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Shut UPPPP Lana's Instagram story is of one of my favourite singers Allison Pierce (of The Pierces) performing!! I'm geeking out rn x

Wow, amazing eye!

Earlier today, Lana Del Rey met a fan while out and about in the Highland Park area of Los Angeles, California. The fan, named Margo May, stated that Lana gave her a hug and had a chat for a few minutes.

I merged the threads and also included the name without the special characters to the thread's title to help with searchability x

This site Dream by Wombo works well! Here's some I've done with it - cherry blossom on your sycamore tree Let your memory dance in the ballroom of my mind our honeymoon

Dark But Just a Game vs Carmen

California vs St Tropez

Is This Happiness vs Some Things Last a Long Time

The 4 track run of Brooklyn Baby, West Coast, Sad Girl, and Pretty When You Cry is truly unmatched. The 3 track run of Dealer, Thunder, and Wildflower Wildfire is also pretty wonderful too. & ofc, Born to Die, Off to the Races, and Blue Jeans is just iconic x

An imposter

So, BOZ said on ATRL yesterday that Summertime Sadness was almost swapped for Without You on the standard tracklist. This actually makes sense considering during her pre-release shows in 2011 she didn’t sing Summertime Sadness, yet typically opened her set with Without You x

No negativity and disrespectful language in the 10 Years of Born to Die thread thank u xx

Sure! That technically wasn't my first interaction, as I'd say that was back in 2015. I saw Lana in Atlanta with said best friend mentioned above, and I had made Lana a little photobook with pictures that showed my journey with her up until that point - photos I had taken at previous shows, photos from the Ultraviolence release party I hosted, and other little Lana memories. Right when she walked on stage, she headed straight to me as I was waving the book out, and bent down and asked, "Is that for me?" I was in such shock as she hadn't even been on the stage for a full 30 seconds, so all I could really do was nod my head and say, "Yes!" and hand it to her. She looked at the cover, smiled, showed it to the audience, and then headed to the mic to begin singing Cruel World. I think though, I have a stagehand to thank for that. A couple weeks before that show in Atlanta, my bestie and I saw her in Indiana too and as we were waiting at barricade, we noticed a stagehand eating ice cream. My friend yelled to him jokingly asking if she could have a bite, and he pointed a finger at her, disappeared for a minute, and came back with a bag of chocolates and gave us some. We talked for a bit before he went off to continue setting up. Then at the Atlanta show, we saw him again, eating another ice cream while setting up! We yelled at him again, he looked our way and his jaw dropped, and then disappeared to come back and give us more chocolates. He seemed pretty surprised to see us again and asked us where we were actually from, so we told him we actually lived there in Atlanta, but we travel to see other shows. I then told him about the photo book I made that I was planning to give to Lana that had some of the photos from other shows I had been to inside, including the Indiana one. He said, "That's so special. I think Lana will really like that." and gave me a wink before going back to continue setting up for the show. So, I kind of think he told Lana that I had something for her and that's why she came straight to me when she came onstage. Maybe not though, maybe it was just coinicidence, but I really wish I had gotten that guy's name to properly thank him for that if he was the one behind it. My second interaction with Lana was the one in London I told in my other post, and then a few months later when the LA to the Moon tour began, I saw her again in DC. The same best friend in all these stories had since moved to DC and I had moved to Brooklyn NY, so I took the Amtrack over to see her for the show! In the middle of the set, the band played the Burnt Norton instrumental while Lana came down and talked to some fans. She was there for quite awhile! She started in the middle of the barricade and went all the way to the very end of the right side, which is where me and my friends were. I was with my best friend and then two other friends who I also met and stood by at the London show! Such a huge coincidence. She came up to me and I told her it was nice to see her again and introduced her to my friends, and she signed my Ultraviolence CD and we snapped a picture. After she finished talking to us, she stood in front of us an let us know how she could really feel our energy and thanked us for that. Then she went back onstage to continue her show! Another interaction that I don't always count but still feel like it was worth mentioning was at the Ally Coalition later that year at the end of 2018. I wasn't even planning on going, but the show was on my girlfriend at the time's birthday, and she really wanted me to come with her, so I shelled out the $500 for front row seats. At the end of her set, she was talking to fans on the side of the stage while Jack thanked her for performing. Even though it was my girlfriend's birthday, she had brought a gift for Lana! Lana was sort of at the opposite side of where we were and my girlfriend was so shy and I was like "yell out to her!" and she was like "no, I'm scared!" So finally, I just shouted, "Lana, she has a gift for you!" Lana heard and came over, accepted the gift, and talked to me and my girlfriend for a bit. I didn't ask her to sign anything or take a picture because I wanted that moment to be for my girlfriend and Jack was just closing out his little speech, so right after she talked to us she walked offstage. It was still such a sweet moment that I remember (even if things didn't end well w my gf a couple months after that skkkk.) Chuck also took a picture of the group I was friends I was with after the show and posted it on her IG story! Then, my most recent interaction was during the NFR Tour at the Wichita date! After the show, another close friend of mine who I brought with me & I went out to the gates by her tour bus since she had been chatting with fans after the show by her bus at the last couple of shows. We were also by a fellow LanaBoards member I met up with and his friends! We waited for an hour, and then Lana came out. She was out there with us for 2 whole hours in the Kansas cold of November talking to every single person who was out there waiting for her. There wasn't a crazy amount of people, but still somewhere between 50-100. This just shows how much of a heart of gold she has. While we were waiting, I actually got to talk to Lana's dad for awhile too! He was super cool. He told us about Lana's journey to learning to fly (and I sang a bit of "Aviation" in response and he was like, "Yes! I'm surprised you know that song!") and a little story about how one time when they were canoeing, Lana tipped it into the lake because she saw a spider. We were one of the final people Lana talked to, but came over to us after Rob told her it was someone's birthday (one of the personal friends of the LanaBoards buddy I was with.) The girl was turning 18, and so Lana shared that the first thing she did when she was 18 was go up to Canada to have a glass of champagne since the legal drinking age permitted it, and got a tattoo. Then, I got a chance to have a little chat with Lana. In the months prior to that show, I had gone through a really, really dark time. Definitely the hardest part of my life thus far, and I don't think I really quite completely overcame it until mid-2020 - early 2021. I told her that some of the Songs on Norman such as Hope and The Greatest were really helping guide me through that rough time, and I thanked her for her and her music. She gave me a hug, signed my NFR booklet, and snapped another picture! She then went down a few people and someone asked her about the rumoured East Coast leg of the tour at the time, and she asked where she should go. I said, "ATL, ATL!" and she looked at me, smiled, and said, "ATL? Okay!" Since we were towards the last final people she talked to, it was super quiet and personal. Everyone was very respectful of everyone else's chats, and it's a moment I'll remember forever. Like all of them! She's also interacted with me several times on Instagram throughout the years - liking my comments, liking my posts, and shouting me out during livestreams. I always get so happy whenever she recognises me! Looking back on all these special memories just goes to show how Lana has truly brought me so many of the best days of my life over all these years. I hate to imagine an alternate reality where I never discovered her back in January 2012, just two days after the album release, by stumbling across the Born to Die music video on YouTube after being given a recommendation to check out her music. I truly don't know where I'd be without her or how different my life would be

Omg yes it was!! I remember that you were there, but didn't get the chance to find each other after the show to say hello. Fingers crossed that there will be another opportunity for us to be at a Lana show together again in the future.. imagine how iconic a mod meetup would be xx

My most treasured possession is my Born to Die CD that Lana signed for me. It’s the one thing I would save if I was ever in a house fire or something. The CD was given to me by my best friend, who actually at the time I wasn’t even on good terms with. Some friends and I were planning a holiday party with a Secret Santa gift exchange, and she drew my name. By the time the party came, we were in this huge fight over nothing so she didn’t even attend, but still made the effort to buy me the Target edition of Born to Die and hand it off to another friend to bring to me. Then, 3 and a half years later when I saw Lana in London, she came down straight to me after finishing her final song, had a chat & gave me a hug, and then I asked her if she would sign the booklet for me. She had a pink sharpie and asked, “is it okay if I sign in pink?” I told her pink was my favourite and it would be an honour! So, she signed it addressed to me, and it was the most special moment ever. Right afterwards, I snapped a photo of it and sent it to my best friend (whom I had made up with a few months after the holiday party years back) and told her the good news! We still talk about it to this day, and how it was probably destiny that she gifted me the CD, albeit begrudgingly at the time, only for it be signed by Lana herself a couple years later. Funny how some things just work out xx (A screencap of a video the girl standing next to me took while Lana was signing my booklet! During this clip she was telling me, "I'm so happy you are here, you're so cute!" I died.)

Religion vs Bel Air

Blue Banisters has been nominated for 'Best Album in The World' at the 2022 NME Awards which will take place on March 2nd, 2022 at London's O2 Academy Brixton. The other nominees in her category are Genesis Owusu – ‘Smiling With No Teeth’, Ghetts – ‘Conflict Of Interest’, Halsey – ‘If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power’, Little Simz – ‘Sometimes I Might Be Introvert’, Sam Fender – ‘Seventeen Going Under’, Self Esteem – ‘Prioritise Pleasure’, Subsonic Eye – ‘Nature Of Things’, Tyler, The Creator – ‘Call Me If You Get Lost’, and Wolf Alice – ‘Blue Weekend’ Norman Fucking Rockwell previously won 'Best Album in The World' at the 2020 NME Awards.

10 years ago to this very day, January 27th, 2012, Born to Die was released as Lana Del Rey’s debut album with Interscope and Polydor. Born to Die was first released in Ireland & Germany on the 27th, France & UK on the 30th, and in the US on the 31st. It was the 5th best-selling album of 2012 and the #1 best-selling vinyl record of the 2010s that was released during that time. The album has been regarded as one of the best albums of the 2010s by publications such as Billboard, NME, and The Guardian. Born to Die has also been certified Platinum in nearly 20 countries. The record sparked many cult classic hits such as Video Games, Summertime Sadness, and Blue Jeans, and has spent 416 weeks on the Billboard 200, making Lana the second female in history to have spent 8 years on the list. Happy 10th birthday, Born to Die! Oh, how the years fly by xx Taking a trip down memory lane... Photo Gallery: Music Videos: Live Performances: Interviews: Award Acceptances: Memorable Moments:

Live Forever vs Catch & Release

Honeymoon vs Freak (demo)

Currently, Lana Del Rey is out enjoying dinner and dessert with friends in Austin, Texas. For the past two nights, she joined Nikki Lane onstage during her performances in Austin.

Updated the gallery in the OP with more pictures and videos x

Well, good news for anyone who was hoping this was a sign Lana might tour again.. Lana said at the show that Nikki has inspired her to keep touring! "When I see Sierra finger-picking and Nikki singing, it really has inspired me to keep touring. It is incredibly hard to get me up on the stage let alone anywhere else, so thank you Nikki. She physically pushed me."

Tonight, they sang Breaking Up Slowly, Look Away, and a new song they wrote called Prettiest Girl in Country Music

Lana talking about the inspiration behind the song! "An older gentleman, and Nikki told me a little story about him about he had a little meeting with her and he crept a little too close to her, and he said, 'How does it feel to be the prettiest girl in country music?' and I was like, 'bleh!' so immediately I wrote a little chorus and then we expanded."