Elle

All of her records have great lyrics, side by side with average lyrics, side by side with lyrics that make me go 'wtf?', but I don't care that much about lyrics if they're not that good - I take lyrics that move me as a bonus (and on Honeymoon I'd include the title track, TLY, Salvatore and TBD as among her best).
 
Musically, she's gotten better over time, although the high points on BTD are still the most exciting things that she's created for my personal tastes.
 
I don't care that much about music videos, but each 'era' has its own aesthetic, and it feels like it's only on this board that every latest thing gets trashed - in the broader world, people either hate her, or love whatever she does, or move on from her (here is the only place that people love her and hate everything she does at the same time).
 
I don't care about what she wears when she buys coffee, so maybe I'm missing out on a big element of her supposed 'decline', but overall, 2014-now have always been fascinating times for me to be a fan.

Artistically, I don't think she's declining. She's exploring different sounds with each album, so it might be hard to take if you're super attached to a sound from one specific era of hers. You have BTD stans who keep waiting for her to return to that style of music, UV stans who wanted her to continue that way, meanwhile Lana just wants to make songs with whatever sound she finds interesting at the time.
 
There's no denying that budget-wise things aren't as great as they were in the BTD days when she was putting out masterpieces like the Ride video. But I think this is a result of a business situation rather than because Lana is starting to suck.

The only thing declining is the quality of discussion on this forum.
 
"Video Games" and AKA were what made me a fan. I loved her songwriting on BTD for the most part, but the production was a big disappointment to me. I would absolutely be here if HM had been Lana's debut album. HM is more the record I had hoped BTD would be.

Pressed Born To Die stan

I think people expect Lana to perform huge worldwide tours and do tv appearances and interact more. But in reality Lana has been this way forever, so...pressed BTD Stan it is.
 
 
BTD 2012 : "Is she too nervous to perform after the SNL disaster?"
Paradise 2013 : "She's doing some tv...but her tours aren't going dad rn..."
UV 2014 : "Why don't we have a tour yet?"
HM 2015-16 : "We need new videos...tour...something!"

The video is extremely beautiful, definitely my favourite from this era so far. Although, I can't help but imagine what these clips would have looked like in what they were originally intended for. You can tell the clips are really old based by her hair as well as her pale blue nails, which match the July 2014 Rolling Stone cover. I guess Lana really wanted these clips to see the light of day, so she chose to match them with Freak.

The video is extremely beautiful, definitely my favourite from this era so far. Although, I can't help but imagine what these clips would have looked like in what they were originally intended for. You can tell the clips are really old based by her hair as well as her pale blue nails, which match the July 2014 Rolling Stone cover. I guess Lana really wanted these clips to see the light of day, so she chose to match them with Freak.

The video is extremely beautiful, definitely my favourite from this era so far. Although, I can't help but imagine what these clips would have looked like in what they were originally intended for. You can tell the clips are really old based by her hair as well as her pale blue nails, which match the July 2014 Rolling Stone cover. I guess Lana really wanted these clips to see the light of day, so she chose to match them with Freak.

The video is extremely beautiful, definitely my favourite from this era so far. Although, I can't help but imagine what these clips would have looked like in what they were originally intended for. You can tell the clips are really old based by her hair as well as her pale blue nails, which match the July 2014 Rolling Stone cover. I guess Lana really wanted these clips to see the light of day, so she chose to match them with Freak.

-when you feel the urge to slut drop everytime you hear Body Electric and West Coast
 
-when you catch yourself dancing "sensually" to For K Part 2, Smarty and others
 
-when you mimick Lana being sensual overall (y'know? doing weird things with your hands like chocking yourself, putting to fingers in your mouth ala Blue Jeans video, etc)
 
 basically like this
 
-when you constantly think of having dangerous or sick relationships like the ones Lana describes in her songs
 
-when you forget how to actual dance and just twirl sadly around the dance floor
 
-when you know how to exactly make this facial expressions:         
 
-whenever people say stupid shit you're just like:   
 
-when you realize she made you a hundred times gayer 
 
 

The video is extremely beautiful, definitely my favourite from this era so far. Although, I can't help but imagine what these clips would have looked like in what they were originally intended for. You can tell the clips are really old based by her hair as well as her pale blue nails, which match the July 2014 Rolling Stone cover. I guess Lana really wanted these clips to see the light of day, so she chose to match them with Freak.

The video is extremely beautiful, definitely my favourite from this era so far. Although, I can't help but imagine what these clips would have looked like in what they were originally intended for. You can tell the clips are really old based by her hair as well as her pale blue nails, which match the July 2014 Rolling Stone cover. I guess Lana really wanted these clips to see the light of day, so she chose to match them with Freak.

I loved it so much, it was really beautiful and dreamy, definitely screams Ultraviolence and Jonestown at some parts though, loved IT. When she places the acid into his mouth and the color changes the underwater sequence with Debussy was really beautiful, watched it like 10 times already

LOVED LOVED that part,

In b4 @@annedauphine comes on here saying she's crying because of how great it is. 

One more colorful, cluttery, over-the-top "Hawaiian Tropic":
 

 
 
The ultimate kitsch edition (I promise next time it will be more tasteful, artsy and subtle, plus I have never done this before and I love lush tropical themes):
 

 
 
Softer, warmer, less screaming:
 

One more, simpler (I think maybe it should be only golden lips or golden crown, but I cannot decide):
 

 
 

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Two months old:
 

 
 

I know this may be disgusting to some people, but I just love the negative effect: it gives the impression of ignition and electric body, i.e., desire.
 

 
 
Here is the proper one:
 

Maybe she's dressing however the hell she wants and doesn't feel the need to dress in a manor people she doesn't know would prefer. 

And seriously, so fucking sick of this shit. There's a few other threads about it. Why do y'all care if she's gained weight or not? There's some deep rooted misogyny in this shit.  

Surfing on the wave of true or false rumours:
 

 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 

--- Hey, Lolita, Hey ---
 
 
I usually do pretty sinister, diabolic, monstruous, creepy and gorey stuff, but here is an orgy of nymphets in more peachy manner. Inspired by Lana's Lolita themes (actually, this was done about eight years ago, but since it is appropriate, I am landing it here):