Your Girl Lana

Well, you know it and I know it
I'm gonna be a star
You won't, you won't get me very far
Don't say hello, it's already time to go

Oh, the wind is carrying me home
Me home, me home, again

Well, you know it and I know it
I'm gonna be a star
You won't, you won't get me very far
You saw life back in the countryside

Oh, my soul, rise up and go
Beyond, beyond, to what you know

L34k1ng half baked lyrics riddled with question marks and uncertainty next to DIY snippets we need to put together to get the full song in baked potato quality I cannot imagine this is what our forefather @TIARNZUS would have wanted

i am pleased to announce a new project i'm working on... The Paradise Tour Studio Collection: Remastered, Remixed, & Reworked. with a demo of it's first single... Million Dollar Man Out Now!. this project will remaster, remix, and rework all 18(?) songs plus add 3 new ones, 1 from Born To Die, 1 from Paradise, and either 1 unreleased track or 1 ultraviolence track (tbd). 
if you guys have any questions feel free to ask  
 
Million Dollar Man (Paradise Tour Single Version Demo)

You have a right to live your life
Like no one else does, like no one else might
If you have visions, come on and live them out

All you need is some peace while you are here
Just let go until you are home, dear.

I had a dream when I was young
I dreamt our lives were going to be fun
We were always waiting to live

All you need is some peace while you are here
Just let go of it all, dear

You have a choice to hear the noise
Or hear the sweet sound of your sweet voice.
I know I've heard it, I heard it in my sleep

All you need is some peace while you are here
Just let go, don't say no, dear

Wake up each night at the same time
Roll up the blind and look outside
And in the orange light, the fog is rising

This is life, this tonight, peace in the quiet
Happiness is the sky

There this important difference between her this year's shows in the States and in Europe - her microphone in this year's Europe shows (Italy, Spain, Portugal) is miles better than the ones in Coachella and Alabama. It's so much clearer and you can actually hear her vocals so so much better. During the Coachella period, I saw so many comments saying that "she can't sing" or "she's a shitty performer" but she fucking can sing, it was the microphone quality's fault. 
 
It's a fact that her vocals have got better and better with each year because she has performed more and more live shows and she has done that a lot in open air festivals with mass crowds but less in venues with good acoustics. Open air festivals have helped her to practise her vocals a lot better, with testing the ranges and such. Last year her vocals were amazing as well but she was just getting warmed up to it and had more time practising it, considering that she hadn't done any live shows for 3 years because of the pandemic. This year she has been better than last year, especially in those European shows where she was incredible!
 
This was vocally one of her best shows, she carried all the songs on the setlist perfectly and probably the main reason why the setlist has been same-y for the last 5 years is that she is vocally most used singing to these songs and it has helped her a lot improving vocals which is another reason that most of the songs there are ballads. Also these are the songs she and her dancers have put most effort on the choreography as well - they have practied these songs for over a year now and I think it would take a lot of time to practise an extra choreo for a new song. And hate the dancers and background vocalists or not, I love them because they help Lana a lot with her confidence and I think they suit especially for the festivals because it makes the show a lot more theatrical and campier, like more The Great Gatsby party like!
 
This show was her best one this year, super incredible, each song I was like "Omfg! The vocals!" Her vocals were insanely amazing, like truly brilliant, her vocals really helped these songs on the setlist shine a lot, made them sound really special. So I might even agree with those people who said that if you're at the show present and see her perform, you will forget the setlist and enjoy her performance through the show.
 
She also looked beautiful, even though it's her fourth show with the same outfit. She must really love that dress a lot and it's a gorgeous dress as well, it's like that short white dress or that long black dress she wore a lot last year on tour. Her big beauty queen style hair and make-up was stunning as well, loved Anna's and Etienne's job for this! 
 
A side note: I had always wanted Young And Beautiful to be the ending song and I'm glad that it is, I know that Off To The Races or Venice Bitch or Ocean Blvd or Video Games are very huge, free and epic but there's something cinematic about Young & Beautiful that feels like a ending credits to a very epic but beautiful movie and with all the 1920s jazz endings she has done lately leaves the crowd in a fever dreamish feeling - bit surreal, bit melancholic, bit happy, bit confused, but also impressed. Like an epic movie. But I need West Coast - Dan Heath's orchestral version to be the intro like in 2019 and then the rest of the songs should be the UV version, like I had also always envisioned before because it puts an epic start to a Lana show that feels so cinematic and epic with all the orchestra but then goes on to full wild mode with the guitars and drums and the dancers to set off a true Lana show in Summer. But that's just my opinion though! 

From the Netherlands I traveled to Porto with my 15 year old son because my son is such a big Lana fan. He wanted a good spot so we were already waiting at 0700 in the morning. A very nice boy wrote VIP numbers on your hand (which later turned out to be of no use). The wait in the bright sun was hot hot hot, but what I remember most were meeting so many nice, friendly people from all over Europe. that made the time pass a little faster. Unfortunately, I thought the organization was very poor. It's a wonder there were no injuries. When the 'doors' opened people went crazy. some fell over fences or were pushed over. I thought that was really scary. In the end we were able to get a good  spot and when it was clear that the storm would pass us by, we could really enjoy it. Lana was great. She is in my heart and I hope to see her more often!

Anyways, this is me not giving up.

I believe she’s soundchecking again

Omg how did you know? I did!!
 
Big big storm. Word on the street says she might not perform.

I believe she’s soundchecking again

Shes not in the premises as of right now. I’d know, I’m at the backstage.

BREAKING: Lana refused the interview so I’m gonna go full backstage on her. Pray for me sisters.
 
She soundchecked Doin Time and Mariners. Not a drill.
 
Also! The weather might get ugly and she will cancel if it does.

Merch+prices 

Merch+prices 

Please pray for me because we were supposed to interview Mitski and she backtracked  I hope Lana doesn’t do that.
In other news, we’re interviewing PJ Harvey tonight!!

Yeah the weather tomorrow is going to be extremely hot and full of thunder so she either cancels or plays Thunder live! 

I think I'm more excited for @Sportscruiser meeting with Lana than the actual concert

A new limited gold vinyl of The Great Gatsby soundtrack featuring Lana’s “Young and Beautiful” & the DH Orchestral Version has been made available for preorder on Interscope’s store! There’s only a few hundred left - https://interscope.com/collections/exclusives/products/the-great-gatsby-deluxe-edition-soundtrack-on-gold-nugget-2lp

My momma wouldn’t say you were a nice guy
But you’re under 40 and you have a job
My momma wouldn’t say you was a good boy
But you’re making money and you’re working hard

So I’m gonna take you on
I don’t feel like it’s wrong
Me and my momma, we don’t get along

My momma, she would say your hair was too long
But your hair exactly is what I like the best
And my momma sure would tell you was a hoodlum
But I didn't want a hoodlum and you don’t pass the test

So I’m gonna take you on
I don’t feel like it’s wrong
Me and my momma, we don’t get along

Oh baby, you're standing so close, I can’t back down
You’re smiling and I know I’m over and done now
I am done now

My momma would say that it was wrong to see you
I lied just to meet you, I lied to get in
My momma, she would say that I deceived you
But that’s the only way I knew how to begin

So maybe you got your own problems, who doesn’t?
I’m crazy, you’re addicted, we’re all of a sudden

My momma, she would love you like I love you
If she ever met you, if she ever knew
My momma, she would fall right on top of you
If she ever saw you, she’d be smitten too

I’ll never take you home
I want you all for my own
Don’t let my momma hear your pretty song

I’m gonna take you on
I don’t feel like it’s wrong
Me and my momma, we don’t get along

My momma wouldn’t say you were a nice guy
But you’re under 40 and you have a job
My momma wouldn’t say you was a good boy
But you’re making money and you’re working hard

So I’m gonna take you on
I don’t feel like it’s wrong
Me and my momma, we don’t get along

My momma, she would say your hair was too long
But your hair exactly is what I like the best
And my momma sure would tell you was a hoodlum
But I didn't want a hoodlum and you don’t pass the test

So I’m gonna take you on
I don’t feel like it’s wrong
Me and my momma, we don’t get along

Oh baby, you're standing so close, I can’t back down
You’re smiling and I know I’m over and done now
I am done now

My momma would say that it was wrong to see you
I lied just to meet you, I lied to get in
My momma, she would say that I deceived you
But that’s the only way I knew how to begin

So maybe you got your own problems, who doesn’t?
I’m crazy, you’re addicted, we’re all of a sudden

My momma, she would love you like I love you
If she ever met you, if she ever knew
My momma, she would fall right on top of you
If she ever saw you, she’d be smitten too

I’ll never take you home
I want you all for my own
Don’t let my momma hear your pretty song

I’m gonna take you on
I don’t feel like it’s wrong
Me and my momma, we don’t get along

All right, you got me
I don't play a good guitar
But what do want from me?
It's just a stupid bar
I didn't promise anything, no

You think I'm pretty and you like way I talk
I like your music and you like the way I walk
So I think we're gonna get along

I like the way you wear your sweater off your shoulder
The way your hair comes down and makes you look older
How you get so handsome, my boy?

Pretty baby
(x2)

The way your face is shaped, I wonder if you know
The way you stand up and your silhouette glows
I'm electrified, I'll be up all night now

Use that voice, sing that song
And tell me to come on, to come on, come on
You won't hear no
You won't hear no

Pretty baby
(x2)

You, you light my red fire, babe
Hot white and blue.
And I, I think that you,
I think you're so cool, babe
Loving everything you do

You say we're gonna run away
Put on your sundress, summer day
Flying around on the highway

Spin me 'round, kiss me in your Chevrolet
I love you more with each and everyday
Top down, gonna make a getaway, top down
Spin me 'round, kiss me in your Chevrolet
You found me when I had lost my way
Foot down, we're going all the way, touchdown
 
(Make a getaway, top down)

You know what I want
Take me to the K-Mart, pick me up pink lip-gloss.
How you get so hot?
You're making me crazy, hoping you'll never stop.

You say that we were meant to be
We'll be together finally
Flying around and I'm finally free
 
Spin me 'round, kiss me in your Chevrolet
I love you more with each and everyday
Top down, finally gonna get away, top down
Spin me 'round, kiss me in your Chevrolet
You found me when I had lost my way
Foot down, now we're going all the way, touchdown

We're on our way (x4)

Why do I think too much?
You tell me not to worry because you're the boss
And you, you got a real good plan
My trouble's all over now because you're my man
You don't know what you've done to me
You're heavier than heavenly
Life on the run has set me free, me free now

We're on our way (x15)

(You tell me not to worry
Because you're the boss)

Would you be mine? Would you be my baby tonight?
Could be kissing my fruit punch lips in the bright sunshine
'Cause I like you quite a lot, everything you got, don't you know?
It's you that I adore, though I make the boys fall like dominoes

Kiss me in the D-A-R-K, dark tonight
(D-A-R-K, do it my way)
Kiss me in the P-A-R-K, park tonight
(P-A-R-K, let them all say)

Hey Lolita, hey! Hey Lolita, hey!
I know what the boys want, I'm not gonna play
Hey Lolita, hey! Hey Lolita, hey!
Whistle all you want, but I'm not gonna stay
No more skipping rope, skipping heartbeats with the boys downtown
Just you and me feeling the heat even when the sun goes down

I could be yours, I could be your baby tonight
Topple you down from your sky 40 stories high
Shining like a God, can't believe I caught you and so
Look at what I bought, not a second thought - oh, Romeo

Kiss me in the D-A-R-K, dark tonight
(D-A-R-K, do it my way)
Kiss me in the P-A-R-K, park tonight
(P-A-R-K, let them all say)

Hey Lolita, hey! Hey Lolita, hey!
I know what the boys want, I'm not gonna play
Hey Lolita, hey! Hey Lolita, hey!
Whistle all you want, but I'm not gonna stay
No more skipping rope, skipping heartbeats with the boys downtown
Just you and me feeling the heat even when the sun goes down

I want my cake and I want to eat it, too
I want to have fun and be in love with you
I know that I'm a mess with my long hair
And my suntan, short dress, bare feet
I don't care what they say about me, what they say about me
Because I know that it's L-O-V-E
You make me happy, you make me happy
And I never listen to anyone
(Let them all say!)

Hey Lolita, hey! Hey Lolita, hey!
I know what the boys want, I'm not gonna play
Hey Lolita, hey! Hey Lolita, hey!
Whistle all you want, but I'm not gonna stay
No more skipping rope, skipping heartbeats with the boys downtown
Just you and me feeling the heat even when the sun goes down

Surprised there isn't a thread on her already. Her new album Still came out today and it's excellent go stream!
 

https://ibb.co/X53K70c
 
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