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i was personally offended when i realized that by watching this video (i'll still try to snatch the vinyl discography this christmas). i'm not an expert so maybe that wasn't technically possible but hbtb/freak/art deco belonged together they were the trap trinity 

i fucking love paradise  true understated beauty   

The instrumentals have me dead, I knew I would love it the first time I heard the song. ♥

i hope today she will announce the middle east dates

Instant orgasm

It's so simple, not much music at all, but it's so powerful. One of my favorite performances of Lana, it always makes me wanna cry.

brooklyn baby audio has more views than the freak mv .... such a good song 
 
not that views matter but u catch my drift   

GODDESS 

GODDESS 

wrap you up in my daisy chains is such a great sexy line     

in terms of eras i suppose honeymoon was pretty underwhelming with minimalistic promo, recycled footage used for freak and also mtwbt, not giving the title track a proper mv, and perhaps the addition of the backup dancers for concerts but sonically it's amazing, i always listen to all of lana's music anyway
 
the only low point of hm is perhaps the nina simone cover and the vinyl discontinuity between freak/art deco. i'd hate to pick a favorite but i find honeymoon to be the blueprint of what i like in an album. to me - it's almost perfect 
 
i love every single song, and the admirable thing is that the album is very cohesive but also lana revisits (or at least acknowledges) different  styles of music from classic lounge, gospel,trap and jazz 
 
also something that is very specific to honeymoon is that every track is in the right place: she achieved to find the perfect opener/closer combo (i ignore nina - whom i love dearly- and pretend it ends with swan song even tho the cover is ok, and also appropriate, so no hard feelings on my part). the album starts with the perfect incipit that almost breaks the 4th  wall and nudges about lana's popularity and every other track in the middle is in its right place. And love that she has an interlude  
 
i also love how chill the album is, i like that lana has something like that in her repertoire. anyway this is all my opinion, i admit i have a negative bias against deluxe versions of albums and while UV sonically and lyrically might be more interesting there are like 4 different versions of the album (standard, deluxe, deluxe with an itunes song exclusive and a japanese deluxe version - i could be wrong) so it's kinda jarring. at least LFL has the perfect closer with GF. 
 
i'm also partial to the surreal themes of the songs and to the hermetic approach of her lyrics, which also brings some variety to her songwriting because that's a different style from BTD/UV where she seems like she's narrating a story, while in HM she seems addressing herself or the audience about her thoughts and feelings in a dialogue. I feel that we are more included in the narrative and lana's persona with this album. 
 
it might seem like lana hasn't taken any risks but compared to what the music industry is, the project was very risky. the tempo is too slow and not very youtube attractive. I could see the songs being played by a radio tbh but not becoming viral and eliciting lots of clicks which is something everyone attempts to do with drums, fast hooks and lush music videos (altho lana could use a better marketing strategy ...)
 
i'll stop before writing an essay, honeymoon is bomb. 

Life is still, so beautiful
But not really because we don't get to listen to her magnum opus
Life is beautiful, but you don't have a clue what it sounds like because that stupid studio is holding it back
Like why even commission a song for a movie from god if you are not going to use that song in the end
Bastards

i fucking love paradise  true understated beauty   

i fucking love paradise  true understated beauty   

Her masterpiece. Lana Del fucking Rey at her best.

I'm sorry for bumping this up but I just have to express my love for this album. I remember when I bought it. And read the lyric book while waiting for my train to come. And tonight I've sung pretty much all the songs after each other, starting Off To The Races and now I'm at Blue Velvet. My voice is getting sore, haha.
I love these songs. They're so pretty. I love them.

FUCK! This episode gave me my asylum-esque hype for the season and I'm so happy for that. I have so many thoughts on this episode.
 
 

quality prevails.
talent wins.
justice has been served!

brooklyn baby audio has more views than the freak mv .... such a good song 
 
not that views matter but u catch my drift   

brooklyn baby audio has more views than the freak mv .... such a good song 
 
not that views matter but u catch my drift   

i was personally offended when i realized that by watching this video (i'll still try to snatch the vinyl discography this christmas). i'm not an expert so maybe that wasn't technically possible but hbtb/freak/art deco belonged together they were the trap trinity