Barry

Not the username of my account which I made years ago describing the sound of Lana’s new record! Ugh my mind! BTW guys, I’m new here. The single is my favorite Lana song ever! Pure brilliance

I just listened to it and I would be 99% sure he said Love.
 
Also he said I Started and not just Started.

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

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

Can she announce Venice Bitch please and thank you

I expect her to walk the next red carpet she will attend without makeup

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

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.
 

I mean I don't wanna ship em but they ain't making it easy
 

I love that that's the laughing emoji she uses lol

Do you think she loves fame though? she always comes across pretty shy to me and very awkward at Red Carpets or when being interviewed and things like that and even doesn't seem to like being on video or even making music videos and does hardly any things for publicity like radio and TV.
 
To me it seems like she would like a more normal life of just going about like to the beach, going to the studio to work, going for coffee and food with friends, going shopping and blending in rather than loving fame and attention and wanting to be seen as a big star.

He also must have worked in a bar, I wonder if the song "Bartender" would be about him...
illegal_drvgsI spent at least a third of my life in Brooklyn at @lodgenyc . I’m heartbroken to learn of its closing. For someone with extreme social anxiety, that place really taught me how to interact with people. Thank you for some of the best memories of my life and for allowing me to meet some of the greatest people I’ve ever known.... including Grimace.  

The guy Josh is 20 years sober, just thought i'd say. I looked through his girlfriends instagram when Lana posted about them a few weeks ago and she made a post congratulating him on 20 years of something, she never said what and he replied in the comments saying "sometimes you need to be quit drinking for 2 decades to land your dream girl" or something like that.
 
Was on March 25th this year...
 
erinypinedaHe says it’s just another day and he’s taking one day at a time, which is probably why the day turned into 20 years. I am in awe of you @illegal_drvgs. Happy 20 years!   illegal_drvgsSometimes you gotta not drink for 20 years to land the girl of your dreams #sobes  

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

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

Your the coolest girl in your class

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.

I definitely think songs like Shades of Cool, Is This Happiness, Fine China, etc. was about Barrie as well (especially considering they were all written during the same month). It’s not a stretch to think that they hit some rough spots behind the scenes in 2013 (pre-UV) before they officially ended things. Fine China is most likely about their failed engagement and Is This Happiness/Shades of Cool seem like a reference to Barrie’s depression like Black Beauty.
 
Just some thoughts I had about some of the lines in those tracks:
 
“You’re a hard man to love and I’m a hard woman to keep track of.”
 
‘She couldn’t say it to my face. And my plan to go back with her was dead.’
- Barrie talking about how Lana left him in London and broke up with him shortly afterwards.
 
I remember someone asking Woodkid about why he hasn’t worked with Lana since BTD and he basically said she stopped responding to his texts/emails. Maybe she’s just the type of person to leave things at a standstill when she doesn’t know how to deal with it. She’s said before that she’s quite nomadic in nature, never in the same place all the time. This might explain why she labeled herself as someone hard to keep track of since she may not have been physically/emotionally available 24/7.
 
“You like to rage, don’t do that”
- Is This Happiness
 
According to the posts above, Barrie drank a lot so I don’t think it would be too far fetched to say that this line references him in his intoxicated state. I feel like the bit about alcohol in the demo version of Beautiful People might be referencing these episodes too.
 
Another interesting note between this bit from Barrie’s interview and the Beautiful People demo.
 
“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.”
 
“You get so mad when I complain
You think I'm crazy but
I hear them talk they say my name
They're fucking tired of”
 
From newer songs,
Architecture is a given and maybe the final version of Beautiful People?
 
The color blue has become kind of synonymous with their relationship in my opinion.
“My baby lives in shades of blue”
“Darling you can’t let everything seem so dark blue”
“All of my fine china, blue”
 
So when I heard the ‘blue is the color of the shirt of the man I love’ and the following lines, I immediately thought of Barrie.
 
This is just pure speculation on my end and I feel kind of bad talking about it because it’s really none of my business but considering how much her personal life is tied into her music and how much we know, it’s inevitable.

I really think The Blackest Day(and all of honeymoon) is about Barrie. 

Carry me home, got my blue nail polish on
It's my favorite color and my favorite tone of song
"I don't really wanna break up, we got it going on"
Is what you gathered from my talk, but you were wrong
 

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

I think it looks kinda bad in colour but figured somebody might want it lol. Enjoy 

Her music is steeped in references to alcohol, but not in an overt way. She compares alcohol to love and (in her more recent albums) love to fame:
 
Ultraviolence: Jim raised me up / He hurt me but it felt like true love.  Crying tears of gold like lemonade.   Music to Watch Boys to: Nothing gold can stay / Like love or lemonade.   Cherry: Love, I said real love, is like feelin' no fear / When you're standin' in the face of danger / 'Cause you just want it so much Love, I said real love, it's like smilin' when the firing squad's against you / And you just stay lined up   The last line in cherry seems to allude to her being photographed on a red carpet where she's being "shot".    From GQ interview (2012): "When I write about the thing that I've lost I feel like I'm writing about alcohol because that was the first love of my life."   Her first love was alcohol, her new love is fame.

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

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