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Is no one gonna mention her obsession with the world "blue/blues"?
 
Old Money: "Blue hydrangea, cold cash divine"
Terrence Loves You: "But I still got jazz when I've got those blues"
Shades Of Cool: "My baby lives in shades of blue. Blue eyes and jazz and attitude"
Get Free: "Out of the black, into the blue"
Beautiful People, Beautiful Problems: "Blue is the color of the planet from the view above"/"Blue is the color of the shirt of the man I love"
Blue Jeans: "Blue jeans, white shirt"
Blue Velvet: "She wore Blue Velvet"
Ride: "Singing blues has been getting old"
 
I can't think of any other songs right now but there are definitely more

I can't believe I used to hate this song. What is wrong with me?

I can't believe I used to hate this song. What is wrong with me?

I don't know ... an iconic, trailblazing and innovative band vs. a random mediocre altpop gurl that is about to release the second cOnCePt-album using little-children-metaphors for mental illness and sexuality.

he has to know that we will not be as civil as the tool stans when he gave their latest effort a 4

yeah fantano might’ve given UV a 2/10 which i’ll always spite him for but i need this nfr review

How To Dissapear playing right after Love Song and Cinnamon Girl knowing it just ruined a holy trinity concept

I try so hard not to constantly bring up Lizzy parallels and nods in everything, but... 
 

 
She's serving kitsch, she's serving 2007 wigs, she's serving drive-in, b-movie, surf noir Bollywood Hawaii... 
 
She's making my job too easy and I'm LIVING !!!!!!!!!

Dont lock it, this is all part of this stupid dumb era

from ur kiss

Cinnamon...in my teeth....

I mean........ she made a song called How to Disappear forgetting about this similarly named track from Radiohead's revolutionary 4th album Kid A
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZq_jeYsbTs

is the album still happening or can i go find someone else to stan?

half the tracks are upsetting and the other half feel like underworked ideas. i think heroin is the only track i return to, but the production isnt as good as it could be. there is a lot going on and not enough focus. the political tracks are half baked and cringe worthy, some lyrics in cherry sound like she's tripping over her words(even tho i kinda like the song), choruses are weak, collabs are weak(now that im singing with seeeaaaaan).
 
honestly she needs to write a bunch of songs(maybe even on fucking guitar or piano), keep them to herself for a bit, demo them, rework them, then record them with multiple producers, edit edit edit, then release. (just like born to die)
 
ever since born to die, it seems like she writes a song, demos it, then MAYBE makes a final version. born to die is so well planned and thought out and so many great hands touched every noise. LFL seems to be the laziest because its full of messy unorganized ideas. it could have been great.......  

Honestly this trailer is better to listen to than most of the tracks. 
 
I just gave you my review in the comment above. You're welcome. 

If I have patience to listen to a 23 minutes long track (pink floyd - echoes — great song by the best band of all time, you guys should check it out) I’m sure we can all handle a 10 minutes long song. Let’s just show Lana our support. Even though we aren’t all on the same page we can at least show some appreciation for another album that I’m sure will be fantastic. We owe her our love and support, guys. After all we are her stans.

The album title is cringy but it confirms Lana has finally lost it and doesn’t give any fucks anymore. I think that’s nice, you know. That she finally feels comfortable enough to be herself, even if herself is kinda crazy and not worried at all.

If I have patience to listen to a 23 minutes long track (pink floyd - echoes — great song by the best band of all time, you guys should check it out) I’m sure we can all handle a 10 minutes long song. Let’s just show Lana our support. Even though we aren’t all on the same page we can at least show some appreciation for another album that I’m sure will be fantastic. We owe her our love and support, guys. After all we are her stans.

Acoustic guitars is “artsy fartsy” now? LOL. You can keep your GarageBand instrumentals.

THIS IS SO LANA. fuck the glam, fuck the trap beats, fuck the generic "pop". this is HER in the rawest form. the guitars and the pianos are flowing from her heart and mind all together and it's so cohesive and pure sounding. i can't even DESCRIBE how natural the sound is. it's not forced at all, she really just let her inner mind and soul come to life. NFR <3

I'm not gonna place this with her 'LDR' discography personally, i know it sounds a bit cheesy but it fits better looking at her Lizzy Grant section imho; of course her lifelong discography would be the two "lists" compiled together but I can't deny that the title, while bad sounding for a LDR record- is perfect for something we'd expect from her pre-BtD, pre-blowup, pre-pop altogether. Even the damn cover isn't her in glam with a headshot, like every other LDR record was; it's just her set to a slice of life setting that evokes emotion, much like her AKA cover
 
jus..idk hear me out n think about it
 
 
Sirens
Kill Kill
Lizzy Grant AKA Lana Del Ray
Norman Fucking Rockwell
 
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Born to Die
Paradise
Ultraviolence
Honeymoon
Lust for Life
 
it also lowkey psyches me out seeing how complete of a story her LDR discography is, like it is a genuine study somebody could conduct and write tens of pages and essays on. The first ever opening instrumental to LDRs discog is from "Born to Die" with opulent violins and grandiose emotion; "Feet don't fail me now, take me to that finish line"
 
& with Get Free the first line is literally "Finally, I'm crossing the threshold from the ordinary world- to the reveal of my heart"- and ends  the semi-opulence we saw at the front of LfL and replaces it with ocean sounds- the exact opposite of the layered more modern production seen in BtD, something more down to Earth and grounded in realism and sanctity. even looking at the titles of the LDR records it tells a story, from the 3 words to the 1 and then finishing at the 3. 
 
While I hope to god she doesn't fade her glamorous persona for good I sincerely wouldn't be surprised if "Lana Del Rey" was over; or I'm being a casual fag and reading into things way too much and she'll go back to a LfL/Paradise sounds with more formulaic and boppier beats for LDR7 and completely shatter this theory

I'm so in love with these songs, and all the creative decisions she's making -- I've never been so excited for an album, nonetheless one by Lana. 
 
I have so many thoughts right now
 
Like, as much as I loved LFL, it seems like such an anticlimax compared to this. It's fun enough to listen to, but it really does feel empty compared to what she's given us here, already. I already love this for the same reasons I love AKA so damn much: it's Lana pursuing what she's passionate about, creating extremely unique, layered music. There's thought, soul, and inspiration behind it, and it shows. 
 
As for how strongly the era is already dividing the fans, I think it's brilliant. I haven't seen such outrage or vitriol directed at Lana for her creative choices since Born to Die, and I think it's absolutely amazing this time around, because she's consciously making provocative decisions. Like, you can't title an album Norman Fucking Rockwell without knowing it's going to give you some hell. This is the same woman, the same provocateur, that once raised eyebrows in the extreme for opening a track with the line "My pussy tastes like Pepsi-Cola". She's back.
 
I love that, especially with Venice Bitch, she's returning to that idea of nostalgia and classic Americana that we haven't seen in years and years, but as someone here said (apologies that I can't remember who), it's matured. She's become the most adept at writing in her own style that she's ever, ever been, successfully combining her starry-eyed view of the past and America (hence the reference to Rockwell, who painted an idealistic, wholesome America) with the reckless abandon and controversial attitude that made her famous in the first place, which leads us to the big ol' "fucking" slapped right in the middle of the name of an American icon.  It's heart without excessive sentimentality, and attitude without bitterness. 
 
I think these things combined (and things we have yet to see) will propel NFR to classic-level, like Born to Die or moreso -- maybe not in terms of widespread fan adoration, but in terms of being a stylish, smart, thoughtful and timeless record. 
 
I'm over the moon 

The album title is cringy but it confirms Lana has finally lost it and doesn’t give any fucks anymore. I think that’s nice, you know. That she finally feels comfortable enough to be herself, even if herself is kinda crazy and not worried at all.

The album title is cringy but it confirms Lana has finally lost it and doesn’t give any fucks anymore. I think that’s nice, you know. That she finally feels comfortable enough to be herself, even if herself is kinda crazy and not worried at all.

After listening to Venice Bitch I got a sorta prog rock vibe from it. Am I the only one who hopes the psychedelic era is finally arriving?