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I think 24 and Honeymoon were the weakest original songs on HM, and DLMBM is probably a good example of why she should leave other peoples' songs alone. I think the quality of her writing is declining.

Depends on what you mean when you say "declining". It's inarguable that in terms of albums sales, budgeting, relevance, etc., she's in decline. That's partially her own fault and partially beyond her control. Artistically (outside of budget limitations)? I don't know. I think that there's a sharpness between her best and worst songs on Honeymoon. On Born to Die and Ultraviolence, there may have been questionable quality songs, but they weren't bad or anything. However, the songs on Honeymoon it was obvious - to me - which songs were terrible and which were good, even from the recordings of the event she had. That's all subjective, so still. I don't know if - objectively - her art is in decline.

ngl, my only problem with Lana remixes is that it seems like - even with big name producers - it seems like they make little effort to make mixes that actually match the vocals. The most illustrative example being Cedric Gervais' remix of Young and Beautiful. It was like he slapped an EDM beat over the original and made no effort to really mix it. this is my favorite, and the best imo, Lana remix:

24 is the worst song of her entire career, unreleased included.

Honeymoon is a good album, but it's dragged down by its weakest songs. Honeymoon was a long opening track, but it dragged on because it didn't really do anything. Terrence Loves You is a really potentially good song, the Maida Vale Sessions show that, but the studio version is done badly. The volume is all over the place and whenever it gets loud, it gets very tinny and ends up with sounds in the background that make it unpleasant to listen to. 24 Hours is both out of place and its lyrics are awful. It sounds like a theme song for a self-aware Bond rip-off. And Lana should never do another Nina Simone cover again. She managed to drain all of the soul out of Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood.

High By The Beach is not trap. It might have minor trap elements. But it is not trap. And I am convinced that anyone who says otherwise has never actually listened to trap

It would not end well if she attempted to copy other people. Also, High on the Beach was barely trap. I'd like an album with more Lolita-esque songs. Not in the BTD 2.0 sense but in the "spit in my mouth daddy" sense.

1. Put Me In A Movie 2. Lolita 3. Shades of Cool A younger girl pursues an older man and it ends badly when she realizes she's been used. 1. Yayo (AKA version) 2. Us Against The World. 3. Carmen A girl pursues a bad boy, does anything for him, and then gets sucked into a world of drugs and regrets.

1. Lolita 2. American 3. Ride 4. Gods and Monsters 5. Yayo 6. Million Dollar Man 7. National Anthem 8. Carmen 9. Cola 10. This Is What Makes Us Girls 11. Dark Paradise 12. Born To Die 13. Burning Desire 14. Bel Air 15. Diet Mountain Dew 16. Radio 17. Off To The Races 18. Video Games 19. Blue Jeans 20. Without You 21. Dark Paradise 22. Lucky Ones 23. Body Electric 24. Blue Velvet I love most of the songs on Born To Die: The Paradise Edition, so the order is mostly my best favorite to my least favorite. The only song I genuinely can't stand on the album is Blue Velvet. I don't like a lot of her covers, I think the only ones I've enjoyed so far were The Other Woman, Summer Wine, Knockin' On Heaven's Door, and Goodbye Kiss.

I would really like a more polished version of Daytona Meth. The first half or so is perfect.

Do songs that she's performed live count as "released"? If so: Her Best (though they're not organized in any particular way): 1. Boarding School, and if songs she's performed don't count, then Put Me In A Movie/Little Girls 2. Lolita 3. Freak 4. Cruel World 5. Bel Air Her Worst: 1. The album version of Terrence Loves You (I like the live performances of it, though) 2. The album version of Black Beauty (I like the demo) 3. Gramma 4. Smarty 5. 24

I want Lana to cover Paint It Black (by The Rolling Stones) for her next album. It reminds me of Black Beauty, and it's a really good song.

Apparently, after Vertigo's amazingly terrible post, this is an unpopular opinion but: Lana Del Rey - or, I should say, Elizabeth Grant - is a fucking human being and not some Dance-on-Command doll. She's depressed? So? She's a person. She has every right to feel human emotions. It's utterly selfish to think we're owed anything.

I doubt this is unpopular at all but: I would really, really like Lana's label to give her the Bootleg Series treatment. It would be nice to get her unreleased work officially put out (and in better quality). Like the original version of the Ultraviolence album, Lizzy Grant-era demos, live performances, etc. could all be put out onto CDs and stuff. They've done it for so many artists and bands, she should get it done for her.

This is more an opinion about her listeners but, I really don't know what people were hearing when they'd call HBTB or any of Lana's songs 'trap'. Have you heard any trap songs? at best, it's a watered down almost-trap beat. at best.

I don't care about shallow lyrics, but you could compare Lana's recent work to hear earlier work and tell that as it progressed, it got a lot simpler lyrically.

I know that there have been other covers of DLMBM, it's just that her Nina Simone covers aren't nearly as good as the others. It's not even that they were bad, it's just that compared to Nina's versions and even to the other covers...they lacked something.

A few days after release...I think Honeymoon is simultaneously both her musical best and her most...boring. I like the songs, but something about the album as a whole bores me to tears.

Context. The reason they commented on it is bc people are assuming it's about AB because of the "ghetto" line. x_x I doubt the song is at all about her, but if it was about her and she was calling her ghetto, that would be fucked up.

First, nobody knows who Art Deco is about except Lana. It might not be about anybody at all. Second, while Azealia Banks has her own problems, her reaction isn't all that weird considering that Lana stans are bugging her into commenting on a song that may not even have anything to do with her. They're creating drama where there isn't any and acting like it's AB's fault.

So, after a listen in high quality, I think Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood and the interlude are good (before, I didn't like it or the interlude). I think this might be Lana's best work in terms of consistency and musical content, though Born To Die remains her best in terms of playfulness.

it's so awful tho. I couldn't get past the beginning.

lol. I only like Put Me In A Movie and Yayo, tbh.

Honeymoon > Ultraviolence > Born to Die >>>>>>>>> AKA (and Sirens/From The End/Young Like Me, if we include those in her discography)

I love the entire album except Terrence Loves You (I'd really like it if it didn't have the beeps/whatever that is in the background) and Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood.