Mista Midnight

probably like 10, and a track that won't end up being on the album and we'll have to wait 3 years for it to leak

How many songs we gonna get, she only said she's writing...
 

Not my favorite look but I'm really diggin those boots she wore in New Jersey the other night

"Video Games"

 



 

The song that started it all; a moody, dramatically romantic 5-minute ballad about “letting go of [her] musical ambitions and settling down into a simple life with a person [she] loved”.

 

Written by Lana Del Rey herself, composed by Justin Parker (who worked with Ellie Goulding, Rihanna and Sia right after collaborating with Del Rey) and produced by Daniel Omelio and Brandon Lowry (Robopop), “Video Games” features haunting sustained piano chords, gentle strings, subtle electronic elements, passionate vocals and some of her finest lyrics to date, introducing us to the Lana Del Rey world: beautiful, innocent women terribly in love with bad guys.

 

“Video Games” was an instant classic. “I knew right away that it was a pretty epic piece of work and that it would put her on the map and define her as an artist,” Omelio said back in 2012. “It was such a heartfelt and real piece of music, that I felt sure that people would connect with it right away.” And it definitely did; it went Top 10 in twelve European countries and even hit No. 1 in Germany and Luxembourg. This long, dreamy lullaby performed so well in the continent that it is considered to be one of most successful songs ever in France.

“I would play my songs [to my label], explain what I was trying to do, and I’d get ‘You know who is No. 1 in 13 countries right now? Kesha,” Lana told T Magazine. “It was too dark, too personal, too risky, not commercial. It wasn’t pop until it was on the radio.” That’s exactly what this song and the whole Lana Del Rey persona did: she turned what it was risky, anti-EDM into the mainstream. Suddenly, slower songs hit the charts on which Katy Perry and Lady Gaga were dominating. An entire indie culture met the pop world and transformed into a sudden obsession for “retro vibes”, visual and musical textures and post-Born to Die kids like Halsey and Lorde.

 

Its iconic video, a “moving collage” as described as Dazed, was just so brilliantly simple that the industry and general public started to conspire; Did she really edit this video herself? How did she get a contract with a major label? Is her dad a millionaire? Are her lips real? She’s not a feminist.

 

Lana Del Rey was then a young woman opening her heart to the whole world. Yes, “It’s all for you / Everything I do”, “Only worth living if somebody is loving you” – among other lines – could come off as controversial, but she’s just another human being deeply, wrongly in love. Of course men are able to sing about dying over perfect bodies and great sex with multiple women, but Del Rey wishing to spend her life with an unrequited love is a bad example to young girls.

 

At the end of the day, “Video Games” was just a taste of what was yet to come: the most interesting and unique female artist of the 2010s. A modern classic Del Rey should always be proud of.

 

Recommended article: Robopop on the process of “Video Games”

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVyluf1a-oI

Lana Del Rey's major label debut Born to Die will turn 5 this month, and we will celebrate its 15 tracks during the next 15 days, until it officially turns half a decade old on January 27.

I hope she performs Heroin live, you know that crowd is gonna go crazy once it gets hot 

I hope she performs Heroin live, you know that crowd is gonna go crazy once it gets hot 

I hope she performs Heroin live, you know that crowd is gonna go crazy once it gets hot 

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I hope she performs Heroin live, you know that crowd is gonna go crazy once it gets hot 

I hope she performs Heroin live, you know that crowd is gonna go crazy once it gets hot 

I hope Lana wins it! <3

You're my hero & I love you so much.
 
I hope one day I'll be able to meet you.
 
 

https://twitter.com/itzjackmartin/status/952958823525961730

Wow. I don't wanna hear anyone say anything bad about Lana ever again.
 

https://twitter.com/itzjackmartin/status/952958823525961730

Wow. I don't wanna hear anyone say anything bad about Lana ever again.
 

https://twitter.com/itzjackmartin/status/952958823525961730

Wow. I don't wanna hear anyone say anything bad about Lana ever again.
 

When you think about it....CharIi's discography is pretty 90's infIuenced in aII kinds of ways.....punk/eurodance/goth/eIectro/hiphop/90's pop......like even this era is very 90's eurodance/barbie girl vibes at times...also her fashion sense is very 90's.......im SHOOK  
 
My favorite thing about charli and tove lo is that she makes the most emo songs complete BANGERS
As an emotionaI person that Iikes to pop their bussy to bops....I appreciate that a Iot

You guys tryna make Lana re-adopt her old 2012 persona like
http://instagram.com/p/Bd9gBwFAqGF/
(JK I truly miss it so much)

I agree, it was very innovative for sure. Before Lana, I had never seen anything like her 2011-2012 persona. I feel like she was way ahead of her time. She created such an immersive world with her music and apperance, it was truly magical. Even the Lizzy Grant era was very unique, now I see a lot of young girls aspiring to create a watered-down version. Maybe the "ahead of her time" point can relate to the hate she received, people didn't understand it when she first came out

I feel the same thing!  This is why I feel like later on down the road, Lana will be recognized as a LEGEND! 
I remember I started writing an essay for English class about Lana's influence on music. I didn't finish it because I later dropped the course. I'm considering finishing the essay and make a mini-documentary lol

Okay I'm a bit late but my favs from each album/mixtape
 
Heartbreaks & Earthquakes: Dreams Money Can Buy, Champagne Coast
Super Ultra: Glow, Dance 4 U, Forgiveness
True Romance: Grins, So Far Away, What I Like
Sucker: Body of My Own, Doing It, Need Ur Luv
Vroom Vroom: Vroom Vroom, Secret
Number 1 Angel: White Roses, Dreamer, Blame It On You, Drugs
XCX3: Waterfall, Down Like Whoa, Come To My Party
Pop 2: Delicious, Lucky, I Got It, Femmebot

Just some things I wanted to add; 
 
TNC was 'finished' in January, as she herself had thought that could've been the end of the record as iirc she said he tied up the whole thing
 
GBA was written closely before the womens marches- and they kinda colluded, im thinkin december-jan 2016-2017. she wanted it to be a single but her label didn't want to the controversy (ill have to find citation)
 
The BAR/Arch/WM video was posted Jan. 2017 iirc, I honestly do not think it was anywhere near 2016
 
Beautiful People, Beautiful Problems has been registered since 2015, I remember people saying HM had a deluxe version with Life Is Beautiful, Wild One, and Beautiful People as a rumor either before or around the time she released the tracklist on instagram
 
Also it's heavily argued (even moreso now) that the prechorus ended with "told by the fake news" > "told by the frightened" and I'm not too sure when Trump got REALLY into his whole 'fake media' bull for the song to have been written so closely after his election.
 
Also, we really don't have any info about Get Free. It wasn't retitled, she legit deleted Malibu altogether as she thought it was too personal to give to the public and started over again on GF. Whether or not she kept the melody or feel we really dk, only that Get Free is the phoenix that rose from Malibu
 
+ nice credits for Heroin, never really pieced those together but it would also make hella sense. Heroin being written off of the coattails of Honeymoon so soon after would make some sense and HM had a very lush noir and old Hollywood starlet feel, and besides LfL- no other track on the new record even mentions any form of old Hollywood besides Heroin
 
"movie stars and liquor stores in soft decay" 

Hey everyone!
One thing I love to do is look at Lana's activity from when she was working on a record or what she says about working on a record and use that evidence to help formulate a timeline of when she began or finished writing songs on that record. 
 
I feel like LFL was the perfect record to do this with, considering Lana was pretty active outside of the studio with this record, and a lot of it deals with themes that were very current and had to do with the real world.
 
Please share your ideas and thoughts and discuss! 
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
September 2015 - November 2015
“Lust for Life" (solo, "art song" version)
-Lana states that this was the first song she wrote for the record
-in an interview with KROQ in July 2017, Lana states that she began working on the record the day she put out “Honeymoon”
December 2015 - February 2016
“Heroin”
-December 2015, Lana attends a Motley Crüe concert (“Life rocked me like Motley”)
-February 2016, Lana talks about “a clarity of inner dialogue” regarding her new album during a Billboard event
-that same event, her hair resembles that of an iconic look of Sharon Tate, whose death is referenced in the song (“Writing in blood on all my walls…” She also told Billboard mag in October 2015 that she was asked to play the role of Sharon Tate in a film
March 2016
“Get Free”
-Originally titled “Malibu” - Lana was spotted in Malibu frequently during this time, and the song was regarded as an earlier, darker track in the Billboard 2017 interview
-She posted about being in the studio this month 
 
 
April 2016
“Love”
-Lana spotted with Emile Haynie frequently
-Love lyrics tweeted by insider/leaker as early as April 2016
 
“Groupie Love”
-Lana saw A$AP Rocky perform at Coachella, and has stated that she was inspired by Rocky’s “groupie” female fans
 
May 2016
“13 Beaches”/"Something Real"
-Lana spent a lot of time on the beach during Spring 2016 and in the Billboard 2017 interview, this was regarded as an earlier, darker track.
-She posted about being in the studio this month
(cr: @@Eclipse for month/year)
 
June 2016
"Yosemite"
-I know it's not on the record, but Lana was spotted at Yosemite National Park on June 13, 2016 with Chuck and Stella, so maybe around this time, she was inspired to write Yosemite?
 
July - August 2016
“13 Beaches” (also worked on in summer?)
as Paris Match Mag stated that Lana wrote the song “last summer” in spring 2017
 
 
September 2016
“Lust for Life” (recording with The Weeknd)
-Lana stated in an interview Zane Lowe for Beats Radio 1 that he jumped on the track soon after his dramatic haircut
-it was also around this time that Lana most likely recorded her vocals for The Weeknd's album, Starboy, which she featured on "Party Monster" and "Stargirl (Interlude)"
 
September 2016 - January 2017
“God Bless America - And All the Beautiful Women In It”
-Lana talked a lot about the importance of politics on social media and this was most likely the record’s “stylistic turn” she referred to in a KROQ interview in July 2017
 
October 2016
"Groupie Love"
-potentially re-recorded Rocky verse done during this time which was stated to be done 6 months after initial recording (potentially April 2016) in interview with Zane Lowe for Beats Radio 1
 
October 2016 - November 2016
"Best American Record"/"Architecture" VIDEO
- Again, not on the record, but I thought it should be included.
- I don't have any evidence as to when this track could have been potentially written but the video (which turned out to be for White Mustang) was most likely filmed in Oct/Nov 2016, so it was done before then. I would say it was an earlier track, so it could be anywhere from September 2015 (assuming it was a song written after HM) to the time the video was filmed
- lyrics posted on November 27, 2016:  http://lanaboards.com/index.php?/statuses/user/1645-eclipse/?status_id=109008
 
November 2016 - January 2017
"Groupie Love"
- another potential date, as Lana also saw A$AP Rocky at Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival with Stella in Nov. 2016 (seeing his female fans go wild for him, inspiring the song, as Lana has said)
 
“When the World Was at War We Kept Dancing”
-The timeframe between Trump’s election and appointment in office, and the song is a commentary and staying hopeful in the era of Trump
 
January 2017
“Tomorrow Never Came”
-Most likely worked on in 2016, but it is known that Sean Ono Lennon added his production and vocals around this time
 
March - April 2017
“Cherry”
-Stated that this was written “at the end of the record” in interview with Zane Lowe for Beats Radio 1
-finished before May 18, 2017
 
"Roses Bloom For You"
-Again, not on the record, but in a snippet Lana posted on Instagram in June 2017, she stated that she wrote the song in March in the caption. 
 
“Coachella - Woodstock in My Mind”
-Began on Lana’s way home from Coachella on April 17, 2017
-Possibly worked on in May 2017 as well
 
“Beautiful People Beautiful Problems”
-Registered in 2015, possibly worked on with Justin Parker in 2012 OR Nov. 2015
- News of collab with Stevie Nicks broke in late April 2017, most likely track already had Stevie’s vocals ready in early-mid April 2017 before news was revealed
 
May  - June 2017
"Groupie Love"
-potentially re-recorded Rocky verse done during this time which was stated to be done 6 months after initial recording (potentially November 2016) in interview with Zane Lowe for Beats Radio 1
 
“Summer Bummer”
-one of the last songs for the record, considering the record “loosened up” as it progressed
-features "Magnolia" vocal stems from Playboi Carti, which was released in April 2017
-one version finished before June 2, 2017 (snippet posted that day)
 
“In My Feelings”
-after G-Eazy and Lana’s break-up in May 2017
 
“White Mustang”
-written about Barrie James O’Neill OR G-Eazy (most likely the latter, with Lana’s “AND IT WASN’T EVEN THAT GOOD!” comment at the Denver Show on 1/7/18)
-finished before June 8, 2017
 
“Change”
-last song written for the record
-written on June 8 at approx 8:00 PM and finished on June 9 at 2:00 AM (June 8 is the same day the WM snippet was posted, her cap and makeup from the recording sessions are the same as the snippet, a fan also saw her that day, confirming the date)