sweetie

to all the people dragging me cos i hate lady gaga:
 
do you know what pretentious means?
 
lana doesn't claim to be the artist of the generation, or releasing albums of the generation either, she's just an artist, who makes art, who always did want to make art, her music is the same now as her demos just with better production. Gaga's music has gone generic as so that she can get into the charts, something i'm glad lana hasn't tried to do, she's one of the more different sounding artists out there (NOT electropop).
 
on the sellout comment:
 
lana didn't sell out, like i said her music is the same as in her demo's but with better production because of her fame level now and who she gets to work with. changing how you look isn't selling out, i didn't mention how lady gaga looks once, all i did was talk about her fashion which was non-existant until laurie ann gibson decided to try and model her after madonna.
 
i haven't mentioned lady gaga fans anywhere so...i don't know why you're all saying all lana fans and gaga fans can't get on now, it's only the ones who accept an artist/singer as the Messiah that i can't talk to, it's delusion, she's a re-hash of everything that happened in the 80's :/

I cant at that gaga´s picture. It tries to seem so natural and nude.  But its so photoshopped and her hair ??? lol  she doesnt even have any front there. 

No, not really.

lady gaga is a hypocrite and a disgrace to the music, tell the little monsters to do not care about the appearance but does rhinoplasty up in the ass and when she came to Brazil, asked for a mini television during an interview to see if I was pretty enough
 
encourages fans not to use drugs, but use to write and when not on stage
 
calls herself and HAUS innovative when all she does, grace jones, bjork and madonna did past decade
 
shitty songwritter
shitty producer 
doesnt have any kind of artistic vision
 

Well done Lana, nobody likes tranny Lady Caca and her dumbass unoriginal shit.

she talks about being the 'bad girl that knows better', having a chameleon soul, no fixed personality, etc and i think its all true. i remember reading an article about her where the interviewer describes her as being 'coltishly innocent' with a 'vampish sense of knowingness'. i think that's a pretty accurate description of her lyrics, her imagery, and her personality. its probably also why people are so quick to assume that she's inauthentic, or putting on some sort of an act -- she seems to be a bit of a walking contradiction. personally, i think lizzy grant was more 'coltish and innocent' while lana del rey is more 'vampish and knowing'. elizabeth (herself) is probably a combination of those things and more. 
 
i think her beauty and her broadly overactive mind have come to shape her the most. she seems highly sensitive and intuitive to people's energies, her surroundings, and her own thoughts. since she tends to remain quiet (or ~ contemplative), perhaps even stoic or detached, people have thus come to perceive her as being stuck up, arrogant, possibly even vapid, if not worse. maybe these reactions have pushed her into her own shell, or left her quite cynical? i think a large part of her insecurities come down to the misperceptions (and passive aggressions) that have probably followed her throughout life. the anxiety of first impressions must be monumental for her. ultimately, i think she loves being beautiful, but its probably an often bittersweet kind of thing. i think she's been able to see the darker depths of human nature as a result. i think she feels a bit defensive about her looks; part of her may even resent what it does to those around her. but paradoxically, i think she needs to feel beautiful. 
 
i think she's a sweet person. i think she cares deeply about others' happiness, despite potentially being a bit aloof? i mean, i remember reading david kahne write that she was always riding the subway late at night by herself. so her being ~weird~ and aloof may be due to a self reflective nature. i also think she's a bit of a narcissist (which unfortunately, seems to be correlated with introversion). this comes back to her dual personality: she often seems insecure, awkward, and nervous. yet she knows that she's beautiful. she knows that she's smart, and she knows that she's talented. i guess it might be hard to attain a sense of self-security when you've got no fixed personality. but she seems happier and more confident now? i think she's come to feel validation (for her talents, and artistic intuitions) -- and its completely warranted. i think she's happy because people are starting to see how great she is, and now she can work on any kind of project that pops up in her mind without worrying about how it'll be received. i mean, after pussy cola, she can kind of do whatever the fuck she wants right? 
 
i dunno what else to say at the moment. a lot of what i feel that i know about her may just be random, abstract comprehensions mixed with vague projections. i guess she seems rather complicated. or simple, maybe? i dunno. but despite everything, i like to think she's as real as they come in this particular industry. 
 
also, if any of you are into jungian typology, i'm fairly certain that she's an INFP

Does anyone else find that often Lana's not so good or more boring songs have the best lyrics? I think it's because it's difficult to multitask on making a good tune etc as well as making it good lyrically. For instant, everyone knows Pawn Shop Blues is a lyrical masterpiece but it's also my least favourite on the album.
Plus, Sirens is her worse album (you can't deny it, I love it but that's literally a fact) however, for me, it's her best album lyrically and if the poetry was lame, I wouldn't love it the way I do.

Stefani you suck
 
THE MOST ICONIC LINE EVER

I'm not the best at this but I'm gonna share them, I need to improve


 

Haven't listened to it yet but I really wish it didn't leak. It's going to get really old really fast that people are so bothered about it.
 
But honestly LOL if you seriously think Gaga is SOOOO much better than Lana and that Lana "has a long way to go" before she can shade her then why even be on this forum like seriously. I like Gaga & her music but the ridiculous amount of praise her fans give her disgusts me. People act like she's god. Also, Lana can make whatever kind of songs she wants, she doesn't have to like who you stan for and this song wasn't even supposed to be heard anyway so shut upppp oh my god.
 
Honestly Lana > Gaga any day. The only thing Gaga has on her is sales.

Well then 
 
 
Shouldn't Lana be named Madge?    

1. national anthem's bridge  
2. hundred dollar bill's bridge
 
3. every man gets his wish's bridge
 
4. JFK's bridge (i only listen to it for that part) 
 
5. hollywood's bridge 
 
6. the way she sings "don't tell me it's over" in hollywood's dead
 
7. basically, the verses of beautiful player
 
8. born to die - "lost but now i am found"
 
9. the way she sings "oh, what can I do?" in black beauty 
 
10. noir - "may all the stars in the sky bow down to you"
 
11. the live version of MDM @ 2:14. it's just so beautiful.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vj4Ays1Cmew 
 
12. basically the whole off to the races   

Ride. It has the best story of all her videos and the cinematography is awesome. I like the story and the vignettes with her lovers. The parts with the motorcycle gang is pretty good especially the bonfire scenes. 
 
Second is Video Games. The one that started it all and my second favorite song of hers.

Well isn't my vote obvious

the ride music video is absolutely breathtaking and the monologue is so powerful and inspirational. i also have a strong connection to the song & monologue... it alone helped change my life.
 
plus lana is so beautiful it hurts.
 
 

The variety of the votes just show how she always delivers
 
My fave is Born To Die - It is the video that made me fall in love with her, and even after all this time, I still think that she in that throne is the best look she ever had. So damn beautiful and elegant. Plus if you watch it enough times you actually get the message of the whole thing which is a nice extra.

wait, is it Midnite Girlfriend Dancer or Midnite Dancer Girlfriend?

Although I've had some experience with Photoshop before, this is the first (well, now second) time I've made a cover. Thank you!
 
Made a cover for Black Beauty:

This tbh...I think a honest/helpful critique should always be valued.

It's really good, but you really should've used a better instrumental imo. this one lacks depth. also i don't know if it's intentional but at some points you are off tempo and that makes it sounds weird   oh and also, I know it's a cover, but the the way you changed the melody in the verses makes it sound like a completely different song - remember, you're doing a cover of lana, not christina aguilera! also at some points you sound kinda out of breath; maybe take another look at your singing techniques? lastly I think the vocal effects you added might be a little bit too much.
 
sorry for all the criticism but I know you can do better and I really want to hear it!

A++ for effort though 

It's really good, but you really should've used a better instrumental imo. this one lacks depth. also i don't know if it's intentional but at some points you are off tempo and that makes it sounds weird   oh and also, I know it's a cover, but the the way you changed the melody in the verses makes it sound like a completely different song - remember, you're doing a cover of lana, not christina aguilera! also at some points you sound kinda out of breath; maybe take another look at your singing techniques? lastly I think the vocal effects you added might be a little bit too much.
 
sorry for all the criticism but I know you can do better and I really want to hear it!

A++ for effort though 

What If Tropico Is 99% Youtube clips and 1% Lana flying and being a Chola snippets every 30 seconds

I really love to get snippets before I get an actual product.
Like with the Paradise edition video, sometimes i watch it and think about how awesome it was to wait for it and listen to the snippets like 40 times a day every chance I got and now I have them forever and ever and they are so perfect in every way and I can listen to them till I die and I wanted it and I got it and it's so emotional and awesome
 
So basically, it makes me more emotionally invested in the piece

So I'm not caught up on Ellie's leaks but, You Changed Everything leaked? If it already had leaked ignore me!

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