "slow downnnnnnnn mon cheri, slow downs!" 
 
but here's what i have so far... 
 
i'm not a native French speaker but i have been studying it for a long time so i thought of giving a shot at the translation  
 
Q: Hi Lana! Thank you for being here, so do you believe in ghosts? 
 
A: Well, it's funny that you ask. i met a very famous psychic in L.A without me telling her who i was, she knew everyone that i knew who had passed over to the other side and she told me little things about their personal lives. 
 
Q: The ghost of Billy Idol, in the form of a hologram; the ghost of Whitney Houston, in the form of a hologram, soon in concert, does that intrigue you? 
 
A: You know, now that you've asked, i've heard a couple different opiniosn about it. because i know some people think it’s a little bit disrespectful to, in some ways, raise a fake spirit from the dead but as a fan and a sprititual person, i think i could see it being really interesting 
 
Q: And that, Lana, does that interest you? To someday have a hologram of yourself [i think he implies like after she dies lol] 
 
A: Well, over the years, me and my manager fought over many tours and i always asked them if i could send them a hologram of me but i think, until this year, the technology would be expensiive but you know 
 
Q: this question about holograms maybe will allow me to ask you a question about technology, Lana, has it already occurred toyou to live in a virtual world? Just to cut ties with the world or at [be] the edge of the world? [3:45] because your songs show/demonstrate that...
 
A: Yeah, i know what you mean lately i’ve been feeling a little bit of merger between the future and the past in the world. i think especially because i’ve been so interested in how fast tech is moving and having met elon musk and heard everything he’s said about artificial intelligence and how fast it’s moving. i’ve been thinking a lot how my sound fits in tothe future 
 
Q: Maybe you’ll hologram yourself? 
 
A: *giggles adorably* Maybe! You can see me!
 
*plays a bunch of songs from btd and then some from ultraviolence* 
 
Q: if you remember, Lana, you released Video Games on Youtube about four years ago which has over a hundred million views today. are you getting fed up with this song? 
 
A: tired of it? um no, i don’t know why i;m not tired of it, i really should be. i think because i sing so many songs on tour that it feels like one of them. 
 
Q: he brings up Born to Die and then he talks about ultra violence, more sombre and how it was “more rock” and now she's returned with  “honeymoon” which is sort of like a return to what made her successful in the first place [~6:45] and he basically asks: do you agree with this statement/observation? 
 
A: yeah i think a little bit it came back to the roots with production. but it’s new in the way it’s closer to who i really am because it has its roots in jazz. at least for about five tracks. 
 
Q: Honeymoon? 
 
A: Well i mean i love beautiful words, i love that word in particular, like i loved ultraviolence. nd i love the idea of bringing up tje most romantic time in somebody’s relationship and kind of living in that mood 
 
Q: this project…. *** ugh i’ve listened to this part like 10 times and i can’t figure out the last word he says, can a native translate this part? but he basically asks her if she thinks she’s accomplished her artistic goals with the project (~7:55)
 
A:  well i think i wanted it to be. i don’t think i’m there yet but i’m reaching i feel like there’s a lot of room for me to have an even more beautiful life so i’m reaching for it 
  I was trained in literature and writing and stuff but not translation so i did the first 8 minutes or so of the translation   like i understand what he's saying but i can't translate. sometimes it's hard to translate even if you are fluent  

wow, i got to Urban at 4:30pm on Friday, I JUST made it i was 124 in line, I camped out until 9am when i got my  wrist band, then I went home and got ready and stuff, then by the time i was done i went back for the meet and greet, right now its 12:40am on sunday i just got home, I still haven’t slept or anything, Ive barely eaten or sat/ laid down either But I’m so suprised Lana remembered me, she said she saw me in front and was so excited to talk to me again, and that shes missed me a lot, when she was signing my Honeymoon Vinyl I was suprised she knew my name, Ive never told her it! I'm so happy, she told me she thought my new blonde hair suited me, and that she thought my face could suit any color, I told her how much i loved her new black hair and i sung the blackest day, then she sung black beauty LMAO!!! I asked her if we could take serious selfies, here they are
I also showed her my new polaroid which she took from me and inspected sort of lmfao, she told me she had the same one, I took this really beautiful polaroid of her, I uploaded it in HQ too heres the link: http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j68/nickdelrey/Scan_zpslpn3onjp.jpeg

About LIB:
 
Me: So I was wondering about Life is Beautiful. Are we ever gonna get it?
 
Lana: Um, not really.
 
Me: Oh no? It was just a snippet?
 
Lana: No, but don't you guys have it already?
 
Me: No, we just have the snippet in the trailer.
 
Lana: Oh really that's it? I mean I guess I could put it online. But you think people are like really interested in it?
 
Me: uh, yeah!

I JUST HAD MY M&G AND SHE WAS SO SWEET. FIRST OF ALL SORRY TO EVERYONE WHO WAS INSTERESTED BUT I DIDNT HAVE TIME TO ASK HER FOR SHOUTOUT VIDEOS. I GOT TWO SELFIES WITH HER AND SHE SIGNED MY RECORD.
 
ALSO I ASKED ABOUT LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL AND APPARENTLY SHE WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT WE ALREADY HAD IT LOL. I SAID "NO, WE JUST HAVE THE SNIPPET IN THE TRAILER." AND SHE WAS LIKE, "OH REALLY? I GUESS I CAN PUT IT ONLINE. BUT DO YOU THINK PEOPLE ARE LIKE INTERESTED IN IT?" AND I WAS LIKE, "UH, YEAH!"

Somehow, this explains everything.

K so I'm coming back home, I'm strongly apologize bc I'm writing this getting incredibly hammered, basically she arrived 30mins late and stayed 2H LONGER. THIS GURL. SO GENEROUS. ANd she spent like not much time at all w me bc I was extremely stressed and I arrived and gave her the flowers and asked how she was doing and she said I'm excited! and her mascara was on point and I was hypnotised by her tattoos and hearing her laugh made me fucking pass out and she asked me where I was from n I said Paris and she said oooooh and then she asked my name and I had to show that I had written it on my arm bc I can't spell and SHE MISPELLED IT HAHAHA. I don't mind at all it's so cute she wrote Anne-Daphine instead of Anne-Dauphine. n these security fuckers were pressing us as f and so I only had the time to ask her for a kiss and I think she thought she wanted me to get a pic of it and I could only get one pic (but motherfuckers got at least 10...............................) so she took my ipod and took the pic but took it like one millisecond before.... THIS BINCH...... and so many people had so many more stuff, I HATE MYSELF for not bringing my UV and BTD vinyls, at least she got my letter and the drawing from boywonder, I wish I had more time, I wish I had another pic, I wish I didn't freaked out, but, whatever, and then I waited 3h with the lovely @@Degenerate and we saw her go away in her car and she's the sweetest and most beautiful woman on earth, she gave a lil girl who gave her a drawing a vinyl to sign it and said she paid for it
 
I'm 9656897% more in love with her than I was before, she's the first girl I asked and she didn't rejected me and I swear to God that made the Earth that I will never unstan, I love her for real, full homo, full love as fuck, full I'd die for you if you only blinked, full I'm dedicating my entire life to you now, full you're the only reason I didn't killed myself because I heard Next To Me and it changed my mind

I think it was smart to make this album gapless as this album seems less coherent to me than her others. So making the songs flow into each other gives them a certain connection.
And yes I'm going to be that tacky and say it, it almost feels like travelling from place to place, less geographical places but rather more abstract places as in mindsets, atmosphere and feelings. Almost like she's taking us with her on her honeymoon

This is not a hate post against you or your opinion at all, and I am very satisfied with HM as an album, but I also don't get people who throw crap at BTD all the time and say that just because it's her first official album somehow it's also her worst.
 
I don't get why would someone NOT want her to write about honoring long lost love and a glamorous lifestyle, when that world is so captivating, it just draws you in.
I don't get why would someone NOT want more videos on the level of these:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bag1gUxuU0g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxDdEPED0h8
 
I don't get why would someone not want her to do photoshoots this amazing again, who, why would you not want her to look this good again?

 
Born To Die was not only an album, it was an experience. What she does now does not compare. But I also understand that it is not supposed to, as making BTD was her main goal in life.
Now, HM is a wonderful album and I sincerely love all songs. But I can't help but feel that BTD is on a whole other level.

Lana Del Rey: Honeymoon - The Burnt Norton Edition 
-Featuring a 1 hour, psychedelic poetry lecture read by Lana Del Rey (Deluxe Edition includes Lana's "I'm hiiiigh af" outtakes)
-Some of Lana's favourite TED talks about Tesla and the other stuff she really likes (Deluxe Edition includes Lana's views on feminism   )
-LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL (the part that was in the AoA trailer)
 
Walmart exclusive

It's not like there is something wrong with still loving an album, regardless of how long ago it came out. It's great that Born To Die has longevity and people still love it, as opposed to just getting tired of it 3 months after release and hardly ever listening to it again.

I feel like Honeymoon is very much Paradise 2.0 in structure and tone, i can see why she compared the two of them when discussing the new album. Both albums offer a mixed bag of styles within a cohesive concept, whereas i feel BTD and Ultraviolence are less about variety and more about an extended idea over most of the album, they don't feel like they're broken into parts, but Paradise and Honeymoon feel like they have chapters. That's not a negative or a positive, just an observation.
 
Time will tell how the album stands up against her other releases, but it's certainly a strong album and a return to more of what i like from her. Ultraviolence is a brilliant album, i love it, but i didn't want Ultraviolence 2 for Honeymoon and i'm glad she changed things up for this release. The production feels less raw this time around, a bit more gloss has come back, and i like that, the production feels richer and more cinematic, but there are a few glimmering moments of Ultraviolence in there with a few of the more stripped back songs on the album.
Honeymoon feels like Lana coming full circle, even though it owes a lot to Paradise in it's structure, i can see pieces of all her albums on Honeymoon. With this being her 3rd proper LP release, it feels like a great closing album to 3 full length albums we've had so far, like a trilogy.
 
Lana has shown she has a few surprises under her belt when it comes to her creative output, maybe not so much lyrically, but musically i think we've seen some nice diversity with what influences her. She retains a particular sound which is familiar to her, she always has those very "Lana" sounding songs scattered throughout her work, but she also dips in and out of genres that keep each album sounding fresh. Born To Die was hip hop influenced, Paradise was more alternative pop, Ultraviolance more jazz rock and Honeymoon brings her back to a more alternative pop sound with a bit of muddy trap/trip hop thrown in for good measure.
 
I'm enjoying Honeymoon, there's a lot to offer, and even though lyrically the album may not be anything new from her, i don't mind, i'm less about lyrics with Lana and more about the mood and atmosphere she captures both in her music and her voice. She could sing about eating bbq chicken for all i care, as long as the song has great production [the type that takes me somewhere interesting like so many of her songs do], then i'm happy.
Honeymoon certainly feels more accessible than Ultraviolence, thanks mostly to Honeymoons bigger choruses and production on a few of the tracks, yet it feels more diverse than something like Born To Die, it feels lighter because it offers a mixed bag of sounds, which is probably why down the line Honeymoon may end up becoming my favourite from her. It feels less like a "mood album" and more of an easier listen.
 
 
Honeymoon - 8/10
Music To Watch Boys To - 10/10
Terrence Loves You - 7/10
God Knows I Tried - 8/10
High By The Beach - 8/10
Freak - 8/10
Art Deco - 10/10
Burnt Norton - 8/10
Religion - 8/10
Salvatore - 10/10
The Blackest Day - 9/10
24 - 9/10
Swan Song - 10/10
Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood - 7/10

The:
 
But I'm just a soul whose intentions are good,
Please lord, don't let me be misunderstood
 
part of DLMBM sounds so fucking amazing :kris:
Some of you are too hard on the song, I for one totally love it

Done
 
How did you lived the incomprehension facing your album Ultraviolence last year?
I inherited from my father's philosophical side: if things aren't too bad, then they go well. I feel privileged to be able to continue making what I adore. I don't care about critics of my records but they change the way people are going to listen to my music, so as well receive favourable echoes...
 
Did you then needed this lightness in your life, this nonchalance?
In a way, it was an antidote to what happened in my life. I needed to make an album that sounds exactly like what I had in head. It was the only way to preserve my vision. I always needed this kind of simplicity. I felt a real nonchalance in regards to the way the music was going to be received and at the same time I was totally obsessed by my craft, my songs. It is the best possible state of mind when you're making an album.
 
Around you, were there too many people to give their opinion, their advice?
There is constantly a lot of people and they all emit many opinions about my current album. It's not because I despise them all but... When it comes to produce, in particular the voice, I feel comfortable only if I remain faithful to what I hear in me. I did not recorded Ultraviolence in reaction to anybody or anything: it's just the record I wanted to write, and the way I wanted it to sound like.
 
Do you worry, in the name of expectations, in front of the blank page?
I feel very distant from these expectations, doubtless because the reaction from people to my music remains fundamentally different from mine. I just felt overwhelmed at a moment when everywhere everyone said that my music was only extreme sadness, even harmful. The best remedy was to close shutters and to continue to work.
 
You then thought of escaping?
Yes, that can be the real temptation, in several possible manners... My brain and my imagination tend to turn at top speed, my escapes are thus rather physical - to move out for example. I feel the need to live something different, neurologically or physically... I always found ways to escape. And without resorting to imaginary friends; I have never had some.
 
Can you sometimes just slam the door?
It is always possible to run away. The big problem, is that everywhere where I go, I leave with my own self. Thus it is complicated for me to escape as I would wish it. The two places were I succeed it are at the beach and while driving. For a long time, my own music was my most beautiful source of escape... When it became more concrete over the years, it became my reality, what I tried to escape. Nevertheless, I have a visceral relation to music, it is one of the most intimate and most natural things for me. In terms of pleasure, I place it on the same level as sex.
 
Why does music took such a place in your life?
Because I was intended to make some. I contented with making what I was supposed to make and that totally invaded my life. It is what arrives when we are on the right track. Until a few years ago, I considered certain musicians as an enormous inspiration. I felt a lot of love for them, but in a healthy way! I recently lost a little of this connection.
 
You sing a bit of a text from David Bowie on the album. Was he always in your pantheon?
Sometimes, when you sing and improvise, sentences appear from nowhere... I hope that he won't mind. But I am convinced that his words appeared for a reason, thus I never changed this line. He's such an exciting soul. He comes of an extraordinary period, with all this music, the art, the energy of the time. (We tell her about a photo gathering, in 1973, Bowie, Iggy Pop and Lou Reed) I would have adored living in this era, with incredible friends!
 
To what extent did your relationship to the craft of singing evolved since your beginnings?
Since a decade, I completely dived, with delight, into this craft. I remember with tenderness my first steps, even if it's very far... But recently, I less cared about structures, compositions, I let things create themselves, naturally. To be honest, this musical freedom is exciting, I feel blessed. It's as if you escaped from structures which until then defined you and that you evolved in another psychic dimension, that you pushed back the limits of your soul thanks to the words and to the melodies...
 
Are you technically very involved?
In terms of sounds, arrangement, production, it's fundamental for me to be very precise. On an album, the part dedicated to the mixing and to the mastering takes an enormous deal of time. With my producer and my engineer, I am totally involved in this work. With me, long after I stopped composing songs, the production evolves constantly, until the last minute. I am thus very fastidious on this aspect too, which takes me a lot of time. I however felt more fluid, more eloquent with the "language of the music" when I was younger... I have already said many things in my records and I had many experiences these last two years which eventually ended up parasiting the transmissions, the translations between the muse and me.
 
What did you change in your working methods for Honeymoon?
Not much, I contented this time with not looking for a second producer to disrupt the sound of the album as it had begun. Last year, I made everything with Rick Nowels before taking this album to Dan Auerbach. This time, I stayed in studio with Rick and we finished everything together. He is at the same time my partner and a dear friend.
 
Did a word, an idea defined the aesthetics of this new album?
The song Honeymoon defined the tone, with Music to Watch Boys to. I adore the idea of "honeymoon", it's the peak of a romantic relation... It's even supposed to be the most beautiful moment of the life of a woman... I probably tried to make my life more beautiful than it was. All the feelings, all the concerns which I feel, all the questions I ask myself about the future influence the words, of course, but also the melodies... Other than that, I did not feel outside influences for this album, if it is not for jazz and trap music, that marked the production of both songs.
 
Do you remember your first guitar?
My uncle Tim had lent me his, I did not kept it, it stayed at his home.
 
Where does your nostalgia comes from?
I'm thinking all the time, I'm rather contemplative, my passion for beautiful movies doubtless explains why my aesthetics can be thought of as nostalgia... I also am very romantic: the combination of all this is maybe called nostalgia. I prefer to think that I just have very good tastes! Will I one day compose my own soundtrack? Who knows, it's maybe written in my future...
 
What would you like to change in you?
I would want to live without concern, without fear.
 
This interview is so amazing, I really love her answers here

K Jazz. 
 
 
K Jazz