Barry

This is what he said in a Scottish newspaper about it “For me, talking about it would make things not real between you and your partner. “The reason why I’m speaking about it now is that it’s a been a long time since then. “It all happened when I went to London, as Lana was meant to be staying for a few days. “But she couldn’t stay as she had to do a big interview in America for her new album which was coming out. “I was just chilling out in the hotel and out of the blue, I got a message from my cousin saying, ‘Sorry that you and the missus have broken up’. “I was like, ‘That’s news to me — where did you hear that?’ “And it was on this website. I was thinking it was a load of s*** and gossip. But it wasn’t. That’s how I found out. “Looking back, it probably wasn’t easy living with me — I’m an insomniac and have depression. “I understand why she did it.” “I had saved up a bit but I felt like a burden on Lana as she was having to take care of me. “And I don’t like that, I like to provide for myself. “I felt, as her partner, I had to protect her. “When you go out with someone who has a bit of a profile, it’s hard to not let things affect you. She’d phone me upset about something that had been written about her — that happened a lot in the beginning. “It’s a big difference comforting your girlfriend about her friend upsetting her, compared to the New York Times doing it. “I tried to think about being a protective boyfriend and making sure she got on stage every night.” “I must be the only person from Yoker ever to be on that(TMZ). They are obsessed with fame in the States. “But I wanted to move there, as I felt there was no point in me going from Kassidy back to Yoker. “So it made sense to explore new avenues. I felt it was time to put the big-boy pants on. It was time to see if we could live together. I made a plan not to pursue music right away. I wanted to clear my head and spend a bit of time with the missus.” But in that London hotel room his dream was shattered. “She couldn’t say it to my face. And my plan to go back with her was dead. “I was sitting in that hotel thinking, what the f*** do I do now? But there’s no bad blood between us.” “I got this s***hole apartment in Venice Beach. One room. We call it a bedsit, they call it a studio. “I had some old songs that I’d written in Glasgow, I worked on some new ones and before I knew it, I had an album done. “Now I need to find a home for it. It’s pretty dark, jazzy in parts and spacey in other parts.” But is the album about Lana? Barrie said: “I know people will think that. “I’d say 50/50 because the type of songwriter I am, I usually write 50 per cent metaphor and 50 per cent of my thoughts. So yes, she’s in the album, she was a huge part of my life.” One memorable moment was when Barrie — who released his previous solo work as Nightmare Boy — found himself at the Cannes Film Festival. It was for the movie The Great Gatsby, for which Lana recorded the official song Young And Beautiful. Barrie recalled: “She asked me to go to a party and I said, ‘Hell no,’ as I didn’t think I would fit in — but in the end I went. It was this big mansion up in the hills. “It only clicked it when we were driving there that it was Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich’s place. “Tobey Maguire and Leonardo DiCaprio were there too. “The big thing for me was standing 15ft away from Martin Scorsese — I just saw his big caterpillar eyebrows. “I told Lana to go up and get a photo with him. It was a bit mind-blowing.” “I can’t escape that link to her, and I’m fine with that. “The majority of my fanbase is her fans. There’s nothing wrong with that. She’s a brilliant singer. “We had done a bunch of songs together that no one’s ever heard.” “We seldom talk now, but in general it’s OK. “There’s no point in having bad vibes. I had a great time with her. “And you never know, it might happen again.” I think Barrie has an alcohol problem as well, I used to watch his periscope and follow him on Instagram and there was always Jack Daniels and coke everywhere all over his house and pretty much anywhere he was. In his Venice apartment he had a shelf with about 15 empty Jack Daniels bottles on it and you'd see him playing piano with Jack Daniels bottle on the piano and even when he makes videos in his house theres always coke and Jack Daniels bottles in his living room lol

Would make sense if it was about Alcohol as the song does sound like it is about real violvence/domestic violence but if Lana had suffered from that she would probably have made other songs about it but there are no others(I dont think?).

She mentions journaling sometimes, it would be good if she has written down a lot of stuff and can at some point release a really in depth autobiography of her life even if its in 30 years. She's really interesting as her music comes across very personal but yet everything is really just left to guessing as she rarely reveals the people and you can never really tell if a new song is about something more recent or reflecting on 5 or 10 years ago. One of her songs that mentions "i'll love you forever" is Ultraviolence, im not sure who or what people think that song is about though - i've even seen people saying its about alcohol.

Good thread, is there any of his lyrics you didn't get as im also from Glasgow and probably understand all the things he says. I thought a lot of it made sense and is probably right, was he her longest relationship as well? almost 3 years I think from 2011-2014 so a lot of her songs are probably about him.

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Lana looks happy and the old woman shes with looks like "bitch put your phone away and carry something".

I hope it is more cohesive, I like how Born To Die, Paradise, Ultraviolence and Honeymoon all have kind of 1 vibe to them and you can listen to the album and create like a mood. Lust For Life you can't really as theres quite a mix of types of songs and they don't go together that well. I prefer albums in like 1 tone, so if you feel a certain way you can just play it all. Same, I bought this single though my first ever one. I feel dumb as well that I only ever buy digital albums and when I went on iTunes to buy this I noticed I only have LFL on there, the other ones I think I bought digitally on her website or somewhere else so I dont really own anything although I have them on my computer. I never even listen to them either I only use Spotify but I just like her to get the sale since she is my favourite and only person whos music I buy.

It isn't a video though, remember she said "visuals" I think this is a newer thing people do now. As Youtube in like the past year have changed things musically and they now have album playlists and stuff that they organise themselves. So they are not real Music Videos, they are just a mix of pictures and clips and stuff - must be designed so people will watch instead of play a song and then click away and do other stuff, if people are watching then they are more likely to click on more of your stuff. If you go on youtube search "official visual" or "official visualizer" and you'll see loads of these type of "video" for songs like Young Thug and Lil Uzi Vert have them for most/all of their new songs.

Your the coolest girl in your class

Self titled albums are the worst unless they are very personal songs I think. Whitney Houston and Beyonce have one and they didnt write any of the songs on them, I don't see the point in making it your own name if it's just random songs. If she ever released one called Lizzy Grant then it would be good if it was more of a Greatest Hits album of her more personal songs.

He released a music video yesterday at the same time lol just noticed it there when I cicked on Trending videos on the Lana Video, shes 2nd and hes 5th.

It might just be a thing people do now for youtube, rather than upload a song with just a picture you can make little clips so people will be more likely to watch them and stay on there or something without making an actual video for the song.

It's not meant to be a video I don't think just 'visuals'. To look at if you are listening on youtube as Youtube Music is a thing now I think. Young Thug who im a fan of released an album like 3 weeks ago and he had visuals on his songs on youtube they were just videos of snakes. This is one...

I was working, landscaping and I listened to it while working so it was possibly that which ruined it for me lol digging and shoveling dirt and stones and laying grass not what you want to be doing while listening to a relaxing chill album

Good she cleared up that board line, I didnt know if it was bolt, board or boat

I wonder if the line "Kiss the sky" was a little reference of Jimi Hendrix as well hinting at the upcoming electric guitar style songs.

Honeymoon was her first album I bought and I never liked it although now 3 years later over the last year it's became my favourite.

She said she was walking in venice with her boyfriend - I think going to his friends apartment at the time and he said something about how they were both broken and sad and thats how they were meant for each other but she disagreed with him and said she wasn't sad and why would he think that. I wonder who it was, probably Barrie James O'Neill? he always seems very depressed plus he lived in Venice I think so it would make sense if they walked from his apartment to "The Mariners Apartments" at Marina Del Rey? who knows though.

Red Hot Chili Peppers, Florida Kilos always reminded me of them id like another song or 2 like that

Kiss the sky is that a reference of Jimi Hendrix

Im from the UK and I have only heard Lana on the radio twice in my life here and it was Love and Lust For Life last year just after they came out. By the time they play MAC I will have heard more Lana songs on the radio in 1 day than I have in 5 years lol

Im being murdered by these songs

Im Scottish and I cant stand English people rapping, thankfully nobody in Scotland raps we know our accents dont work for it but the English keep trying

We're on a website dedicated to God

Me waiting to hear Lana then turn this radio off