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    My thoughts go out to the victims and their families in Manchester and the Philliphines being affected right now. What a sad couple of days :(

     

    In regard to the Islam debate, I think that we can and SHOULD criticize Islam as a belief system/ideology, as it is absolutely part of the problem,with fundamentalist terrorism. 

    You can't read this and say that Islam isn't connected to the radicalization of the perpetrator:

    https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/may/23/manchester-arena-attacker-named-salman-abedi-suicide-attack-ariana-grande

     

    As Ayaan Hirsi Ali said so well: No mono-theistic religion is a religion of peace. They all contain the seed of violence as they divide people into categories and claim the truth. 

    Criticizing Islam as an oppressive structure is not the same as criticizing every single muslim practicing their faith, many of whom are victims of terrorism themselves. Saying that there currently is a greater need for seculiarization within Islam than Christianity and Judaism is not the same as saying that Christianity and Judaism hasn't been (or still aren't) oppressive structures as well.

     

    /my Hot Take  

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  6. Posted

    Visuals have been far superior to the audio during this first part of the Lust for Life era.

     

    LOVE video = STUNNING

    Trailer = Iconic

    Her photoshoots = Glamourous

     

     

    But the tracks LOVE, Lust for Life and Coachella (Woodstock on my mind) are sadly not doing a lot for me  :defeated:

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    This totally makes sense  :oprah2:

    Gods & Monsters with the "L.A. L.A." intro, Bel Air, all the scenes of L.A. through out the film. How could Tropico NOT be a reference to Los Angeles? I know she has said before that she just likes certain words that are "heavenly" and "tropical" and what not, but I could totally see her stumbling over some reference to the old neighbourhood and liking it, maybe just from walking around in the area.

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  13. Posted

    I'm shook. This was somehow incredibly tacky, endearing and intriguing at the same time, true Lana style.As someone else said: Let's hope she meant soon and not SOON. 

     

    Just to spoil the mood I did find her a little annoying with that "these are dark and trying times blah blah but I'm an ~artist~ so I get to isolate myself and make music, but don't you worry kids" vibe she had going on

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    To be honest the song still hasn't grown on me too much. I like it but it's not blowing my mind. 

     

    But the video: WOW. It's so beautiful, especially the space scenarios. 

    During the first minute or so I thought it erred on the side of unintentional self-parody because the whole "young people seen through a vintage/nostalgia/super 8-aesthethic" has become somewhat trite, but then she threw me for a space loop and made everything interesting again.

     

    Queen of innovation and keeping her aesthethic fresh. This is why Instagram hipsters all over the world copy: She's always a step ahead  :lanahairflip:

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    Why does this thread only have 14 pages when he's collabed with Lana twice? :horror:

     

    Right??  :um3:

     

     

    My personal theory is that while The Weeknd and Lanas fanbases do overlap somewhat, when it comes to  the fans that are willing to spend time on a fanforum they vary a lot. 

    The dedicated Lana fans on here seem to be leaning more towards pop so at least some of The Weeknds music might not be of interest, while the dedicated Weeknd fans I've encountered on a Weeknd forum seem to be leaning more towards hiphop/R'nB and they don't seem all that interested in Lana either.

     

    Still the two collabs alone would justify a little more activity in here I'd say  :smokes3:

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  18. Posted

    My fantasy concert would be an indoor venue with seats. (Reserved and I would have front row) No pit. A pure "concert" for the music where it is about Lana and the band and her beautiful voice. By that I mean not about Lana the OMG it's Lana Del Rey, YASSS Queen, I am going to cry etc. All the fandom and hero worship stuff. (Of which I am a big part) No sing alongs, or phones. Just an opportunity to hear the music. I am not putting the other stuff down as I am a part of that but seeing her live is actually a very draining experience. Like I said it's just a fantasy. Sigh.

    This would be a dream!

    One can only hope that Lanas career will span many years ahead until she starts doing those kind of concerts, as some older artists do (Leonard Cohen i.e.)

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  19. Posted

    To me Lanas whole artistic universe has always been about escapism, nostalgia and looking at the world through an aestethic, artistic lens, which is a very beautiful outlook, but highly impractical when searching for political visions.

     

    I don't know how much she is able to "snap out" of that artistic outlook, when it comes to making a political analysis of the world to be honest. Some of her remarks about feminism and politics in general makes me think not so much. I DO think she's liberal, but I have a suspicion that her political outlook is more shaped by her association with and fascination of artsy-hippie type of people that she likes to identify herself with, than a genuine sense of social indignation.

     

    Which is 100% okay with me. I never look to artists for political responses to the world. Lana is a good artist exactly because she has such a strong artistic vision, and if that means she's too busy living in lala-land to care about politics, I honestly wouldn't be surprised.

      

    Her whole "American Dream" theme does seem very inspired by both freedom-loving hippie culture and old-money Republicanism. Not a very consistent political outlook but fabulous entertainment and art. I can live with that.

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  22. Posted

    So many civillians suffering in Aleppo right now from the violence of the Syrian Government in the last rebel-controlled area in East Aleppo. 

     

     

    http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-38132163

     

    http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/attack-on-aleppo-what-we-know-sofar/article33307222/

     

    http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-38327586

     

    I can only recommend donating to Doctors Without Borders or other trustworthy aid organizations and sharing news about the Aleppo. It's a humanitarian disaster :(

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