Dark Angel

i personally love music which is "slow" yet abstract, hypnotizing, psychedelic, earthly, etc. so it makes sense why i feel so captivated by it, there's something very oceanic & floral about it's production, & like i said, anything which is "earthly" is something i really love, i don't get why people think it's boring & pointless in her discography when it's such a unique body of work, i do think it's a little less "accessible", when i was first becoming a true, big fan of lana, it took me a while to really get into the album, but now it's in my top 3!

dance for money vs. disco

i don't understand the trend of people severely underrating honeymoon or acting like it's boring, it may be a little bit slow & sub-dued compared to born to die, ultraviolence, or nfr, but i honestly think it's full of life & it features some of the best songs of her career, title track, mtwbt, terrence loves you, freak, art deco, religion, salvatore, the blackest day, 24, swan song... etc. it's such a floral, breezy album, yet luscious & melancholic, it makes you wonder if the critics even listened to the album honestly i think the only reason why blue banisters is being ranked so high at all is because it's new, i 100% respect it for being a body of work in which she dives deep within herself & serves a lot of honesty & vulnerability, but it has issues which i can't really look past (in my own opinion)

peace & yayo they're some of my all-time favorites & they're very emotive i'd also say bad disease & try tonight, i once almost cried to oh say can you see

wait... i just realized that she scolded people for leaking living legend and like a day after a snippet for the demo leaks OMG

i was actually watching the trailer park interview right now and i don't think i'll ever get enough of the lizzy grant era, especially the "aka" era, which i'd say starts with fall of 2007 - early 2008 where she was working with steven mertens & making beautiful, strange, melancholic surf noir songs, while also making demos for ldrakalg & working with david kahne, as well as early 2007 where she was working with her friends, making demos for aka songs, or working with arthur lynn, 2007-2008 are definitely my favorite years of lana's career, so mysterious, nostalgic, & beautiful it's really interesting to think of certain songs and speculate when she recorded them & where she was, for example "4th of july" samples the early mix of put me in a movie so i would assume she recorded it in late 2007, so she was likely living in the trailer park, which just feels so evocative

i personally think aka is perfect the way it is, i couldn't imagine anything about it being changed, i used to think the tracklisting was off-putting, but now i think it's perfect since it's so different & unique, but i can understand why some people may think that brite lites is a weak track, but i think having a track like that balances out the more "rock" inspired tracks, since i think it goes with the vibe of mermaid motel & kill kill well, the album is very diverse, yet balanced, there's "surfy" cool-toned tracks like kill kill, mermaid motel, & brite lites, "rock" inspired tracks, like queen of the gas station, for k, pt. 2, jump, & raise me up (mississippi south), ballads like oh say can you see, pawn shop blues, & yayo), & "pop" inspired tracks like gramma (blue ribbon sparkler trailer heaven), put me in a movie, & smarty, i think it's structure & soundscape is so intriguing & maybe even a little genius i will say though, i am TOTALLY here for the existence of david kahne versions of trash magic, disco, & get drunk!

they're the same, the original leak was just pitched & edited

i actually... don't want ldrakalg to be released

@IanadeIrey i can't wait to read your essay about the album!

i guess we can't say for sure, but i wouldn't be surprised if she did purchase the rights to the album

i can't wait to read it!

i think lana owns the rights to it but it's technically "unreleased" like sirens

lana please leak pretty boy, song of the siren, & as i was (if they exist )

i think the reddit leaker was confirmed to be a lanadelrey.fm mod lol i wouldn't be surprised if she has leaked a few other things before, but i don't think she's leaked a lot of stuff lana, if you're reading this, you could always leak the other aka homemade music videos & the david kahne outtakes

especially since there is PLENTY of artists & celebrities who have done a lot worse than what lana has "done"

imagine making a whole ass timeline about somebody's "problematic" actions... they are OBSESSED

i'm pretty sure it's "let the rainbows enter in"

PETITION TO MAKE AJAY AN OFFICIAL LANABOARDS SMILEY!!!

"i wish you could see my soul through this black bathing suit"

lana's old songwriting > lana's recent/current songwriting

mariner's apartment complex vs. french restaurant

1. Text Book 16 2. Blue Banisters 14 3. Arcadia 14 5. Black Bathing Suit 21 6. If You Lie Down With Me 21 7. Beautiful 12 8. Violets for Roses 18 9. Dealer 18 10. Thunder 17 11. Wildflower Wildfire 17 12. Nectar of the Gods 16 13. Living Legend 16 14. Cherry Blossom 9 15. Sweet Carolina 14

honestly i hardly listen to it

text book's transitions/tempo changes arcadia's old hollywood vibes dealer's smokey lounge vibes the entirety of black bathing suit