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These are so bad how are some people pretending they're better than L+F

I'm pretty sure Chuck has like years and years of behind-the-scenes footage. I wouldn't be shocked if she also documented some studio moments. Maybe Chuck's saving it for when her career is truly dead and dusted?

the wisdom, the eloquence, the insight, the profoundness of it all. you SPILLED. lanaboreds ain't ready for this conversation.

iconic at least you tried

She almost looks like her old self!

Aw, this is so sad.

This is another reason why I don't mind the cancellation. Am I really missing out on anything?

Honestly same I'm kinda relieved to get a refund for the two tickets I bought cuz I'm lowkey broke rn. This is f*cking amazing news actually

Meh, this is nothing new, people were saying the same thing about Ultraviolence. Not just the demo-like production and the "tinny vocals", people were also ranting about her singing off-key, especially in Shades of Cool. Now UV is widely seen as her magnum opus. It's just part of her craft, I guess. Maybe it will take a few years to grow on you.

idk doesn't look like a wig to me, the ponytail vid doesn't show anything different either

Born To Die Gold and silver-lined my heart But burned into my brain are these stolen images Paradise I don't really wanna know what's good for me God's dead, I said, "Baby, that's alright with me" Ultraviolence Don't say you need me when You leave and you leave again I'm stronger than all my men Except for you Honeymoon I've got nothing much to live for Ever since I found my fame Lust for Life There's a change gonna come, I don't know where or when But whenever it does, we'll be here for it Norman fucking Rockwell I watch the skies getting light as I write As I think about those years As I whisper in your ear I'm always going to be right here No one's going anywhere

I agree with most of this - except with the part about selling out or not working hard. I don't think she compromised her artistic integrity and I don't think she was being lazy in writing the album. I do think she made choices that ended up crafting a more safe and accessible sound, not because she wanted mass appeal, but because (1) she wanted something more timeless, raw and bare-boned in the vein of those Laurel Canyon singer-songwriter records she feels so drawn to and inspired by (2) the safe, warm and almost comforting essence of most songs reflects the vision she seeks for her own life, which just so happens to be relatable to many of us who feel increasingly displaced and at unease in our chaotic and confusing socio-political spheres. Just speculating tho.

https://www.reddit.com/r/popheads/comments/bglky0/hello_im_mark_ronson_and_my_video_for_late_night/ellskad/

There's a Terrence Loves You demo produced by Mark Ronson. Ugh imagine if we ever got that.

Yup, that's not the song but the video had a very similar vibe!

It was definitely pre-2011. No single clue about the song or artist, except that it was a female. The music video did include some scenes with a clock and a paper plane. It was almost dream-like. I wish I could remember more!

I was on Youtube back in 2012 looking for this particular song I heard on MTV years earlier but could never identify. Still haven't found it. If anyone could help me -- the music video is about a girl in her bedroom with a tiny clone of herself dancing on her furniture. Anyway, on my search I stumbled upon Love Song by Sara Bareilles -- that wasn't the one, but something in the recommendations caught my eye. It was Born To Die by Lana Del Rey. In Elle's words: "I was stunned. At first I was so shocked to see this young, white, strawberry-blonde woman sitting on a throne surrounded by tigers, singing so deeply yet so beautifully. I kept watching the video, and became just so hypnotised by the beauty of the video, the song, and the singer herself. I had the video on replay for the rest of the night." I definitely felt something within me had changed after discovering her. It's like I found a part of myself that I didn't know was there. She was the first singer I found that put so beautifully into words the way that I feel and the life that I wanted for myself. I was a bit slow to get into the rest of her discography though - many of the songs on Born to Die didn't immediately click with me sonically. I wasn't really a fan of Paradise when it came out either, it just felt too dreary and depressive at the time. But as my fascination with her grew, I kept replaying the songs day in and day out, and so they grew on me too. Each and every song had its own moment with me where it just clicked and made sense. I was already accustomed to the concept of unreleased music (I was a Leona Lewis stan before lmao), so in my thirst for new music in late 2012 + early 2013 I found some masterposts on tumblr. That's when I truly immersed myself in her musical universe and I haven't left since. Because there was already so much out there by then, I didn't listen to anything except her unreleased music for months. Eventually when the reservoir of unreleased music started running dry I found myself on LanaBoards, amidst the 2013 summer of leaks. The Untouchable 5 leak fully solidified my admiration for her and laminated my stan card. Black Beauty was the most beautiful song I had ever heard. Six and a half years later, I'm still in love with her music and I don't see that ever changing.

Maybe, but it feels like a natural progression for her and I'm not mad at it. Good that she's able to diversify her discography a bit as opposed to churning out the same sound year after year.

i foresee her going further down the folky singer-songwriter road tbh.

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I mean, Whitney died the day before the Grammys. They had a quick lil tribute but that was about it. There will probably be a mention of him in a speech.

Snippet 5 scalped me There's another small snippet on her insta story rn.

No shade but like a third of the country is full blown racist and another third is complicit. Send the racist Republicans to the frontlines! They shall not be missed xx

This felt so good to read. GET HER!

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