Elle

"The next album is just going to be digital. Mark my word." - Lana regarding being frustrated that after she's finished with a record it takes 5 months to press on vinyl lol x

Lana on why she's controversial: "I think it's because of my face" LOL she's so funny x

She sang a little of Cherry Blossom after someone asked what song she would like to sing live x

"I want to think about how I want to put this. Essentially, I want to thank you because we've already given 300k to the Navajo nation and we still have 700k to spread out, and I'm very grateful that 3 years ago I felt an instinct to not only help others, but heal my own family's karmic lineage through paying reparations. & That was a concept that came to me before a lot of the matters we've been taking about in the past 2 years came to light. & I want to thank you for that because the proceeds of Violet are going to do so much. We've turned agriculture wells into wells for human consumption, and there's so much more we're going to do and that is all because of you. Alright, you heard what I said about it being okay to be angry right? We did that? Yes, Behind the Iron Gates is still coming. it's complicated, it's a complicated book, it's so complicated that I feel it could almost be consolidated into 36 pages because the density of each poem says so much and it's really unflattering. it's not flattering. & It's, god, it's different from everything. I'm not doing a tour, I'm writing mostly. I'm doing some other things that hopefully in time won't be seen as absolutely mad. A bonus song from blue banisters? No, but there are new songs and I like them. I felt like I did have to kind of talk about a few things mostly because people were talking so much about that. The covers album is still in existence, whether or not it's going to be covers plus country, I was sort of thinking of this idea called country and western where it's a mix of country and Cali. I take a lot of time for myself. Are there videos from blue? Maybe, for If You Lie Down Next to Me What's my favourite song? My favourite song is Arcadia. I love Arcadia because I actually really like the vocals. I had fun with Dealer, that's when me Miles, Zach, and Laura were all in a side rock band. Half Shadow Puppets, half me. Also why does Miles sound so much better than me in that song? Do you know how sad that is? What else do I like? I like listening to Nectar of the Gods, I've always loved Living Legend. Why did you leak that?? Hmm?? Why did you leak my favourite songs?? Hmm?? Do you know how complicated it is try to figure out why I've woven songs from 10 years ago into now? Can you please stop leaking my album? Also no I did not take it out of a clerks hand at Target, but I was at Target. Now they have surveillance of my trying on a puffy jacket while vaping. Thank you for that. When I wrote Arcadia I was staying at a small hotel, I think because of the breakup I didn't know what to do and I had a few out of the room of this neon sign and actually Arcadia started as a poem about a hotel in Newport Beach, I want to say it was called the Dorsey or something. I had written about, I had written this beautiful poem and if it's not too embarrassing at some point I may turn it back into a poem even though its gonna have a lot of the same lyrics. My most cherished memory was thinking about all the places I could go and all the freedom I would have if I stopped thinking I didn't have it and I wrote Arcadia out of a poem." okay I'm going to stop transcribing and just do little important notes, and this one might be a little sloppy LOL x

"As a critic myself, of all things, this album was for the critics whereas every other album was for myself and even though that sounds kind of cringe, I think that that's okay because people talk about chronic over explainers, but the thing about it is it if you feel you wanna explain yourself over and over again, you have the right to do that until you feel like you've been seen. Because the way I see it is that the best gift someone can give you in your intimate circle is just to bear witness to your journey and to your life, and I think if your life is public and you're a sensitive writer, addict, of all myriads of things, you want to explain yourself. & There's something else I want to mention as a chronic over explainer to some women out there. if you feel that you haven't been understood right and you get angry, there's always a place for a woman to get angry because if you don’t, you just go right into grief. That's the way I see it anyways. & it's awkward to be furious, but there's space to be furious, and of course in my album I'm not so much angry as I am explaining - except in dealer where I am furious. But I just want to say it's okay to go out on a limb and look ridiculous just because you are angry. It's always worth it, even if you feel like you’re worng. You’re right because if it's right for you to say certain things then that's just the way it is and that resinates way beyond being a singer. People can be really tough on you where you just think, why am I doing it? But the truth is I got a lot of other things I love to do that I'm going to do. I don’t plan on letting anyone's opinions spoil that. I always felt like the least controversial person in turtlenecks and all that but yet everything seemed so complicated. But what I've learned, whether you’re a singer or you’re working in a flower shop or whatever it may be - we all have our own life path and we can all see our own patterns come up over and over again and only you know what your pattern is. My album has explained what my patterns have been, but I haven't so much gone into where I want to go because I'm not sure if I can get there yet. what I've learned is when you follow your own life's path, you heal up to 7 generations forward - and in mentioning that I wanted to say that to you all as my vast employer, you are my employer, I want to thank you because we've already given $300k to a Navajo nation and we do have $700k yet to spread around which I intend to supervise personally because I want to make sure ----" (it went quiet) x

She's speaking about how she was on the way to the pop-up, but there seemed to be an incident with the paparazzi on her way there x

She'll be going live on @honeymoon in 5 minutes! x

I posted a theory about this in the Sweet Carolina lyrics thread -

Here's some pictures from a fan who's there! (@dannyhairdresser on IG) Looks like signed art cards inside of a copy of Violet were given to the first 30 people - -

I have one I created here I updated it with Blue Banisters songs last night! x

I actually met a stunning girl named Phoenix on the movie set I filmed on yesterday! I told her "omg you have the same name as Lana Del Rey's sister's baby" lol. I think the name is gorgeous! Anyway, let's try not to get into too much discourse about this while we let Blue Banisters have her moment to shine! xx

Just updated the Released Version to include Blue Banisters songs! I'll have to do my re-ranking again soon after I've fully processed the new album! x

Here are photos of the items included in the new Blue Banisters Drop! -

Okay I'm still trying to recover from my first listen of the album, especially since I was utterly destroyed by the final song, but I just want to say now that this is one of her best records to date. There's not a single song where I felt ehhh about - and while finding an “eh” song is already rare with LDR records for me actually, every song on this record is just otherworldly. I want to give the whole project a few more listens throughout the next day before I come back to share my final thoughts, but wow... she really did that x

Okay I know this post is following a super heavy post, but here's a little insight on who Kevin may be. One of her closest friend Jessica's boyfriend is named Kevin! However, they haven't been pictured together for quite awhile, so I'm thinking they may have broken up.. which may even explain more about the "Fuck you, Kevin" line Here's a picture of them all during Lana's birthday celebration in 2019! Kevin on the far left & Jess in the yellow -

I just shared this in the Blue Banisters Post-Release Thread, but I wanted to post it here too because I'm completely destroyed after this song. -- This is probably a bit personal for me to share, but I spoke about it a little bit ago last month when I shared a GoFundMe link for something regarding this. At the beginning of this year in January, one of my best friends announced an unexpected pregnancy with her fiancé. Our friends & I were surprised, but told her we were there to support her through every step. As a bridesmaid, I watched her walk beautifully down the aisle to marry her husband in June, knowing their baby would be shortly on the way. Was fighting back tears then too. (& didn't do a very good job at it based on the pictures.) I then got to attend her baby shower in August, reveling in her excitement and nervousness. I even helped her set up the crib afterwards. She was so scared, not feeling completely prepared, but she was so excited for her new child. She gave birth to her lovely baby boy on August 28th after a 48-hour labour. She was so happy and we were all happy for her, and it was the beginning of a new hour. I don't even know how to write this next part, again as I'm still crying here, but her son unfortunately passed away just 9 days later in her arms suddenly from SIDS. She had texted me in the middle of the night about it as her son was airlifted to the hospital.. not really having much hope from the doctors.. until he was eventually declared braindead. It was like the world had completely shattered in front of all of our eyes. Some friends flew in for the funeral, and seeing her once more walk down an isle.. this time completely heartbroken and empty inside.. I don't think anything has ever broken my heart more. The first time I saw her since the funeral was two weeks ago when her, her sister, and I went up to the mountains for a little birthday celebration for me. She was laughing and having fun, showing a little of that old side of her joyous self that had been completely wiped away after the tragedy she faced. I love her so much, and this song makes me think of her. We love every hair on your head Love you like God loves you & you say that you're scared Might be unprepared for havin' the baby blues Baby blues Baby blues If things ever go wrong Just know this is your song and we love you I love you, M x

Okay, completely bawling my eyes out after Sweet Carolina. Seriously, crying like a baby right now, so I'm fighting back tears as I write this. This is probably a bit personal for me to share, but I spoke about it a little bit ago last month when I shared a GoFundMe link for something regarding this. At the beginning of this year in January, one of my best friends announced an unexpected pregnancy with her fiancé. Our friends & I were surprised, but told her we were there to support her through every step. As a bridesmaid, I watched her walk beautifully down the aisle to marry her husband in June, knowing their baby would be shortly on the way. Was fighting back tears then too. (& didn't do a very good job at it based on the pictures.) I then got to attend her baby shower in August, reveling in her excitement and nervousness. I even helped her set up the crib afterwards. She was so scared, not feeling completely prepared, but she was so excited for her new child. She gave birth to her lovely baby boy on August 28th after a 48-hour labour. A perfectly healthy baby. She was so happy and we were all happy for her, and it was the beginning of a new chapter. I don't even know how to write this next part, again as I'm still crying here, but her son unfortunately passed away just 9 days later in her arms suddenly from SIDS. She had texted me in the middle of the night about it as her son was airlifted to the hospital.. not really having much hope from the doctors.. until he was eventually declared braindead. It was like the world had completely shattered in front of all of our eyes. Some friends flew in for the funeral, and seeing her once more walk down an isle.. this time completely heartbroken and empty inside.. I don't think anything has ever broken my heart more. The first time I saw her since the funeral was two weeks ago when her, her sister, and I went up to the mountains for a little birthday celebration for me. She was laughing and having fun, showing a little of that old side of her joyous self that had been completely wiped away after the tragedy she faced. I love her so much, and this song makes me think of her. We love every hair on your head Love you like God loves you & you say that you're scared Might be unprepared for havin' the baby blues Baby blues Baby blues If things ever go wrong Just know this is your song and we love you I love you, M x

Don't have to write me a letter 'Cause I'll always be right here Closer to you than your next breath, my dear We love every hair on your head Love you like God loves you & you say that you're scared Might be unprepared for havin' the baby blues Baby blues Baby blues If things ever go wrong Just know this is your song and we love you You name your babe Lilac Heaven After your iPhone 11 “Crypto forever,” scrеams your stupid boyfriend Fuck you, Kevin We lovе every freckle you have We love you like God loves you If you're ever stressed out Just dance in the night If you get those baby blues Baby blues Baby blues If things ever go wrong Just know this is your song and we love you Pink slippers all on the floor and woven nets over the door It's as close as we'll get to the dream that they had In the one-nine-sixties, and Jason is out in the lawn & he power-washes every time things go wrong If you're stressed out, just know You can dance to your song 'Cause we got you If you get the blues Baby blues Just know this is your song It'll live on and on Way past me and you If you get the blues Baby blues You've got us, we've got you So there's nothing to lose, and we love you So don't write me a letter I'll always be right here Closer to you than your next breath, my dear

Cherry Blossom.. another song with an incredible timeline! Her singing it on her Instagram page, it leaking in 2019, and then finding its place on an album.. deserved. Such a sweet lullaby. Can't believe I'm already onto my final track of the album now.. I'm not ready

Living Legend is just so iconic. I'm soooo happy she kept in the wild WHYYYYWHYWHYWHYWHYWHYWHYWHYWHYYYY part!! I can't believe the timeline we've had with this song.. from it being a speculated song based on a post from her FaceBook page, to it randomly leaking out of nowhere last year, to it being officially released on a record. What a song x

Ah, Nectar of the Gods.. this has been another favourite previously unreleased track of mine, and I love that it found its place on an album. The song is beautifully simple, perfectly so, and I'm sort of glad it didn't go through any signifiant changes. I love her vocals on this track, and it's just such a quintessential LDR classic song. Love it. I adore that last line.. Once, I found my way, but now I am lost.. a little homage to BTD. We've all felt that way at some point x

Ugh Wildflower Wildfire.. this is truly one of her best songs ever. This is not up for debate, it's just factual. It contains some of her best lyrics, vocals, and the melody... I feel this song will still end up as my favourite from the record even though the other songs I've heard have been absolutely top tier, I just love this one so much. I really, really hope she performs it live one day.. I can just imagine her in the dark venue in complete silence singing this song from her heart x

Just finished the new version of Thunder, and it's stellar. the original has been one of my favourite LDR songs since it leaked, and this version may even be better. I'm so glad she kept the background vocals. I think people are really, really going to love this track. Such a power song x

I DON'T WANNA LIVVVVVVVE!!!! I DON'T WANNA GIVE YOU NOTHINNNNN!!! WOWOWOW!! A screamer for sure, but I LOVE IT!! I love her super raw vocals like this. I always have. I've been waiiiiting for a song like this where she just completely lets it all out, and this did NOT disappoint!! And the sultry lil outro?? Incredible!! I can't wait to scream this song alone in a dark room, drunk in spirit, spilling it all out there with her